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Just once, I’d like an article such as this one to point out that there’s always an appeal, to push up regulators’ costs

Blair is demonstrably more conservative than Thatcher was. In case that was in doubt

Tony Blair adopts the drowning man strategy for climate change. You can’t save him on your own, so wait for someone else jump in first. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don’t Give A Shit

I guess “marathon not disrupted by protesters” would not have got as many clicks. “there appeared to be no obvious impact on the runners” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Masterful PR. An article about tomorrow’s London marathon and a headline about something that might happen sometime else, somewhere else.

“So many enemies: spineless judges, moaners about due process; fake news merchants; the Fed; Canadians (nasty); Europeans, same (except for Italy and Hungary); environmental hoaxers; regulators of shower pressure; cancer-causing windmills; tariff-haters; Venezuelans; the Cheneys. But the worst […]

Meta AI accuses Meta of lying about Meta AI being optional in WhatsApp

Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre “appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight" @selc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today’s ignoramus Twitter “diplomacy” makes this look more like Nostradamus than satire theonion.com/countries-wh...

“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

Sorry, but what naked idiocy!

“Optional” Meta AI isn’t able to explain how to turn off Meta AI.

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

God the EU Commission is exhausting. Do these people seriously think they can demand a “lawful access” backdoor in US-hosted messaging apps, and that US intelligence *won’t* use that tool to relentlessly spy on EU interests? www.politico.eu/article/encr...

Seems like the right moment to repost this

A smoke signal group.

Imagine being down so bad that “Wall Street Apes” is roasting your jank ass social media platform

There are endless articles lately about whether this or that decision of the European Commission was delayed due to Trump. OK. But I've been in Brussels for 27 years and I literally can't remember a decision of the Commission that wasn't delayed. Just sayin'.

Well, in a time of terrible ideas this may be one of the worst.

You don’t simply turn the clean water of political accountability back on after it was polluted by years of impunity.

The vast majority of “modern websites” aren’t reliant on surveillance advertising. Come on NPR, do better

Job opportunity: Politico needs a social media editor.

Jesus died for your sins so make sure you sin daily, creatively, and with flair.

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

How does the article below not mention this article on the same subject from the same publication? www.politico.eu/article/fran...

In office but not in power

Please make it stop.

Rail minister reports himself after being caught putting lives at risk

A perfect morning for the #European #marathon championships in #Brussels ! Good luck on those hills, persevere and you’ll get that Leuven feelin’ I aught ta be there 😞.