"The Trump administration is banning foreign governments, companies and individuals from using Anthropic’s most powerful artificial-intelligence tools, prompting the company to shut off access to everyone to comply with the new rule." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
If you're a European, Canadian, or Australian policymaker looking to make the case for #digitalsovereignty, the United States has just made it for you. The time for debate is over; cloud and AI sovereignty are essential if future generations are to avoid digital colonialism.
All Fable 5 and Mythos 5 users have lost access after the Trump administration declared the models security risks.
"The Trump administration is banning foreign governments, companies and individuals from using Anthropic’s most powerful artificial-intelligence tools, prompting the company to shut off access to everyone to comply with the new rule." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
All Fable 5 and Mythos 5 users have lost access after the Trump administration declared the models security risks.
In case you think that #techsovereignty is some abstract idea that doesn't affect you and the freedom of your children and fellow citizens.
This is what the power of controlling and weaponizing the plumbing of the modern world looks like. bsky.app/profile/soci... #digitalsovereignty
A good explainer piece on "Why Belfast is burning."
But this could happen anywhere now. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Canada is not immune. Anti-immigrant groups are organized and international.
"The Dominion Society is part of an international far-right movement proposing mass deportations." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Violent unrest rippled out across Belfast after video surfaced allegedly showing a Sudanese refugee repeatedly stabbing a 30-year-old man in the Northern Ireland capital. Andrew Chang breaks down how ...
New from me: The cops who AI-enhance blurry photos to try to catch suspects are actually just tampering with evidence, lying to the public and raising the risk of wrongful arrests
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6/ For instance, the chart below shows the dramatic increase in the % of voters switching parties at each election. I link this in the piece to the decline of deference. It means politicians are increasingly incentivised to focus on valence issues/ the median voter.
13/ Politicians in the UK are disproportionately mistrusted compared to apolitical parts of the state, as the chart shows. My hypothesis is that this comes down to a partisan culture (‘two swords and one inch apart’) – as exemplified by PMQs.
Great reporting here, and quite sad. How terrible to treat someone this way.
@warringfictions.bsky.social explores the many reasons why British citizens have gradually stopped trusting politicians.
But he offers antidote:
The Country-Before-Party test!
I’d love to see politicians create a voluntary code of conduct based on these values.
Let’s call it the Good Faith Code.
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Drew Harwell
14/ The piece concludes by exploring the idea of ‘country before party’ – which ought to be the tonic to ‘Blues and Buffs’ style partisanship. I have set out a list of common practices which I believe do not pass the ‘country before party’ test.
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New from me: He swiped right. She was recording everything.
A Democratic aide to then-Gov. Phil Murphy thought he met his “forever person.” She was undercover.
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
