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Sadly, tech journalism legend and pioneer Stewart Cheifet has died. (I knew him from appearing on his show, Computer Chronicles, and also from the how-to VHS tapes we made together.) He introduced millions to PCs, making complex topics accessible to all.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Sadly, tech journalism legend and pioneer Stewart Cheifet has died. (I knew him from appearing on his show, Computer Chronicles, and also from the how-to VHS tapes we made together.) He introduced millions to PCs, making complex topics accessible to all.
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Community energy in action ⚡💚
Harrogate & Knaresborough are set to get lower bills thanks to a new scheme by Zero Carbon Harrogate, backed by North Yorkshire’s Community Wealth Building programme. Local energy, local benefits!
Harrogate & Knaresborough are set to get lower bills thanks to a new scheme by Zero Carbon Harrogate, backed by North Yorkshire’s Community Wealth Building programme. Local energy, local benefits!
This is how a new Community Energy scheme in Harrogate and Knaresborough will bring lower bills for residents
The launch of a new local low-carbon initiative in Harrogate and Knaresborough promises to cut bills and bring clean power for communities.
www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Community energy in action ⚡💚
Harrogate & Knaresborough are set to get lower bills thanks to a new scheme by Zero Carbon Harrogate, backed by North Yorkshire’s Community Wealth Building programme. Local energy, local benefits!
Harrogate & Knaresborough are set to get lower bills thanks to a new scheme by Zero Carbon Harrogate, backed by North Yorkshire’s Community Wealth Building programme. Local energy, local benefits!
How British AI is inventing new materials youtu.be/_JfQ-NkCHV4?...
How British AI is inventing new materials
YouTube video by The Rest Is Money
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December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How British AI is inventing new materials youtu.be/_JfQ-NkCHV4?...
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Google DeepMind to open automated lab in expanded UK partnership
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#UKtech
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#UKtech
Google DeepMind to open automated lab in expanded UK partnership - UKTN
Google DeepMind will open an automated research lab in Britain next year as part of an expanded partnership with the government.
www.uktech.news
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Google DeepMind to open automated lab in expanded UK partnership
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#UKtech
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#UKtech
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Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired
Susan Monarez is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Susan Monarez was fired after less than a month as Director of the CDC for holding the line on scientific integrity
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
She is part of Nature's 10 - our list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/48FnHpx
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Check out the first poster in our new series: "Space Safety - in action!"
Mission: Vigil
Objective: Advanced warning of solar storms
Unique feature: Location in deep space offers 'side-on' view of solar material heading towards Earth
Launch: 2031
Download the poster at:
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Mission: Vigil
Objective: Advanced warning of solar storms
Unique feature: Location in deep space offers 'side-on' view of solar material heading towards Earth
Launch: 2031
Download the poster at:
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Check out the first poster in our new series: "Space Safety - in action!"
Mission: Vigil
Objective: Advanced warning of solar storms
Unique feature: Location in deep space offers 'side-on' view of solar material heading towards Earth
Launch: 2031
Download the poster at:
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Mission: Vigil
Objective: Advanced warning of solar storms
Unique feature: Location in deep space offers 'side-on' view of solar material heading towards Earth
Launch: 2031
Download the poster at:
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions. www.heise.de/en/news/Good...
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions
Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is significantly cheaper.
www.heise.de
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions. www.heise.de/en/news/Good...
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🚀 LIFTOFF! ESA's HydroGNSS along with #IrideSpazio and #iceye satellites for Greece are on their way to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚀 LIFTOFF! ESA's HydroGNSS along with #IrideSpazio and #iceye satellites for Greece are on their way to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
UK Budget 2025. The Startup Coalition and Stripe. youtube.com/watch?v=Bpx2...
UK Budget 2025: Stripe + Startup Coalition
YouTube video by Stripe
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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
UK Budget 2025. The Startup Coalition and Stripe. youtube.com/watch?v=Bpx2...
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A giant clock to keep time for the next ten millennia is moving towards completion in a western US desert cavern.
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
The Clock of the Long Now is a 10,000-year-long timepiece backed by Jeff Bezos
Deep inside a Texas mountain, a vast mechanical clock tries to make humanity measure time on the scale of civilisation itself
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A giant clock to keep time for the next ten millennia is moving towards completion in a western US desert cavern.
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
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From political history to football fever, tap here to discover the books by FT journalists and editors that were published in 2025: on.ft.com/47U3gWV
Best books of 2025: from our own stable
From political history to football fever, books by FT journalists and editors
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
From political history to football fever, tap here to discover the books by FT journalists and editors that were published in 2025: on.ft.com/47U3gWV
From Swift to Mojo and high-performance AI Engineering with Chris Lattner youtu.be/Fxp3131i1yE?...
