Paul Dempsey

Easy Money is a fine book. Looking forward to this.

It was always a political appointment. What else could it be? Bari Weiss did not qualify for the job of running CBS News, except ideologically. Her appointment as Editor-in-Chief thus required conflict with the newsroom. Scott Macfarlane, I think, saw all of this, and drew the obvious conculsions.

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

I wish I were surprised....

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

The movie I directed about how crypto is bad and dumb will be in select theaters April 17. Here’s a 😜

IEA called for joint release of emergency oil stocks at G7 online meeting, Japan says The International Energy Agency called ​for a coordinated ‌release of emergency oil reserves during online meeting ​with the ​finance ministers from the Group ⁠of Seven nations ​on Monday, Japanese ​Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told a briefing.

IEA called for joint release of emergency oil stocks at G7 online meeting, Japan says reut.rs/4ljARPb

Building at Glasgow central station collapses in fire, BBC reports A fire in a building ​at Britain's Glasgow ‌Central Station caused it to ​partially collapse, BBC ​reported on Sunday.

Building at Glasgow central station collapses in fire, BBC reports reut.rs/4lBus25

Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.

FFS, this is how it all started 73 YEARS AGO.

Someone in a costume of Beeker from The Muppets is hold a sign saying 'Evidence-based outrade' at the Stand Up For Science rally in Washington DC on March 7, 2026

First they lost Elmo....

#standupforscience Washington DC, 3/7/26

This is the Platonic ideal of a social media exchange, never again to be equaled or even attempted:

You have to love the way the 'fiber' on the Google bag has been rewritten by the folds.

#standupforscience in DC

AND THE WINNER OF MY FAVORITE SIGN OF THE DAY GOES TO @kristinbartus.bsky.social.

#standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

Portrait of Hortensia

Portrait of Hortensia
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/18613

Stand Up for Science Rally Boston. #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

Hundreds of scientists in Chicago, standing up for science.

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“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

Korea Warns That Prolonged Middle East Conflict Could Hurt Chip Industry Prolonged geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could disrupt South Korea’s chip industry, a top South Korean politician has warned.

If you thought the memory crisis was bad have you heard yet about what the war in the middle east could do to the place where the overwhelming majority of the memory chips are made?

www.wsj.com/world/asia/k...

Is there a bit of Korean coat-tugging going on towards the US here? Would Trump strategically redirect the LNG exports going to Europe now to Korea and Taiwan, and expand access to the US helium reserve given semis' importance to both AI and ordnance? His transactional nature suggests he well might.

this is yet another big downside to the decline of news outlets. It used to be that you could find out about a new restaurant, art show, band, book, etc. by reading your local paper. Now, we have to rely on word of mouth or social media campaigns, which are much more dependent on your networks.

3/3 Michelangelo's grocery list. Because even great artists have to eat! Especially on their birthday, and his is today.

2/2 ‘I'm bent like a bow’: Michelangelo complains about painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and draws his only self-portrait!

Born on this day in 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti. Sculptor, painter, architect, poet. One of the true greats. Here, unfinished portrait of him by, perhaps, Daniele da Volterra, 1544.

LLMs hallucinate....

Palace making Spurs like rubbish... and us look stupid.

Her bigger problem may be if the cartels reach the same conclusion.

BBC1 6pm flagship news show. Starmer makes a major statement on the attack on Iran, the BBC get reaction from 3 national party leaders. Spot which party is missing?
Clue: they won a by election last week, have been above the Lib Dems in polls for ages.