THE 43-YEAR-OLD WHO RESCUED XL BULLY BEFORE THE BAN NOW HAS NINE PUPPIES OF THE ILLEGAL BREED

An animal lover who rescued an XL Bully before the ban now has to keep nine of the illegal breed after it gave birth to a surprise litter of puppies.

The 43-year-old mother from Canterbury, Kent, cannot legally sell the XL Bully puppies or even give them away, and she will have to keep them unless she has them put down, which would ‘break her heart’.

Though it was declared on October 31 that owners of XL Bullies were prohibited from having them, the lady saved Brandy in November because they ‘simply wanted to give her a better life’.

She claimed, however, that she was “aware” the dog was expecting at the time.

Eight of the ten puppies that Brandy gave birth to seven weeks ago survived.

The family’s “lovely” seven-year-old Labrador, named Honey, has had quite the upheaval since the arrival of eight new XL Bullies. She was formerly the only pet in the home, but now she lives with ten other dogs.

Now that the breed is outlawed, the woman—who wished to remain anonymous—has succeeded in obtaining special exemption certificates.

Nevertheless, it has caused the woman and her family a great deal of practical and financial difficulties.

She said: ‘When she kept getting fatter despite watching her diet, we took her to a vet, who told us she was pregnant.

‘It was a huge shock and we probably wouldn’t have taken her in had we known.’

The owner said, ‘We helped deliver them all ourselves, and they are adorable.

‘But now we are at a complete loss about what to do because we could never have them put down.’

She said the pups are growing fast and becoming more boisterous and demanding by the day, adding, ‘They are little balls of energy and fun and, like their mum, just very friendly and loveable.

‘We believe the problem around XL Bullies is not the dogs, but their owners; they are the ones who should be vetted to see if they are suitably responsible.’

The owner explained she has no worries about the Bullies being branded dangerous dogs, adding: ‘Brandy is even nicer [than Honey] and we trust her completely with our children.’

But she said the litter is presenting a financial ‘headache’ for the family because of the growing cost of keeping them, including feeding and vet bills.

The owner said: ‘It is a real worry, but I am hoping because of our special circumstances, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [Defra], which administers the exemption scheme, will give us some dispensation.’

The deadline for registering an XL Bully for an exception that permits pet owners to keep their animals expired on Wednesday.

Now she has to train these dogs that will become larger and have them safely in her home. However, I feel that the authorities might step in before they’re fully grown.

Some may argue that they should all be put down, but what kind of awful individuals are they who make such a claim? While I acknowledge that they can be dangerous, not all XL bullies have physically harmed others.

The American Bully is a highly adaptable and trainable breed, but human aggression is discouraged in the breed. However, there is a level of aggression that is characteristic of the breed, and they can be very dangerous if improperly raised or bred.

According to a family history study, half of all XL Bully dogs in Britain are thought to be descended from a single inbred animal from the US known as “Killer Kimbo,” and decades of inbreeding have created a shallow gene pool of unstable fighting beasts that are responsible for 70 per cent of dog attacks in Britain.

Dogs should not be interbred. They can end up having behavioural problems, which can lower their IQ, which means they are harder to train, and which can give them spontaneous aggression.

To be honest, she should have had the pregnancy terminated as soon as she found out the dog was pregnant. I’m surprised that the vet didn’t suggest it to her.

However, this woman doesn’t need to be beaten down by others with their nasty comments. People have changed with their nasty comments, and it’s not good, but then some people just wallow in misery. The UK is just a cesspit, and we have to rise above it.

I have no idea what will happen to these puppies. Perhaps some sanctuary can take them where they will be safe, and so will others in the process.

It all comes down to dog inbreeding, not only with these particular dogs but with other dogs as well. People inbreed since it’s more profitable to have a distinctive dog that they can subsequently sell, which is the problem. If inbreeding is completely stopped, this may occur less frequently.

This Month, Parts Of The Elizabeth Line Won’t Have Trains On Weekends

Passengers have been informed by Transport for London (TfL) that the Elizabeth line will be closed on weekends in February. It is scheduled to start disrupting on Sunday, January 28.

Until 12.15 pm, a reduced service will operate between Stratford and Gidea Park. Trains, which usually operate between Paddington and Gidea Park, run between Paddington and Stratford only.

