Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer

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“Assistant Chief Constable Matt Welsted from the Force Executive team said: “Working with the Civil Aviation Authority, the project is fully funded by the Home Office via the NPCC. This includes the costs of staffing, meaning we get extra resources to prevent and detect real crimes, affecting the communities we serve. “As if that was not enough, we benefit from all of the learning in real-time, while shaping British policing’s future use of drones, further cementing our national reputation as leaders in the use of technology in policing. “Drone First Responders is a hugely exciting innovation related to the very latest capability around police use of drones.”

— from Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer as of 22 February 2026

Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org

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““We will not fund the Board of Peace; there is no reason to,” Elkin, who sits in Jerusalem’s Security Cabinet, told state channel Kan Reshet Bet. “We were attacked,” Elkin noted, referencing the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led cross-border terrorist invasion from the Gaza Strip. The minister concluded: “There is no reason for us to pay for the reconstruction.””

— from Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org as of 22 February 2026

A Guide to UK Vehicle Registration Years | TopReg

https://www.topreg.co.uk/news/guide-to-uk-registration-years/

Experian - Personal Information

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“The secure document upload service is used to provide additional documentation to support your pending request. For further instructions go to Experian's Document Upload Service. Initial dispute requests should not be submitted using this platform. To submit a dispute online, visit Experian.com/disputes. ”

— from Experian - Personal Information as of 19 February 2026

(4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs

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“OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertising into AI chat interfaces should not be read as an aberration. It’s a signal. It’s the first visible crack in a wall that was never going to hold indefinitely.”

— from (4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs as of 14 February 2026

U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES

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““There is a ‘dwindling middle’ in the U.S. in terms of skills,” Commissioner Carr explained. “Over time, we’re seeing more Americans clustered at the bottom levels of proficiency. The result has been a widening skills gap between adults at the higher and lower skill levels compounded by a growing number of very low-skilled adults. In fact, the U.S. gap in numeracy between the highest and lowest skilled adults is the widest among all countries.””

— from U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES as of 10 February 2026

Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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“Cis-lunar space (Latin for “on this side of the moon”) is the spherical volume that extends outward from Earth’s geosynchronous region to encapsulate the moon’s orbit and its Lagrange points, or “L points”—defined as the locations where the combined gravitational acceleration due to the Earth and moon allow a small object, such as a spacecraft, to orbit the Earth at the same rate as the moon.”

— from Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as of 9 February 2026

Connected toys for Christmas, 2015

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“This is the start of artificial intelligence”

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/12/15/5-things-connected-toys/

Memberships — Professional Speaking Association

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“Professional Member £275 PER YEAR Professional Members are those who are using speaking to promote their business and are being paid to speak. They want to take their business to the next level, by improving their speaking skills and business competences.”

— from Memberships — Professional Speaking Association as of 2 February 2026

KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club hours

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“KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club.”

— from Diary as of 31 January 2026

Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design

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“Those jigs and reels can be fiery and fast, encompassing rather more chords than you’d expect. Butterworth is one of the finest, and has become an ubiquitous figure at Celtic Connections and elsewhere, as a member of the feisty Kinnaris Quintet, in duos with Will Pound and with Kinnaris buddy, Laura-Beth Salter. as well as propping up such notaries as Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton (Symbiosis), when they need some extra ballast.”

— from Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design: Album Review : At The Barrier as of 25 January 2026

Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators

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“Varela’s neurophenomenological research program (NRP) aspires to bridge the gap between, and integrate, first-person (1P) and third-person (3P) approaches to understanding the mind. ”

— from Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators as of 19 January 2026

Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin

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“100% freeze-dried chicken breast cat food topper The healthy topper that tempts even fussy cats into devouring every meal. 100% freeze-dried chicken breast, made in the UK. Sprinkle and watch the magic.”

— from Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin as of 14 January 2026

New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham)

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“West Midlands Police is piloting a new generation of remotely controlled drones that could transform the way officers respond to 999 calls.”

— from New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham) as of 13 January 2026

Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune

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““Friends and colleagues often ask me how I stay optimistic in an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” Gates wrote. “My answer is this: I am still an optimist because I see what innovation accelerated by artificial intelligence will bring.” But, that optimism comes with a deadline, or as Gates puts it “there are footnotes to my optimism.””

