Notices by JuneSim63 💚 (junesim63@mstdn.social)

Four hundred thousand children in the UK were supported by baby banks in 2025, an 11% increase from the year before, prompting warnings from charities that they “cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty on this scale” without government support.

Starmer supporters still banging on about his 'decency'.

#ChildPoverty #UKPolitics #BabyBanks

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/23/uk-children-baby-banks-poverty

"In the worst El Niño years in the 19th century, the death toll from famines in India, China and Brazil stretched into the tens of millions. There is some evidence to suggest it set the scene for the French Revolution in the 18th century with erratic weather that ruined harvests, and it helped the Spanish conquer the Inca empire in the 16th century"

#ElNiňo #Drought #ClimateEmergency #Famine

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/21/el-nino-fears-godzilla-strength-hunger-famine

Physicians, who had all performed at least 2,000 colonoscopies during their careers, were given access to an AI system that analyses colonoscopy images. Once physicians began using it, their performance dropped significantly whenever the system was unavailable.

#AI #Medicine #Deskilling

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1

"Most presidents’ skill set begins to fade as they age; Trump has got such a limited toolkit that it’s putting him over the edge.”

#Trump #USPolitics

As Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time. That’s a problem for us all | Donald Trump | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/14/donald-trump-turns-80-faces-foe-father-time

"Any kids studying the 1930s and the rise of fascism for GCSE have no excuse for not getting a high score. All they need to do to understand it is to look around them. Reform is already improving educational standards and Farage isn’t even in power yet"

#ReformUK #Pogrom #Ireland #Belfast

Stewart Lee: Ireland is an island of fable and magic. It’s just a shame about the pogrom
https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-ireland-belfast-attack-pogrom-farage-tommy-robinson

"Some London councils pay millions of pounds to intermediary companies to provide often-unfurnished flats or houses hundreds of miles away, sending families in one-way taxis to unfamiliar places sometimes in the dead of night."

This is a disgrace and exacerbates tensions over housing, fuelling the far right in northern towns.

#Homelessness #Housing #London

Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away by London councils | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/07/vulnerable-families-illegally-dumped-hundreds-miles-away-london-councils

"In the Seventies, when my family first moved to this country, we were the target of those comedians. I don’t see a lot of difference between the racist and hostile jokes directed at my family by comedians in the Seventies, and the targeting of the trans community now. If you come from any sort of minority, marginalised background, we’ve all got to have each others’ backs. Prejudice is a contagion.”
Nish Kumar

#Comedy #NishKumar
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/nish-kumar-interview-ricky-gervais-jimmy-carr-b2987362.html

This is the final stage of the genocide.

"At the end of the day, the only people remaining in the yellow zone, according to the Americans, are Hamas and other armed groups. And then Israel will be free to deal with them as they want. This is the thinking, this is the planning, and this is what I see happening in the coming weeks and months”

#Israel #Gaza #Genocide
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal | Gaza | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/netanyahu-orders-israeli-army-seize-70-gaza-strip-violating-ceasefire-deal?CMP=GTUK_email

"In 1956, Monroe supported her then-husband, Miller, in his refusal to name names to the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities headed up by the notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy in the attempt to remove perceived Communist influence in Hollywood. In 1960, she wrote to New York Times editor Lester Markel, a friend of hers, expressing her support of Fidel Castro in Cuba"

#MarilynMonroe
Marilyn Monroe at 100: Hollywood made her a myth – she spent her life resisting it
https://theconversation.com/marilyn-monroe-at-100-hollywood-made-her-a-myth-she-spent-her-life-resisting-it-281289

"Europe’s productivity problem is real. But the caricature of a continent collapsing under regulation is not. Much of the apparent US-European growth gap reflects population growth, purchasing power, working hours and the very different social bargain Europe has chosen to preserve. This suggests that Europe does not need to become the US to become more competitive"

#Regulation #Business #Europe
#EU

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/how-the-plastic-bottle-cap-became-a-parable-for-the-value-of-eu-regulation

The Nerve has done a timeline of all crypto billionnaire Christopher Harborne's £30m donations to Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage against their statements in support of crypto. And guess what?

Excellent journalism.

#Corruption #Farage #Harborne #Crypto #UKPolitics

https://www.thenerve.news/p/investigation-billionaire-christopher-harborne-30m-farage-boris-johnson-reform-brexit-pro-crypto

Air conditioning should be installed in all care homes and hospitals within the next 10 years, and in all schools within 25 years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which published a major report on adapting to the impacts of global heating today.

This makes the switch to renewables even more vital with the extra energy needed.

#GlobalHeating #ClimateEmergency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/uk-built-for-climate-that-no-longer-exists-and-needs-urgent-changes-to-survive-global-heating-report-warns

"Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating."

They know private healthcare is no good at serious illness and the NHS is always the backstop.

#TaxTheRich #Inequality #UKPolitics

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds | The super-rich | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/13/three-quarters-uk-millionaires-willing-pay-more-tax-research-finds

"For every road scheme that goes in, if we could dedicate 1% to 3% of the cost to a greening element that helps defragment landscapes, we’d be investing in green infrastructure and unlocking nature recovery. It’s the shrewdest investment you could make"

#GreenBridges #Roads #Transport #Wildlife #Biodiversity

‘Six lanes of tarmac and vehicles doing 70mph’: can ‘green bridges’ help animals cross the UK’s motorways in safety? | Biodiversity | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/12/cockrow-green-bridge-wildlife-road-crossings-aoe

Very good article exposing the bias of the BBC when in reporting on Palestine.

#BBC #BBCBias #Gaza #Israel #BAFTA

It is a national disgrace that the BBC pulled a BAFTA-winning documentary to appease Israel
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/it-is-a-national-disgrace-that-the

A good news story. Green Party Councillor Yassin Mohamud was a refugee from Somalia Now he is Bristol's new Lord Mayor.

#Refugees #Somalia #Bristol #GreenParty

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x7kn9ydl4o

"For several years, the UK car industry has been claiming that demand is not high enough to meet the government’s targets for sales of “zero emissions vehicles” (ZEVs).

To date, however, the car industry has actually beaten the targets under the government’s “ZEV mandate”.

#EVs #Transport #UK
Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets - Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-the-uk-car-industry-is-not-saying-about-ev-targets/

The Board of Deputies of British Jews & the Jewish Leadership Council are organising a rally against antisemitism.

PM Keir Starmer, is considering attending, and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to speak. Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage & LibDem leader, Ed Davey, have also been invited, but the only Jewish party leader, the Green Party's Zack Polanski, has not.

Tells you all you need to know.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/10/downing-street-rally-asks-silent-majority-to-fight-antisemitism

#Antisemitism #UKPolitics

"Reform UK is a serious party with many supporters, local councillors, and an increasing number of members of Parliament from month to month, which cannot be ignored. They have also expressed very broad support for the fight against antisemitism. There was no way we would not invite them.
We did not invite the Greens’ Zack Polanski because we very strongly do not believe he has done enough to root out antisemitism from his party.”
Michael Wegier, Board of Deputies of British Jews

Fascinating on the link between congenital cortical blindness and schizophrenia.

#Schizophrenia #Blindness
People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia – what this tells us about the psychiatric condition
https://theconversation.com/people-who-are-blind-from-birth-never-develop-schizophrenia-what-this-tells-us-about-the-psychiatric-condition-281369