What we are looking at here are two countries targeting civilian companies/infrastructure. Don't get me wrong. Russia needs stop this war, but we cannot condemn one of these actions without also condemning the other.

Note to the weather gods... I'm trying to sleep!! ;)

This is a perfect example of how the Chinese market has now surpassed the US. The US is now falling behind, so Ford had to build a car from China that is miles ahead from what they are making in the US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLAK...

Ford Bronco Goes Electric...Built in China. Banned from America??

YouTube video by Everything Electric CARS

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There is a strange thing about getting old, which is that everyone starts be younger than you. My doctor, dentist, almost everyone I had meetings with, and almost everyone else ... they were all usually older than me. But now, I'm often the oldest person in the room ... that's just weird.

Tom Hanks Asks 'When Did I Get Old?'

ALT: Tom Hanks Asks 'When Did I Get Old?'

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The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant'

What the heck Google... why did you log me out in the middle of me writing an article!!

German economy minister Reiche's answer to Chinese EV competition is to weaken vehicle emissions rules. What decade does she live in? Reiche: "It is important that Brussels now delivers on making fleet regulation flexible enough to ensure that no fines are imposed"

Are you a podcaster? Are you often in noisy locations? This microphone created for BBC live events is quite fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7q6... I'm not in noisy locations usually, but I'm tempted anyway ;)

The BBC's World Cup mic is weird

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

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Look newspapers, I know you think it's really important to report every time Trump says something about Iran, but after six months of nonsense, his statements have the same credibility as Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (former Iraqi minister of information) ... or Baghdad Bob.

Goddamn right!

My boss doesn't understand this... ;)) (yes, I'm self-employed)

Massive heat wave, thousands dead, one of the worst fire seasons on record: 🦗🦗🦗. Morocco playing games amplified by Russian propaganda: 20 EU heads of state write outraged letters. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 This is how you lose a hybrid conflict.

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

For f.. sake newspapers. The newspapers in Europe has spent months talking about the dangers of AI, calling for regulations, including regulations to protect journalism from being misused ... but now that the regulations are here, the newspaper do a 180 and start to report how we should not do this.

Unbelievable cruelty. The quotes from the al-Shawish family are heartbreaking www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families

Experts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.

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Wait what... ?!?! ... (I can only assume it means I'm too old for it ;))

I got into a heated discussion with a friend over something in the news, and It reminded me of how 18% is avoiding the news because it leads to conflicts. This was one of those times. There was no reason for us to have that argument. We would both had been better of if we had avoided the news.

We know how to decarbonise our energy systems. We know how to decarbonise road and rail transportation. We know how to produce low carbon cement and steel. Humanity doesn’t have to suffer ever worse heatwaves and droughts. We can avoid this.

One of the single most useful things to use AI for is converting PDF studies into actual excel data files. In the old days, I would often manually type in the numbers to get the data as data... so this saving me so much time!!

Done... ;) (this is the puzzle that I designed and spent three months drawing)

This is the greatest thing I have read today.

This is getting f... ridicules. Back in 2023, I bought two 8 TB SSD, for a price of DKK 2939 ($453/€392) each. But, I need another one, and now they same exact thing is now 16,848 DKK ($2,599/€2,254). 🤬🤬🤬 I'm obviously not going to buy that.

Some have movie nights, I have 'sneak around to find what happens to the brother'-night (it was on sale on Epic)

As my grandfather used to say: "I'm on my way to my second million ... because I never made it to the first one" ;)

John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 5d ago

New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.

We all knew this from the start. It was never about Russian or China. It was always about Trump and his oil partners robbing yet another country.

In my latest newsletter, I looked at the data of whether public service broadcasters, like DR, NRK, Yle or the BBC is 'crowding out' the privately owned media ... the answer is no. But here is the data: baekdal.com/newsletter/d...

Do public service channels crowd out the subscription market? - Baekdal

What does the data say about public service media crowding out subscriptions?

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Who needs FIFA when we have the Pinki-Winkis vs some faeries? :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE0C...

I Visited Europe's Highest Football Ground (And Predictably, The Views Are Stunning)

YouTube video by The Tim Traveller

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I just sent out my newsletter... and can I just say it's "out of office bonanza" ;) ... I guess all of you are on vacation!

Judy Garland's Hilarious Vacation Prep

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The crazier the world is becoming, the more I admire people who find away way to do things in life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoYK...

Canal Life on a Floating Pizza Boat | One Boat, One Dog, One Story

YouTube video by Just Connor Films

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"Antalya on fire..." Yes, this is the Turkish city due to host the next UN climate conference, COP31, this November

Are you f... kidding me. Absolutely everyone could predict this.