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bbg2401··on British parts found in Russian drones, Zelensky says
> In a post on X on Monday morning, Mr Zelensky said: “In the fourth year of the full-scale war, Russia continues to obtain components for producing weapons... “During the massive combined strike on Ukraine on the night of October 5, Russia used 549 weapon systems containing 102,785 foreign-made components — from companies in the United States, China and Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Netherlands.”

The editorialized focus on British parts being found is being highlighted over other countries for some peculiar reason. For fun, have a read though the numerous printings of this story, each vying for the most evocative sub-headline.

My winner is Nancy Fielder's effort at https://www.nationalworld.com/news/british-parts-found-in-ru...

> British firms are making money supplying weapon parts for Russian drones which are killing children in Ukraine.

No mention of the aforementioned other allies whose unspecified components were found.

bbg2401··on NIST's DeepSeek "evaluation" is a hit piece
The implication being that Europe is not its own conglomeration of awful governments? Your European snobbery is odious to the core.
bbg2401··on Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
Why has this hysterical hyperbole become the norm when discussing the UK? It feels like a prolonged disinformation attack.
bbg2401··on Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England
Being embarrassed by your nationality or citizenship is certainly a feat of small mindedness.
bbg2401··on Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents
Massacres are legitimate military tactics? Do military tactics include atrocities?
bbg2401··on Fly.io deleted all my apps without notifying me
How is that an acceptable proposal? I use Fly, but the policy to communicate with customers only via public forum is a disaster.
bbg2401··on Hypermedia Systems
Then use a different tool which provides the precise capabilities you are needing? I'm confused by your hostility. HTMX doesn't have to solve every problem to be considered viable.
bbg2401··on One Dead After London-Singapore Flight Hit by Turbulence
There are reports of at least seven other passengers suffering critical injuries. Photo's also appear to show detached panels and passengers with head wounds.
bbg2401··on MKUltra
So what mistakes do you believe you have learned from? From here, it appears you have very much retained your paternalistic European attitude toward other cultures which you deem to be less learned or morally inclined.

While you scratch around for an answer, you might also like to remind yourself that European countries maintain undue influence in their former colonies to this very day.

bbg2401··on What seven hours in London teaches me about surveillance capitalism
HN has now reached a point where trying to combat crime committed against civilians on public transport networks is derided as far right and "weird". Giving people a number to call to report ongoing crime is about the least we should do.
bbg2401··on “Dear Discord, how on Earth is ”GTK“ a bad word? GTK is a GUI toolkit ”
It means that to a vanishingly small number of quite deranged people. Hand over your language to them if you so wish. I won't be doing so.
bbg2401··on Mohamed Al-Fayed began life as a porter in Alexandria and died as a billionaire
Oh, go on. How did they report on the Scottish nationalist movement? How would you characterise it?
bbg2401··on UK birth slump dubbed ‘good for planet’
So, pray tell, where did you go that you deem free of toxic press? It surely isn't anywhere in Europe or the US. Certainly, couldn't be China, South Korea or Japan. Definitely not Australia.
bbg2401··on How England’s football league is breaking the sport [video]
The larger football clubs in La Liga and Serie A still dominate transfer records when fees are adjusted for inflation. Having lived through the annual record breaking transfer fees spent by Italian clubs in the 1990s, and the regular 9 figure transfer fees spent by Spanish clubs from the 2000s onwards, I find it so difficult to see them in the same victimised light as does the author of this video.
bbg2401··on Titanic tourist sub photos show wreckage being brought ashore
Wouldn't "people smuggling ships" be a more apt term, if we are to choosing to make the distinction at all?
bbg2401··on Testosterone therapy and the heart: New research finds no increased risk
Try to be less pompous.
bbg2401··on Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After Layoffs
Tone down your racism and ethno-nationalism.
bbg2401··on Modern Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people found to have Pictish ancestry
Shouldn't the title read "Modern Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and English people found to have Pictish ancestry"?
bbg2401··on The King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
Is it only the British monarchy you have an issue with? How do you feel about the monarchies of Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the many others?

I presume you are from the US? It seems a substantial number of US citizens believe the British monarchy to be an outlier and the only one worthy of comment.

bbg2401··on BOE Chief Economist Says Britons ‘Need to Accept’ They’re Worse Off
What a detestably callous comment. Do your job, dang.
bbg2401··on Britain’s economic record since 2007 ranks near the bottom among peer countries
> There are jobs which the citizens do not want to do

Do you have a shred of evidence to support this?

bbg2401··on Comment on the UK Gov Proposal to Ban “Bespoke” “Sophisticated” Encrypted Phones
Speak for yourself.
bbg2401··on What Is Anglish?
Get a grip.
bbg2401··on Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister
With regards to Scottish politics and its politicians, I suspect you are allowing yourself to bathe in the rays of your own ignorance.
bbg2401··on UK proposal to criminalize “sophisticated encrypted communication devices”
The proposal does not seek to simply ban encryption.

> Sophisticated encrypted communication devices have been used extensively by criminals to facilitate organised crime. We’re targeting the modified and bespoke devices that enable access to platforms, similar to Encro Chat, where the software/ hardware has been developed to anonymise its users and their communications and its user base is assessed to be almost certainly criminal. Under Option 1 where articles will be specified, we will be targeting those that supply, modify, and possess these bespoke devices; the provisions will not apply to commercially available mobile phones nor the encrypted messaging apps available on them. The proposed offences will seek to tackle those supplying and exploiting these devices in order to carry out serious crimes and will seek to reduce the supply of these devices to serious criminals

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