and have a bit of Larkin too

a bit of Bree and the Princess

A discussion about social media bans for under 16 year olds. By youngish New Zealanders.

X (formerly Twitter)

Big Hairy Network (@bighairynetwork) on X

#BHN The UK have announced their social media ban for under 16s, following Australia's world-leading example. NZ's Education Minister Erica Stanfor...

Hmm...

Client Challenge

"Cyberspace was an illusion. Exit from the physical was not possible. We were nowhere free. But, despite the impossibility of escaping from offline, people still want to preserve the culture and the values of the net. That’s what pop-up cities mean to me. We cannot exist fully online, so we make peace with that and try to carve out offline space and freedom to anchor to."

log off, pop up, go out

pop-up cities and the medieval university system

Dame Jools Topp, one half of the Topp Twins, died this week. RIP Camp Leader.

There's probably more reasons than you thought for why the Trump administration tried so hard to get Orban re-elected...

Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC | The New Republic

#Orban #Hungary #CPAC #Corruption

"The US raised $250 billion in AI funding last quarter. Every frontier lab is American. And yet China now has roughly double the users of the most viral AI agent framework on the planet. Something does not add up. Or maybe it adds up perfectly. "

Substack

Howard Yu (@howardyu)

The US raised $250 billion in AI funding last quarter. Every frontier lab is American. And yet China now has roughly double the users of the most v...

(Admittedly, China has more than double the number of people as the US, but still...) #AI #China #USA

Whoever nostr rocks is shoud be told they need to update their certificates. "firefox.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to nostr.rocks. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since websites must renew their certificates with a certification authority to stay current, and outdated security certificates represent a risk." #nostr

A conservative speaks...

Bibi and Me

Some personal thoughts on the Israeli prime minister.

Rocket to the Moon in a few minutes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=m3kR2KK8TEs

An in-depth examination of the buildup to the invasion of Ukraine.

the Guardian

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how...