There will be four trains per hour serving the stations between Maryland and Gidea Park. Service between Stratford and Shenfield will not be available on February 3 and 4, which is one week later.

Replacement buses will operate:

  • Service C: Stratford City (for Maryland) Forest Gate (Romford Road), Manor Park (Romford Road), Ilford and Seven Kings Goodmayes, Chadwell Heath (Wangey Road), Romford
  • Service D: Newbury Park (for Central line), Chadwell Heath (Wangey Road), Romford, Gidea Park, Harold Wood, Brentwood and Shenfield

On Sunday (February 4), from 7.40 am, there will also be a reduced service operating between Paddington and Maidenhead / Heathrow. In addition, Acton Main Line, Hanwell, Heathrow Terminal 4, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, Burnham, and Maidenhead will only be served by two trains an hour.

Meanwhile, West Ealing will be served by four trains an hour. Ealing Broadway, Southall, Hayes, and Harlington will be served by six trains per hour.

Replacement buses will operate every weekend

On February 10 and 11, there will be no service between Liverpool Street National Rail Station, Whitechapel, and Shenfield. Replacement Service C and D buses will again operate

On Saturday, February 17, there will be no service between Stratford and Shenfield. The same replacement buses will operate.

The next disruption is scheduled to occur at 7.40 a.m. on Sunday, February 18. There will be a curtailed Paddington to Maidenhead/Heathrow service.

All trains will start and terminate at Paddington National Rail Station. Acton Main Line, Hanwell, Heathrow Terminal 4, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, Burnham, and Maidenhead will be served by two trains an hour.

There will be four trains per hour serving West Ealing. Six trains every hour will service Southall, Hayes, Harlington, and Ealing Broadway.

The final weekend in February (February 24 and 25) will see no service between Stratford and Shenfield. Officials will once again put on replacement buses.

You have to hand it to Sadiq Kahn; if nothing else, he’s consistent and bloody useless all of the time.

Oh yes, on par with some negative winter-striking, pathetic Railway Trade Unions, clobbering real working-class people trying to get to work by rail. Who is the Mayor going to blame this one on? Another monumental example of failure at epic expense.

Is there anything the UK can’t do correctly? Or is this only a deplorable, mediaeval kind of trade unionism? But then, let’s face it, Britain struggles now to manufacture a tin of baked beans without some misfit interference.

These days, it feels like we can’t get anything right. The UK is in such a mess, and everything appears to be broken or not functioning at all.

Oh yes, and the ‘Fat Controller’ is? The Mayor of London!

BEDS IN SHEDS 

It’s famously hard to locate a place to live in London. It may be quite difficult to locate a property you like in a neighbourhood you like that is also reasonably priced due to factors like exorbitant rent and untrustworthy landlords.

But a recent ad on Rightmove has surprised me. A shed at the bottom of a garden on Brunswick Road in Ealing is being rented out as a one-bedroom or studio flat for more than £1,500 per month.

There is a little bathroom adjacent to the shed, which is simply one room. A bed is tucked away behind a series of shelves to attempt to provide seclusion, and a sofa is placed in the centre of the space to create a living area.

Situated just behind the compact, open-plan kitchen area, the bathroom has a shower, washbasin, and toilet. A fridge and freezer are placed next to a free-standing oven and stove, and a microwave sits on top of them.

If you wish to work from home in your shed as well, there is even enough room for a desk. The shed was listed for £1,517 a month on Rightmove through Foxtons; however, the advertisement states that the price was lowered on January 9, 2024.

Although it is no longer accessible on Foxtons or Rightmove, the advertisement is still visible on this TikTok that SpottedRightmove has uploaded. The let also stunned several commenters, with one wondering if it was even allowed.

Another wrote, “Honestly, it’s nice, but that price is whack,” while someone else said, “The main reason why I will never live in London.”

Next, people will be renting out their wheelie bins at the cost of £500 per month, advertised as a mobile home to make it sound a bit more classy.

The person renting this out ought to feel ashamed of themselves since it is a complete scam.

This is a shed load of money for very little.

It makes me angry because B&Bs are now full of migrants along with small hotels, and the government won’t do anything to stop them from arriving. There’s nowhere to put them; everywhere is full. Watch out; soon the government might start making all those with a spare bedroom take in a family. I wouldn’t put it past them.

