Evening.

Any conversation I’ve had about this (not many - my chat isn’t *that* bad) is met with the entirely natural response that people on £100k don’t need sympathy. But the problem isn’t that they’re suffering, it’s that they are rationally responding in ways which are not in the national interest.

EV sales surge 80% in emerging markets.

The ‘EVs are a only for rich’ talking point can be put to rest, finally.

Grim but useful read.

Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
economist.com/finance-and-...

Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009.

"My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead."

"My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."

My family has two EVs and two solar arrays, so powering our cars costs nothing. I want the entire country to feel like we do about gas prices.

They laughed at us because Americans were stupid enough to "vote" him back into office. Now they look at us with disgust and distrust.

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Judge Dismisses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against NBCUniversal A judge said a documentary released on Peacock last year could not have harmed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ reputation, as it was already “tarnished” by his criminal charges and civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

A judge said a documentary released on Peacock last year could not have harmed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ reputation, as it was already “tarnished” by his criminal charges and civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault.

Cameron Thomas Sharethis specific contribution Trump donor Larry Ellison and his son David own CBS News, will soon own CNN, and part-own TikTok. In 2024, Ellison senior’s Oracle paid a six-figure sum to Hanover Communications, for whom Michael Prescott was a managing director. One year later, Prescott’s leaked internal memo landed the BBC a $5 billion lawsuit from Donald Trump. Rupert Murdoch and GB News founder Robbie Gibb know that when you own the news, you own the people. I believe that our independent news broadcaster is under attack from within and without. How are the Government going to protect it? Lisa Nandy Sharethis specific contribution As I said, we intend to put the BBC on a permanent charter, precisely because we believe it is a vital and essential part of our democracy, and it must be able to hold us all to account without fear or favour, free from political interference. The hon. Gentleman alludes to particular appointments to the board. I do not have the power to change those appointments, but I do have the ability to review them through the charter review, which I will do. When it comes to Governments overseas, we will always defend the BBC’s right to hold those in power to account, whoever they are.

Missed this from Lib Dem MP Cameron Thomas last week on Robbie Gibb and the BBC

Nandy: "We intend to put the BBC on a permanent charter, precisely because we believe it is a vital and essential part of our democracy, and it must be able to hold us all to account...free from political interference."

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Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda .

Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc.

And nowadays not in the Guardian either.

This is already demonstrably incorrect. And Wright isn't even dead yet.

Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices Families across the country will be better protected from energy crises, as government moves to break link between gas and electricity prices.

While the Government's intent in seeking break the link between gas and electricity price is the right one, the actual implementation of it as laid out here is unlikely to reduce consumer bills.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Holding Absence frontman reveals ‘insulting’ AI competition Alt-rock / emo band Holding Absence have just over 853,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Another band, Bleeding Verse, have just over 916,000.

Holding Absence frontman reveals ‘insulting’ AI competition

Alt-rock / emo band Holding Absence have just over 853,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Another band, Bleeding Verse, have just over 916,000.

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.

Decades of increased emissions from forest-fuelled BECCS - Nature Sustainability Governments are considering subsidies for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage fuelled by wood from existing forests. However, a transparent model estimates that this will probably increase emiss...

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Starmer is caught in exactly the same trap Boris Johnson got himself caught up in: his excuse for his initial decision was false.

And then as problems pile up with the last excuse, you need a new excuse. And eventually you just pule yourself into a corner where you're talking nonsense.

They'd be better off just going for it and saying 'we wanted a snake for a snake's court' rather than pretend they didn't know Mandy was dodgy

Reminded of Miliband's best line

The worst thing listening to Spotify playlists is the nagging question is this real or just ai. Especially with covers

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

It isn’t just being nice and giving things away to the “undeserving”*.

It works BETTER and is CHEAPER!

*someone you know works paycheck to paycheck and is vulnerable to homelessness right now.

No Cards, huh?

The 12-month window | TechCrunch A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.

A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.

Silicon Valley's Moral Posturing Is an AI Power Play It's time to debate how to make sure tech serves values most people share—such as autonomy, fairness, humanity, writes Daniel Dobrygowski.

Silicon Valley’s empty moral posturing over AI and the future may create an opening to have a good fight about the values most people share—autonomy, fairness, humanity—and how to make sure our tech serves those righteous aims from now on, writes Daniel Dobrygowski.

Leading from the “Global Middle”: China’s Bid to Host the New Ocean Treaty China’s bid to host the UN’s BBNJ treaty secretariat highlights its growing influence in global ocean governance and tensions between the Global North and South.

If China lands this what odds it hosts #COP33 too - cementing its grip on the clean tech narrative