— from Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune as of 10 January 2026

MENSA IQ info

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“ someone whose score was one standard deviation above the mean, and who thus outperformed 86% of his or her contemporaries, would have an IQ of 115, and so on”

— from What is IQ? – Mensa International as of 5 January 2026

Royalty free music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech

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“Music by Kevin MacLeod”

— from incompetech Music as of 5 January 2026

The AGI Debate That's Currently Dividing Google & Meta

Google & Meta AGI Divide, What General Intelligence Really Means - Geeky Gadgets https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/general-intelligence-definition/

Site 2 - Westwood Iron Age Settlement

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“The round houses were impressive structures up to 18 metres in diameter and are likely to have stood about 9 metres tall. They had wattle and daub (mud on hurdle) walls and thick thatched roofs. The massive scale of these structures suggests that they may have served public and ceremonial purposes; a suggestion which is supported by the wealth of votive materials (especially horses’ heads and pottery vessels) that were placed in the construction trenches when the round houses were built. The round houses had entrances with porches on their east side away from the prevailing winds. Some of the excavated structures were used for industrial purposes and contained small pottery crucibles for smelting metal. It is likely that domestic houses are yet to be discovered elsewhere within the enclosure.”

— from Site 2 - Westwood Iron Age Settlement as of 2 January 2026

Coundon Hall Park - Parks and open spaces in Coventry – Coventry City Council

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“A large park with football pitches with goalposts during the football season”

Also "earthworks"

— from Coundon Hall Park - Parks and open spaces in Coventry – Coventry City Council as of 2 January 2026

AGI debate heats up as Demis Hassabis calls Yann LeCun’s view ‘plain incorrect’ | Technology News - The Indian Express

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“LeCun, the outgoing chief of AI at Meta, has said that the concept of general intelligence does not exist as it is used to designate human-level intelligence, which is not general but super-specialised. While humans navigate real-world environments and deal with other people well, LeCun argues that humans perform poorly at structured tasks like chess.”

— from AGI debate heats up as Demis Hassabis calls Yann LeCun’s view ‘plain incorrect’ | Technology News - The Indian Express as of 1 January 2026

Waymo's San Francisco outage raises doubts over robotaxi readiness during crises | Reuters

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“The company said the confirmation processes its vehicles follow were established during early deployment and that it was now refining them to match its current scale. Waymo is implementing fleet-wide updates that provide vehicles with "specific power outage context, allowing it to navigate more decisively." Both Cummings and Koopman said robotaxi operators should face additional permitting requirements once their fleets grow beyond a certain size to ensure that they have adequate capabilities to deal with large-scale failures. "If this had been an earthquake, it would have been a problem," Koopman said. "This is just a shot across the bow."”

— from Waymo's San Francisco outage raises doubts over robotaxi readiness during crises | Reuters as of 29 December 2025

Tech whistleblowers face job losses and isolation - The Washington Post

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“The biggest corporations are increasingly playing hardball against employee critics. Earlier this year, Meta won an arbitration ruling against Wynn-Williams that bars her from promoting her tell-all memoir or saying anything “disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental” about Meta, including in private remarks to her husband or children, according to Ravi Naik, Wynn-Williams’s lawyer.”

— from Tech whistleblowers face job losses and isolation - The Washington Post as of 29 December 2025

Has feminism failed women? CBS wants to know | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

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“S funding cuts have caused 1,394 family planning clinics to shut down. Millions of people have been left without access to contraceptives or care as part of a “radical shift towards conservative ideologies that deliberately block human rights”, according to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. But make sure you tune into CBS to hear if feminism is bad for women!”

— from Has feminism failed women? CBS wants to know | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian as of 29 December 2025

River Sherbourne project nears completion in Coventry - BBC News

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“Jordan Davis from the Sherbourne Valley Project said the project really highlights the existence of the river within the city centre. It was not just a construction project but am opportunity for residents to find out more about the river and its history, he said. "It is said that Coventry's very existence, going as far back as 700 AD, is because of the River Sherborne. It's Coventry's foundational river. "People came and settled in Coventry because of the river itself. Coventry owes a lot of its industrial history to the river, loads of working mills, a lot of the sort of cloth dyeing which is obviously the composition of the river itself. That's where we got Coventry Blue from."”

