Dame Jools Topp, one half of the Topp Twins, died this week. RIP Camp Leader.

There's probably more reasons than you thought for why the Trump administration tried so hard to get Orban re-elected...

Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC | The New Republic

#Orban #Hungary #CPAC #Corruption

"The US raised $250 billion in AI funding last quarter. Every frontier lab is American. And yet China now has roughly double the users of the most viral AI agent framework on the planet. Something does not add up. Or maybe it adds up perfectly. "

Substack

Howard Yu (@howardyu)

The US raised $250 billion in AI funding last quarter. Every frontier lab is American. And yet China now has roughly double the users of the most v...

(Admittedly, China has more than double the number of people as the US, but still...) #AI #China #USA

Whoever nostr rocks is shoud be told they need to update their certificates. "firefox.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to nostr.rocks. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk." #nostr

A conservative speaks...

Bibi and Me

Some personal thoughts on the Israeli prime minister.

Rocket to the Moon in a few minutes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=m3kR2KK8TEs

An in-depth examination of the buildup to the invasion of Ukraine.

the Guardian

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how...

There needs to be a propaganda award at the Oscars...

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WF (@WhaleFUD) on X

Iran could turn those into a whole TV series

What Jay's been up to... "In my new role as CIO, [ at Bluesky ] I’ve started an Exploration team to find out. The first thing we’ve built is an app called Attie, named after the AT Protocol. Attie is an agentic social app and custom feed builder. It feels more like having a conversation than configuring software. You describe the sort of posts you want to see, and the coding agent builds the feed you described."

The Future of AI Should Serve People, Not Platforms - The Liquid Frontier

"The press is under a coordinated, global assault and I write this as a critical friend of what remains of Britain’s independent media: do not, in the historian Tim Snyder’s words, obey in advance. Stop doing dumb shortsighted self-sabotaging deals, stop thinking tech companies will save you, they never have and never will and answer the sodding questions when journalists put them to you."

The broligarchy's war on journalism

The capture of US media by Trump allies is accelerating and the UK is the next in line. Plus: the mystery money behind my old newspaper.

Important

The Conversation

Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate? 2 dietitians explain

Dark chocolate has a reputation for being healthier, but is that true? Here’s how to choose between dark and milk chocolate this Easter.