There are probably hundreds of these scattered around London. The rent is probably about the same, but the conditions are not, and these people are used to exploit poor immigrants who work hard for very little money, so effectively slaves.

Very often the landlord is from the same country as the tenants and the council does not know these officially, and around Hounslow, garages are lived in by migrants. Hounslow is one of the worst for this.

There are hundreds of these illegal ‘beds in sheds’ in London alone.

Knock on many a garage door in London and you’ll find the same thing happening, but we would have seen a lot worse than this in Victorian Britain, which says it all—back to the dark ages.

They’re all over London, usually with illegal migrants living in shifts and working in unregistered sweatshops. These sheds are not registered, and the rent is never declared. This is a problem, but no one is interested, but then they love shedding money in London.

London is overpriced, overrated, and overpopulated. A playground for the world’s rich and a dumping ground for the world’s poor.

An Inside Look At Life In The Fast Lane Of F1

Arguably the best driver in Formula One, his net worth is expected to surpass £250 million if he decides to join the storied Ferrari squad.

Although it was anticipated that Sir Lewis Hamilton would finish his illustrious career with Mercedes, there are now rumours that he is about to make a seismic team transfer that would rock the racing world.

After starting his childhood on a council estate in Stevenage, where his father worked many jobs to pay for tyres and fuel for his kart so his extraordinarily gifted son could race, Sir Lewis’s life has taken yet another incredible turn.

Together with Michael Schumacher, the megastar of British sports, he has won a record seven drivers’ championships. He is rumoured to be close to realising his ambition of joining the Scuderia as early as 2025 and following in the footsteps of one of his childhood heroes.

His properties range from a £32 million penthouse in New York to a £18 million mansion in London to a getaway in Monte Carlo. If he needs a base near Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy, a new residence there may also be in the works.

He has led the way and set records for the most F1 victories, pole positions, and podium finishes since making his debut in 2007. In 2021, he received a knighthood for his contributions to motorsport and has grown to become a fashion star and well-known campaigner.

While working on a Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt with his newly formed production business, Hamilton has continued to pursue his interests in the fashion and music sectors. He has a wide range of commercial interests, such as a non-alcoholic tequila brand, and his buddy group consists entirely of A-listers.

His status away from the track has continued to soar further, with Hamilton last year having been linked to singer Shakira amid long interest and speculation about his love life.

After a disappointing season and missing out on a record-breaking eighth F1 world championship triumph when he was controversially defeated by Dutch opponent Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi in 2021, the 39-year-old will have newfound optimism that he will win the title once more to become the greatest of all time. 

It was rumoured that the Ferrari agreement would come with a salary of at least £40 million a year and an opportunity for him to carry on his efforts to bring other black drivers into Formula One before he retires.

Lewis Hamilton was born on January 7, 1985, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Hamilton is of mixed ethnicity, as his mother is British and his father is black.

Hamilton’s parents separated when he was two, after which he lived with his mother and older half-sisters, Samantha and Nicola, until he was twelve. Hamilton then lived with his father, stepmother Linda, and his half-brother Nicolas, who is also a professional racing driver. 

His father bought him a radio-controlled car when he was five. Hamilton finished second in the national BTCA championship the following year against the adult competition.

Being the only black child racing at his club, Hamilton was subjected to racist abuse. 

When Hamilton was six years old, his father pledged to support his racing career as long as he studied hard in school and purchased him a go-kart for Christmas. His father, an IT manager, accepted a redundancy and became a contractor, often working four jobs at a time, to support his son.

Hamilton’s father later set up his own IT company and continued to be his son’s manager until early 2010.

I’m not really into Formula 1, but if I were, he would be my favourite Formula 1 driver and pretty much a world-beater. He’s as gutsy as they come and as well-mannered as any internationally famous sports celebrity can possibly be.

He’s fantastic, according to some. It starts and stops there. He’s not great, but he’s a great Formula 1 racing driver, and I appreciate what his father sacrificed for him.

Lewis Hamilton does support several charities: Education Africa, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Harlem Children’s Zone, Save the Children, The Honeypot Children’s Charity and UNICEF.

