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14.03.2026 12:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Religion news 12 March 2026 - Religion Media Centre Mixed reaction to new anti-Muslim hatred definition; Bishop Rob Wickham named faith representative on new Civil Society Council; Tom Holland designated ‘Bede Librarian’ at Durham Cathedral; BBC announ...

Religion news 12 March 2026

➡️ Mixed reaction to new anti-Muslim hatred definition
➡️ Bishop Rob Wickham named faith representative on new Civil Society Council
➡️ Tom Holland designated ‘Bede Librarian’ at Durham Cathedral
➡️ BBC announces sixth ‘Faith & Hope’ season of religious programmes

12.03.2026 08:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Lunch with a group of conservative boomers and the topic was Trump and the general expectation is that USA will be facing more 9/11 incidents for years to come because he has just created more generations of terrorists.

13.03.2026 22:16 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."

SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."

I’ve been thinking about this since I read it and the most chilling thing about Altman’s ambition is that he’s not talking about intelligence as a matter of knowledge. He’s talking about the ability to think. To solve complex problems. Arguably the driving force behind human evolution.

13.03.2026 15:59 👍 197 🔁 50 💬 63 📌 5
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I don't think I've seen the Simpsons episode where Lisa got access to a time machine ;)

Bronze statuette of a priest or offrant
Etruscan
3rd–2nd century BCE

www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

13.03.2026 03:23 👍 2181 🔁 353 💬 58 📌 27
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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

10.03.2026 15:11 👍 813 🔁 315 💬 13 📌 27
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She spent 16 hours a day on Instagram. Jury to decide if Meta is to blame A landmark lawsuit will set the stage for thousands of people who say social media platforms are intentionally addictive.

She spent 16 hours a day on Instagram. Jury to decide if Meta is to blame

14.03.2026 00:07 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
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Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company Palantir
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

12.03.2026 18:16 👍 1016 🔁 505 💬 40 📌 53
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Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.

“Since ChatGPT’s launch, in November 2022, the capital expenditures of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google have exceeded $600 billion, and much of that spending has gone toward data centers...”

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

13.03.2026 16:28 👍 300 🔁 178 💬 0 📌 9
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Virginia to become second state that allows balcony solar Residents of the state will soon be able to use the tech to lower their electricity bills. Gov. Spanberger has made affordability a top legislative…

As a guy who spent over a year negotiating / cajoling / fighting with MA utilities to create standard interconnection rules for non-utility power - this is a really big deal. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

13.03.2026 12:38 👍 1059 🔁 243 💬 43 📌 19
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It’s almost like Putin and Netanyahu control our foreign policy.

13.03.2026 14:03 👍 10761 🔁 4338 💬 627 📌 292
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Over 100 children among nearly 800 killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon Lebanese officials said over 100 children are among the 773 people who have been killed so far by Israeli airstrikes.

Over 100 children among nearly 800 killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon
www.channel4.com/news/over-10...

13.03.2026 20:19 👍 49 🔁 68 💬 6 📌 4
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Trump administration failed to prepare for global oil shock – Former Defence Secretary says Leon Panetta served as Defence Secretary and Director of the CIA under President Obama.

Trump administration failed to prepare for global oil shock – Former Defence Secretary says
www.channel4.com/news/trump-a...

13.03.2026 20:18 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 0
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The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell on Apple Music Song · 1970 · Duration 4:51

It has to be music.apple.com/gb/album/the...

13.03.2026 20:43 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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“The clear winner of this war is Putin”

Must be a coincidence 🙃

13.03.2026 18:03 👍 8813 🔁 3506 💬 334 📌 179

You're either feeding the oligarchy network of lies that's now in Trump's pocket by watching these networks or you're making damn sure you're not watching them and I hope it's the latter!

13.03.2026 18:34 👍 21 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
Close-up of three vibrant blue spiderwort flowers with bright yellow stamens, surrounded by green foliage.

Close-up of three vibrant blue spiderwort flowers with bright yellow stamens, surrounded by green foliage.

#Bloomscrolling 🪻

13.03.2026 18:05 👍 123 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
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This is a GREAT point
think on it
He cannot comprehend people with principles, people with empathy and compassion. People with courage and dedication to things other than themselves.
It is beyond him.
He is a sick sick individual who should be nowhere near the levers of power.

12.03.2026 12:48 👍 1546 🔁 367 💬 81 📌 19
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Fake News

12.03.2026 20:50 👍 2618 🔁 360 💬 36 📌 16

Digital collections need constant upgrades of software etc. there are some low tech ways, simply scanning to pdf or jpeg.

13.03.2026 16:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Since founding the Imagination Library in 1995, Dolly Parton has donated 100 million books to children.
The program was originally in Tennessee, but it has since spread worldwide.

13.03.2026 16:45 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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“The idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
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We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."

- Brian Cox

13.03.2026 12:13 👍 2816 🔁 835 💬 2 📌 0
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The world is run by a madman and it's driving us all nuts The president is obviously out of his mind. So why don't investors seem to care?

“The other Taco problem. This takes place when he wants to chicken out but is unable to. This is probably the most dangerous possible scenario. It’s the one we’re in right now. Trump cannot chicken out of Iran because he is not the only actor participating in it.” open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

13.03.2026 08:29 👍 77 🔁 34 💬 5 📌 0

It really is time to make campaign finance illegal and give each candidate 10 large pieces of stiff paper, a stick of glue, and fives tubes of glitter for campaigning purposes.

12.03.2026 22:58 👍 125 🔁 18 💬 7 📌 1
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Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

13.03.2026 08:16 👍 3539 🔁 845 💬 137 📌 50
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While millions are struggling to make ends meet, Donald Trump is exploiting the presidency to get even richer through shady crypto deals and blatant self-dealing.

New "Golden Age" for whom, exactly?

12.03.2026 23:45 👍 2450 🔁 1041 💬 126 📌 53
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Know your history.
Jimmy Carter went on to build more affordable homes than any other president.

13.03.2026 07:20 👍 3274 🔁 647 💬 117 📌 27

it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"

12.03.2026 17:16 👍 15137 🔁 3894 💬 368 📌 129

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

13.03.2026 02:03 👍 1876 🔁 684 💬 93 📌 28
Donald Trump endorses Jake Paul at a rally, with a cheering crowd in the background and campaign signs visible.

Donald Trump endorses Jake Paul at a rally, with a cheering crowd in the background and campaign signs visible.

The right is replacing public service with influencer brain rot, corruption, and permanent spectacle. A guy tied to SEC crypto charges and riot-related FBI headlines is now the kind of person Trump thinks should govern.

Rotten from top to bottom.

12.03.2026 15:07 👍 1684 🔁 498 💬 170 📌 36