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Space miso tastes weird—not bad, but… different

7 April 2025 @ 8:23 pm

Space miso in the center. (Maggie Coblentz)Food researchers ran a rather curious culinary experiment aboard the International Space Station—they fermented soybeans into miso to see how the offworld environment affected the flavor. Josh Evans of the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen and colleagues mixed cooked soybeans with salt and fermented rice (koji). — Read the rest The post

Delirious Trump forgets what he stands for: "We need open borders" (video)

7 April 2025 @ 8:21 pm

Image: Donald Trump / Fox NewsIt all makes sense now. Donald Trump is destroying the United States with his ludicrous tariffs, illegal deportations, and unfit DOGE goons for one simple reason: he's lost his mind. As proven yet again today when he boasted of "open borders." — Read the rest The post

Professional golfer plays with mouth taped shut (video)

7 April 2025 @ 7:40 pm

image: Prakarn Pudtan/Shutterstock"Been having not-so-fun times this year on the golf course. Pretty angry and mad," professional golfer Ryan McCormick told ESPN. "So I figured I've tried a lot of things, and I just figured I'd shut myself up. So I put tape over my mouth." — Re

Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown

7 April 2025 @ 7:23 pm

image: The Jonestown Institute, http://jonestown.sdsu.eduOn November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple, under the guidance of cult leader Rev. Jim Jones, killed themselves or were murdered in the jungles of Guyana. Five years before the mass suicide-murder though, Jones was a pillar of the San Francisco community, hobnobbing with government officials and other big-shots while leading his adoring congregation in religious, social, and political acti

Become a Costco Gold Star Member and get $20 to spend on your next trip

7 April 2025 @ 7:16 pm

Costco 1-Year Gold Star MembershipTL;DR: Become a Gold Star Member at Costco for

Trump is butt of joke on Russian TV, where hosts can't stop laughing: "Pure buffoonery!" (video)

7 April 2025 @ 6:34 pm

Image: Boing Boing/Stable DiffusionAs the U.S. economy and its reputation goes up in smoke, Donald Trump is the butt of the joke on Russian state TV, where its panel had a good laugh at the president's "pure buffoonery." "This is the Swan Lake — Trump is playing the Black Swan," political scientist Dmitry Kulikov said on Thursday's The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, breaking into song while mimic

Trump finally gets his big boy parade

7 April 2025 @ 5:55 pm

Photo for collage: Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock.comGuess which special birthday boy is getting his own four-mile-long tank parade that is going to cost many, many millions of your tax dollars? As reported in Washington City Paper, Generalissimo Trump, fresh off his recent Pentagon purge of anyone who might say no to him, is finally getting the military parade he's been demanding ever since watching France do it in 2017. —

US tourist arrested after offering coconut and Diet Coke to Sentinelese islanders

7 April 2025 @ 5:32 pm

Phototalker/Shutterstock.comAn American citizen has been arrested after making numerous attempts to contact the Sentinelese people. The Sentinelese are one of the isolated indigenous tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, about 800 miles off the coast of Myanmar. — Read the rest The post

Amadou Bagayoko of Mali's Amadou & Mariam passes away

7 April 2025 @ 5:29 pm

Amadou Bagayoko on the cover of Amadou & Mariam: Beaux DimanchesYesterday marks the passing of one my favorite musicians, Amadou Bagayoko of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam. The couple won a ton of awards over their lengthy and prolific career and I'm sure there are ample formal eulogies floating around on the internet today, so instead I'll go the more informal route. —

Why tariffs? Because Trump thinks America's trading partners are pickpockets who must be punished

7 April 2025 @ 5:02 pm

Donald Trump (Jimwatson / Shutterstock.com)Donald Trump's latest tariff war emerges from a decades-long personal belief that America's trading partners are "pickpockets" who must be punished, rather than from conventional economic strategy. As Bloomberg's Timothy L. O'Brien explains, searching for rational policy goa

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do I need Acer Care Center and Acer quick access on HP computer

7 April 2025 @ 6:48 pm

I'm cleaning programs on my HP computer. Do I need Acer Care Center and Acer quick access on HP computer at all? And if not - should I just uninstall these?

how do I tell who is connected to my computer/i phone as I use my hot spot to connect my devices?

