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Report: U.S. Foreign Policy Hurting American Students' Chances Of Getting Laid Abroad https://theonion.com/report-u-s-foreign-policy-hurting-american-students-c-1819567836/
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Report: U.S. Foreign Policy Hurting American Students' Chances Of Getting Laid Abroad https://theonion.com/report-u-s-foreign-policy-hurting-american-students-c-1819567836/
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“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
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The fiscal problem for Labour is Giles is right. The political problem for Labour (& also for whoever succeeds Labour, any time in the next decade or so) is not enough people know or believe Giles is right, there are zero votes in telling ppl Giles is right and many votes on offer from Giles denial
In an effort that will no doubt torch my follower base, I have laid out some basic numbers around our fiscal situation. Obvious, but still a little sobering for me.
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
There really is no getting out of this fiscal corner
It is something of a cliche to argue that Britain is running out of money, living beyond its means, wandering through a fiscal fool’s paradise – but no less true for that. The trend of …
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The fiscal problem for Labour is Giles is right. The political problem for Labour (& also for whoever succeeds Labour, any time in the next decade or so) is not enough people know or believe Giles is right, there are zero votes in telling ppl Giles is right and many votes on offer from Giles denial
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“Who’s running America’s foreign and defense policies? It’s not the president, at least not on most issues," Tom Nichols writes in the Atlantic Daily. "Decisions are being made at lower levels without much guidance from above.”
Who’s Running American Defense Policy?
Trump’s national-security institutions are still in disorder.
bit.ly
July 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Who’s running America’s foreign and defense policies? It’s not the president, at least not on most issues," Tom Nichols writes in the Atlantic Daily. "Decisions are being made at lower levels without much guidance from above.”
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Really scary, apparently published in the name of the US State Dept:
"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." substack.com/@statedept/p...
"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." substack.com/@statedept/p...
July 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Really scary, apparently published in the name of the US State Dept:
"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." substack.com/@statedept/p...
"Europe has devolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass migration, restrictions on religious freedom, and numerous other assaults on democratic self-governance." substack.com/@statedept/p...
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As of Canada Day, Canadian medical schools will no longer be accredited alongside US ones. This will protect Canadian universities from US political interference in medical education and enable a nimbler response to homegrown issues. www.cma.ca/latest-stori... via @cmadocs.bsky.social #MedEd
Why it’s important Canada accredits its own medical schools
www.cma.ca
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As of Canada Day, Canadian medical schools will no longer be accredited alongside US ones. This will protect Canadian universities from US political interference in medical education and enable a nimbler response to homegrown issues. www.cma.ca/latest-stori... via @cmadocs.bsky.social #MedEd
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The disconnect between what voters think local govt is for (doing things they care about like roads and bin collections or things they enjoy like parks and leisure centres) and what local govt actually does (social care, invisible to most residents, poorly provided to those using) is not healthy
According to Demos, across all local authorities, adult and children’s social care combined accounts for 67% of spending demos.co.uk/blogs/public...
Public Service Trusts: a solution to the crisis in local government finances?
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The disconnect between what voters think local govt is for (doing things they care about like roads and bin collections or things they enjoy like parks and leisure centres) and what local govt actually does (social care, invisible to most residents, poorly provided to those using) is not healthy
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If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If attempted, this would constitute flagrant violations of the Privacy Act of 1974 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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Come work with me! McMaster is the best Canadian research university w/a medical school that you've never heard of™!
Though there are areas listed, the field is actually wide open! These Research Chairs come with research funding.
universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
Though there are areas listed, the field is actually wide open! These Research Chairs come with research funding.
universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
May 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Come work with me! McMaster is the best Canadian research university w/a medical school that you've never heard of™!
Though there are areas listed, the field is actually wide open! These Research Chairs come with research funding.
universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
Though there are areas listed, the field is actually wide open! These Research Chairs come with research funding.
universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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Europeans keep leaving the UK. Latest ONS data for YE December 2024 show more EU+ people leaving the UK than arriving, with net migration estimated at negative 96,000 (122,000 arrived, 218,000 left). www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Long-term international migration, provisional - Office for National Statistics
Estimates of UK long-term international migration, year ending June 2012 to year ending December 2024.
www.ons.gov.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Europeans keep leaving the UK. Latest ONS data for YE December 2024 show more EU+ people leaving the UK than arriving, with net migration estimated at negative 96,000 (122,000 arrived, 218,000 left). www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
How Palantir, the secretive tech company, is rising in the Trump era
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
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If Labour can get a bit of tactical voting out of Lib Dems and Greens (30%, which is the estimate I have used before) then we get this very stable outcome...
FPTP, go home, you're drunk
Play yourself at livedataoxford.shinyapps.io/GE2029_Predi...
2/2
FPTP, go home, you're drunk
Play yourself at livedataoxford.shinyapps.io/GE2029_Predi...
