florge
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- Comment on Water firm fined £8m for 'horrendous' sewage spills 1 day ago:
The fine is for crimes over 6 years. This is based on a very quick search, but South West Water’s annual profit in that time was almost £1bn.
- Comment on Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets 1 day ago:
Reading the article it seems like it just stops a peeled banana going brown if you don’t eat it straight away, rather than stopping them overripen.
- Comment on ‘We have to bring the benefits bill down’: Healey signals return to welfare reform 2 days ago:
‘Hope again’ isn’t the greatest of slogans
- Comment on Just Two Of The UK's Planned Al Datacenters Will Emit More Carbon Than ExxonMobil 2 weeks ago:
Separately, the Guardian recently reported that the UK government is unaware of what the country’s largest datacenters are being used for. The government notably dissolved its technology department in July.
What the fuck
- Comment on What happened to Sangita Myska, LBC - Count Binface 3 weeks ago:
If, like me, you were unaware of who Sangita Myska is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangita_Myska
- Comment on Dalston dad launches app to find pubs with playgrounds, 1 month ago:
The app’s website
- Comment on Keir Starmer says some road and energy projects will be scrapped to pay for £15bn defence plan 2 months ago:
What good is defending a country with shit infrastructure?
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly options for shared todo list services? 2 months ago:
Tasks.org might fit your needs
- Comment on From yoghurt to luxury sails: how to shade your home from supercharged UK heatwaves 3 months ago:
Really need external shutters on our windows
- Comment on ‘Unbelievable’ waste and inefficiency at MoD, says ex-defence minister Al Carns 3 months ago:
It’s kind of unfortunate being called Al in a time where AI is so prevalent. At least in most fonts.
- Comment on UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search 3 months ago:
How small will the fine be when Google eventually get caught ignoring these blocks
- Comment on Jeremy Clarkson's choir wins Britain's Got Talent 3 months ago:
Didn’t know they were still milking Britain’s Got Talent
- Comment on UK and Gulf strike historic multi-billion-pound trade deal 4 months ago:
Using the word strike was a choice
- Comment on JD Vance urges UK anti-immigration activists to ‘keep on going’ 4 months ago:
And yet we’re still bending over for them
- Comment on What do you think being famous is actually like? 4 months ago:
Overrated
- Comment on Minimum wage rises to £12.71 an hour as firms warn of impact 5 months ago:
Then they just pass the cost onto consumers whilst also increasing profit margins at the same time.
- Comment on Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters 5 months ago:
So half doesn’t get recycled
Roughly half of recycled plastic collected in the UK is exported overseas, mostly to Turkey, the Netherlands and Malaysia. Exports of plastic waste to developing countries rose sharply last year.
- Comment on Officers call for police cars to be equipped with guns 7 months ago:
No thanks
- Comment on We tested a transport app that cost the public £4m against Google Maps 7 months ago:
Link to the app since it wasn’t directly linked in the article.
- Comment on Having a rough morning. I'm still pondering the question about beavers, and my kid asks me THIS 9 months ago:
What’s to say that they don’t? And they’re just greedy for teeth.
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- Comment on UK steps up review of headlight glare as drivers complain of being dazzled 11 months ago:
Yeah the communication has been terrible.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 11 months ago:
Twitch was shit long before Amazon bought them
- Comment on High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose 11 months ago:
I mean that’s how they make a profit, how else are they funding staff bonuses?
- Comment on Apple and Samsung users in UK may be due share of £480m payout - BBC News 11 months ago:
So a few quid each
- Comment on Barclays boss urges UK ministers to limit public sector pay rises 1 year ago:
Venkatakrishnan took home about £10.5m in 2024, I’m sure he’s the best person to comment on what the public sector spending should be.
- Comment on Labour MP ‘receives death threats’ after Tory MP shares video on grooming gangs inquiry 1 year ago:
Yet more proof that MPs are more interesting in politicking than actually governing.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
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- Comment on As if graduating weren’t daunting enough, now students like me face a jobs market devastated by AI 1 year ago:
Shouldn’t that be “wasn’t”?