7 April 2025 @ 5:05 pm

i would like to know who it is that I talk to,who is connected to my I phone. and if any one is connected to my hot spot

How to rotate browser tab in Microsoft Edge

7 April 2025 @ 4:12 pm

Is there a way to rotate a tab with the Microsoft Edge browser? My specific case is that I have a video feed that's oriented sideways and would like to rotate it by 90 degrees.

If a cell contains a certain text/texts then today's date

7 April 2025 @ 10:21 am

If A1 contains accepted or rejected or goodwill then A2 = today's date. I have tried to use IF function but I can not combine that the cell can contain 3 different words to search to get today's date.

Docker: Prevent using remote image

7 April 2025 @ 9:57 am

Let's say I create a Dockerfile that uses another image as baseImage with the FROM command, then Docker build will pull this baseImage from repository if not found locally. Now let's say i construct make my own baseImage and I want to use that as base for other images. I then give the baseImage a common name, eg. aCommonImageName. If I forget to build the baseImage locally then the image that uses my own baseImage as a base will download another random image from the repository that share the same name, perhaps even a compromised one. How can I restrict the Dockerfile to abort the build process if the baseImage is not found amongst the local machine images?

outlook 2024 calendar not highlighting selected date

7 April 2025 @ 4:06 am

The selected date is not highlighted in the navigation pane on the left in Outlook(classic) 2024. It has an Outlook account so I can check my calendar on my android phone. I first thought it was a display problem so I updated the display drivers, no luck. In this image, today is highlighted, selected date is NOT, and date hovered by mouse is not highlighted. Today is highlighted, selected date is not, mouse hovering not highlighted It should be like this: Today is highlighted and selected day is.

How can I determine what is causing a "weak charging state"?

6 April 2025 @ 9:50 am

I connected my (Dell XPS) laptop through USB-C to a universal docking station, and connected the docking station through USB-C to a Dell charger. As a result, I saw this icon with the message "weak charging state, please check power charger": enter image description here I am using Windows 11. I guess the reason is that the docking station takes some power to itself, so the laptop does not get the ideal amount of power to recharge. As I still want to use my universal docking station, I would like to know how bad is this "weak charging state" situation. In particular, as my laptop usually needs 130 watt to charge, I would like to know how much lower than that it gets with the docking station (I can live with 120 watt, as I do not do heavy processing on that laptop; but 60 watt would probably be too low).

How can I tell whether a USB or Thunderbolt hub supports dual monitors for a MacBook Pro M4?

5 April 2025 @ 2:11 am

I have a MacBook Pro M4 which I'm currently using with its lid closed, with two monitors plugged in. They are both running at 1920x1080, at 60 hertz, and each displays different content (as opposed to just mirroring each other). I'm plugging one of those monitors in the HDMI port and the other to an USB C port using an HDMI to USB adapter. I'd like to buy a USB hub with two HDMI ports so I can just use a single port in my MacBook to plug both monitors and my USB peripherals (bonus points if it can also power the laptop itself). Will something like this (TobenONE DisplayLink Docking Station 3 Monitors) do the trick? If not, what is it missing? Is there anything else I should keep in mind?

Conditional formatting of a cell based on relative date

3 April 2025 @ 1:57 pm

I'm attempting to apply conditional formatting to a cell where the date entered is after a specific relative date. However, I do not want to apply the formatting to existing dates that were entered after to conditional date. Specifically, I would like to call out rows that are entered late without rows automatically formatting once any preexisting dates pass the target date. I can't change the structure to add a DATE ENTERED column to use as a reference.

How do I disable ANC and Talk Through on Epos Impact 1060T headphones?

19 February 2025 @ 6:41 pm

I have a set of Epos Impact 1060T headphones connected to my Windows 11 computer. The headphones have a "talk through" mode that amplifies ambient sound an Active Noise Cancellation mode which blocks outside audio. Pressing the ANC button under the left earcup switches between the two modes. I don't want either mode messing with my audio, as both are distracting. How do I disable both Active Noise Cancellation and Talk Through mode on my Epos Impact 1060T headphones?

