*if they can’t kill the protocol, they choke its access* View quoted note →

*While Nvidia has refrained from making splashy acquisitions, it’s taking stakes in, and partnering with, other AI firms, making sure they — and the wider industry — continue orbiting around it.* CNBC

*Former President Barack Obama, in a post on X on Thursday, said, “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.” “This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it,” Obama wrote.*

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FCC Chair Carr says 'we're not done yet' after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC

President Trump has praised ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show after its host suggested the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk was linked to his M...

*John Yoo, the former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush who wrote the legal justification for torture during the war on terror, pushed back on the extreme powers Trump is claiming to kill those he labels terrorists. “There has to be a line between crime and war,” Yoo said. “We can’t just consider anything that harms the country to be a matter for the military. Because that could potentially include every crime.”* Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American

*A slower pace, but a steadier step* View quoted note →

*Most people's minds shut down when reality contradicts their emotional need for safety* View quoted note →

"Even "enemies" collaborate to set the rails of global finance." View quoted note →

Defence spending is not a luxury but the first duty of the government. Vague promises of higher budgets years from now are worthless when threats are already at the gate. We must invest now, both in our armed forces and in the industry that sustains them — or face humiliation later. Britain needs to rearm quickly

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Britain needs to rearm quickly

Baroness Foster and Lt Col Stuart Crawford warn that Britain’s forces are understrength and industry neglected; without urgent investment, th...

With the UK planning multibillion-pound investments in AI data centers—such as Nvidia’s £11 billion partnership with CoreWeave and Nscale that will bring 120,000 top-end AI chips—electricity demand is expected to soar. However, lagging upgrades to the national grid have forced operators to consider on-site gas-fired generation just to get new sites up and running Perplexity.ai

*The learning never ends. Every new problem is an invitation: to read, to question, to argue, and… to be reborn, … by what you discover* View quoted note →