From Swift to Mojo and high-performance AI Engineering with Chris Lattner
YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer
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November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
From Swift to Mojo and high-performance AI Engineering with Chris Lattner youtu.be/Fxp3131i1yE?...
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Emerging acts playing first-on and support slots get their early live crowd experience, develop stage craft and connection. They often help create the local buzz that enables promoters to sell national tours. They’re part of the pipeline from grassroots venues to arenas.
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Emerging acts playing first-on and support slots get their early live crowd experience, develop stage craft and connection. They often help create the local buzz that enables promoters to sell national tours. They’re part of the pipeline from grassroots venues to arenas.
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Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome
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The 20 teams at next year's men's T20 World Cup:
🇮🇳 India
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🏴 England
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇸 USA
🏝️ West Indies
☘️ Ireland
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇨🇦 Canada
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇴🇲 Oman
🇦🇪 UAE
🇮🇳 India
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🏴 England
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇸 USA
🏝️ West Indies
☘️ Ireland
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇨🇦 Canada
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇴🇲 Oman
🇦🇪 UAE
October 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The 20 teams at next year's men's T20 World Cup:
🇮🇳 India
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🏴 England
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇸 USA
🏝️ West Indies
☘️ Ireland
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇨🇦 Canada
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇴🇲 Oman
🇦🇪 UAE
🇮🇳 India
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🏴 England
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇸 USA
🏝️ West Indies
☘️ Ireland
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇨🇦 Canada
🇮🇹 Italy
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇴🇲 Oman
🇦🇪 UAE
My Trusty RSS Reader Now Has AI "Intelligence"
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open.substack.com/pub/pjordan/...
My Trusty RSS Reader Now Has AI "Intelligence"
And what the heck is RSS?
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
My Trusty RSS Reader Now Has AI "Intelligence"
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Please support @democracydocket.com
I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...
Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases
Read here.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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My last post about digital ID today, but reading this Independent piece (in which I'm quoted) and what is this quote from Morgan Wild at Labour Together? Using the NHS app doesn't mean "your data is online". If this is the level of digital understanding of people writing digital policy, god help us
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My last post about digital ID today, but reading this Independent piece (in which I'm quoted) and what is this quote from Morgan Wild at Labour Together? Using the NHS app doesn't mean "your data is online". If this is the level of digital understanding of people writing digital policy, god help us
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Wikimedia Foundation joins the fight for library digital rights! 🎉
@wikimediafoundation.org has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age.
➡️ www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...
@wikimediafoundation.org has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age.
➡️ www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...
Wikimedia Signs Statement Supporting Digital Rights of Memory Institutions - Internet Archive Europe
The global Our Future Memory campaign to secure digital rights for libraries, archives, and other memory institutions has gained another powerful ally. Wikimedia, one of the world’s leading champions ...
www.internetarchive.eu
September 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wikimedia Foundation joins the fight for library digital rights! 🎉
@wikimediafoundation.org has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age.
➡️ www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...
@wikimediafoundation.org has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age.
➡️ www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...
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While Trump undermines and mocks the clean energy future, China is busy building it, racing past us while we stand still.
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
While Trump undermines and mocks the clean energy future, China is busy building it, racing past us while we stand still.
Compulsory Digital ID is a major change to our relationship with the state and I'm sorry but should be put to the people before any implementation.
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Compulsory Digital ID is a major change to our relationship with the state and I'm sorry but should be put to the people before any implementation.
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Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
It's one small sip for man...
British boffins say they've discovered a way of taking one of the country's favorite pastimes – having a nice cup of tea – into outer space.…
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September 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil
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⚡ Trump administration moves to block Massachusetts offshore wind project 🌊
They have taken steps to revoke a permit for an offshore wind farm, in what critics call part of an “all-out assault” on the wind energy industry ❌
They have taken steps to revoke a permit for an offshore wind farm, in what critics call part of an “all-out assault” on the wind energy industry ❌
Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project
The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable...
www.nbcboston.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
⚡ Trump administration moves to block Massachusetts offshore wind project 🌊
They have taken steps to revoke a permit for an offshore wind farm, in what critics call part of an “all-out assault” on the wind energy industry ❌
They have taken steps to revoke a permit for an offshore wind farm, in what critics call part of an “all-out assault” on the wind energy industry ❌
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British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown
British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown
Q: How many Excel users do you need to correctly set the number formatting of a cell? A: Monday, January 1st, 1900
The inaugural finals of the UK Excel Championship have come and gone, and there is now one spreadsheet wrangler to rule them all, at least in the United Kingdom.…
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
British spreadsheet wizard will take mad skillz to Vegas after taking national Excel crown