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Doctor Who‘s Electrifying New Dynamic Is Just What the Doctor Ordered

7 April 2025 @ 7:00 pm

Doctor Who Robot Revolution Review Varada Sethu BelindaDoctor Who's season premiere has a brilliant premise—but its real magic comes courtesy of its latest companion, Belinda Chandra.

Jenna Ortega Shares a Knife-Slim Bit of Insight Into Her Scream Exit

7 April 2025 @ 6:30 pm

Jenna 2After appearing in Scream parts five and six, Ortaga left the franchise at a particularly tumultuous time.

Bezos Finally Ready to Compete With Musk’s Starlink as Amazon’s Kuiper Prepares for Launch

7 April 2025 @ 6:30 pm

Amazon Project KuiperBezos' attempt at forming an internet satellite constellation has a lot of catching up to do, but it's finally set to begin.

RealPage Sues Berkeley Over Ban on Algorithmic Rental Pricing

7 April 2025 @ 6:10 pm

Photo: Marcio Jose SanchezThe company says the ban is a violation of its First Amendment rights.

Black Mirror‘s Charlie Brooker Hints There Could Be More Sequels Coming

7 April 2025 @ 5:45 pm

Uss Callister2The dystopian Netflix series returns with its seventh season April 10.

Stocks Plunge After Trump Declares Web Rumor on Tariffs ‘Fake News’

7 April 2025 @ 5:32 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.The stock market had a brief moment of hope on Monday morning thanks to a false rumor.

The Best Star Wars Novelization Is Getting a New Special Edition

7 April 2025 @ 5:01 pm

Revenge Of The Sith Cover CropRevenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover took George Lucas' story to another level, and now the novel itself gets the same treatment.

Trump Threatens 104% Tariffs on China as the Mad King Plays Chicken With the Global Economy

7 April 2025 @ 4:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2025, as he travels to Florida for the weekend.The president just keeps introducing more chaos.

The Last of Us Season 2 Is Going to Rock Your World

7 April 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Last Of Us 2 ReviewPedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey star in the PlayStation game adaptation, returning April 13.

RFK Jr. Attends Measles Victim’s Funeral, Then Pitches Junk Treatment

7 April 2025 @ 3:57 pm

Rfk3Eight-year-old Daisy Hildebrand died from measles complications last week, the second such death reported in Texas this year.

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Port of Seattle ransomware breach exposes data on around 90,000 people

7 April 2025 @ 6:27 pm

US government agency is sending out data breach notification letters for the August 2024 attack.

How to watch Celebrity Big Brother 2025 online from anywhere – stream new series for free, channels, start times

7 April 2025 @ 5:47 pm

With a new series starting on April 7, our guide explains how to watch Celebrity Big Brother 2025 online and stream episodes live and on demand for free.

ChatGPT subscribers are getting frustrated with Sora restrictions and OpenAI outages – and I can't blame them

7 April 2025 @ 5:38 pm

OpenAI's capacity issues are continuing to throttle ChatGPT's features and performance for paying subscribers –and that's starting to wear thin.

Does Microsoft know something we don't? Tech giant cools down on AI data center investment as another report claims company pullbacks

7 April 2025 @ 5:31 pm

A new report claims Microsoft has stepped away from even more data center projects worth billions of dollars.

I laughed about Signalgate until I made my own massive privacy mistake

7 April 2025 @ 5:30 pm

I made a huge privacy mistake and realized that sending sensitive information to the wrong person is easier than you might think.

Apple has introduced 8 new emojis with iOS 18.4 - here they are, ranked from best to worst

7 April 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Apple has released its 18.4 software update, which includes 8 new emojis. Here they are, ranked from best to worst.

Nintendo of America president says 'tariffs were not factored into the price' of the Switch 2 and weighs in on the price of games

7 April 2025 @ 4:34 pm

Nintendo of America president claims that 'tariffs were not factored into the price' of the Switch 2.

Still using WinRAR? It has a worrying security flaw that could let hackers hijack your Windows device

7 April 2025 @ 4:28 pm

WinRAR patch was recently released addressing the medium-severity vulnerability.

New Marvel trailer for Thunderbolts* shines a spotlight on its main villain, and he looks and sounds even worse than Thanos

7 April 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Marvel isn't playing it coy over Thunderbolts' Big Bad anymore as the movie's latest teaser reconfirms who it'll be.

