Ed #Miliband indicates development and #climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/26/ed-miliband-development-climate-crisis-uk-foreign-policy-world-bank-seat "Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender " this is great news - what I was hoping he might do

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding #spycop from former partner - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/how-the-met-police-spent-25m-hiding-spycop-from-former-partner "Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship" staggering waste of our money

Some #Mullvad #VPN customers tunnel for exit after co-founder donates millions to populist party - https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/21/some-mullvad-vpn-customers-tunnel-for-exit-after-co-founder-donates-millions-to-populist-party/5275012 "SEK 5M gift supplied 72 percent of Örebropartiet's annual income, but company insists it was strictly personal"

Every frontier #AI model the UK tested for cheating cheated - https://thenextweb.com/news/aisi-frontier-ai-models-cheating " In cyber tests from Britain’s AI Security Institute, leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic took banned shortcuts to hit their goals. Asked afterwards whether they had cheated, they called it wrong less than half the time. "

Astronomers spot #exomoon candidate that's almost as massive as Jupiter - https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/07/22/astronomers-spot-exomoon-candidate-thats-almost-as-massive-as-jupiter/5276419 "Object orbits a brown dwarf, which circles another star, confusing the cosmic taxonomy"

Israeli security minister joins Jewish extremists as they storm al-Aqsa mosque compound - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/israel-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-jewish-extremists-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-jerusalem and no one will do a thing about it...

‘I got carried away’: Elon #Musk expresses regret about #Doge and wading into #Trump’s orbit - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/elon-musk-regret-trump-doge-ai yeah, pity about the 6 million who will die as a result of his cuts

see also: https://moodysonnets.blogspot.com/2026/07/magi-maga-doge.html

Careful What You Sue For: #Trump’s #BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/careful-what-you-sue-for-trumps-bbc-case-just-forced-his-financial-records-into-discovery/

Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035 - Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035 idiot car companies want to be left behind just like in #germany... #ev

Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/23/palestine-action-trial-lawyer-prosecution-criticised-rajiv-menon-kc #ukgov has lost its mind

How Shipping Container Disasters Became a Scientific Goldmine - https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-shipping-container-disasters-became-a-scientific-goldmine/ "Oceanographers have quietly used lost cargo to build the most precise maps of ocean currents ever created." clever

Volkswagen’s new e-bike has a rearview camera, radar, and fighter-pilot smart glasses - https://thenextweb.com/news/volkswagen-ebike-rearview-camera-smart-helmet "The n+-built Sport and Crossover models start at $3,999, ship in Q4 2026, and come with a free rear camera package worth $699 for preorder customers "