I expect this in the next 10 years. Once we have two neighbours linked by mutual respect, we might have the friendly, positive and creative relationship we all long for.

Good politicians know how to put bad journalists in their place- without descending to Trump levels.

Strongly agree. That picture of the NATO leaders sitting like naughty schoolchildren while teacher harangues them? It chills my blood to think of it. I understand the need to be realistic about who has power but the point comes when you have to stand up and take responsibility. Now would be good.

We will have to quarantine the US, won't we? If they won't vaccinate?

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Could not bear to watch as I thought disappointment certain. Bad decision by me. So happy for Steve Clarke- one of the best in the game.

Hail Cthulu! At last the end times are here!

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

Sorry but who are these people? Any of them? Literally no clue.

This is not just cruel but makes no practical sense. The Kuensberg question is fair and the answer is as close to insane denial as anything I've heard this year. It won't/can't work. It is simply crazy. Forget the morality of it- this creates continuous anxiety and conflict that cannot be resolved.

To see a female, Muslim politician talking like this? Reminds me of when another Muslim Home Secretary illegally made Shamima Begum stateless- just to show the child of immigrants can be as cruel as anyone. Political death and moral disgrace.

No. The case will not go ahead in London. If he sues in Florida, the BBC can say they have no presence there so the court has no jurisdiction. Also, they can ask for the Epstein files. Why? Because his case hinges on whether the programme damaged his reputation. Let's examine his reputation, then.

As a Brit I sometimes feel that people in the EU are enjoying kicking the Brits a bit more than is good for any of us. BUT- Right now, we are outside the club. We must decide if we want to be back inside. If so, we must accept the current rules. Once inside, we can contribute to and influence-

This is true but- as someone now working on risk mitigation for EU companies working in China, I have to say this is a lesson the EU has not yet learned itself. They are facing the same problems vs US/China as the UK is vs the EU. I don't mind the mockery but be careful of hubris, eh?

No, also the man. He it was who refused to allow the BBC to become a propaganda vehicle in the Falklands war, when the news regularly said: according to the British... And then According to Argentina... Driving Thatcher to paroxysms (allegedly)

Michael's less famous brother(?- or was it cousin?)- he did exist though- I remember him. I am that old.

I feel the same way. I come from an army background with 5 representatives in my immediate family who served throughout the war (and one who was an Old Contemptible). I never thought about it- of course I wore a poppy. Now I cross the road to avoid the British Legion and will stay indoors on Sunday.

This article is well worth reading: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It was hard to figure out what happened here but the sequence appears to be: 1. Abuse. 2. Suspected perpetrators arrested. 3. Backlash from the right, saying the abuse never happened. 4. Head of legal releases video of abuse to-

When you abuse a giant, you reveal to the world just how small you are. A great man and wonderful artist? I don't think Prof Soyinka needs the US half as much as the US needs him.

Read the work of Ismael Kadare, notably the Palace of Dreams. It's all in there. Also Rama is a noted practical joker but you can't say that to his face as he is 6ft 8 and powerful.

Am posting in this all the time on Linked In. AI as theology, eschatology, metaphysical speculation? AI as satan in the Book of Job, always whispering lies into your helpless ears? AI as the most political issue of all (what to do with surplus people)? No end to it, No End. Sense? In short supply.

It has been Lib Dem policy since forever and still is. Happy to stay with the original Liberal, Democratic, European, Internationalist, Pro-Fairness, Environmental party. The original and still the best (and most trustworthy).

One caveat. I don't think Farage wants to DO anything. The disaster would be to have actual power. Trump is a mafioso whose MO is to cause chaos, then shake people down. Farage is one of his faithful followers, making money from the scraps Trump leaves. Scare people- make them pay. That's the idea.

Scone. But is there good jam? And is there cream for the pie? I mean, you cast a vote, making a difficult decision and then- three kinds of treat? Another terrible choice to be made? Oh the humanity! Are you allowed just a taste of all three?

The quote from Musk officially enters the pantheon of "things you just couldn't make up"- somewhere near the top of the list.

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

I love and respect good journalists, but sometimes the press makes me want to run screaming through the streets incoherently babbling "you bunch of stupid wankers!"

The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...

This is an *incredibly* good idea.

The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.

Feel dirty now- my daughter and grandson went to the Railway Children and it must have been the same one. Hideous.

I was indeed- Tangier, Malaga, Lisbon. That's how I first went to see the Alhambra aged 12. Never, ever forgot it. And no, I had no idea until afterwards. I had been back in England from Africa for 2 years and had no thought in my mind other than getting on a ship and going somewhere- anywhere else!

Should I just mention that I sailed on the Dunera too and her sister ship, the Dilwara (both named after Indian army bases). I would not have wanted to go to Australia on either, that's for certain.

This is all horrifyingly cruel but condition 3 is staggeringly awful: “if P OR dependents of P have been in receipt of social protection” So just if a *dependent* of someone with ILR gets any sort of welfare benefit whatsoever the original person can have their ILR revoked? This is insanely evil.

Good work by an all round good person- our MP.

Of course they do.

So yoiu build a land bank and when prices are high enough put up houses and walk away. Someone has to connect the new development to the roads and shops. someone has to ensure the houses are not just left in a field with no way to buy food or go to the doctor except by car. The other option is that-

APIs are specialist programs that enable external apps to interact with the wider system, the endpoint is the app/user location. DNS refers to domain names and suggests a rogue API has crashed the system. Might be an intruder detected by security or confusion caused by another factor. DynamoDB is a-

Latest from AWS- database API (application programming interface) which is how external applications interact with the host and other apps. In other words, something wrong at the point of interface with a database app. Who knows the cause? Still think cyber attack but may just be over complexity.

Anything DNS related (Domain Name) is likely to be serious. One has to suspect a major cyber attack.

This was indeed a very weird article. Very shocked to read it.

As a former local councillor myself it's my duty to inform you that sometimes local representatives know more about the area than hyper ambitious, short term national ministers. If you have to steamroller people who live in the area to get your proposal through, you probably have the wrong proposal.

He's nailed it. He's nailed it again.

This is an outstanding analysis of a subject that is baffling for laypeople. For once Keir Starmer- as an ex DPP- has played his hand well. The CPS has questions to answer: a resignation might be in order. We know the public interest has not been well served and relations with China are problematic.

Extremely good insight. I still go to X to find out about my Somalilander friends, none of whom are on Bluesky. Africans are not to be found here in large numbers- to discuss the politics that actually matter to Africa, it's Twitter or nothing, alas. Too much navel-gazing complacency on here!

The Herefordshire @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @tobywildlife.bsky.social on BBC Countryfile explaining about the importance of Traditional Orchards youtu.be/mx7EvZP2Fos?...

And does that Devon flag have "Cream First" written on it? I hope so.

Support @neilmackay.bsky.social on this about 150%. Critical thinking? Principles and values? Broader horizons? Since when did acquiring these things become a rip off? History student here, making my money from the tech world, which values my ability to think not like a tech leader but like a human.

Can everyone please take an oath to stop talking nonsense about AI? What Altman et al are doing is NOT AI. There is no route from brute force LLMs to AGI- it's a dead end. The current LLMs only work at all due to continuous tweaking from human intermediaries as a way to reduce the negative impact-

I have some insight on this. It is bad. The bubble won't definitively burst for about 18 months to 2 years, by which time LLMs will have been cannibalised to the point of what insiders call "logic inbreeding". At this point the industry will pretty much collapse. The clock is ticking. Invest no cash