The planet is in DEEP trouble.

As I keep pointing out to anyone who will listen: If Ukraine falls, we will end up spending ALL THE WORLD'S MONEY on facing-off against Russia, and almost NONE of it on fighting the climate crisis!

Hence why backing Ukraine is the fastest route

Scoop. I broke the news that they were building this (before FB wanted to talk about it), and here I am breaking the news that it's shutting down (guess who didn't respond to a request for comment). Meta/FB, forever in an identity crisis. tip Techmeme

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Britain 'took back 50 migrants from Ireland', just months before Rishi Sunak said he was 'not interested' in returns lbc.co.uk/news/britain-t…

Is “Acceleration Island” the new bullshit replacement for “Singapore-on-Sea”?

The Electoral Reform Society are the oldest democracy campaign in the world. They’ve seen fascism rise several times over, did nothing about Brexit, have £45m in the bank, and have reformed precisely…. nothing.

A student shares their iPad screen with the new ChatGPT + GPT-4o, and the AI helps them learn in realtime.

Tutor marketplace startups are getting worried, no doubt.

The extent to which Altman is beginning to sound like a later-stage crypto guy — delivering freewheeling rants that spiral out of the orbit of usual 'tech visionary' platitudes and in to nonsensicality — should maybe be cause for alarm for his investors and partners

CO2 increasing 🔟❎ faster than any point in last 50,000 yrs

Scientists in US and University of St Andrews studied ancient Antarctic ice to make the discovery. Report co-author Kathleen Wendt: 'Rate of CO2 change today really is unprecedented'

Sarah Ward bit.ly/4bfqyG5

.Conservatives - #StormsAhead #StickingWithThePlan

FT, Bloomberg, others write about Russian plotting attacks in Europe.

This is a list of 11 recent incidents released to public, proven or suspected of Russian connection. Russia is not plotting but already executing attacks on Europe.

Perhaps, it is time to wake up? 1/

TIL that France incentivizes hiring new doctors post-PhD by having the state cover 120% of their salary for the first 2 years. And here I thought the appeal for Paris from AI companies was about cuisine and lifestyle

If you criticize China, don't go to Hungary.

Orban just signed an agreement with China wherein Hungary will hand over anyone that China's government accuses of a 'crime' and now Chinese police will patrol Hungary's streets.

Orban is selling the country to Russia, China and Iran

Could you do me a favour and report this LinkedIn account as fake / impersonating me? Thanks. linkedin.com/in/mike-butche…

Often do similar. Quite fun.

This is a fantastic and much needed initiative led by Leslie Hitchcock, pulling together allies to address failing in the resilience of supply chain, energy and political stability as well as accelerate our defence capabilities. Follow Resilience Conference or visit resilienceconference.io

What’s the symbol on his shirt?

A survey of 1,000 UK businesses found:
“70% of Millennial and Gen Z UK entrepreneurs are eager to start businesses OUTSIDE the UK. Almost half (46%) are still grappling with the complexities of Brexit.”
(Source: Estonia’s e-Residency programme)