Willing to risk it

Well Kyiv is having a fun night

Don’t worry about the flood of info. It’ll be there on record.

Keeping up with the firehose of news, because the internet is FOREVER

He gets it. "I wanted to contribute to defend peace, to defend democracy if the worst happens," he said. By joining up he felt he was "giving back to society" but also believed in the deterrent potential of the army, "so potential enemies don't even think about attacking you".

Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.

Storm Claudia triggers severe flooding and power outages across Portugal

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

Mood

What if people had to go around with a giant H on them for hypocrisy?

New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"To help recognise and counter information manipulation, the Commission will roll out measures to foster media and digital literacy for all ages. The Commission will develop an EU citizenship competence framework along with guidelines to strengthen citizenship education in schools."

🤔 Need a quick recap of this week's tech headlines? @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and I have you covered on The AmberMac Show. Sneak peek here // new episode dropped this morning wherever you get your podcasts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw5B...

“AI chatbots ‘pose serious risks to individuals vulnerable to eating disorders,’ researchers warned on Monday. They report that tools from companies like Google and OpenAI are doling out dieting advice, tips on how to hide disorders, and AI-generated ‘thinspiration.’”

This part. It can be applied to any urgent and important situation. Flood the zone with disinfo, leading to apathy. "It gives people the chance to claim that any video is AI generated, and serves to generally litter social media with garbage, making real videos and real information harder to find."

Which explains why there are those who outright say empathy is undesirable. If you don’t have social cohesion it’s much easier to weaken, divide and manipulate.

"The Munich court found that the maker of ChatGPT was not entitled to use song lyrics to train its artificial intelligence without licences, and that the artists who wrote them are entitled to compensation."

Prosecutors have requested 2,352 years in prison for Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu, the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

My latest piece → By the end of the year, the German defence company HENSOLDT expects further orders for the production of TRML-4D air surveillance and target acquisition radars intended for #Ukraine. deaidua.org/news/2025/11...

1/7 #Russia #Europe The public discussion in #Norway about acting as a loan guarantor is gaining strength. "Acting as a guarantor for a giant loan to #Ukraine will significantly strengthen Norway's reputation in the #EU, says researcher Iver B. Neumann", in @aftenposten.no today.

Nations commemorate World War I armistice against backdrop of new conflict

Man Chappell Roan has a stunningly beautiful voice

We have a winner!

No wonder this is an award winning podcast. Today’s ep is particularly enlightening with guest Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare @rusi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=95t6...

A fun adult thing is making a “To Do” list, thinking of something to add, realizing it’s on there and having no recollection of putting it down.

Under the heading of: TIL

As a non-US citizen, I find the tone of some of the "a terrible thing happened - TO A US CITIZEN!!" coverage quite alienating. Non-US citizens have rights. It's terrible that this happened regardless of their citizenship.

"So the real question isn’t why Ukraine is defending Pokrovsk. It’s why Russia is throwing everything it has to take it?" Shaun Pinner is here on Bluesky. @olddogua.bsky.social

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Amy makes amazing things that make great gifts

Wow. I hope I ruined at least one workplace. If not, can I try again?

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Mamma Mia

Starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify. The EU is tightening visa rules for Russian nationals amid continued drone disruptions and sabotage on European soil. Travelling to the EU is a privilege, not a given.

"Across the (NATO) Alliance, we are now opening dozens of new production lines and expanding existing ones. We are making more than we have done in decades. We need to build on this progress in other areas, from high end air defence and low-cost drone interceptors." www.youtube.com/shorts/Om3vu...

People disconnected from the humanity of others when talking about takeovers, surrender and regime change casually.

As Tesla's board approves Musk's $1 trillion pay incentive, it's important to recognize what an atrocity this represents: youtu.be/2wetEKGZdUo

AP Exclusive: Poland & Romania are deploying new anti-drone tech backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to tackle Russian drones. The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it, NATO officials said. apnews.com/article/russ...

"The move places space launch directly within Canada’s defence and industrial strategy, a signal that Ottawa now views access to orbit as a matter of sovereignty, not just science." orbitaltoday.com/2025/11/07/c...

Astounding. It doesn’t have to be this way. None of it.

"The international community should react strongly and impose sanctions against everyone that are doing trade and business with Rosatom, the Russian state corporation that are developing the reactors and nuclear warheads for these new systems," says Frederic Hauge with the Bellona Foundation.

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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

It’s #StressAwarenessWeek! Help your kids and teens develop healthy media habits with these helpful tips: https://ow.ly/xP3E50XnPOw#StressAwarenessWeek

Former Justice Department employee and sub sandwich thrower, Sean Dunn — NOT GUILTY