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- War Department Bought $6.9m of Lobster Tails in Record $93bn ‘Use It or Lose It’ Spree (Open the Books) Decay Oligarchy
- Cambridge’s Jason Arday Found Dead Days After Resigning Amid Plagiarism Scandal (New York Post) Unexplained Decay
- Jason Arday Found Dead at 41; Police Say Death Unexpected but Not Suspicious (Associated Press) Unexplained Decay
- NHS Sent Transplant and Mental-Health Data Over Unencrypted Pager Network (BBC News) Tech Nightmares Decay
- Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover Rebounds After Historic Five-Year Recovery (X/Daily Sceptic/Australian Institute of Marine Science) Narrative Check
- Official Review Finds Road-Crime Victims Forgotten by Police and Courts (The Guardian) Decay Injustice
- SPLC Ex-Finance Chief Charged as $140,000 Donor Money Allegedly Reached Shared Account (The Guardian) Corruption
- Tennessee Put All Its Highest-Security Youth Prisons in One Firm’s Hands as Abuse Went Unreported (ProPublica / WPLN) Injustice Oligarchy Decay
- Sailors Tried to Jump Overboard After US Carrier Spent Record 250 Days Without Port (The Guardian) Decay
- Thousands Harmed by Epilepsy Drug Still Await Redress Six Years After Official Review (BBC News) Injustice Decay
- Every Police Chief in England and Wales Warns Against Early Release of PC Harper’s Killers (The Guardian) Decay Injustice
- Dubai Developer Paid Trump $12.5m as Its $20bn US Data-Centre Push Won White House Backing (X; Citizens for Ethics / Trump disclosure and corporate records) Corruption Oligarchy
- Health Bill Would Make NHS Bodies Police Their Own Patient Complaints (BBC News) Decay
- South African Special Forces Accused of Murdering Detective Investigating Their Alleged Killings (BBC Eye Investigations) Overreach Injustice
- Arday Book-Tour Events Quietly Cancelled Days Before Memoir Release (The Telegraph) Narrative Check Decay
- Arday Memoir Goes on Sale Tuesday Still Billing Resigned Academic as Cambridge Professor (Simon & Schuster / AP) Narrative Check Decay
- Cambridge and Glasgow Review How Jason Arday Was Hired as Academics Demand Independent Inquiry (The Guardian) Decay
- Every English River, Lake and Estuary Fails Toxic-Chemical Test (The Guardian) Decay
- Jason Arday Quits Cambridge as University Opens Probes Into His Qualifications and Academic Work (The Guardian) Decay
- US Moves to Decertify Organ Group Accused of Pursuing Retrievals After Patients Showed Signs of Life (Associated Press) Decay
- Arday Defence Letter Quietly Rewritten After Thousands Signed; College President’s Name Removed (X; Benjamin Ryan / archived Good Law Project pages) Decay
- Electronic Tags Fail to Alert Authorities as 5,000 Prisoners Face Early Release (The Guardian) Decay
- EPA's $273m Lead Cleanup Left One in Ten Retested Yards Over Safety Limit (ProPublica / Flatwater Free Press) Decay
- Cambridge’s Arday Plagiarism Row Follows Years of Warnings and a Spiked Investigation (UnHerd) Decay
- Cambridge Defends Star Professor as 100-Plus Thesis Passages Face Plagiarism Claims (The Guardian) Decay
- UK Issues Second Secret Order for Back Door Into British iCloud Data (The Guardian) Overreach Tech Nightmares
- Cyberattacks Hit 39 US Water Systems as FBI Leaves Culprit Unnamed (Associated Press) Tech Nightmares Unexplained
- Justice Department Misses Deadline for Key Epstein Ranch Files (The Guardian) Injustice
- Trump Media Charges Wall Street $100,000 a Month for Faster Access to Presidential Posts (Associated Press) Corruption Oligarchy
- Eric Trump-Backed Defense Firm With $1m Sales Seeks $638m Valuation (Reuters) Oligarchy
- Israel Pays Millions to Seed Its Narrative Into AI Chatbots (Drop Site News) Tech Nightmares Overreach
- France Makes 162 Arrests Over Deliberate Fire-Setting as Nine in Ten Blazes Are Human-Caused (Brussels Signal) Narrative Check
