the thing about our current moment is that yes, the anti-AI and anti-big tech people are getting very reactive nowadays - but have you seen what they’re *reacting* to?

easy to get numb to how far previous norms have been eroded, but to see a company that our government plans to embed deeply in the UK's key infrastructure release the corporate equivalent of a school shooter manifesto is really something. companies used to have to at least pretend not to be evil!

New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped

Confident prediction: Farage's will go lower

Look, if i started listening to my great great grandchildren I’d have to give my roomba rights

Russia appears to block social media platform Bluesky amid wider internet restrictions Russian digital rights organization RKS Global told Recorded Future News that Bluesky had been added to the registry of banned websites maintained by Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor.

Hey, we've hit the big time. therecord.media/russia-crack...

A Weakened IRS Has Significant Consequences

DOGE turbocharged the deficit, achieving no savings. The IRS reductions from funding and layoffs have likely resulted in about $861 bn in decreased revenue. The layoffs from actions like DOGE alone have likely resulted in $597.8 bn in decreased revenue over the 2026-2035.

Perhaps there's a perception that he's the least bad option of those available and he's proceeding on that basis.

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Elon musk biography inscribed to a child on their 9th birthday including "lots of positive lessons to be learned from Mr musk". Signed love mum and dad.

One of the bleakest charity shop specimens I have ever encountered from @mysuburbanhell.bsky.social

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses. They look cool as fuck. Their arms are reaching out and they have a sandy striped pattern

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses swimming just above the ground. They look very cool. They have a yellow sandy beige colour.

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses sitting on the ground. Their two centre arms are raised and reaching back while the other limbs rest on the ground. They have a grey colour with brown spots. They look extremely cool.

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses reaching for a projection of a shrimp. They look pretty cool. They have a sandy brown colour.

In 2019, scientists velcro'd 3D glasses to European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

They didn't do this just to make them look cool as fuck, but in order to study their vision. Using a 3D theatre made for the cuttlefish, they were able to test if cuttlefish have stereo vision (they do!)

Agree. In part I think expectations have gone up, in part I think there are a lot of folk who are by any historic standards well off but don't feel it, but there's also those with insecure employment, obviously those with very high housing costs, and many other stories besides.

It's the end of Monday and so far this week, the cat has chomped three of my chilli plants

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The UK stands out internationally.

Almost one in four private renters in the UK spend over 40% of their incomes on rents - the highest in Europe (in OECD data).

Before rent deregulation in the late 1970s, average rents were about 11% of average earnings.

This rose sharply after deregulation, and the high rent-to-income ratios have been the norm since. This is the structural problem.

Problem 1: rents have been persistently high as a share of renters incomes for a few decades.

The problem isn't just about rent growth, it's that rents are consistently high as a share of incomes.

It's a bit of a myth that rents are constantly increasing faster than earnings or overall inflation - on average, they're not.

So what *is* the problem of unaffordability in the private rented sector? And what does this mean for how we go about fixing it?

Our take 🧵⬇️

Me, having taken up gardening as a hobby eight minutes ago: Yes, we're definitely getting our early May temperatures in mid-April

Irritable reaction of quite a few US based accounts to what should be quite an uncontroversial point in the post below that the world will not stand still even if the US does is IMV a sign of how Americans from all political backgrounds will struggle to adjust to consequences of relative US decline

Voting in Hungary is underway. Opposition leader Péter Magyar, leading in polls, has cast his vote. Turnout at 7am is 3.46%—a record, twice as high as 4 years ago. Early data shows opposition areas overperforming, while Fidesz strongholds are lagging.

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When poor kids grow up seeing and hearing about people dodging annual tax bills more than their lifetime earnings or people making shed loads from unearned wealth, and some becoming obscenely rich or getting well ahead because of inherited wealth, then dodging fares seems like a small payback.

People have been shocked that an AI company is offering chats with an AI Jesus for $1.99/minute but it's important to remember and respect the fact that a core part of American evangelicalism is being financially defrauded by people who claim to speak for god

She can do the 400m on a tight, live-streamed service around her living room

Oh look we have almost succeeded in artificially cash crippling an essential government service and are about to declare the ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION to us having slowly hobbled it is privatizization and enshittification.

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

There are three critical issues that will ultimately determine the health and safety of the United States and possibly determine the future direction and strength of the free and democratic world. JPMorganChase and its employees — like all other businesses and individuals — will be deeply affected over time by how the United States succeeds in these areas: The United States must maintain the premier military force in the world. The United States must maintain its preeminent economic position in the world, which also requires reigniting the American Dream. The United States must manage its foreign economic affairs to strengthen the U.S. economy and that of our critical allies so that the first two points remain true. Foundational to accomplishing the three goals above is that the core strength of the United States — its deeply held values and principles, including our commitment to the Constitution — is constantly nourished and strengthened. In this section, we also ask and answer the question: What can we as a company offer in order to do our part?

We need the world’s strongest military — what we can do to help: our new Security and Resiliency Initiative. The ongoing war in Ukraine, the conflict between Iran and both the United States and Israel, and other major hostilities across the globe should permanently dispel the illusion that the world is safe. Having the world’s best military is expensive, but it will always be a huge deterrent to war. Fighting wars is even more expensive. And losing wars even more so. I firmly hope that the United States provides sufficient military and economic support to help Ukraine prevail in what has become an extended and bloody war for democracy and against autocracy. Time will tell whether the current war in Iran achieves our short-term and long-term objectives in the region and at what cost. We should not turn a blind eye to the role the current regime in Iran has played in fostering terrorism and killing thousands of people, including Americans and many of its own citizens, over many years. And that threat must be addressed in an appropriate manner (by those who have more intel and knowledge than I do) — and urgently if Iran ever acquires a nuclear ballistic missile. Nuclear proliferation remains the gravest threat to the future of mankind. The U.S. military umbrella has not only provided security for our allies and partner countries since World War II, but it has also provided safety and stability for non-allied states, including major countries like India.

Unfortunately, there is a truly alarming part of this, which is JP Morgan really going all in on the war and bloodshed, not suprising and totally consistent but still, fear.

They call it a Straight for a reason, how hard could it be