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Hello and welcome to Canary Catch Up. Each week, our resident telly addict Rachel Charlton-Dailey will bring us bang up to date with the shows she’s been obsessed with, what she’s hate-watching, and what she can’t wait to get stuck into.

My God, it’s been hot this week, hasn’t it? I’m not made for this weather, but on one of the rare occasions I left my cool house, I saw the fantastic Mike Garry perform his poetry at King Ink in Sunderland. Garry’s poetry is a sharp look at working-class family life. His poem ‘what me mam taught me’ brought tears to my eyes.

If you’re looking for an escape from the heat, there’s a plethora of telly to watch in a shaded part of your house, too.

Rivals is hotter than ever — but also sincere

I’ve absolutely loved this series of Rivals. Obviously, it’s an inherently sexy show, and that part is done very well, but even better is the way the complexities of relationships are explored. In episode 5, we saw Taggie dealing with her family just casually forgetting her 21st birthday. Instead of being shocked, she was used to it; which made it even sadder.

Alongside the scandalous love affairs and the very short shorts this episode, it was also heartbreaking to see how it all affects those who are trying to do good. Especially poor Lady B, who was forced onto TV to save her cheating, lying husband’s reputation. Though I’m very much looking forward to what happens between her and Edna, and the hints we’ve had of their past.

With one episode left before the mid-series break, there are two questions on my lips: who stole the tapes, and who on earth is Perdita?

Canary Catch Up — The Testaments puts shock value above story

I was so looking forward to the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. The novel was set 15 years after The Handmaid’s Tale and followed three different women influenced by Gilead on how they played a part in toppling the regime. However, I should’ve learnt my lesson after how much they prioritised gore and shock and put more onus on the men in the Handmaid’s Tale series, because they’ve done exactly the same here.

The Testaments novel is an incredible work that shows how women reclaim power even when it seems absolutely impossible. The show, however, is too focused on brutality to actually show the intricacies of Atwood’s writing. The biggest problem is that they changed the story so much in THT, so they had to do the same here and just completely messed up the timelines. This means the biggest reveal of the book, that Daisy is baby Nicole, can’t and doesn’t happen.

The Testaments is absolutely bizarre in the way that it’s softened a lot of storylines but made some so much more brutal. It truly feels like a show designed purely to go viral, and that’s such a massive shame.

BBC rinses the planet with crap AI panel

Tonight Question Time features an imagined AI panel made up of historical figures who shaped the modern world

Watch the #bbcqt AI special now on @BBCiPlayer and @BBCNews to see what our REAL panel have to say on AI, including how it can blur the lines between reality and fakery pic.twitter.com/G1HVSUyt5t

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) May 28, 2026

Whilst the planet is literally burning because AI is guzzling up so much water, the BBC decided to air a pro-AI Question Time panel. As The Canary reported, the panel itself was stacked with pro-AI shills. And to send the message home even further, the supposedly unbiased BBC pushed out an advert featuring a fully AI panel of famous people from history.

On it were Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Frida Kahlo and Emmeline Pankhurst and yes, it was exactly as crap as it sounds. Pankhurst’s Votes for Women sash was the wrong colours, Kahlo’s flowers melded into her head, Churchill kept dramatically smizing with the camera and Gandhi didn’t seem to move. Most weird of all, Fiona Bruce was also AI, which is absolutely ridiculous when you consider how robotic the real version is.

Brain-free binge

Y’know how sometimes you just need to watch something absolutely mind-numbing to take your thoughts off the world being on fire? Well, I’ve got you. Due to chronic pain, I’m a connoisseur of reality TV that doesn’t require any brain power to watch. My latest fave is Million Dollar Secret on Netflix. Put your feet up and ignore your phone for an hour as Peter Serafinowicz is your host, whilst Americans lie and backstab for money, much like their president is doing.

Canary Catch Up — Looking ahead

Coming up this week, I’m looking forward to the release of Tip Toe on Channel 4. Russell T Davies’ new drama will look at how LGBTQ+ are just trying to live our bloody lives while prejudice and hate is being ushered back in. It will look at how the opinions and lies in the mainstream affect day to day life.

I’m also looking forward to finally seeing the Mandalorian and Grogu film this week! So look out for reviews of both of those next time on the Canary Catch Up.

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Ethnic Cleansing — Several Western corporate media outlets have appeared to celebrate Israel’s illegal occupation of the Crusader-era Qal’at al-Shaqif Castle in southern Lebanon.