- eBay and Executives Pay $55.7m Over Campaign to Terrorise Critical Journalists (Associated Press) Oligarchy Tech Nightmares
- Johnson & Johnson Offers $5.5bn to End 76,000 Talc Cancer Claims (Reuters) Oligarchy Injustice
- AI Doctors Spread False Health Advice to Millions on TikTok (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares
- US Private Equity Buys NHS Records System Used by Most English GPs (The Guardian) Oligarchy Tech Nightmares Decay
- Over 160,000 Leave South Africa Amid Anti-Immigrant Violence (The Guardian) Injustice Decay
- One in Three UK Journalists Changed Coverage Over Safety Fears (The Guardian) Decay
- Trip.com Fined $770m for Abusing Hotel-Booking Monopoly (Reuters) Oligarchy
- Texas Police Made No Arrest After Coroner Ruled British Woman Unlawfully Killed (The Guardian) Injustice
- Flock Cameras Scan Plates Billions of Times as Police Search Tattoos and Clothing (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Overreach
- ICC Ousts Chief Prosecutor After Serious-Misconduct Finding (The Guardian) Decay
- British Gas Cuts 1,300 Call-Centre Jobs While Expanding AI (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Oligarchy
- EU Fines Google €890m for Steering Users to Its Own Services (Associated Press) Oligarchy Tech Nightmares
- MI5 and PSNI Unlawfully Tracked BBC Journalist’s Sources (The Guardian) Overreach Injustice
- Barclays Challenged Over Failure to Probe Staley’s Epstein Ties (The Guardian) Oligarchy Corruption
- Secret Court Papers Suggest 86% of Sewage-Spill Hours May Have Been Illegal (BBC News) Decay
- Police Officer Raped Crime Caller as Attacks Spanned 14 Years (BBC News) Injustice Decay Overreach
- Epstein-Linked Scout Dies Before Questioning in French Trafficking Investigation (The Guardian) Unexplained Injustice
- CDC Loses Quarter of Workforce as Disease Outbreaks Intensify (The Guardian) Decay
- Ex-Southern Water Boss Faces Trial Over Alleged £45m Sewage-Test Fraud (The Guardian) Decay Corruption
- Local BBL Bans Failed to Stop Practitioner Working Elsewhere Before Woman’s Death (BBC News) Decay Injustice
- NHS Trust Faces Corporate-Manslaughter Probe Over Nottingham Attacks (BBC News) Decay Injustice
- France Forces Age Checks Under Social-Media Ban for Under-15s (The Guardian / AFP) Overreach Tech Nightmares
- Food Giants Filed 235 Lawsuits Against Public-Health Rules (The Guardian / Lighthouse Reports) Oligarchy Decay Injustice
- OpenAI Agent Escaped Test Sandbox and Hacked Hugging Face (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares
- Nicaragua Ends Elections to Keep Opposition From Power (The Guardian) Overreach Decay Injustice
- AI Chatbots Gave Voters Wrong Parties and Omitted Hungary’s Winner (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Oligarchy
- AliExpress Fined Record €550m as Dangerous Goods Stayed Online for Weeks (The Guardian) Oligarchy Tech Nightmares Injustice
- Child-Extortion Network Uses Gaming Platforms to Coerce Violence and Self-Harm (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Injustice
- Net Zero regime plan puts UK at risk of remote heating control, rationing, and blackouts (Birmingham Live) Tech Nightmares Overreach Decay Oligarchy
- No Election, No Contest: Labour Coronates Andy Burnham as Britain’s Seventh PM in a Decade (Associated Press) Decay
- FTSE 100 Bosses Paid 130 Times Average Worker as Gap Widens (The Guardian) Oligarchy
- US Parasite Outbreak Source Back Unknown After FDA False Positive (BBC) Unexplained Decay
- Dementia-Care Residents Killed and Assaulted After Facilities Miss Warnings (NPR / KFF Health News) Injustice Decay Oligarchy
- South East Water Outage Leaves 7,000 Kent Properties Without Reliable Supply (The Guardian) Decay Oligarchy Injustice
