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“To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour.”
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You would not be surprised to learn that Hannah Spencer’s “£2000 Gucci shirt” is actually a random find from a charity shop Don’t believe everything billionaires tell you.

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Person who thinks puberty blockers are “a shot” is an idiot
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Yes, I think “consenting adults can consent”
Twerp thinks consenting adults can consent to genital mutilation. Yep. He's that daft?
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TERF unable to understand the difference between a literal baby and a consenting adult
So the Greens want to ban circumcision for babies, but massively support and promote chopping off schlongs in the name of 'authenticity'? Bonkers as per usual: spectator.com/article/reveal…
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Jimmy Corry has lived on this Belfast street for 13 years. Now he’s homeless. He’s lost sentimental items forever, including his dad’s possessions. He told me that he shares the anger many feel about the attack on Monday night but that burning down houses won’t solve anything.
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Insane story. A guy meets a girl from a dating app, turns out to be a paid performer for an p*dophile hunter Kick streamer who claims she told him she was 16. Guy says she never said she was 16. Phone messages prove he is correct - but only after the police have already come and taken him away, live on stream. The police, by the way, take selfies with the p*dophile hunter. Meanwhile, the streamer is promoting clips that share the guy's Instagram page, the name of his company, and his father’s name and company, which gets inundated with harassing calls and texts. The guy is eventually exonerated by the police, and the main content taken down, but the clips have already gone viral all over the world. The streamer's account gets banned, but is now back up, and is simply moving the content stream to Europe. nytimes.com/2026/06/10/techn…
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DOOM: The Gallery Experience. bobatealee.itch.io/doom-the-…
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Your “friends” should already know!
How do I explain the Doctor Who situation and how this is one of the most colossal train wrecks in television history without sounding absolutely insane to my friends
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that sounds like the kind of anticompetition that could be solved by laws like the digital markets act but who's to say
iPhone Mirroring is banned from the EU because of the monstrosity of the Digital Markets Act. So I built my own. Works on WiFi at 60fps over AirPlay, mouse and keyboard support.
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You’re getting Salesforce’s “homeless data lab” instead of more houses
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Remember when everyone piled on Just Stop Oil for any theoretical ambulances that might be operating that night? Wonder if Tommy Robinson’s supporters will have the same criticisms this time
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The media really thinks you’re stupid. Zack Polanski says, obviously, that vegetables for 7p is a sign of a broken system. Farmers say that there’s a “race to the bottom on price” and Tesco is effectively “giving away” produce. But look at the difference in the headline! Look at the number of comments! If Zack Polanski said the sky was blue, the Telegraph would ask why the Green Party leader was so opposed to the colour red.
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A boost in living standards. A reduction in inequality. Pushing back on climate change. But critics claim this won’t work because the world won’t “reorientate itself against consumerism” The world that’s already orientating itself towards experiences than material goods? Where you have basically the same goods as you did 30 years ago? Sorry, my mistake, maybe it’s connected to the internet so it can be bricked at a moments notice, or show you more ads. And that’s if you’re lucky enough to have some disposable cash. We have a choice: take the necessary action, or be forced into it when the water is at the door.
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