“Captured a strategic mountain”

At this point it sounds like AP is celebrating Israel’s unlawful occupation of Lebanon. https://t.co/b13dCVICHD

— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) May 31, 2026

On Sunday, May 31, Israel issued more illegal forced displacement orders to all residents living south of the Zahrani River. The attack suggests that Israel is moving towards attacking the city of Nabatieh.

Israel had issued more than 10 displacement orders in the last 24 hours. On Friday, the IOF crossed the Litani River for the first time since 2006.

Now, Israel has illegally occupied the historic Beaufort Castle (Qalaat al-Shaqif) in southern Lebanon. In the process of doing so, it killed a paramedic and damaged a hospital.

A paramedic has been killed and a hospital damaged, as Israeli forces say they have captured the historic Beaufort Castle (Qalaat al-Shaqif) in southern Lebanon, pushing beyond the Litani River for the first time since 2006.

Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hito and Nida Ibrahim report. pic.twitter.com/nPBzhn7Vej

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 31, 2026

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Whitewashing

The Associated Press, CNN, Financial Times, and Reuters all used words such as “seized”, “strategic”, “major advance”, and “expands” to describe Israel’s illegal invasion and occupation – all of which are war crimes.

They straight-up stole it. It’s land theft. https://t.co/PpprezaU2t

— Arturo Dominguez (@extremearturo) May 31, 2026

Even Al Jazeera put out a headline stating:

Israel issues more displacement orders in Lebanon, seizes strategic castle

Importantly, the dictionary definition of seizure is:

the taking possession of person or property by legal process

Nothing about Israel’s actions in Lebanon, Gaza, Iran, Syria, Yemen, or anywhere else is legal under international law.

What the headline should have said was:

Israel continues to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon and illegally occupies historic castle.

Of course, we would expect no less from the occupied corporate media, which have spent nearly three years whitewashing Israel’s war crimes.

Western media outlets have continuously used the passive voice to describe Israel’s crimes, failed to name Israel as the perpetrator, and framed the genocidal-terrorist state’s crimes as ‘defeating terrorists’.

“Captured”? Was the mountain a run away? Lost and found? Or maybe “invaded” “occupied “? https://t.co/9YPBUGzy5p

— Samar D Jarrah (@SamarDJarrah) May 31, 2026

All you have to do is compare the reporting to that of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine to see that Western media is in the pockets of the Israeli government.

“Captured”? “Incursion”? Is this the language that we would use to describe a Russian invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory? This strikes as valorising the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, as opposed to informing the reader. https://t.co/vwu2GA7gwU

— ᴅʀ. ʜ.ᴀ. ʜᴇʟʟʏᴇʀ (@hahellyer) May 31, 2026

Of course, the difference is that the majority of Lebanese people and Palestinians are Arab, whereas Ukrainians are mainly white. Black and brown lives have never mattered to Western media outlets or governments.

Additionally, the word ‘strategic‘ sounds like a game of chess. It legitimises Israel’s war crimes and suggests that the settler-colonial state has a right to be in southern Lebanon, which it does not.

Manufacturing consent for ethnic cleansing

Obviously, the framing is deliberate. In the same way that the Western media manufactured consent for the illegal invasion of Iran in 2026 and Iraq in 2003, it continues to provide Israel with the conditions and global consent it needs to carry on its genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Lebanon.

Can I walk in my neighbor’s yard and “capture” it? Maybe I’ll go to the grocery store and “capture” a $150 brisket that once cost 40-50 bucks.

As long as you report it that way, people will be cool with it, right? https://t.co/PpprezaU2t

— Arturo Dominguez (@extremearturo) May 31, 2026

Incursion = Invasion
Captured = Occupied https://t.co/6ZNM7ed5k0

— Chris Doyle (@Doylech) May 31, 2026

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You’d have thought that if the Associated Press can spell ‘incursion’, they could spell ‘war crimes’ or ‘illegal’. It managed to point out that Israel has, so far, murdered 3,350 people in Lebanon and displaced more than one million. However, not once in a 1,104-word article does the journalist use the word ‘illegal’ or ‘war crime’

Coincidence?

Whitewashing and minimising Israel’s crimes only benefits Israel. The illegal Zionist regime is stealing land — so let’s call it what it is. Ethnic cleansing, illegal occupation, land theft and genocide.