The seven-time Formula 1 world champion is backing calls for all refugee children and youth to be given access to a full-quality education.

Justin Mohn ‘Decapitates His Father’, 68, And Brandishes His Severed Head During Gruesome 14-Minute-Long Anti-Biden YouTube Rant

In a politically charged YouTube video, the self-proclaimed “messiah” beheaded his 68-year-old father and then held up the victim’s head, criticising the federal government and the Biden administration.

Justin Mohn, 32, is in custody in Pennsylvania after his father Michael was found by his wife, beheaded, inside the home that the trio shared in the quiet Philadelphia suburb of Levittown.

According to court records seen by LevvitownNow, the accused killer’s mother contacted police to report that she found her husband’s body inside the bathroom and that he was headless.

After discovering the man’s head inside a plastic bag that had been put in a cooking pot in a bedroom, police retrieved a big kitchen knife and a machete from the bathtub.

In a politically heated tirade that he uploaded to his YouTube account just hours before his arrest, Mohn held aloft what he claimed to be his father’s head and said that he was the US president.

Mohn claimed that many viewed him as the Messiah and desired for him to be president, encouraging family members who lived with federal officials to kill them. He railed against “globalists and communists” and blamed the federal government for “woke mobs” and migrants, who he said are ruining the United States.

The appalling 14-minute clip, which remained on YouTube for six hours after it was posted at 5:30 pm, before being taken down, sees Mohn hold up his father’s head in a bloodied plastic bag, having declared: ‘Violence is the only solution to the federal government’s treason.’

He says, ‘This is the head of Mike Mohn, a federal employee of over 20 years and my father. He is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to his country.’

It has not been possible for DailyMail.com to verify if Mike Mohn worked for the federal government. Federal employees normally have to be 62 years old to retire.

DailyMail.com has opted to hide the graphic visuals from the video stream. Michael Mohn’s death has been officially classified as “suspicious” by the authorities.

Driving his father’s vehicle, Mohn was apprehended on Tuesday night at about 9 p.m. ET near Fort Indiana Gap, central Pennsylvania, almost two hours away from his last known address, according to LevitttownNow. He’ll be sent to Bucks County, the scene of his father’s death.

Political violence is only committed by dangerous or mentally ill people. The problem is that they usually have to do something like this before they’re locked up.

Care in the community doesn’t work. It may save money, but it doesn’t save lives.

In both the US and the UK, mental health treatment is awful. This communal crap, which is simply a fancy way of saying, ‘We couldn’t care less,’ is a ticking time bomb that causes far too many innocent people to lose their lives.

Currently, anything that we disagree with is ‘woke’ and has to be destroyed, including our parents, and this guy was one sick individual.

This is what happens when an irresponsible, self-serving half-wit tells society that it has to fight like hell, otherwise they won’t have a country anymore. It triggers off those who are bonkers and truly believe that what their government is telling them is true, and then it gives them a pass to behave like animals.

Mental health treatment needs to be a top priority.

Young people have been talking about mental health for years, but the older generations just keep scoffing at them, and this is what happens when we ignore mental health!

Entry-Level Qualifications Could Be Relaxed In New York

New York is considering easing the qualifications needed for thousands of jobs to hire migrants who are legally able to work in the US.

Officials in Albany are hoping to create a system in which migrants who have received federal work authorization can participate in the state workforce, according to the New York Post. 

A report from the state Civil Service Commission states that agencies in New York have determined that 40,000 governmental jobs may be filled by migrant labour.

Many of the ‘hard-to-recruit entry-level titles’ require basic qualifications, including proficiency in English, proof of education, and prior employment, but foreign employees would be allowed to flout these. 

In a statement, a spokesperson for Governor Kathy Hochul said that she has ‘prioritised modernising our State workforce and eliminating red tape, and she has instituted a series of reforms to achieve that goal.’

‘This initiative, which has not yet been implemented, would offer temporary employment opportunities available for anyone who can legally work in the United States,’ they added.

During a Tuesday budget hearing, State Department of Civil Service Commissioner Timothy Hogues expressed the department’s excitement about the development.

He explained that the recommended changes would be similar to already existing requirements for apprenticeship programmes and that, if adopted, the lowered standard of requirements would apply to all New Yorkers.

