Must-read level insight from Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net for @thenerve.news: "This has created a situation in which everyone – "boards, executives, employees, vendors, consultants" – has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies."

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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"His voice is disappearing into the ether... Reform should have thought about this." Nigel Farage loves media attention, but is he now learning that he has silenced himself? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nige...

Nigel Farage silenced – and it's his own fault | The News Agents

An angry Nigel Farage called for a general election in front of a fake Downing Street door, but his speech got very little attention this time around.

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Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press. Journalists asked to write anti regulation articles after the Grenfell fire. Anything not for sale to super rich and corporations - political parties, press, think-tanks ... Who checks corruption?

Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press

Exclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion

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I have no time for AI and don't want to see my city of birth be messed up by having Microsoft build a hyperscale datacentre in it. So I've signed this petitiion. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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This could very well be the most important story in politics for the last decade and a half. Please read and share this equally harrowing and illuminating account by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social of just how dark the money in politics pit really goes. Absolutely mind blowing.

Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...

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A reminder that this is the guy we're all now supposed to be listening to on the subject of the safety of MPs

The thing that makes life interesting and exciting is the struggle to do something difficult and the satisfaction of achieving that goal. Handing over our agency to AI demeans us as people and takes all the fun and joy out of life. www.frank.computer/blog/2025/05...

Stop saying that AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used

I’m tired of this phrase and this simple way of thinking about tools. This blog post is a wandering train of thought on the topic of what tools are and why it matters to be even slightly more mature i...

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I didn't expect to see Money Saving Expert promoting the use of AI and doing so in such a cringe article. www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/free-...

30+ AI tools to save you time & hassle

AI tools can give your productivity a real boost and free AI tools aren’t hard to come by. We’ve listed our favourites to helps you get more work done in less time.

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Well I'm not surprised by this at all.

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George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

The Star Wars director has called AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and advised ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’ Star Wars director George Lucas has added his voice to the growing chorus of film-makers receptive to the rising use of AI tools in moviemaking. Speaking in an interview with A Rabbit’s Foot, Lucas, 82, said: “Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies.” Continue reading...

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Secretive $500bn El Salvador based crypto firm backed by Farage's biggest donor. Its biggest Thailand based shareholder gave £9m in cash to Farage's Reform party. Farage lobbied Bank of England over crypto regulation. Foreign money shaping UK politics.

Nigel Farage: The secretive crypto firm backed by Reform's biggest donor

Tether is a giant in crytocurrency, an industry that Nigel Farage believes the UK should be embracing.

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This is just another example of our risible two tier advertising regulations. Hard checks for TV, radio, print newspapers yet slop, shite and scams rife online... Cool in 90: the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the Internet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.

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Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

The Green Party say they will not stand in the Clacton by-election either. Zack Polanski: "This is a desperate stunt from a desperate politician whose lifetime of grifting is finally catching up with him. Greens will play no part in his political circus"

Man of the people, and multimillionaire, Nigel Farage does like the sound of his own voice. It's a shame he's such a terrible bore.

Oh get on with it, you whining coward.

He's either: a) Not going anywhere and is just doing this for attention. b) Using the scrutiny of his finances as an excuse to retire, move to Dubai, and enjoy his millions in peace. Vote now.

Sony announcing that they are no longer supporting physical media and going digital only puts the recent decision they made to no longer support games for PC in a new light.

The £17 billion of tax HMRC is choosing not to collect youtu.be/cNej_KOdbQU?... That's enough to pay for 50,000 council houses a year, and HMRC don't seem to care that it's being lost.

The £17 billion of tax HMRC is choosing not to collect

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Curse of private equity Asda Cuts 7,500 Jobs, Accelerates Restructuring Under Financial Pressure. Private equity loaded it with debt after its 2021 acquisition. Paid interest of £730m, £2.2bn since 2021. Assets stripped, real wages cut, market share shrinking. Future?

Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office. High office is now the key to personal and family riches. Former US President Harry Truman once said: "Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook."

Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.

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Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests

Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.

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Has neoliberalism captured you? youtu.be/aDel0t89sZo?...

A) This a properly brilliant piece of investigative journalism by BBC & @hopenot.bsky.social Huge kudos to all involved for doing the job the UK police & CPS failed to do: naming the alleged spymaster & clearly showing Kremlin’s role. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.

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This is how it begins to end. As the people find their courage, and their voice.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2mo ago

Trump gets booed and heckled out of New York City as he departs Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

"It just shows what a stupid, bad-tempered, cornered man looks like." "There's nothing left. You're not under any illusions that he's winning that fight. Did Trump walk out of a TV interview because of the questions, or because of his failures in Iran? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...

Trump shows the world what a ‘stupid, bad-tempered and cornered’ man looks like | The News Agents

Donald Trump threw a strop during a TV interview and walked out, on the same weekend the ceasefire between Iran and Israel collapsed. Was he angry at being questioned, or that his war efforts had…

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Follow this: First, Trump quietly buys up to $5 million of Dell stock. Then, he urges his followers to “go out and buy a Dell.” Today, his Pentagon awards a $9.7 billion deal to Dell. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Dell Wins $9.7 Billion Defense Deal To Streamline Software Buys

A unit of Dell Technologies Inc. won a $9.7 billion contract to help the US military handle its licenses for Microsoft Corp. software related to email, spreadsheets and other needs across classified a...

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Being President is just another way to make money for Trump 🤑