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NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @professorshaw.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy for @thenerve.news@bsky.brid.gy which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

Peter Mandelson, the Russian s...

Nearly two decades ago 'yachtgate', an earlier scandal involving Peter Mandelson, opened a window on the shadowy networks of influence & patronage around Jeffrey Epstein, but we (well, the media) failed to look fully through that window, focussing on only its immediate implications.

Now, looking back, Tamsin Shaw argues it was just one more missed opportunity to shine a light into the shadows... missed wilfully?

#JeffreyEpstein #PeterMandelson #politics #EpsteinFiles

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

Nearly two decades ago 'yachtgate', an earlier scandal involving Peter Mandelson, opened a window on the shadowy networks of influence & patronage around Jeffrey Epstein, but we (well, the media) failed to look fully through that window, focussing on only its immediate implications.

Now, looking back, Tamsin Shaw argues it was just one more missed opportunity to shine a light into the shadows... missed wilfully?

#JeffreyEpstein #PeterMandelson #politics #EpsteinFiles

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

Nearly two decades ago 'yachtgate', an earlier scandal involving Peter Mandelson, opened a window on the shadowy networks of influence & patronage around Jeffrey Epstein, but we (well, the media) failed to look fully through that window, focussing on only its immediate implications.

Now, looking back, Tamsin Shaw argues it was just one more missed opportunity to shine a light into the shadows... missed wilfully?

#JeffreyEpstein #PeterMandelson #politics #EpsteinFiles

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

Nearly two decades ago 'yachtgate', an earlier scandal involving Peter Mandelson, opened a window on the shadowy networks of influence & patronage around Jeffrey Epstein, but we (well, the media) failed to look fully through that window, focussing on only its immediate implications.

Now, looking back, Tamsin Shaw argues it was just one more missed opportunity to shine a light into the shadows... missed wilfully?

#JeffreyEpstein #PeterMandelson #politics #EpsteinFiles

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

Despite a FOIA and an appeal, the FBI refuses to say why agents visited my home or if I was (or am) under investigation for my work. I still can't go to Mexico, or anywhere that relies on its airspace, unsure as to what view authorities there might take if I ever cross into its territory.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

Despite a FOIA and an appeal, the FBI refuses to say why agents visited my home or if I was (or am) under investigation for my work. I still can't go to Mexico, or anywhere that relies on its airspace, unsure as to what view authorities there might take if I ever cross into its territory.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

In 2020, the FBI came to my house to try to ask me questions about a story I'd written. I declined.

I wrote about the back-story of what happened that day and after, my outstanding questions, and why press freedoms have taken a major step back under Trump's second term.

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

FBI agents visited my home about an article I wrote, and now I can't go to Mexico

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

Despite a FOIA and an appeal, the FBI refuses to say why agents visited my home or if I was (or am) under investigation for my work. I still can't go to Mexico, or anywhere that relies on its airspace, unsure as to what view authorities there might take if I ever cross into its territory.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/fbi-agents-visited-my-home-about-an-article-i-wrote-and-now-i-cannot-go-to-mexico/

"Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge"
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

Anthropic qui d’un coté communique sur son bras de fer avec Trump d’un coté, et qui de l’autre coté (comme Google et OpenAI ) supprime ses engagements éthiques.

Ohlala, alors vraiment mais quelle incroyable surprise !؟

#ia #anthropic #trump

Anthropic is different because they're committed to safety.

...I'm being told they are no longer committed to safety.

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

Oh

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safet...

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

"In 2023, Anthropic committed to never train an AI system unless it could guarantee in advance that the company’s safety measures were adequate."

"We felt that it wouldn't actually help anyone for us to stop training AI models,"

Am I reading correctly that Anthropic already can't guarantee their own safety measures are adequate?

🔗 https://tonysull.co/notes/anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge

Anthropic is different because they're committed to safety.

...I'm being told they are no longer committed to safety.

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

Goddamn it, we live in the torment nexus. Thanks Hegseth! /s

“Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge”

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

#uspol

Ugh. "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge."
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

It's not yet clear what this means for the high-stakes negotiation between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Two of the Anthropic sticking points have been that Claude not be used for "mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/anthropic-claude-military-ai

#AI #Anthropic #Claude #Hegseth #LLMs #Pentagon #USPol #USPolitics

#ai

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

Recurring pattern: The US makes policy choices that have massive policy consequences for other countries, but rate at best a couple days of domestic news coverage. Then a decade or two later we’re utterly baffled that people in those places despise us. www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...

What Elon Has Done

"500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives"

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

The current administration is legitimately evil. There’s no other way to describe it.

“500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives at a cost of $167,000.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-has-done/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

This post by @ben about how to approach AI coding with regards to people management is really smart and well thought out. It’s refreshing to hear someone weigh thorny issues while also considering how we could keep things humane for coders. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. werd.io/good-vibes-b...

Good vibes, bad vendors

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

This post by @ben about how to approach AI coding with regards to people management is really smart and well thought out. It’s refreshing to hear someone weigh thorny issues while also considering how we could keep things humane for coders. https://werd.io/good-vibes-bad-vendors/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

The most dangerous part of AI doom isn’t the forecast.

It’s the posture it produces: the talent exits, governance gets outsourced, and “cash out before the crash” becomes a moral philosophy.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everything-is-awesome-why-im-an-optimist/

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

@pfrazee.com writes about how decentralization in #bluesky / #atproto compares to the architecture of ActivityPub & networks like Nostr: https://www.pfrazee.com/blog/practical-decentralization

"There are still challenges in front of atproto. Bluesky is still too large of a player (…) Do I worry about those problems? Of course I do. But am I confident we'll solve them? Absolutely"

"Atproto isn't federation. It isn't p2p. It isn't blockchains. It's a direct attempt at practical decentralization, tradeoffs and all"

@pfrazee.com from #bluesky writes about how decentralization in #atproto compares to the architecture of ActivityPub and networks like Nostr: https://www.pfrazee.com/blog/practical-decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

@pfrazee.com from #bluesky writes about how decentralization in #atproto compares to the architecture of ActivityPub and networks like Nostr: https://www.pfrazee.com/blog/practical-decentralization

New blogpost about atproto It's not federation, it's not a p2p mesh. It's a secret third thing: practical. www.pfrazee.com/blog/practic...

Practical Decentralization

What does the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson mean for public policy, the civil rights struggle, and journalism? @Edeggans writes about the importance of the fight to uphold Rev. Jackson's legacy.

https://flip.it/8_Gt02

#BlackHistory #JesseJackson #CivilRights #BlackMastodon

What does the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson mean for public policy, the civil rights struggle, and journalism? @Edeggans writes about the importance of the fight to uphold Rev. Jackson's legacy.

https://flip.it/8_Gt02

#BlackHistory #JesseJackson #CivilRights #BlackMastodon

What does the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson mean for public policy, the civil rights struggle, and journalism? @Edeggans writes about the importance of the fight to uphold Rev. Jackson's legacy.

https://flip.it/8_Gt02

#BlackHistory #JesseJackson #CivilRights #BlackMastodon

What does the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson mean for public policy, the civil rights struggle, and journalism? @Edeggans writes about the importance of the fight to uphold Rev. Jackson's legacy.

https://flip.it/8_Gt02

#BlackHistory #JesseJackson #CivilRights #BlackMastodon