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The WSJ reports that Trump is extorting enormous “donations” for pet projects from companies and individuals that need government favor www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising OperationMeredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.www.wsj.com

Today's devolution announcements show that this govt is serious about doing it right. My post from this week on why I'm optimistic and the five big challenges to making it work. samf.substack.com/p/burnhams-d...

Burnham's defining projectThe five biggest challenges to making devolution worksamf.substack.com

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

As with SBF, the underlying assets now look pretty good in the longer term… but then, doubling your bets on red when you lose only works when you have infinite capital…

Agree (from my lay memory). Though the vibes do feel similarly to be “AI is going to change everything in ways we can’t anticipate, so someone who seems plugged into that world is worth betting on even if they don’t have much fund management experience”…

Seems even experienced investors aren’t immune to vibes…

With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/

I can see “lack of situational awareness” becoming a useful phrase in the tech market turmoil ahead…

Not sure if he’d be able to wear the bin in parliament. Could try for religious exemption, I guess…

✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton

Sadly no Dott rickshaws yet.

🇺🇦 NEW BLOGPOST 🇺🇦 Driving to Ukraine was an incredible, exhausting experience. My lasting memory is of the people there who refused to be cowed. From the institutions adapting to new challenges to people simply embracing life - Ukraine remains strong.

"You shouldn't feel sorry for Ukraine"The nation is a victim. The people refuse to be.open.substack.com

I will put in a good word for the Dott escooters. If you get the app and are registered (need driving licence etc) then the hills become much less of an issue. Brunel apparently wanted to put the station much further into the city, like Waverley, but the city fathers wanted it on the outskirts…

What constitutes the centre of Bristol is highly subjective! Though I’m looking forward to innocent tourists going into the Bag O’ Nails - and being immediately thrown out for disobeying any of the 20 rules the massively intolerant landlord has posted, or for feeding the “fucking cats”…

Can we put AI people in Guantanamo pls 🙏

Yeah, I rolled my eyes at those two as well.

yeah I’m gonna start blocking people for being shitty to Will Stancil, a person who I do not follow who does not follow me. the slashed tire is fully nuts and if you’re part of the problem from here you’re likely contributing to whatever fever swamp conditions caused it

Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead.www.nytimes.com

Cursed lineup.