— from River Sherbourne project nears completion in Coventry - BBC News as of 27 December 2025

The River Sherbourne - Coventry Society

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“There are many interesting and beautiful places to visit on the River Sherbourne through Coventry, but here are seven you shouldn’t miss. From Upstream to Downstream”

— from The River Sherbourne - Coventry Society as of 27 December 2025

I have a Masters Degree, I was a "gifted child", I also live in absolute poverty in the 6th richest country in the world

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“The high prevalence of cold, damp, poorly energy efficient households in the UK is considered one of the main reasons why the UK continues to have higher excess deaths over the winter period when compared with other European countries”

— from I have a Masters Degree, I was a "gifted child", I also live in absolute poverty in the 6th richest country in the world as of 26 December 2025

Theft of crypto - Google News 2025

The susceptibility of cryptocurrency to theft and abuse is staggering but seldom figured into day-to-day news.

Google News - News about North Korea • crypto - Overview https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lmeHNxVkVCR0twQ1lRVHVKMDdTZ0FQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

Gluten Free Cheese Sauce for Broccoli & Cauliflower | Chef Janet

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“2 oz gouda cheese, block form, not pre shredded 2 oz sharp or extra sharp cheddar block, not pre-shredded 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, divided 2 + 2 1 Tbsp gluten-free flour blend, King Arthur Measure for Measure recommended 2 tsp cornstarch 1 c whole milk, lactose-free ok ¼ tsp granulated garlic or ⅛ tsp garlic powder 1 2 pinches finely ground black pepper ¼-⅛ tsp salt”

— from Gluten Free Cheese Sauce for Broccoli & Cauliflower | Chef Janet as of 23 December 2025

Histopathology turnaround times - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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“Urology biopsy turnaround time: The target is to report 80% of diagnostic biopsy cases within 7 days, and 80% of all specimens within 10 days (except those requiring decalcification). ”

— from Histopathology turnaround times - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust as of 21 December 2025

Prostate cancer MRI scans: is the NHS ready? - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News

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From May, 2019: ““The benefits of doing mpMRI is that fewer men will need to have a biopsy. We think that using MRI will mean a quarter of a million fewer men per year in Europe alone will need a biopsy. And there’s a million biopsies done each year in Europe.” Emberton says that using mpMRI will mean that fewer prostate cancers will be missed. And it will help to reduce the diagnosis of prostate cancers that would never have caused harm, so called overdiagnosis. ”

— from Prostate cancer MRI scans: is the NHS ready? - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News as of 21 December 2025

MRI could solve prostate cancer overdiagnosis | InSight+

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““PSA testing has unquestionably found cancers at an early stage so that we can cure them, but the problem has been overdetection and overtreatment,” he said. “Based on the findings of this study, mpMRI goes a long way towards avoiding overdetection, by missing out those Gleason 6s [the lowest grade prostate cancer].””

— from MRI could solve prostate cancer overdiagnosis | InSight+ as of 21 December 2025

D16E GPS Fishing Bait Boat with Large Bait Container Automatic Bait Boat with 400-500M Remote Range - AliExpress

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“D16E GPS Fishing Bait Boat with Large Bait Container Automatic Bait Boat with 400-500M Remote Range”

Just add used DJI Osmo Pocket

— from D16E GPS Fishing Bait Boat with Large Bait Container Automatic Bait Boat with 400-500M Remote Range - AliExpress as of 20 December 2025

Global progress on extreme poverty is stalling and may reverse soon | Vox

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/470491/extreme-poverty-sub-saharan-africa-world-bank-conflict-climate-change

Second Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, not available on NHS - Alzheimer's Research UK

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"the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has decided not to offer donanemab on the NHS, citing its “significant cost”."

“In recent weeks, experts have called for more new medicines to be made available on the NHS because this attracts more clinical trials and investment to the UK. Although the UK has a strong history in dementia research, it currently hosts just 7% of global dementia trials and under 3% of participants in phase 3 trials for dementia worldwide live here.”

— from Second Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, not available on NHS - Alzheimer's Research UK as of 18 December 2025

Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State | The New Republic

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“He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?”