- Britain’s Health Decline Costs Economy £57bn, Thinktank Warns (The Guardian) Decay Injustice
- World Cup Clean-Up Pushes Homeless Americans Out of Host Cities (The Guardian) Decay
- Train Failures and Strike Votes Threaten All Three of Britain’s Main North–South Railways (The Guardian) Decay
- Victoria Plans to Unmask Anonymous Social-Media Users Accused of Vilification (The Guardian / Australian Associated Press) Tech Nightmares Overreach
- US Parasite Outbreak Forces 27-State Lettuce Recall as Cases Reach Thousands (The Guardian) Decay
- Datacenter Revolt Delays $130bn of AI Projects Across Red and Blue America (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Oligarchy
- Pentagon Orders Testosterone Screening Despite Doctors Warning of Fertility Risks (The Guardian / Reuters) Overreach Decay
- Starmer Digital ID Scheme Scrapped After Three Million Sign Backlash (The Guardian) Overreach Tech Nightmares Decay
- Carers Hit With £33m Repayment Bills as DWP Overpayment Scandal Continues (The Guardian) Injustice Decay Overreach
- Water Firms Leak Five Times More Than Hosepipe Ban Would Save (The Guardian) Decay Oligarchy Injustice
- Wessex Water Chief Gets 14% Pay Rise Despite Sewage Bonus Ban (The Guardian) Oligarchy Decay
- Tube Whistleblower Says Toxic Dust and Asbestos Risks Put Passengers in Danger (The Guardian) Decay Injustice
- Meta Accused of Trying to Bankrupt Whistleblower With Lawfare (The Guardian) Oligarchy Tech Nightmares Injustice
- Southern Water Fined £7m After Criminal Sewage Failures Off Kent Coast (The Guardian) Decay Oligarchy Injustice
- Australian GP Patients’ Medical Records Stolen in Clinic Cyberattack (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Decay Injustice
- White House Teleprompter Operator Accused of $100k Kalshi Speech Bets (The Guardian) Corruption Tech Nightmares
- Trump Media to Sell Priority Access to Market-Moving Presidential Posts (The Guardian) Corruption Oligarchy Tech Nightmares
- TfL Hackers Had ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ in £39m Cyberattack (The Guardian) Decay
- Kalshi Opens Betting Markets on Drug Trials and FDA Decisions (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Corruption
- Paid Expert Reverses View on Notorious Alice Sebold Miscarriage Case (ProPublica) Injustice Corruption Decay
- FBI Weighed Questionable AI Signature Checks on Seized 2020 Ballots (ProPublica) Tech Nightmares Overreach Injustice
- FCC Officials Took Paramount Gifts as Billion-Dollar Merger Needed Approval (ProPublica) Corruption Oligarchy
- British Steel Nationalised After Chinese Owner Leaves UK Supply at Risk (BBC) Decay Oligarchy
- Ryanair-Air Malta Window Blowout Raises New Questions Over Aircraft Maintenance (The Guardian) Unexplained Decay
- Morocco Insider Says Pegasus Spyware Targeted Journalists, Ministers and Police (The Guardian) Tech Nightmares Overreach Oligarchy
- South East Water Fined £30.5m After Failures Leave Thousands Without Supply (The Guardian) Decay Oligarchy Injustice
- Police Say Ann Widdecombe Killed in Targeted Attack as Motive Remains Unclear (BBC) Unexplained Injustice Decay
- England Risks New Death-Trap Buildings as Overheating Safeguards Lag (The Guardian) Decay Injustice
- Thames Water Returns to Profit After Bills Rise as Debt Swells (BBC) Oligarchy Decay
- Benefits Claimants Can Ignore Hosepipe Ban (X/The Telegraph) Injustice Decay
- ICE Agent Kills Colombian Man in Maine During Operation, BBC Reports (BBC) Overreach Injustice
- US Refunds $81bn After Supreme Court Rules Trump Tariffs Illegal (The Guardian; Reuters; AFP) Overreach Decay
- YouTube Still Recommends Eating-Disorder Videos to Teens, Researchers Claim (BBC) Tech Nightmares Oligarchy Injustice
- San Francisco Police Drone Feeds Leaked Live Surveillance Footage for Months (WIRED) Tech Nightmares Overreach Injustice