I get that this Trump visit to the UK is a Big Deal, but is it really so much of a big deal that there is literally nothing else the BBC considers above-the-fold newsworthy?

“qui locus tibi in legibus et in iudiciis esse potest, quae tu, quantum in te fuit, dominatu regio sustulisti? Ideone Tarquinius exactus … ut multis post saeculis a Antonio quod fas non est rex Romae constitueretur?” —Cicero’s Phillipics 2.87

Have I achieved peak late 00s desktop perfection? Quite possibly. Not quite #retrocomputing, but still hits the nostalgia AND fairly good to get work done on, not least bc you can't idly surf the Internet

(Intel Core i7 950, ATI Radeon HD 5850, triple booting Win XP 32 bit Win 7 64 bit, & OpenBSD.)

Here is a proper overlay of the Euro, UK, and US datasets — the US has clearly also had a slowdown. The difference is that in crises (2008 & Covid) UK/Euro productivity decreases whilst US productivity increases. Not sure what's driving that difference

@wdjames.bsky.social’s new book arrived, just in time for this evening’s Fabian Society event on the future of NATO — will see how much I can get through before then!

did someone stop believing in the servers? 😭

also...

The editors of @natureportfolio.bsky.social are on strike in the UK HQ, including fellow @tamarindlitmag.bsky.social editor @anitamchandran.bsky.social. The dispute is over pay, working conditions, & ultimately a squeeze on editorial standards🧵(1/3)

#science #scientificpublishing #sciencejournalism

@acollierastro.bsky.social just finished your dark matter update video yesterday and got this in my inbox this morning 😅