Online #Piracy Can Boost Box Office Revenue, Study Suggests -
Online Piracy Can Boost Box Office Revenue, Study Suggests * TorrentFreak
A new academic study counterintuitively concludes that online piracy can boost box office revenue for some films.
 and for interesting reasons
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of #Reform UK in charge actually looks like -
the Guardian
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county...
 "I was really excited about them and now I’m disillusioned.” oh look, just like #brexit....
Met police commissioner Mark Rowley says Trump talks 'complete nonsense' about crime in #London -
the Guardian
UK politics: Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – as it happened
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’
 "The homicide rate in London is lower than it is in Toronto, it’s lower than Paris, it’s lower than Brussels, it’s lower than Berlin." #trump is a stupid old man...
Liam Neeson Narrates #AntiVax, Pro-#RFK Documentary -
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
 so Neeson turns out to be a moron. I shall avoid his films in future...
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman -
the Guardian
Typeface of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
 "cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’" they are either mad or taking the mickey....
The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did #EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at #COP30? -
Corporate Europe Observatory
The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at COP30? | Corporate Europe Observatory
There was genuine hope that this year’s UN climate talks in Brazil could deliver a roadmap towards a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out ...
 why indeed? #climatecrisis
Google unveils plans to try again with smart glasses in 2026 -
BBC News
Google unveils plans to try again with smart glasses in 2026
It is a significant turnaround for the tech giant after its first attempt - Google Glass - was pulled in 2015.
 #nope
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows -
the Guardian
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide ha...
 "Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of #Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned"
New Whitepaper: A Thorny Question In #Copyright -
New Whitepaper: A Thorny Question In Copyright – Authors Alliance
 "the reason institutions might have those rights is because of the Copyright Act’s “work made for hire” doctrine. "
X deactivates @npub19ly5...y4lk ad account after the company was fined €120M -
TechCrunch
X deactivates European Commission’s ad account after the company was fined €120M | TechCrunch
X has seemingly penalized the European Commission's account after the commission fined the company over blue checkmarks and ad transparency.
 so much for freedom of speech, musk. EU should close down all its #twitter accounts now