David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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The scheme, which was first mooted by Lammy in March, is supposed to embed FCDO staff in firms to gain commercial experience while inviting private-sector staff to take placements in government.
“In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, the robots become self-aware and take over the world,” Burke’s study begins. “In this paper, we take a first step in that direction…”
Gee, thanks for taking that first step towards murder bots and the annihilation of humankind. Great job👌
He’s planning out where to build the new McDonalds concession
Dragon 32! A proper, Welsh machine
Renegade III: The Final Chapter.
Renegade on the ZX Spectrum was good, the sequel Target: Renegade was one of my favourite games for years, but the third game was a cynical cash grab, badly executed, barely playable.
I think we see a reform manifesto pledge to ‘bring back good, honest turkey twizzlers’ to school canteens 🙃
All woke and no play makes Jack a dull boy
I like how Hawkeye has now been relegated to making line calls at international tennis tournaments
O’Biden? First the Irish claim Obama, now Biden 😄
It’s not just new series, the subtitles have been ridiculously bad for around a year in my estimation. There have been ‘AI’ tools for machine transcription for at least half a decade now, and the errors in Crunchyroll subtitles are consistent with my experience of using machine transcription tools in my work. It’s insultingly bad.
My link is blue.
The proper way for government to ‘urge’ businesses is by passing legislation and then prosecuting companies that fail to meet that legislation. Sounds like these MPs don’t want to prosecute big businesses for failing to meet the standards set out in law.
One person’s ‘shocking’ is another person’s ‘uplifting’
About £5.50
In tonight’s headlines, man with red front door paints it blue. Contents behind front door remain unchanged. More at 6.
Time to go all Wilford Brimley on his ass.
All I can see is a LEGO interpretation of half of a dubiously designed promotional popcorn bucket 🤔
A divorce is a certification, isn’t it?