‘This is no different from our traineeships and apprenticeships that we have that allow individuals to up-skill or get the time on the job to be able to meet the qualifications,’ he said.

‘This is just a bigger part of our holistic approach to opening up government, making these jobs available and reducing the barriers.’

Under the proposed idea, migrant workers with no formal education and maybe no English language proficiency might be hired for employment in food service, secretarial work, and caring for people with mental disabilities.

According to the memo, the State and its agencies will benefit mutually from permitting migrants with federal workforce approval to work in these capacities, as they will be better equipped to ‘connect qualified and motivated individuals with meaningful jobs and opportunity; help solve the migrant crisis; and rebuild the State workforce.’

According to Hochul’s prior statement, her agency has located over 40,000 unfilled positions in the state where firms are receptive to hiring migrant labour.

Obtaining federal work permission is a laborious procedure for a portion of the 47,000 migrants who are presently receiving refuge in New York.

The problem is that there’s a difference between immigration decades ago and now. Before we had a welfare state, there was no cushy welfare to lure people here. They had to work hard, integrate, and learn a common language if they wanted to come over. Now it’s a whole different situation.

This would facilitate the deliberate taking of elderly people by the American government, which has been done for years.

What more could go wrong? Besides everything.

The actual motivation for Democrats’ desire for them in the US is obvious: the ability to vote.

Caring for people with mental disabilities. That’s an excellent idea—having a stranger in your home that not even the government knows a thing about. Caring for your sick parent, who, by the way, can’t communicate with you because they don’t speak a word of English—what could possibly go wrong here?

Caregivers to the disabled with no background check, unable to speak the language and no training or education. This is so wrong on so many different levels, it’s scary.

The government is giving jobs to illegals with no background checks; it’s unheard of. Well, if that’s the case, that privilege should be open to New Yorkers, and why weren’t these requirements waived before for citizens who can speak English? Then they would have had the same opportunity.

To Deter Pupils From Taking Up Smoking, A School Uses A SNIFFER DOG To Sniff Out Vaping

In what is reportedly a UK first, a school is using a sniffer dog to crack down on kids vaping.

To address the growing issue among minors, the City of Norwich School is bringing in the dog.

It has unveiled a series of other tough measures, including installing vape detectors in toilets, increasing CCTV coverage, carrying out searches of pupils’ pockets and bags, and adding extra staff patrols.

A spokesman said: ‘As with schools across the country, we recognise the impact the use of vapes and other prohibited substances can have on our students, both in terms of their health and the influence it can have on behaviour.’

Claiming the school doesn’t ‘currently have an issue’ with vaping, he added: ‘We are aware this is a rising challenge within society and therefore want to take proactive steps to help counter and deter this.

‘We are committed to providing an environment for our staff and students that is safe and supportive and, as such, the proactive measures we have planned will help educate students on the risks of vaping and other banned substances.’

This week, Rishi Sunak declared that disposable vaporizers will be outlawed in the UK to prevent kids from being “hooked for life” and to improve their health.

According to statistics, the number of kids smoking e-cigarettes has tripled in the last three years, and 9 per cent of kids between the ages of 11 and 15 are already hooked.

Disposable gadgets, which come in a wide variety of vibrant hues and tastes, have significantly contributed to the rise.

Parents have received letters from the City of Norwich School, which has 1,700 students and was given a “good” rating in its most recent Ofsted inspection, informing them of the measures.

Next month, the sniffer dog will be brought in for a single day to stress how important it is to fight vapes. The other measures are going to be permanent.

Other schools will probably take the same route.

Kids who are afraid of dogs are advised to talk to the staff, even though the school already has a therapy dog that is maintained on campus to help with student welfare.

The school spokesman added: ‘To complement this educational drive, we have taken steps to deter the use of unsafe and prohibited items.

‘In February, a passive deterrence dog will be guided around the school site for a day, so that students can understand the role of deterrence and how this would work.

‘The organisation that is supporting this has significant experience delivering this service in schools.

‘Taken together, we believe these precautionary measures will help students to remain safe while at school and when out in the community.’

The government’s legislation against vaping among children will use existing powers under the Environmental Protection Act and is expected to come in early next year.

