"Everybody’s like, ‘it’s these brainiac geniuses, and only they can do it’. It could actually be the case that like, no, this stuff is pretty straightforward. It hasn’t evolved a lot. And if you can aggregate the money, then a lot of people can do it." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... #AI
"For services to the European project, there should be a statue of Nigel Farage in Brussels, at least the equal of Manneken Pis in dignity and craftsmanship."
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Done •1k • Opinion The Editorial Board America's income tax is progressive The rich already pay more than their fair share.
Opinion The Editorial Board Don't blame companies with no tax liability for following the law They're just using the tools Congress gave
If you didn’t think it was possible after yesterday’s house editorial (left) for Washpost Opinion to more obsequiously parrot their owner’s tax agenda, well, you probably haven’t seen today’s piece (right)
"America should negotiate with China a global pact on A.I. safety, which would impose universal limits on a technology that can do much good — but, in the wrong hands, would do much harm." 💯
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"Once a news organization acknowledges that the president is – or even may be – insane, they are also acknowledging that this is an extremely dangerous situation. That obliges them to start aggressively and constantly reporting on what can be done about it"
Lovely correction: This article has been amended to correct one of Brown’s quotes from ‘fucking era’ to ‘fuck it era’ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... #stronglanguage
Asian tour guides who think the proper form of address in all circumstances is "You guys" #humantypes
“If you want to get a message out, use erotic content and put the message at the end of the book.”
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Pleased that the Times paid 61 years worth of my subscription (I think I got that right) for Sarah Lyall to test Air France's La Première www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/t...
Scott Bessent doesn’t seem to like this story from the “tabloid trash” FT or the “pathetic journalists” who wrote it. Confirmation to me that the story is 💯 accurate
Of course no one from *checks notes* Sudan or Afghanistan could be in genuine danger.
The only ruler who didn't let down the French people in the past 50 years (the people let him down instead).
A man from the left who didn't give in to the sirens of the cynical, and ultimately suicidal, "third way" #RIP
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Managerial genius. "Mr. Bezos pitched his strategy: Reduce the newsroom’s budget by half and double the productivity of those who remained" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
"In 2022, Mullin introduced resolutions to remove the first and second impeachments of President Trump from the Congressional Record."
"[In 2022], Mullin endorsed the unsupported claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump."
So it all makes sense. share.google/DBt806kfhiZA...
Distance between Sri Lanka and Persian Gulf: about 2,000 nautical miles. Distance between the Belgrano and the Falklands when it was sunk by the Royal Navy: 230 nautical miles.
The Belgrano affair generated years of controversy. Today, the sinking of the Iris Dena is just greeted with a shrug.
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% between 2017 and 2025.
The number of US billionaires jumped 50% by some estimates between 2017 and 2025, to more than 900 people.
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"There are only so many steps in my commute, even walking as I now do to the further train station. But a lap around the newsroom will get me another 200. Do it five times a day, spaced out so as not to look demented, and that’s a thousand steps."
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Gorton and Denton byelection: "This government has burned its base, alienated its core vote, sidelined its activists and stuck two fingers up to the very people we came into politics to represent. And we’re surprised voters are walking away?"
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Sian Berry, for the Greens, asked whether the Royal family had “an effective whistleblowing policy.” Traditionally, unhappy members decamped to the North of England and raised an army, but the procedure probably needs to be updated. thecritic.co.uk/a-real-mount...
Interesting pov: the left is dismissing AI in the same way the right dismisses climate change: it isn’t happening or, if it is, it’s not important
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That was my first thought too.
“Andrew is bovine, philistine and opines with great inanity and self-importance, while Charles is hugely sophisticated.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/w...
"Once the homeland is the object of defence, extraordinary measures become normalised."
A Clintonian legacy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
"Another working paper, by economists at the London Business School and Yale University, found that Polymarket bettors as a whole forecast corporate earnings more accurately than the analysts who are paid to advise investors on whether to buy or sell." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...
Looks like there's some kind of event going on in the US of A.