And let’s not forget that Israel continues to ignore a ‘ceasefire’ to commit these war crimes.

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The military contractor responsible for a huge chemical leak in southern California is also manufacturing parts for F-35 jets for Israel.

A 7,000-gallon chemical tank ruptured and threatened to explode at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove, California, last week. It forced over 50,000 people to evacuate. Crucially, GKN is a British engineering company, headquartered in Birmingham.

The tank contains thousands of gallons of methyl methacrylate. This is a highly volatile and flammable substance used to make plastic. Only recently, it was deemed at risk of a major spillage or an explosion.

Garden Grove is a predominantly working-class and immigrant city in Orange County, just outside of Los Angeles. This means that the evacuation order mainly affected lower-income residents.

Military-industrial complex

Since 2017, the plant has brought in more than $13m in subcontracts with Lockheed Martin, a huge military contractor which is swimming in complicity for Israel’s genocide.

A previous analysis by Ploughshares, an independent Canadian research institute, found that Lockheed awards subcontracts to hundreds of companies in more than a dozen countries to help build F-35 jets.

Now, The Intercept has revealed that GKN is one of the companies manufacturing parts for F-35 Jets, which are likely bound for Israel. In total, GKN has raked in over $255m from subcontracts with Lockheed Martin.

GKN openly describes its Garden Grove plant as “the leading provider” of the plastic bubble which surrounds the cockpit of the F-35 fighter jet.

Importantly, Methyl methacrylate, the chemical that started leaking from the plant last week, is an ingredient in this plastic bubble.

John Ramming Chappell, advocacy and legal advisor at Center for Civilians in Conflict, told The Intercept:

Due to the nature of the F-35’s global supply chain, it is likely that the F-35 components produced at the Garden Grove facility are incorporated into aircraft exported to Israel

This is the same type of aircraft that the Israeli military has used to kill civilians and violate international humanitarian law.

Supplying war criminals with F-35 killing machines

The IOF has repeatedly used F-35s to murder and maim civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen. Hundreds of human rights organisations have called on governments to halt their roles in F-35 production for Israel.

Israel currently has 48 F-35s but is planning to expand its fleet to 100. On January 20, the Canary shared news from Lakenheath Alliance for Peace that three new F-35Is left the UK air base, RAF Mildenhall. These were heading from the UK to Israel.

Obviously, most of these were paid for with US State Department funding because Israel can’t even fund its own genocide.

On May 19, only several days before the leak began, Garden Grove city officials issued a permit for a 34,000-square-foot expansion of GKN Aerospace’s facility.

The company claimed the reason for the expansion was the increasing demand for F-35 jets. This would enable the company to double its production of aircraft canopies.

Swimming in controversy

In recent years, GKN agreed to pay a settlement of almost $1m for environmental violations. These included failure to maintain records of emissions and operating equipment without a permit. Before that, authorities also fined the company for failing to properly inspect its machinery and for labour safety violations.

Obviously, these types of things, along with the current leak, are entirely predictable. What else should we expect when a company puts war, murder and profit above morals and people?

GKN Garden Grove has also raked in more than $4.5m in additional subcontracts with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, which is also owned by Lockheed Martin. It signed contracts in 2023 to produce CH-53K military helicopters. In 2025, Israel ordered a dozen new Sikorsky military helicopters.

We should have guessed that the US military-industrial complex played a part in a potentially deadly spill, which could have harmed tens of thousands of people.

Of course, the US government will continue to sacrifice the well-being, safety, and paychecks of poor people in the US. All so that Israel can continue bombing black and brown people in West Asia without consequence.

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I don’t usually root for millionaires. In fact, I would say I have a visceral hatred for them. Most corporate biographies offer nothing but exploitative tales of untouchable oligarchs hoarding wealth at our expense. Yet the wild, radical journey of LUSH co-founder Mark Constantine breaks this mould entirely. Hearing about Mark’s humble beginnings, how he experienced homelessness and sleeping under hedges, resonated with me from the start. I’ve been on the streets, and I know how hard it is.

The laughter at the launch

On Thursday, 28 May, I attended the book launch of Dear John inside the stunning LUSH studio on Beak St, London. The event was small, intimate and hosted by James O’Brien. Attendees mixed cocktails while making their own bath bombs as we chowed down on cupcakes emblazoned with Mark’s face. Speaking directly with Constantine and his lifelong friend Jeff Osment, I found the tycoon warm and welcoming.