We used to fear the teachers when I was at school, and they weren’t averse to giving you a clip around the head if you did something wrong. Kids are in control today, not adults or teachers.

When I was 11 years old, I didn’t know anybody who smoked. We were too busy running around, playing, and having a good childhood. Plus, our parents would have skinned us alive.

Spy cameras are watching your every move. Random searches of a person, sniffer dogs. It’s a daytime child prison, not a school, and it’s very creepy stuff.

The government is to blame for allowing all these vape shops to open on every street. Our government don’t solve problems; it creates them.

A Gunman Chases And Kills A Young Boy In Atlanta, Shooting Him Multiple Times

Three unidentified shooters are still at large after they pursued, shot, and injured an 11-year-old kid on a major Atlanta roadway.

Officers said they arrived at the scene at around 6.15 pm on January 15 and found the boy suffering from two gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital.

City police have released surveillance footage of the shocking incident in the hopes of identifying the trio.

The footage shows the boy, who has not been named, looking furtively over his shoulder as he sprints through a parking lot close to Martin Luther King Drive in northwest Atlanta.

The scene then shifts to a split roadway, where three males are seen crossing quickly before starting to run.

The suspects approach the parking lot before seeming to spot the boy, who had tried to hide beside a laundromat and tyre shop.

Each one pulls out a handgun, and they open fire several times in his direction.

A car swerves away from them amid the commotion, and moments later all three men rapidly retreat before dashing back across the dual carriageway.

The culprits were identified as “three black males” by the Atlanta Police Department, who also posted the footage and urged anybody with information to get in touch.

In the video, all three are decked out in black hooded jackets, dark pants, and white trainers.

Tipsters can remain anonymous and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000 by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477 or texting information to 274637.

There were 2,687 occurrences of violent assault, 61 rapes, and about 133 killings reported in Georgia city last year.

The number of felony crimes registered in 2022 was 3,192 occurrences of aggravated assault, 122 rapes, and 171 killings, which was a 17 per cent decrease from the previous year.

Welcome to Atlanta. Thanks to the Democrats for being so easy on crime.

This was probably not a random shooting. It appears like they were trying to settle a score.

This boy was 11 years old. The fact that they would have had a score to settle with him would be tragic.

Whoever shot this child didn’t hesitate; they just did it without thinking or caring.

These are people who are undeterred by the law, the possession of illegal firearms, their age and licencing requirements, or the threat of prison time. It’s so sad what society has become. The poor child hasn’t been given a great start in life.

However, this isn’t even remotely shocking. It’s what America has become. Seriously, who’s birthing these demons? This is outrageous. I can remember when kids, women, and old people were off-limits. Dark times we now live in.

Rage Against The Machine

Elon Musk has left even his most ardent fans terrified after he revealed his tech start-up, Neuralink, has become the first to successfully implant a microchip into a human brain.

According to the richest man in the world, the procedure was performed on Sunday, and “initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”

The device called ‘Telepathy’ will ‘enable control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking’, he said.

However, a large portion of his 170 million Twitter followers on X accused him of “playing God,” “mind control,” and even producing “cyborgs.”

‘The negative potential of this makes me very uneasy,’ one person wrote in reply to his announcement.

‘I’m terrified by the thought of it,’ added another.

Musk expressed his hope that it will enable people with impairments to “communicate faster than an auctioneer,” much like Stephen Hawking.

Those who are limb-loss victims will be the first users. What if Stephen Hawking was able to speak more quickly than an auctioneer or speed typist? That’s the aim.

The company’s goal is to implant microchips into paralysed individuals’ brains so they can move their bodies with their thoughts.

‘I think the real issue here is that even your thoughts won’t be safe,’ tweeted *TemplerTV.

‘If they can decode your thoughts for this, how long until the FBI gets a search warrant for your thought crime?’

‘What if someone else starts controlling you, and you can easily understand whom I am referring to?’ added Sagar Pandey. ‘Scary.’

‘Any technological advance has to be based on bioethical principles; otherwise, playing God always ends badly,’ wrote P. Juan Manuel Gongora.

Some, though, were more optimistic.

‘Well done, Neuralink and Elon!! This might very well turn out to be an important moment in history,’ wrote one user.

‘This is awesome news; we’re expanding on the two final frontiers. Space and the mind—I can’t wait for the next company talk. So excited!’ wrote another.

