Durand D'souza🍃

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Coffee, climbing, cocktails, cooking & climate. Astrophysics PhD dropout. Data Scientist @carbontracker.bsky.social

Screenshot from the Guardian: Diane Abbott, who was elected as a Labour MP but who is currently suspended, says there is no point changing the leader without changing policy too. "There is no denying that these election results are going to be very bad for Labour. Yes, Keir Starmer is very unpopular. But it is the policies that drive that unpopularity. Simply changing the leader without changing the policies will not avert disaster in 2029."
Chileans voting in the presidential election at the Olympic stadium in Santiago
Quote by UK Labour MP Alex Norris: "Let’s not forget, I’m afraid, that of those who have successful [asylum] claims, 50% of them end up on benefits. If your intention is to come to the country illegally, to have a claim assessed and, if you’re successful, then sit at home, not contribute, not learn English [or] integrate into [the] community, not to build a life away from the dreadful circumstances that you may have come from, then that is going to come with much greater checks. Now, I don’t want anybody to do that. But we do know that that does happen. And this is a very practical way of making sure that it doesn’t in the future."
On Wednesday, officials at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis in southern Gaza said none of the 45 bodies they had received from Israel had been identified and that they had arrived at the facility with their hands and legs cuffed. “Some are blindfolded and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others have been run over by tanks,” the hospital told CNN.
A photo of a march for Palestine in London. The photo shows a large crowd of people walking peacefully towards Parliament
Defend Our Juries supporter Zoe Cohen, who was arrested at the August action and is Jewish, said: “Those who have used the attack on the Jewish community in Manchester to call for today’s vigil to be cancelled, are wrongly conflating the actions of the Israeli state with all Jews. Jewish people around the world are not responsible for Israel’s crimes and there are many Jewish people who do not support the actions of the Israeli state. Cancelling today’s vigil would have perpetuated this dangerous narrative which fuels antisemitism.”
A screenshot of an LLM output of tasting note categorisation { "tertiary_category": null, "confidence": 0.05, "secondary_category": null, "tasting_note": "Guatemala", "primary_category": "Earthy", }
Screenshot showing all the possible funds to invest in on the Monzo app along with their average annual returns
Scooter Battery station showing a user replacing the battery in their electric scooter.
A protest outside 10 downing St. Many thousands of pots are piled up in front of the gates. A protest sign reads "Kid Starver"
Bluesky trending: brand lander xbox tim walz mike lindell world cup liz bruenig
Onement VI by Barnett Newman. A single white line through the middle of a blue canvas. "Reflects the vastness and emptiness of space, punctuated by the presence of matter and energy. It captures the mature universe, billions of years after the Big Bang."
**Would you prefer the number of migrants (from any country) from each of the below groups coming to live in the UK to be increased, reduced, or should it remain about the same?** | | **All GB adults** | **Labour 2024 voters** | | | **Reduce** | **Don't reduce*** | **Reduce** | **Don't reduce*** | | Doctors | 17% | 77% | 13% | 83% | | Nurses | 18% | 76% | 14% | 83% | | Academics | 20% | 70% | 16% | 79% | | Computer and software experts | 23% | 69% | 20% | 74% | | Care home workers | 22% | 71% | 18% | 79% | | Seasonal fruit and vegetable pickers | 24% | 70% | 19% | 75% | | Construction labourers (e.g. bricklayers, roofers) | 27% | 66% | 20% | 74% | | Restaurant and catering staff (waiters, waitresses, bartenders) | 29% | 63% | 24% | 71% | | Bankers | 37% | 54% | 33% | 61% | | Students | 29% | 65% | 23% | 73% | | Teachers | 24% | 70% | 17% | 79% | | Lorry drivers | 31% | 63% | 25% | 69% | | Engineers | 18% | 65% | 15% | 81% | ***'Don't reduce' = 'Remain about the same' + 'increase'**
Line graph showing the historical high temps for May 2nd in London over the past 40 years. Tomorrow's forecast will be 27C, close to the record of 28C set in 1990.
A histogram of May 1st temperatures in London, which shows an average of 16.3C, except for a previous record in 1990 of 26.2C and today (May 1st, 2025) of 29C.
Temperature over time for London on May 1st. Tomorrow (May 1st, 2025) is forecast to hit 29°C, breaking records.
Guardian news story - Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
The contrast between the UK’s response to Ukrainian refugees and its treatment of Palestinians could not be more glaring. After Russia’s invasion, the UK swiftly created a structured scheme for Ukrainian families. In comparison, Palestinians – who have endured 15 months of genocide, starvation and mass displacement – are left without any dedicated family reunification pathway.
Google maps screenshot naming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).
HSBC have issued an interesting research note, explaining how the financial markets are pricing in “persistently higher” UK inflation. They explain: A big part of the fiscal problem is a lack of growth. But the UK isn’t alone in Europe in. facing persistently weak productivity growth. Yet its high short and long-term interest rates are comparable to those of the faster-growing US. Moreover, despite tighter expected monetary policy, market prices suggest that longer-term UK inflation might be a bit higher than in the eurozone. It feels like the worst of all worlds. HSBC also flag that the Office for Budget Responsibility’s ‘ready reckoner’ is that a sustained 1% rise in long-term yields raises debt servicing costs by about £10bn a year. So, if sustained, the rise in yields since the 30 October Budget could have wiped out the Chancellor’s £9.9bn of fiscal headroom. Unless something changes, more tough choices on tax rises, spending cuts or tearing up the new fiscal targets loom over the 26 March Spring Statement.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz says his message to Iran is clear: “We cannot continue with massive reactions of escalation, this must end now.”
Keir Starmer Approval Tracker line graph. Shows Starmer's rating dropping from +11 in August to -38 in October 2024.
Guardian headline: woman killed in suspected terror attack, IDF says it has killed Hezbollah commander
A git diff of the changes made to a Readme file by Gemini LLM.