I still sometimes struggle with being invited to these events. A large part of me still carries that homeless mindset. Yet the absolute openness in that room proved that we made the right eclectic and headstrong man, famous. He’s a star of industry who never forgot his roots. Throughout this book, the backdrop is of a lost boy searching for his father, whom he never knew. The book is named after the perfume Constantine created as an ode to his father. Banging scent, by the way.

Supported by his wife, Mo, who frequently acted as the breadwinner, Mark was a seed who took a little while to sprout. With a little watering from his wife and friends, his relentless passions in natural skincare propelled him to international success. But this is a profound rags-to-riches story without the usual corporate greed. Mark didn’t just line his pockets; he took his money and chose to share it with whoever and whatever he could. He used his £1bn empire to fight state power, fund radical animal-safety campaigns, and rock the corporate world.

LUSH — Moving past corporate crap

When I say I couldn’t put this book down, I mean it. This expanded second edition by HarperCollins brings the history right up to date, and it’s a wild ride. The new chapters bring to light the brutal realities of navigating a collapsing high street. LUSH has survived pandemic closures and Brexit-related staffing issues and has navigated the challenges of managing 50 regional shops directly in the Ukraine warzone. And permeating through the pages was the message that corporate survival relies on community, rather than balance sheets and board meetings.

Constantine always rejected chemical-heavy industry standards. Working from a small, cramped room in his and Mo’s marital home, the young couple mass-produced natural, herbal formulas for The Body Shop. He stubbornly followed his passions, whether it was securing a community allotment with his closest friends or taking up beekeeping to intimately understand the ingredients he used in his concoctions.

His deep love for the land and for wildlife directly shaped his legacy. When his company Cosmetics to Go ultimately folded, Constantine didn’t give up. Instead, he pivoted to recording birdsong and authored two books on it. And using this love of life, he transformed his new project, LUSH, into a powerhouse of activism. The business has backed so many important movements that other corporate entities are shit scared of.

Most notably, Constantine launched a fierce, decades-long war against animal cruelty. He sent two of his trusted employees to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to protest lab testing and established the annual global LUSH Prize. The fund has dished out nearly £3m to scientists and activists working to replace animal safety trials. Constantine has reached even further, financing anti-blood sports campaigns and donating tens of thousands directly to the Hunt Saboteurs Association through dedicated products such as the Fabulous Mrs Fox bubble bar.

LUSH — Upsetting the establishment

This willingness to fund radical, direct action has landed Constantine in hot water. Come on, it’s not normal rich folk behaviour. And the establishment hates it. Rather than hoard wealth like some lovely-smelling dragon, Constantine used LUSH windows nationwide to launch the massively controversial SpyCops campaign. Partnering with Police Spies Out of Lives and the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, his shopfronts were covered in fake police tape, crying out that the police had crossed the line.

The campaign was fearless in exposing the human rights violations committed by undercover cops. LUSH called out the targeting of women in particular who had been coerced into long-term and intimate relationships. Constantine faced massive online backlash and calls for corporate boycotts from the Police Federation, but Constantine refused to back down.

Co-founding LUSH on 100% cruelty-free, ethical terms, he built the brand into the giant it is today. And he built it as a weapon to help fight for global wealth redistribution. And they have backed everything from anti-war efforts to local community food projects.

One of my favourite tales in the book, which perfectly embodies Mark, is the story of how he took on Amazon and won. When the internet retail giant began using the trademarked word “Lush” to direct search traffic towards crappy rival cosmetics, Constantine did not take it lying down. He sued the corporate giants and won a stunning High Court victory. And in a beautiful display of stubbornness against Amazon’s pushback, Constantine trademarked the name of Amazon’s then-managing director. He threatened to release a LUSH shower cream called Christopher North, described as being “rich, thick and full of it”.

Weirdly, Amazon backed down.

The end?

And guess what? Constantine finally found his father, with the help of Jeff. But Dear John is about more than that. This book is a powerful testament to human resilience and proves that, with the right people around you, grassroots solidarity can build a global empire. And you don’t have to sell your soul.

Mark Constantine stands as rare proof that wealth can be used as a weapon for change. And I cannot wait to help them achieve that.

Dear John is out on Thursday, 4 June, and launches at £25. Pick it up in LUSH stores, online at LUSH, or in bookshops nationwide.

