Canada is turning away from the US, and Mexico may be next. The US still does not grasp that as Europe and China expand trade and influence with its key partners, a timer toward economic irrelevance is set. The consequence will be higher prices at the US dinner table and a food supply kill switch.

Politicians are insulated from the consequences of their own policies—especially on pay. Meanwhile they’re flooded with incentives to pass tax breaks that mostly benefit the wealthy. When the costs are socialized and the rewards are private, real reform is brutally hard.

1/3 They’re pouring millions into think tanks and “ethics” circles to sell AI personhood—not because machines are sentient, but to muddy moral and legal lines, hide behind complexity and secrecy, and make responsibility harder to trace; www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“You’re going to hear ‘AI consciousness’ and ‘AI personhood’ arguments coming from elite places—Harvard,Oxford,Ivy League panels—not necessarily because the case is strong, but because funding, prestige networks, and think-tank ecosystems decide what gets amplified. Follow the money, not the claim.

Neoliberal reforms systematically shifted bargaining power toward capital. Many beneficiaries defended them with universalist promises, even when outcomes repeatedly showed concentrated gains and weakened democratic accountability.

The 25th anniversary of Wikipedia’s first public entry comes amid the rapid growth of Elon Musk’s AI-powered alternative, Grokipedia.

Danish and allied special forces have begun arriving into Nuuk, Greenland's capital. Any attack on the Island would result in Article 5 of NATO being activated and a 31 country military response towards the aggressor country.

More from the south! #humansofbluesky #bluesky #protestice #dumptrump

Jerome Powell calls out Trump’s criminal investigation as the mobster behavior it is. slate.trib.al/VKzzvpA

X's AI chatbot Grok appears to be making sex abuse images of women and children - and Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting it! I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too. 38d.gs/ban_x_df

I just signed Greenpeace’s pledge to stand against Trump’s oil wars. Fossil fuel companies are already driving the greatest threat to humanity with the climate crisis. Will you join me in saying: no more wars for oil?

Creative Research Engineer at Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich (CH) #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/creativ... #creativecode #LLMs #Arduino #MaxMSP #openFrameworks #TouchDesigner #Unity #Unreal

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" - has anyone been following this? I just learned of futurism.com/commitment-j...

It’s 2026 and generative AI is still at the center of the tech conversation — for better or worse. In light of that, this week we’re replaying a great interview with @karenhao.bsky.social about OpenAI and the model of AI development pushed by Sam Altman. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/310_...

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Trump is acting outside the law in Venezuela. Keir Starmer must speak up, not stay silent. Cowboy diplomacy puts us all at risk. ✍️ Sign the petition. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stand-up...

Mahsa Amini was killed by a regime enforcing moral control over women. Renee Good was killed by a state apparatus enforcing control through armed authority. One was labeled morality. The other was labeled law enforcement. Both labels were used to excuse murder.

Greenland Is Our Line in the Sand open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Trump is acting outside the law in Venezuela. Keir Starmer must speak up, not stay silent. Cowboy diplomacy puts us all at risk. ✍️ Sign the petition. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stand-up...

We are holding the line for democracy. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

If you are in Dublin later this week, please come to see Mammary Mountain, VR and haptic installation experience on breast cancer treatment experience, at the First Fortnight Festival, details in the link firstfortnight.ie/festival/mam...

Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland ft.trib.al/Gzzizn9

Also giving Hitler’s blitz through Europe vibes.

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

For those justifying Starmer’s lack of condemnation as ‘diplomacy’, I give you the Mexican President

So I guess that Trump will declare Martial Law now that he's starting World War III in the name of 'stopping narco-terrorists'... and then suspending elections indefinitely. Maybe I'm getting more paranoid each year, but it sure sounds like the Nazi playbook...

Stop blaming one man. Americans chose this—and keep tolerating it. A felon president, bipartisan cover, war crimes enabled, war crimes defended. Gaza included. That’s America, a rogue country.

So are we doomed? Serious question going into 2026.

This (and happy holidays!): Nigel Farage accepting huge crypto donations 38d.gs/vzgv

Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...

Please consider listening to Francesca Albanese discussing the impact of her being sanctioned by the US government: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant. It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from: Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation. All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India. She studied at the Royal Free Hospital & London School of Medicine for Women, then became the Chief Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Surat. adalovelaceday.subst...

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles  theonion.com/trump-still-...

why is the UK not giving enough press to the Palestinian Action hunger strikers?

We need to show the government that we are in solidarity with those facing repression and as educators we will defend freedom expression and the right to protest. Sign the letter here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

Former special counsel Jack Smith told members of the House Judiciary Committee that his team found “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. The BBC was right. No apology was needed.

Stop Trump from decimating the BBC 38d.gs/BBC_sued_df

DATA VAMPIRES is a four-part series digging into the costs of hyperscale data centers and why tech billionaires are so desperate to build more. In Part 1, we explore where “the cloud” came from and how it expands the power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/241_...

Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins

This… not everything is a trauma

The year in #censorship reflects a shift in how cultural institutions engage w/ political pressure. Many no longer wait for explicit state directives: they alter programming in advance, cancel works & events, distance themselves from politically engaged artists ocula.com/magazine/opi...

The broadcast of Netanyahu’s speech was not the first time Israel used sound to terrorize Palestinians & Lebanese people. “The Scream,” with its high-pitched and sharp sound waves is designed to disrupt one’s sense of balance and induce nausea and vomiting hyperallergic.com/the-soundsca...

This is the absolute best homemade vegan Baileys recipe you will try! Thick and creamy, it's made without nuts or dairy with no blender required. Delicious served over ice or with desserts, just like the real thing! Recipe in comments.. addictedtodates.com/vegan-baileys/

The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country. Yes, I said TOURISTS — not immigrants. This is insane. It will DECIMATE the U.S. tourism industry.

Many of you are gobsmacked today to discover that the UCP tried to get a "School of Anti-Wokism" accredited. Did'ja notice when the leader of the federal opposition promised to do the same thing to *all existing* Canadian universities? It's not *just* an Alberta thing; it's a Conservative thing.

Amnesty International UK Do YOU know if police rely on algorithmic systems to "predict crime" in your street We've created this interactive map, "crime predicting" technology creates MASS human rights violations. 🗺️ ➡️ Check the map: amn.st/6187C15bx #amnestyInternatinal #algorithms #police #ukpol

Fascism in action

Crazy that it’s come to this