Malicious Python packages are stealing vital data, and have been downloaded thousands of times already

7 April 2025 @ 3:04 pm

Two malicious packages are targeting Bitcoin developers, and another hitting WooCommerce stores.

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LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features

12 December 2023 @ 4:10 pm

 In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.

ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: Which Grammar Checker is Better in (2022) ?

13 March 2022 @ 3:04 pm

Grammarly vs prowritingaidProWritingAid VS Grammarly:

Sellfy Review 2022: How Good Is This Ecommerce Platform?

12 March 2022 @ 11:54 am

 SellfyAre you searching for an

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PM eases electric vehicle targets as Trump tariffs heap pressure on car industry | ITV News - ITVX

7 April 2025 @ 6:39 pm

PM eases electric vehicle targets as Trump tariffs heap pressure on car industry | ITV News  ITVXUK to relax electric car rules as US tariffs hit  BBC

Paris fire: Blaze erupts in heart of France's capital as flames and smoke seen from miles - Daily Express

7 April 2025 @ 6:19 pm

Paris fire: Blaze erupts in heart of France's capital as flames and smoke seen from miles  Daily ExpressView Full coverage on Google News

Leicester City v Newcastle United: Premier League – live - The Guardian

7 April 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Leicester City v Newcastle United: Premier League – live  The GuardianLeicester vs Newcastle LIVE: Premier League score, team news & latest updates  BBC

Abtisam Mohamed: It was about censorship, says MP denied entry to Israel - BBC

7 April 2025 @ 5:59 pm

Abtisam Mohamed: It was about censorship, says MP denied entry to Israel  BBCView Full coverage on Google News

‘The White Lotus’: Walton Goggins Knows It Had to End This Way - The New York Times

7 April 2025 @ 5:56 pm

‘The White Lotus’: Walton Goggins Knows It Had to End This Way  The New York TimesHow Realistic Was the Poisonous Fruit on 'The White Lotus'?  Time Magazine

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Now Available in the UK: Amazon Sends Out New Wave of Invites - IGN

7 April 2025 @ 5:54 pm

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Now Available in the UK: Amazon Sends Out New Wave of Invites  IGNSwitch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In  IGN

Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent says - The Guardian

7 April 2025 @ 5:46 pm

Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent says  The GuardianIsraeli troops opened fire on ambulances because of 'perceived threat', preliminary IDF investigation says  Sky News

Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70 - The Guardian

7 April 2025 @ 5:07 pm

Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70  The GuardianBlondie drummer Clem Burke dies, aged 70  BBCClem Burke, the beating heart of Blon

Plastic surgeon Peter Brooks found guilty of attempting to murder former boss - Sky News

7 April 2025 @ 5:03 pm

Plastic surgeon Peter Brooks found guilty of attempting to murder former boss  Sky NewsPlastic surgeon guilty of trying to kill colleague  BBC

Scientists perform world's first de-extinction to revive the dire wolf - Daily Mail

7 April 2025 @ 4:59 pm

Scientists perform world's first de-extinction to revive the dire wolf  Daily MailThe Return of the Dire Wolf  Time Magazine

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Smart glass windows would beam in-flight info over scenic views

7 April 2025 @ 7:36 pm

Zeiss says its Multifunctional Smart Glass may also help pilots see during bad weather. The post Smart glass windows would beam in-flight info over scenic views appeared first on Popular Science.

Uranus has a longer day than astronomers thought

7 April 2025 @ 5:15 pm

The tilted planet is home to unpredictable aurorae. The post Uranus has a longer day than astronomers thought appeared first on Popular Science.

The $179 Beats Studio Buds + are just $99 at Amazon, and you can get a rare retro colorway

7 April 2025 @ 4:16 pm

Get a great pair of noise-canceling earbuds in a cool see-through style at their lowest price of the year. The post The $179 Beats Studio Buds + are just $99 at Amazon, and you can get a rare retro colorway appeared first on Popular Science.

Dissected mammoth calf smells like ‘fermented earth and flesh’

7 April 2025 @ 3:25 pm

Yana may be the most well-preserved specimen of her species. The post Dissected mammoth calf smells like ‘fermented earth and flesh’ appeared first on Popular Science.

