#AI, #AIEthics and AI Regulation, (Space) #Tech and generally the state of things. Also I write articles about stuff. My own views, obviously. Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness ..
Those who are not following the whole UK Immigration Bill discussion might not understand how outrageous this act is:
The UK government essentially tries to "define by law" that Rwanda is a safe country. It is a law trying defining facts despite the supreme court having found that this is not so.
This is - as Ken Clarke has pointed out - like writing a law saying that "black is white" or "cats are dogs".
The under-construction British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C was originally projected to cost ~£18B. And it likely won't be finished by end of the decade.
The prudent thing to do would be to call it off. Anything else is sunk cost fallacy.
There are #republicans in the House of Representatives who think someone who described himself as "David Duke without the baggage" is not right wing enough for them.. #GOP
The Digital Service Act requires you to moderate the platform, not having your work done by the EU commission. And it requires the platform to explain its policy.
While the British high speed rail debacle takes its course, the media has discovered that #HS2 was actually never the pride of British engineering we were told it is, but a EU plot all along.
You think this is satire, I tell you it is not, it's The Express.
That was a truly bad week for Donald #Trump : Summary judgement against his companies in New York, lost an appeal so trial will start on Monday and today one of his co-defandants in Georgia became a co-operating witness.
Talking about RICO, #Twitter/#X now has their own racketeering lawsuit to deal with, in which they are accused of handing over user data to the government of Saudi Arabia.
In other news, Donald #Trump's legal team has proposed a trial date for his Washington DC case.. wait for it: April 2026.
Besides the enormous amount of evidence against him to review, his lawyers cite his busy schedule and as proof have attached documents from all his various upcoming trials.