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On 30 May, Nigel Farage posted the latest in a long line of dehumanising political ads. Reacting with more good humour than Farage deserved, Makerfield candidate Andy Burnham responded as follows:

Are you getting desperate, lad?

Maybe keep your crypto millions for something else.

— Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) May 30, 2026

Using refugees as pawns like this shows that Farage lacks any empathy whatsoever.

And if he cares this little for the people who are most in need, we’ve got bad news for anyone deluded enough to think he cares about them.

Nasty Nigel

Farage later highlighted what he was talking about:

Your scheme will provide housing and benefits to people who came here illegally.

I prefer to put the British people first. pic.twitter.com/CEG7Tfg2wc

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— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 30, 2026

You’ll note Burnham’s plan relates to refugees and that Farage refers to “people who came here illegally”. Sadly ,in the UK, these two things aren’t mutually exclusive. The reason for this is because we’ve opted to use the loophole of being an island to shirk our international responsibilities.

Speaking more on how the UK criminalises desperation, Rose Cocker wrote for the Canary:

 safe and legal routes are desperately few and far between. Often, they focus on very specific groups of refugees, such as Ukrainians, who are predominantly white, whilst neglecting others, who are predominantly people of colour.

Without a massive expansion of safe routes, asylum seekers are left with no option but dangerous channel crossings. If asylum seekers have no right to work or other decent income, they will be forced to work illegally. Without adequate housing alternatives, the UK will have to use hotels to accommodate asylum seekers.

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These are problems, certainly. But they are problems that our government has caused.

Farage doesn’t want to solve these problems; he just wants to treat the victims like a punching bag so Reform voters get to feel like there’s someone below them on the totem pole.

“Crypto millions”

Burnham’s response to Farage also included this line:

Maybe keep your crypto millions for something else.

As we’ve reported, Farage is facing separate investigations over a £5m ‘gift’ he failed to declare:

Here are the facts as laid down by Derbyshire:
1) Farage says he won’t run
2) crypto billionaire pays him £5mill
3) Farage U-turns and runs
4) Farage hides the donation
5) Farage announces if he wins the election he will slash capital gains tax for crypto firms

Same old same old https://t.co/ViEIFZkf3A

— Alonso Gurmendi (@Alonso_GD) May 6, 2026

Since all this came out, Farage has done his best to avoid interviews:

Victoria Derbyshire, "We asked for an interview with Nigel Farage tonight and we got a thumbs down emoji from his team"

"Over the last couple of weeks we've asked for an interview with Nigel Farage or anyone from Reform UK's front bench ten times"

Jake Berry, who used to be a… pic.twitter.com/l594M6EQ1Q

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— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) May 19, 2026

Given Farage’s reluctance to speak on camera, it will be interesting to see how he copes with this by-election. And with rumours of Burnham calling an early general election if he wins, things could get even more intense for the toad-faced huckster.

Burnham — A sign of things to come

In response to the Burnham-Farage exchange, Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked:

Is this the next general election campaign? pic.twitter.com/ozyNsfa8O9

— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) May 30, 2026

He’s predicting that the next election will be Farage calling Burnham a ‘refugee lover’ and Burnham accusing Farage of being in the pocket of billionaires. In other words, it’s an election in which Britons will decide who they think is bleeding this country dry: the refugees who have nothing or the billionaires who own everything.

And sadly, neither of these men seem set to represent the pro-refugee position:

in the last couple of weeks alone andy burnham has backed mahmood’s immigration policies, reeves’ fiscal rules and the horrific and unworkable ehrc anti-trans code of practice… https://t.co/Kw8bfoHmpq

— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) May 27, 2026

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On 26 May, the wax-faced war criminal Tony Blair returned with a half-baked essay on what the UK should do next. Among his widely-panned arguments was the suggestion that we need to increase North Sea drilling. And now, like clockwork, the Blairite homunculus Wes Streeting has stepped forwards to make roughly the same argument:

Labour should cut national insurance and issue new oil drilling licences for North Sea, Streeting says https://t.co/yWsOYDXf0n

— LBC (@LBC) May 31, 2026

New Streeting, New Danger

In his essay, Blair wrote:

3. We must prioritise cheaper energy and electrification over net zero and use what is left of our North Sea oil and gas resources. This is essential for our competitiveness and for taking advantage of AI.