2/2
May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If Labour can get a bit of tactical voting out of Lib Dems and Greens (30%, which is the estimate I have used before) then we get this very stable outcome...
FPTP, go home, you're drunk
Play yourself at livedataoxford.shinyapps.io/GE2029_Predi...
2/2
FPTP, go home, you're drunk
Play yourself at livedataoxford.shinyapps.io/GE2029_Predi...
2/2
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"Palantir, a US-based data analytics company, was awarded a contract by NHS England to develop and manage the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP)"
NEW: ICE has updated a $30 million contract with Palantir for it to build a new platform "ImmigrationOS," which the agency expects will give it "near real-time" data on people self-deporting, among other capabilities. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Palantir, a US-based data analytics company, was awarded a contract by NHS England to develop and manage the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP)"
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Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
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Another critical battleground is the role of social media in spreading misinformation.
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-related Misinformation on Social Media
Contemporary commentators describe the current period as “an era of fake news” in which misinformation, generated intentionally or unintentionally, sp…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Another critical battleground is the role of social media in spreading misinformation.
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Digital platforms amplify conspiracy theories, undermining decades of scientific progress.
22/31
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Trump reportedly won’t restore military aid or intelligence sharing with Ukraine — even if Kyiv and Washington strike a deal on mineral resources — NBC News
He wants Zelensky to cede territory to Russia, take steps toward holding elections, and possibly step down.
He wants Zelensky to cede territory to Russia, take steps toward holding elections, and possibly step down.
March 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump reportedly won’t restore military aid or intelligence sharing with Ukraine — even if Kyiv and Washington strike a deal on mineral resources — NBC News
He wants Zelensky to cede territory to Russia, take steps toward holding elections, and possibly step down.
He wants Zelensky to cede territory to Russia, take steps toward holding elections, and possibly step down.
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Jeremy Bowen: Volodymr Zelensky’s iron will
For those fighting for their country's survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy.
For those fighting for their country's survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy.
Volodymr Zelensky’s iron will
For those fighting for their country's survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy.
www.newstatesman.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Jeremy Bowen: Volodymr Zelensky’s iron will
For those fighting for their country's survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy.
For those fighting for their country's survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy.
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The NHS planning guidance - it's marching orders for the year - is out. More than a dozen national priorities have been dropped and the NHS faces more spending cuts.
As many in the NHS know, what matters is what is counted.
Read the guidance here: www.england.nhs.uk/operational-...
As many in the NHS know, what matters is what is counted.
Read the guidance here: www.england.nhs.uk/operational-...
NHS England » NHS operational planning and contracting guidance
2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance In line with the Government Mandate, the 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance sets out a focused, smaller number of national prior...
www.england.nhs.uk
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The NHS planning guidance - it's marching orders for the year - is out. More than a dozen national priorities have been dropped and the NHS faces more spending cuts.
As many in the NHS know, what matters is what is counted.
Read the guidance here: www.england.nhs.uk/operational-...
As many in the NHS know, what matters is what is counted.
Read the guidance here: www.england.nhs.uk/operational-...
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Echoes of those absurd claims about GATT Article 24 during Brexit.
It's technical. You have to do some homework.
Ironically, the PEM Convention implements one technical issue under GATT Article 24, so those who originally advocated GATT24 should like PEM.
And to help with the homework, a 🧵
1/10
It's technical. You have to do some homework.
Ironically, the PEM Convention implements one technical issue under GATT Article 24, so those who originally advocated GATT24 should like PEM.
And to help with the homework, a 🧵
1/10
This wouldn't be the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM) would it? If so, the Telegraph clearly is clueless as to what it is. Why would anyone object to tweaking rules of origin so some goods qualify more easily for duty-free trade under existing agreements? In what way is that a "return to EU"?
January 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Echoes of those absurd claims about GATT Article 24 during Brexit.
It's technical. You have to do some homework.
Ironically, the PEM Convention implements one technical issue under GATT Article 24, so those who originally advocated GATT24 should like PEM.
And to help with the homework, a 🧵
1/10
It's technical. You have to do some homework.
Ironically, the PEM Convention implements one technical issue under GATT Article 24, so those who originally advocated GATT24 should like PEM.
And to help with the homework, a 🧵
1/10
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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PM biographer Anthony Seldon on Johnson's memoir: "He had several qualities that a great leader needs, but not the seriousness. Or the hard work. Or, I have to say, the honesty... Former PMs have to bevahe with dignity... and tell the truth - people take what you say as a serious comment." ~AA
October 1, 2024 at 9:11 AM
PM biographer Anthony Seldon on Johnson's memoir: "He had several qualities that a great leader needs, but not the seriousness. Or the hard work. Or, I have to say, the honesty... Former PMs have to bevahe with dignity... and tell the truth - people take what you say as a serious comment." ~AA