In September, Neuralink declared that it would shortly start a human study to assess the implant’s safety.

The FDA gave Neuralink permission to operate on humans less than a year ago, which was a significant milestone for the firm.

Details of the patient were not given, but Ashlee Vance, who wrote a 2015 biography, ‘Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future’, wrote in a Bloomberg report that the ideal candidate for Neuralink’s first human trial was ‘an adult under age 40 whose four limbs are paralysed’.

It’s not enough to collect data from your computer; next, they will collect it directly from your brain.

There’s no way this can be safe. Scientists formerly said that pesticides like DDT were harmless, even though they were killing the ecosystem and the entire food chain.

We already know that utilising search engines on the internet reduces memory because our brains consider the internet to be an external storage device, negating the requirement for memory.

Retaining knowledge becomes more difficult the less effort you put into it. When things are taken too far, you wind up with a scenario where governments can falsify documents and facts, and everyone assumes this is because they can accept everything they read on the internet as true and forget about anything that didn’t originate there.

It could reach a point where what you see, hear, and touch is all imaginary.

Eventually, humans will wipe themselves out. I mean, what could go wrong? Governments don’t have to use climate change as an excuse; just call it Elon Musk change.

We Are About To Embark On Nine Days Of Train Hell

Today marks the start of the nine-day overtime restriction by Aslef train drivers, which will severely impede travel for rail customers.

A prohibition on overtime for all rail operators starting today and lasting until Tuesday, February 6, is expected to result in thousands of trains being cancelled at short notice throughout the United Kingdom every day.

There will also be one-day strikes across 17 different operators from tomorrow until Monday, February 5.

In an ongoing battle with train companies over wages and working conditions, the drivers’ union Aslef declared the first rail strike of 2024 on January 15. 

Tuesday’s disruption will affect all of London’s major rail services, including Southern, Gatwick Express, and Govia Thameslink Railway, as well as South Western Railway and Southeastern. 

In significant portions of the network, there will be adjustments to services, and some train operators will not be operating any trains at all; therefore, passengers are advised to check before they travel. 

The services that are normally available between 7.30 am and 6.30 pm may begin and end significantly sooner than usual.

MailOnline disclosed yesterday that rail managers have been receiving enormous bonuses and salary increases while neglecting to implement new legislation intended to lessen the effects of strikes.

None of the 18 operators hit by the nine days of walkouts by train drivers is implementing the requirement to provide at least 40 per cent of normal services. 

It means the industrial action will cause yet more misery for passengers.

Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused rail bosses of ‘rank cowardice’, saying: ‘If the law is there, then you use it. All the public want is a sense of what the minimum service will be – not leaving it in the hands of the unions to decide.’

A Mail analysis revealed that executives of private train companies received enormous compensation, finding:

  • Annual rises in total pay and perks of 61 per cent for the highest-paid executive at Arriva and 35 per cent for the top boss at former operator Abellio UK;
  • Bonuses of £1.3million were shared by FirstGroup’s top executives Graham Sutherland and Ryan Mangold last year, and a £540,000 bonus was paid to then chief executive of Go-Ahead, Christian Schreyer, in 2022;
  • The Chinese and German governments could have benefited from tens of millions of pounds in profits at franchises run by transport firms they co-own. MTR, co-owned by the Hong Kong government, effectively controlled by Beijing – made £70million in six years.

The drivers’ union, Aslef, has described the work stoppage as a wage dispute, even though its members make an average base salary of about £60,000.

These days, it seems like chaos reigns everywhere.

When will they understand that the people are not rooting for them? The public no longer respects them after the previous two years of strikes, cancelled and delayed trains, and exorbitant costs.

The whole British railway system is a joke and an embarrassment to the UK.

In this country, taking the train is a risk. They are badly managed and operated, and the union has too much sway. The union will never permit the modernization of the entire system, even though it is necessary.

We were promised in the 1980s that privatisation would cure all the issues in the state-owned services, yet here we with all the same problems, still supplying state-funded subsidies, more pollution in our rivers and billions being siphoned off untaxed, what went wrong?

How do these train drivers manage on 65k plus generous holidays, benefits, and early retirement packages? Poor darlings.

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