Responding to this, the CEO of Naked Energy wrote:

The conflict in Iran has given us yet another reminder that dependence on gas weakens our energy security. UK wholesale gas prices rose by around 90% in the first week of the conflict alone, and that volatility feeds straight through to businesses and households.

Shifting towards generating our own gas does not change this, because the fuel extracted from the North Sea is sold at international prices, so it does not provide households or businesses with any insulation from global shocks.

You’ll note Blair’s proposal is in line with the far-right parties Reform UK and Restore Britain. While you can’t simply do the opposite of what your opponents do, it’s important to note that both Blair and the far-right are ignoring the same key information:

The North Sea is pretty much spent and what is left is expensive to lift. Plus, you're wasting time talking about shale.

Why do you make no mention of renewables or battery storage? pic.twitter.com/pFF9X5cZkq

— Clean Energy (@EnergyMix_UK) May 30, 2026

Getting to Streeting, here’s what the ex-health secretary said when asked if the UK should grant new licenses:

Yes. I think that’s probably where Ed will get to. When he makes a decision, I’d be surprised if that wasn’t the case.

The granting of those licences will not necessarily translate into cheaper bills, but it will translate into higher tax receipts

Cheaper bills for Britons?

No.

Increased profits for the corporate vultures who are waiting to slurp up what’s left in the North Sea?

Absolutely!

AI freefall

You’ll note Blair’s given reason for supporting more drilling was AI. No prizes for guessing why that is:

I'm not interested in any coverage of Tony Blair's views that makes no mention of the fact the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) is bankrolled by billionaire Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle.

From 2021-2025, Ellison donated or pledged £257m to the TBI. Of course he's an AI evangelist!

— Aisha Nicole Malik-Smith (@ANMalikSmith) May 27, 2026

While figures like Blair are talking up AI, the AI companies themselves are experiencing something of a meltdown. Until recently, they charged businesses a subscription fee; something they struggled to make money from, because AI models cost so much to run. Now they’ve switched to capping how much customers can use, and as a result businesses have started to ask themselves:

1. Can we afford this?
2. Are we getting any sort of return on investment?

As AI critic Ed Zitron has reported, the answer to question 1 is increasingly ‘no‘: the answer to question 2 is usually ‘we’re not even sure how to measure it‘:

The problems don’t end there either:

NEW: AI consultant reveals a client accidentally spent $500,000,000.00 in a single month after failing to set employee limits on Claude usage.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) May 28, 2026

Starbucks just retired its AI inventory tool across North America. It was miscounting and mislabeling store items.

This is the second major AI failure at scale from a Fortune 100 company in 2026.

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The pattern. Starbucks spent reportedly $80-120M building "Deep Brew," its AI… https://t.co/8iJVDn0dGW

— Armaan Sidhu (@realarmaansidhu) May 25, 2026

89% of leaders say AI has not improved their company's labor productivity, despite widespread adoption, per Gallup.

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 19, 2026

Uber handed its 5,000 engineers an AI coding assistant in December. By April, the company had blown through its entire AI budget for all of 2026, with two thirds of the year still to go.

Cheap, basic AI has gotten almost free over the past few years. But almost no company builds… https://t.co/rTlWgZECa7

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— Anish Moonka (@anishmoonka) May 24, 2026

Two economists just published a mathematical proof that AI will destroy the economy.

Not might. Not could. Will — if nothing changes.

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The paper is called "The AI Layoff Trap." Published March 2, 2026. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston University. Peer reviewed.… pic.twitter.com/Kh9IVdhG4w

— Jack (@jackcoder0) May 30, 2026

Despite all this, the establishment continues to tell us that AI is inevitable. And while some future technology may one day make that statement true, the signs aren’t good for the generative AI that’s currently being sold to us.

At max projection is 2 bn annual profit. A valuation that’s 500x that? I think AI is just a money laundering scheme. https://t.co/kbW5PFNCZR

— Ganeshan (@ganeshan_iyer) May 29, 2026

Popular support

To be entirely clear on the North Sea situation, many Britons think we should open new oil and gas developments:

Britons tend to favour allowing new oil and gas developments to be opened in the North Sea, amid reports that some cabinet ministers agree with Tony Blair's view that the UK should extract all oil and gas from the North Sea

New developments should be opened: 46%
Only existing… pic.twitter.com/zxuS81x07w

— YouGov (@YouGov) May 29, 2026

We could really do with a follow-up question here, though, as we doubt people will feel the same once you explain: ‘this plan won’t bring your bills down even slightly‘.

