Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-is-rebranding-the-fitbit-app-t…
Zia Yusuf is what they used to call an Uncle Tom.
Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations | Reform UK | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/reform-uk-stop-visas…
Prof Sir John Curtice, on the English council election results based on key wards:
"A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance."
"It should be remembered that Labour may often lose seats to Reform because it is losing votes to the Greens, while the Conservatives are losing votes to Reform. The net effect can be that Labour end up losing a seat to Reform."
Impeachment As A Referendum On The Iran Fiasco (Brian Beutler/Off Message)
https://www.offmessage.net/p/impeachment-as-a-referendum-on-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/260406/p49#a260406p49
"Wählt Reform UK! Wir bringen den wahren Wandel!"
Nigel Farage
Wohl wahr!
Er hat schon mit dem Brexit für Grossbritannien alles verändert.
Aber in welche Richtung!?
Sehr mutig, ihm noch einmal das Steuer zu überlassen. 🤯
#ReformUK #bitteNichtRechts
Ich bin ja ansonsten kein Fan von Johann #Wadephul, aber das Statement zur Abschaffung des Einstimmigkeitsprinzips in Angelegenheiten des Äußeren, Verkleinerung der Kommission und auch des Parlaments begrüße ich, finde ich vernünftig und halte ich für längst überfällig!
from my link log —
The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do.
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-one-science-reform-we-can-all
saved 2026-03-04
Public sector workers warned Reform poses ‘significant’ risk to their futures | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/public-sector-workers-warned-reform-poses-significant-risk-their-futures
UK's Labour Party suffers heavy early losses as Reform gains in elections (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-party-suffers-heavy-early-losses-reform-gains-elections-2026-05-08/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p19#a260508p19
Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-health-premium-pri…