Keir Starmer vs. Wes Streeting is about as politically interesting as two bald men fighting over a comb.... its a classic bit of change but no change, and suggests the Labour Party is clueless about why people are abandoning them.

Then the (more interesting) Q. is how would Andy Burnham vs. Wes Streeting play out, if Streeting gets past an increasingly truculent Starmer?

Or perhaps Burnham wouldn't have the appetite for a second leadership challenge in this Parliament?

#politics #LabourParty

In today's issue of China Daily, the focus is on the meeting between the leaders of China and Tajikistan. America was given a modest column on the side. 😆

#china #usa #geopolitics

Understanding common tech features and marketing terms:

Safety: surveillance

"Smart": surveillance

Connected: surveillance

GPS-enabled: surveillance

Personalized: surveillance

AI: surveillance

Integrated: surveillance

Partner: surveillance

Free: surveillance

Collaboration: surveillance

Asian Stocks to Climb as Wall Street Hits New High: Markets Wrap
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/asian-stocks-to-climb-as-wall-street-hits-new-high-markets-wrap?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East @middle-east-bloomberg

Speaking of USB-C, this little doohickey, the “PocketPD”, has proven more useful than I expected when I ordered it on a whim from Crowd Supply. It basically lets you turn a USB-C power brick into a (noisy but usable) variable CV or CC bench supply. But it has earned its keep just as a test tool for showing what PPO and PPS voltages and currents a supply can deliver (which are often quite different from what’s on the label). https://www.crowdsupply.com/centylab/pocketpd

OpenAI Floats Idea of Global AI Governance Body With US, China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/openai-floats-idea-of-global-ai-governance-body-with-us-china?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business @business-bloomberg

@hisham_hm https://x.com/qubitium/status/2054486051172094295

I‘ll restart processes, I guess. Though everything looks normal.

@mistersql see webjars and the old style rails assets gems, which basically do that

@skinnylatte also, their guava+cheese marquesita is heavenly :)

our vet has a serious version of the “oh lawd he comin’” graphic

Google's YouTube, "u vraagt, wij draaien". 🤫

“Tijdens de liveshow op televisie was er gisteren wel rumoer te horen. In het publiek zaten mensen die ‘stop the genocide’ riepen. Op voorhand hadden de Oostenrijkse openbare omroep en organisator EBU duidelijk gemaakt dat er geen publieksgeluid zou worden weggefilterd. Alles wat in de zaal te horen was, was dus ook op televisie hoorbaar.

“Dat vind ik ook het beste. 👉Alleen zien we nu dat op het YouTube-kanaal van het Eurovisiesongfestival het boegeroep verwijderd werd uit de video van de Israëlische inzending. Vermoedelijk heeft de Israëlische delegatie daar alsnog over geklaagd.”👈

https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/bewakingsagenten-wisten-niet-goed-hoe-ze-moesten-omgaan-met-het-boegeroep-tegen-israel-songfestival-kenner-na-eerste-halve-finale~be7ade1e/

#boycott #google #youtube #israel #Eurovision #censuur

@felipeB True. A good example of how it is being forced upon hundreds of millions at once.

AI-free aftermarket ROMs like GrapheneOS need to go mainstream!

*shrugs*

Folks, do not worry about what I post okay? Worry about what you post. I got an FBI file thicker than your thumb. They know about me, they know where I am, and they know it's gonna take a Seal extraction team or an army of lawyers to FORCE me to come home. I am not worth it to them unless I show up at the head of a revolutionary army - which I won't because I'm old and broken and my ninja days are long over.

Don't worry about me. But be aware it's MUCH easier to get YOU than me.

While most puns make me feel numb.

Math puns make me feel number

@slashdot everyone's brains 😅