To be entirely fair to Wes Streeting, he is at least admitting now that more drilling won’t benefit ordinary people. To be less fair to him, it’s time to make like a North Sea rig and get in the f*cking sea.

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Trump — As we find ourselves in the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, the country is more American than ever. This isn’t a compliment, of course, but it is a way of introducing the chaos we’re seeing around the anniversary planning — chaos even right-wingers are calling out:

I’m actually pretty pissed at how badly they’ve bungled America 250. First they tried to invite Milli Vanilli and a bunch of other absurdly washed up geriatric one hit wonders. Then when that didn’t work they decided to convert the event into a Trump rally where Trump will talk… https://t.co/lYo2jUWOLy

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 30, 2026

Happy birthday

America has produced some of the biggest musical acts of all time. Given this, you’d think it would be easy to book some big hitters for the 250th Anniversary. Instead, we got the likes of Milli Vanilli — a German pop outfit which was famous for not singing their own songs (one of whom is now deceased, RIP):

JUST ANNOUNCED: The Great American State Fair lineup is here, featuring a packed roster of hits including Martina McBride, Young MC, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, The Commodores, Morris Day & The Time, Flo Rida, Bret Michaels, and many more. pic.twitter.com/VI7OK4kDGI

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 28, 2026

As if this wasn’t embarassing enough, several acts have now pulled out, including the Commodores, Morris Day and the Time, and the aforementioned Milli Vanilli. Poison singer Bret Michaels said the following:

Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of

He added:

Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable. Because of that, I have made the difficult decision to step away from this performance

To be fair, the US is a little busy losing Israel’s wars right now, so they can’t be expected to defend the nation’s second-tier rockers.

In the post at the top, Donald Trump described the acts pulling out as having “the yips”. He also vowed to replace them himself, claiming he has more appeal than Elvis. And the crashout didn’t stop there:

Holy shit, Trump is really crashing out. His latest unhinged screed: “We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain. Cancel it, just like I… pic.twitter.com/wmQ0FdFTAX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2026

Trump also took time to criticise his opponents on the right:

Every single one of them pushed for the release of the Epstein files pic.twitter.com/h48dPGtbdW

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) May 30, 2026

Between all this, Trump bragged about passing one of the mental exams they only administer to folks who are showing signs of cognitive decline:

pic.twitter.com/XDt6q9eNS1

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 31, 2026

Oh, and we also learned about the ‘RUMP’ watch:

Donald Trump has scammed his supporters again.

He sold them a Trump watch with the T missing for $640. pic.twitter.com/ZB3Kni1OsM

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) May 30, 2026

Trump — Hip hip hooray

The music acts aren’t the only thing booked for America 250; there’s also the planned UFC match on the White House lawn:

Starting to come together

[ #UFCWhiteHouse is presented by @Cryptocom and @RamTrucks ] pic.twitter.com/mWYJ45oNBZ

— UFC (@ufc) May 29, 2026

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SEE YOU ON THE SOUTH LAWN @UFC pic.twitter.com/02HoAdxc9e

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 20, 2025

As neoliberal ghoul Hillary Clinton highlighted:

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

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What a metaphor. pic.twitter.com/0JKCj5prXF

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 29, 2026

Some Yanks are pretending this doesn’t represent them, but this is the America the rest of the world knows. It’s a violent, destructive force that turns everything it touches into rubble and rancour. So in that sense, the arrangements for the 250th Anniversary are actually very fitting.

Well done, President Paedophile (allegedly).

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On 8 May, the Canary published an article entitled “Sunderland Reform councillor David Barker allegedly beat up his girlfriend and abused child”.

The piece incorrectly stated that Barker was the same individual who was given a suspended sentence in 2019 at South Tyneside magistrates’ court for assault and causing actual bodily harm to his girlfriend.

The Canary published this based on information it had at that time. Since then, Barker has reached out to us and provided information categorically showing that he is not the same man who was sentenced in 2019.

The Canary would like to unreservedly apologise to Barker, his family, and friends, for the distress and damage that our article caused. We are committed to ensuring that our publication consistently achieves the highest levels of factual accuracy. However, on this occasion, the information we were provided proved to be inaccurate. We took immediate action to remove the article and investigate.

To confirm: Reform councillor David Barker is not the same David Barker who was convicted in 2019. We have permanently removed all content related to this and will ensure that any future information published about him is accurate.

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