When you were conceived could impact your weight

7 April 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Fathers exposed to colder temperatures pre-fertilization tend to have children with lower metabolic risk. The post When you were conceived could impact your weight appeared first on Popular Science.

Play is the best companion app for YouTube power users

7 April 2025 @ 1:49 pm

Take YouTube to another level—on Apple devices, at least. The post Play is the best companion app for YouTube power users appeared first on Popular Science.

Digitize your film negatives with this Kodak device, now 20% off

7 April 2025 @ 1:00 pm

Let the Kodak Slide N Scan Film & Slide Scanner serve as your bridge between old and new media. The post Digitize your film negatives with this Kodak device, now 20% off appeared first on Popular Science.

This gadget attends your meetings so you don’t have to

7 April 2025 @ 11:00 am

Turn “this could’ve been an email” into “I just took a nap.” The post This gadget attends your meetings so you don’t have to appeared first on Popular Science.

Why we can’t squash the common cold, even after 100 years of studying it

6 April 2025 @ 5:00 pm

The best advice for avoiding a cold in 2025 isn’t all that different from 1925. The post Why we can’t squash the common cold, even after 100 years of studying it appeared first on Popular Science.

Use OpenAI to find profitable stocks during the historic dip

6 April 2025 @ 1:00 pm

It makes picking stocks feel less like gambling. The post Use OpenAI to find profitable stocks during the historic dip appeared first on Popular Science.

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Brit telcos ask suppliers to clean up emissions mess – politely, with no teeth

7 April 2025 @ 11:02 am

Digital Connectivity Forum lays out climate goals, but enforcement is strictly optional A group of UK telecoms operators has signed a joint letter calling on their suppliers to do more on emissions targets to help combat climate change, but they face little pressure to comply.…

Legal clock ticking for Microsoft over alleged software license abuses

7 April 2025 @ 10:01 am

With weeks to meet terms of settlement agreement, engineers in Redmond still don't have a product to show CISPE Microsoft has weeks to produce a multi-tenant hybrid cloud for service providers in Europe – a failure to do this or to even out alleged anti-competitive pricing for its software licenses could again put it in a legal dogfight with smaller rivals.…

UK stats body snoozes legacy tech overhaul as Treasury tightens purse strings

7 April 2025 @ 9:15 am

ONS acknowledges it might be a costly decision in the long run The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) is slowing migration away from legacy systems in response to budget limitations set by HM Treasury.…

Dev loudly complained about older colleague, who retired not long after

7 April 2025 @ 8:26 am

The graybeard wasn't doing a great job and morale improved once he left. How would you handle this? Who, Me?  It's hard to confront the start of a working week, but each Monday morning, The Register tries to keep the weekend fun going for another few minutes by delivering a fresh edition of Who, Me? It's the column in which we take your tales of your most ticklish moments at work and share them for the amusement and/or education of your fellow readers.…

Mozilla takes pity on Firefox extension developers

7 April 2025 @ 7:19 am

Plan to standardize consent dialogs aims to lighten burden on devs, users, reviewers Mozilla plans to make life easier for developers of Firefox browser Add-ons, aka extensions, by reducing the burden of presenting custom consent dialogs to those installing extensions.…

Meta debuts its first 'mixture of experts' models from the Llama 4 herd

7 April 2025 @ 6:35 am

Says they’re done right as they don’t lean so far left Meta has debuted the first two models in its Llama 4 family, its first to use mixture of experts tech.…

No joke: Microsoft foolishly published inaccurate price list on April 1st

7 April 2025 @ 4:59 am

Fixed it the next day but a few lucky folk may have dodged a five percent Copilot price hike Exclusive  Microsoft published inaccurate price lists for some of its products on, of all days, April the 1st.…

Asian tech players react to US tariffs with delays, doubts, deal-making

7 April 2025 @ 2:59 am

PLUS: Qualcomm acquires Vietnamese AI outfit; China claims US hacked winter games; India's browser challenge winner disputed; and more Asia In Brief  Asian nations and tech companies are trying to come to terms with the USA’s new universal import tariffs and additional “reciprocal tariffs”.…

