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Sources: BBC Breakfast editor Richard Frediani is taking an extended period of leave as the BBC conducts a review into workplace bullying and misconduct claims (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-breakfast-bullying-pwc-cons…

BBC Drafts In Consultant To Examine ‘Breakfast’ Bullying Allegations After Deadline Investigation
The BBC's HR team is working with an external PwC consultant to examine allegations of bullying and misconduct on flagship show, 'BBC Breakfast.

#GitHub #Copilot coding agent in public preview
https://github.blog/changelog/2025-…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Chemical Brothers:
🎵 Let Forever Be
#TheChemicalBrothers
https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-chemical-brothers-let-forever-be-flying-lotus-garmonbozia
https://open.spotify.com/track/3m1JFLpKLYgMi1jf6Bu16P

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Natalie Imbruglia:
🎵 Torn
#NowPlaying #NatalieImbruglia
https://consoultraininmusic.bandcamp.com/track/natalie-imbruglia-torn-consoul-trainin-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0KDaN0HL3TcJVTbXlQCEsS

🌐Strategic potential of #BlueRaman submarine cable highlighted today at summit btw. #EuropeanCommission & Presidency of Council of Ministers of #Italy.
The initiative–co-funded with €37M con…

Joint press release by the European Commission and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, co-chaired the high-level event ‘The Mattei Plan for Africa and

If 1/2 of the road space would be reserved for slow traffic:
👉 1/2 of the passenger kilometres travelled by car can be shifted to public transport, e-bikes, bicycles & walking
👉 CO₂ emissions could be cut by 40%
👉 a reduction in accidents could save up to 76 million Swiss francs annually
👉 Mobility will also become cheaper for households
👉 from current damages of around 500 million Swiss francs into long-term benefits of around 1 billion
Nice visualisations…

“The lack of vision has led transport policy down a dead end.”
Cities can expand their bike lane networks significantly without causing additional congestion on the roads. That is the conclusion reached by the ETH research project E-Bike City. Project lead and transport researcher Kay Axhausen explains the implications for traffic, the environment and costs. 

Two US disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet.
Not on Mastodon yet though. Missing a trick methinks.
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/indicator-alexios-mantzarlis-craig-silverman/

Two disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet - Poynter
With Indicator, Alexios Mantzarlis and Craig Silverman bring a deep well of experience fighting falsehoods into a chaotic and cynical online world

Excited about the Highland Council by-election?
Tune in here:
‪RT @highland.gov.uk€
You can watch the Ward 6 Cromarty Firth and Ward 10 Eilean a' Cheò [Skye] By-Election count live on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/pr1EVKwKudw?feature=share

While the Sšnchez government is committed to spending 2% GDP on war, it is resisting Trump / NATO/OTAN calls to spend 5%.
Sšnchez se opone a subir el gasto en defensa al 5% del PIB como pide Trump, ¿y ahora qué?
https://www.eldiario.es/interna…

Sánchez se opone a subir el gasto en defensa al 5% del PIB como pide Trump, ¿y ahora qué?
España rechaza las últimas conclusiones presentadas por el secretario general de la OTAN, donde se fija ese nuevo compromiso de los 32 países de la Alianza Atlántica y se abre un periodo de negociación in extremis hasta la cumbre de La Haya (24 y 25 de junio)

I've never written a novel or any other intensely-plotted work of fiction, but anyone who has read or watched it played a lot of stories can probably also recognize that some authors just aren't good at endings. They're great at setting things in motion, at keeping the twists and turns coming, at the soap opera style of drama. But they just don't have the craft necessary to tie things together into a satisfying conclusion. I imagine it's much harder than the process of getting things going out keeping them moving, since you both have to wind down all the various threads you've spun up and balance satisfaction with believability.
I just finished Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi, and it has a bad ending. The beginning is fine, the middle has plenty of drama to keep you wanting to see what happens, but the ending is murky, unsatisfying, and manages neither veracity nor satisfaction (even discounting the biggest next step that might reasonably have been left there to make room for a sequel).
Given the other issues with the book, from poor politics, to inauthentic characters, to a techno-optimism that feels as bitter in this moment as it is far from the mark in its predictions, I can't recommended it, despite having read through to the end.
#AmReading