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  • Does Feddit.uk have a position on Lemmy.World defederating instances over a single user?

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  • I would be offended at being called a f.uker, but actually I can be an annoying f.uker at times.

  • The redcoats are coming

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  • I'm British, and south Asian curries are very popular in the UK. Probably every town has an Indian restaurant (apparently many of them are run by Bangladeshis, but they're still commonly called Indian restaurants).

    Chicken tikka masala is known as a national dish in the UK. Also there is coronation chicken, a British dish made with Indian spices, which was first made for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

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    Iran Publicly Executes Teen Champion Wrestler for Protesting Regime

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  • I think my view is that I don't like how oppressive Iran's regime is, but there are many world governments I don't like (including that of the US). I also think the US and Israel probably shouldn't be murdering Iranian civilians with bombs just because Trump and Bibi don't like Iran's government.

  • ‘A toad is a perfect tenner’: experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes

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  • I look forward to being in a future pub and hearing someone say "alright mate can you lend me a couple of toads?"

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Amazon is reportedly developing an AI-centric smartphone

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2026/03/amazon-is-reportedly-developing-an-ai-centric-smartphone/

  • UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

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  • Maybe the UK can partner with other European countries to build missiles for nukes, and in return those countries could get protection under the nuclear umbrella. Although I guess that would be a big commitment, promising to launch a nuclear attack on behalf of another country in certain circumstances

  • UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

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  • Fair points. But defence might be a sensible thing to spend money on, in a world where stronger powers (Russia, US, Israel) are deciding to attack weaker powers (Ukraine, Iran, Palestine) just because they feel like it

  • UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

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  • I guess the UK should build up independent capabilities first, before pulling away from the US. Also maybe the UK should seek greater ties with the EU, which together can become independent from the US. The costs of strategic independence could then be shared across the EU.

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    UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2026/mar/15/uk-needs-nuclear-deterrent-independent-from-us-ed-davey-to-say

  • Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question

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  • Nice, my sense of Britishness remains intact

  • Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question

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  • Brit here:

    1. Marmite
    2. Guinness
    3. Michael Sheen? First Welsh actor that comes to mind. I think Christian Bale was born in Wales but considers himself to be English.
    4. Frankie Boyle if I remember correctly
    5. Ant and Dec? I think they're both married to women, I don't know
    6. Tea

  • Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question

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  • I'm British born and bred and I got 88%. Some of those questions are interesting and definitely better questions than asking the height of the London Eye.

    Maybe the UK citizenship test should try to select people who support important British principles (rule of law, democracy, religious freedom, legal equality of men and women, etc). But I suppose somebody could pretend to support those things for the purposes of passing a test, and after the test they might decide they don't believe in democracy after all. Also I'm sure there are born and bred Brits who don't believe in democracy.

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes

    arstechnica.com /ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/

  • The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump

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  • Well it's just a suggestion I'm thinking of, and I'm happy for anybody to prove me wrong. But yes I guess the reality is that no European country alone (such as the UK) can fully stand up to the US, because no European country alone comes anywhere close to the US in terms of military power or economic power. Europe together can stand up to the US though.

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    The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/mar/08/iran-war-keir-starmer-donald-trump-us-israel

  • US would "strenuously oppose" Poland or other European state developing nuclear weapons, says Pentagon official

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  • True. And the UK has its own nukes but unfortunately relies on American missiles to deliver them.

    Yes it would be good if the umbrella was enlarged, and also European countries could contribute funds and engineers for this potentially Europe-wide nuclear programme

  • Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

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  • Why would somebody trust AI with access to their production servers, and why would that person also not have remote database backups

  • I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.

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  • I looked that up, looks interesting. Apparently it's not available for us in the UK though because they say they don't have the resources to comply with age verification, which is now a legal requirement for social media in the UK

  • US would "strenuously oppose" Poland or other European state developing nuclear weapons, says Pentagon official

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  • This is yet another reason why Europe needs to develop its own independent nukes without any US involvement

  • Telegraph sold for £575m as German buyer elbows out Daily Mail

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  • Gammons won't like this

  • I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.

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  • You wouldn't be in my Top 8

    I chuckled. I miss MySpace. Choosing a song for your profile was great. Facebook should add that feature to their profiles. So should Bluesky and Mastodon.

  • Britain’s war hawks are very upset that Keir Starmer isn’t personally riding a bomb all the way to Tehran | Marina Hyde

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  • I think that the UK should try to act in accordance with international law, which it seems Sir Keir is trying to do.

    The reality is that the UK is not the most powerful nation in the world. If we decide to disregard international law, then it encourages the big powers (US, China, Russia) to disregard international law in their dealings with us. Do we want those powers to treat the UK in illegal ways?

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    Yes, Keir Starmer must do better and go faster in bringing Britain closer to Europe. Here’s how to reset his reset

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/mar/04/keir-starmer-britain-europe-reset-four-ways

  • Spain's Pedro Sánchez hits back at Trump threat to sever trade saying 'no to war'

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  • I looked at that article and it quotes Trump as saying:

    We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain

    Surely this is a reason why Europe should unite in order to protect its interests. Imagine if the EU were to deny the Americans permission to use any EU air base for strikes on Iran. Would Trump then say "we're going to cut off all trade with the EU"? It would be much more costly for the US economy if they were to cut off trade with the entire EU, rather than just one EU country.

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    Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/mar/03/starmer-position-iran-no-good-options
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    Donald Trump and the climate crisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/feb/15/the-guardian-view-on-donald-trump-and-the-climate-crisis-the-us-is-in-reverse-while-china-ploughs-ahead
  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    ‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2026/feb/15/liz-truss-tweets-photo-of-her-and-trump-at-mar-a-lago
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket delivered

    arstechnica.com /space/2026/02/when-amazon-badly-needed-a-ride-europes-ariane-6-rocket-delivered/
  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/ckglv1n4dzeo
  • UK Politics @feddit.uk
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    Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank

    www.theguardian.com /business/2026/feb/04/zero-net-migration-shrink-uk-economy-thinktank-niesr
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    MP expected to step down potentially paving way for Burnham's return

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c14rrez0mr4o
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    In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/jan/20/donald-trump-britain-europe-labour-uk
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    Europe may need to adopt Trump’s brass-knuckle methods to save Greenland

    us.cnn.com /2026/01/20/politics/nato-tactics-trump-greenland-analysis
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    ‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
  • Europe @feddit.org
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    What Trump's vision of the new world order means for Europe

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c041n3ng03no
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Xi Jinping vows to reunify China and Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech

    www.theguardian.com /world/2025/dec/31/xi-jinping-vows-reunification-china-taiwan-new-years-eve-speech
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    Jamie Carragher blames Brexit for 'divisive' feeling in Britain

    www.lbc.co.uk /article/jamie-carragher-brexit-divisive-5HjdGWg_2/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings

    www.theverge.com /news/811999/gta-vi-rockstar-games-union-busting
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    Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections

    www.theguardian.com /world/2025/oct/27/javier-milei-president-far-right-party-wins-argentina-midterm-elections