Signalgate solved? Report claims journalist’s phone number accidentally saved under name of Trump official

7 April 2025 @ 12:15 am

PLUS: Google re-patches Quick Share flaws; Critical Cisco flaw exploited; WordPress plugin trouble; and more Infosec in Brief  How did journalist Jeffrey Goldberg’s phone number end up in a Signal group chat? According to The Guardian, US national security adviser Mike Waltz accidentally saved it into the contact file of a campaign staffer who later took a job at the US National Security Council official.…

Introducing Windows on arm. And by arm, we mean wrist

5 April 2025 @ 11:00 am

Pixel Watch 3 boots Microsoft's OS in latest feat of delightful pointlessness Windows on Arm has been around since the Surface RT – but this is another kind of arm altogether.…

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News from the ATI Network – March 2025

3 April 2025 @ 1:05 pm

Here is our monthly round-up of news from the transparency organisations in the ATI Network. This month, we have updates from Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, South Africa and Latin America. What a global hum of transparency activity! Access Info Europe have brought a joint legal challenge against the European Commission’s new…

Legal reform of FOI laws in France

2 April 2025 @ 2:18 pm

These are notes from a recent ‘fireside chat’ held by the ATI Network. For the sake of frank conversation and knowledge exchange, the session was not recorded, but you can read on for the main points. Laurent and Xavier from the French Alaveteli site MaDada were talking about their learning process from working with Access…

TICTeC 2025: schedule now live

1 April 2025 @ 10:01 am

If you’ve been holding off from booking your place at TICTeC until the full schedule is announced, this is your sign to act! You can now see all the sessions, together with info on who’ll be presenting and what they’ll be talking about on the TICTeC 2025 page. We’ve already introduced our amazing keynotes, Fernanda…

Devolved parliamentary registers of interest now on TheyWorkForYou

27 March 2025 @ 8:45 am

At the start of the month we made a major update to TheyWorkForYou coverage of registers of interests.  This added enhanced registers of election donations and gifts (using volunteers to add more details and summaries to disclosures made after the last election) and a highlighted interests page.  We have also released a major report looking…

A county council’s view of the Scorecards

26 March 2025 @ 9:12 am

The Council Climate Action Scorecards were recently mentioned in East Sussex County Council’s Written Questions (see question 12, on the council’s score for mitigation and adaptation). When we spot that the Scorecards are helping to inform councils’ conversations like this, we often make contact to find out more. East Sussex were happy to fill us…

Volunteering for Scorecards opens new possibilities

25 March 2025 @ 9:58 am

The Council Climate Action Scorecards project, which assesses local councils on their climate action, is only possible thanks to a large number of people who give up their time to volunteer. Their job is to source and analyse data from a variety of places, analysing more than 40 different possible pieces of climate action that…

Making FixMyStreet and FixMyStreet Pro more accessible

14 March 2025 @ 9:09 am

Our front-end designer Lucas Cumsille Montesinos highlights some of the work he’s been doing recently to make FixMyStreet and all integrated co-branded versions of the service running on FixMyStreet Pro more accessible – a crosspost from the SocietyWorks blog. ___ Over the past year we have been collaborating with users of FixMyStreet and FixMyStreet Pro…

Updating TheyWorkForYou’s voting summaries

13 March 2025 @ 9:04 am

Last year we undertook a major overhaul of our approach to the voting record summaries on TheyWorkForYou. This was aimed at creating a sharper and clearer throughline to the summaries, supported by updated explanations of parliamentary voting. We have just made the first update to our voting summaries of the new Parliament, with the information…

mySociety’s democracy work in 2025

13 March 2025 @ 9:03 am

Over the next few months we’re making some major updates to TheyWorkForYou improving our coverage of registers of interests, votes, and the email alerts system. If you’d like to be updated as things are released, please sign up to our newsletter. What do you value about TheyWorkForYou and our democracy work? We want to understand…

News from the ATI Network – Feb 2025

6 March 2025 @ 1:46 pm

February has been a whirlwind but we’re back deep in TICTeC organisation and looking forward to the sunny summer sun in Belgium in June. Let’s see what the network have been up to this month! FragDenStaat: are promoting the use of FOI to counter the activities and disinformation spread by the far right movement in…