— from Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State | The New Republic as of 17 December 2025

Industry voice: Inside the rise of AI-enabled cyber threats

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“Attackers are using AI to automate reconnaissance and create realistic phishing content. They’re also developing polymorphic malware that constantly mutates to avoid detection and spread across multiple domains. These techniques amplify traditional tactics and make them harder to trace or contain. It’s no surprise that more than six in ten IT leaders see AI as a growing source of cybersecurity risk. 61% reported a clear rise in risk levels, while only 31% feel confident in their ability to manage these new kinds of attacks.”

— from Industry voice: Inside the rise of AI-enabled cyber threats as of 16 December 2025

Coventry hospital says sorry over poor performance as new system blamed - CoventryLive

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“the Trust undertook a major transformation programme with the implementation of an electronic patient record (EPR). To ensure this was safe and successful it added that operational activity was reduced for a six-month period and, as a consequence, the number of operations and outpatient appointments was reduced. This in turn had a significant impact on waiting lists.”

— from Coventry hospital says sorry over poor performance as new system blamed - CoventryLive as of 16 December 2025

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence – The White House

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“This “anti-fascist” lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties.  Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.  As described in the Order of September 22, 2025 (Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate this extremism have created a movement that embraces and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes, including justifying additional assassinations.  For example, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin engraved the bullets used in the murder with so-called “anti-fascist” rhetoric.  ”

— from Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence – The White House as of 16 December 2025

Laszlo Zsolnai - Corvinus University of Budapest

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“This study advances a view of the university as an autonomous learning community and redefines its functions as follows: to generate an universal orientation across disciplines and cultures, to assist the whole person development of its members, to create a new holistic understanding of planetary challenges, including transdisciplinary codesigned, stakeholder engaged and solutions-oriented research, to bring forth responsible practitioners, to enhance the problem-solving capabilities of society and to catalyze progressive changes in human-Earth systems.”

— from Laszlo Zsolnai - Corvinus University of Budapest as of 14 December 2025

IASEAI | Conference 2026

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“The International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI) will host its second annual conference (IASEAIʼ26) on 24-26 February 2026 at UNESCO House in Paris, France.”

— from IASEAI | Conference 2026 as of 12 December 2025

fre:ac audio converter

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“With fre:ac you easily rip your audio CDs to MP3 or M4A files for use with your hardware player or convert files that do not play with other audio software. You can even convert whole music libraries retaining the folder and filename structure”

— from as of 12 December 2025 https://www.freac.org/

Notepad++ Vulnerability Let Attackers Hijack Network Traffic to Install Malware via Updates

Notepad++ Vulnerability Let Attackers Hijack Network Traffic to Install Malware via Updates https://cybersecuritynews.com/notepad-vulnerability-exploited/

GG Archives: Ocean Travel, Immigration, & Military History

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“Explore the GG Archives' vast collection of historical passenger lists, military yearbooks, immigration records, and maritime history. Discover rare images, vintage fashion, and epicurean lifestyle insights from the 1800s to the 1950s.”

— from GG Archives: Ocean Travel, Immigration, & Military History | Passenger Lists & Historical Collections as of 12 December 2025

Story of HMS Wayland, formerly RMS Antonia

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HMS Wayland was a fleet repair ship created by converting a transatlantic Cunard passenger liner, the Antonia, built in 1921. The Wayland served in the Mediterranean in 1943 supporting the Allied invasion of Italy. Then went on to serve the British Pacific fleet operating out of Sri Lanka.

— from Antonia - HMS Ausonia as of 12 December 2025

India shows how BritCard Digital ID could be weaponised

"In selling the plans to the public, the Labour government will have to demonstrate foolproof safeguards that can keep the Brit card from being weaponised against the marginalised. In doing so, it will have to acknowledge and learn from India's crimes against its Muslim population"

 https://centralbylines.co.uk/politics/india-shows-how-britcard-digital-id-could-be-weaponised/

Conn Syndrome web page

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“Conn's is the most common cause of difficult to control hypertension or drug resistant hypertension (DRH).  It is likely the cause of high blood pressure in up to 20% of all with high blood pressure.”

— from main@hyperaldosteronism.groups.io | Home as of 10 December 2025

AI Sucks And You Should Not Use It - Zine

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“Why Generative AI Sucks And You Should Not Use It (June 2025) - Zine v1”

— from AI Sucks And You Should Not Use It as of 8 December 2025