Declan

Who produces hate speech? And how does that matter for content moderation?

We show that across different countries and platforms, a relatively small share of users are responsible for a very large share of hate - overall, 5% write 83-100% of hateful content.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The comments underneath this are depressing. "You are protected by [X] privacy law" does not mean, and has never meant, that you are completely anonymous. If you want a completely anonymous digital service, you are probably buying from criminals and, no, you're not truly anonymous even then.

Digital painting, the flying tugboat ‘Skateraw’

a traditional painting of herons in flight among trees, green, pink and white hues

I painted herons in flight. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

I still can’t believe Joani Reid’s husband is an alleged Chinese spy and an Alba plant snuck into the number one spot on the Labour Lothian list and Anas Sarwar tried and failed to coup Starmer. What a month for the Scottish Labour Party.

Okay.

Anyone long Guyana? I feel like now is a good time to be long Guyana.

Global power is not built at short notice, but China does have avenues open to them. They also have Russia as a resource colony now, so they're probably less concerned than some other countries.

Yes and no. China doesn't have a presence in ME but they are all over Africa and LATAM. They are very quickly transitioning away from technologies that keep the ME relevant as a supplier. ME obviously still relevant as a trade route. This is an acute crisis for them, but that won't last.

Sunder is correct here - the headline figure is quite misleading

Here are the profiles *over time*

Both care workers *and* dependents are fiscally positive for their first *20 years*.

Dependents are ultimately negative but only when old/sick/retired.

Well, Hezbollah again commits suicide and invites Lebanon's doom in the process.
Dying for Ayatollahs thousands of kms away. We are about to face a refugee crisis of unbelievable proportions from Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan. And it's still just day 5.

*The war between the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan continues in many areas, sparking a significant refugee crisis, so far contained and supported by the UN agencies. Those however, are at maximum capacity, overwhelmed preparing in the whole region.

This is a good game. Well worth that price

Today has been a good day.

My painting SONORAN DESERT

I’m giving away 20 free mini prints this weekend! Enter on my site!

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.

All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Untrue - the Convention provides both for the possibility that protection might cease to be necessary (ie the cessation clause: refugee status ends if there's a change in circumstances) AND the possibility it might need to be long-term (ie references to facilitating citizenship of the refuge State)

This is one of the greatest burns of the British tax dodging class I've ever seen.

“I’d rather have a Fajr-2 for tea than let the NHS touch what I, a self-made man, earned all on my own. Yes, my father is a peer and my mother was a Bond girl. What of it”

- overheard, Emirates Business Class Lounge

The local fortress nobles must be Reform UK members.

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

Only thing that would have improved this is a drone slowly approaching the expat's window behind him.

Mike Mignola
@mikemignola.bsky.social

I'll do it with the caveat that, if I survive (regardless of the situation of the cargo) I get a payment > £100m.

I'm not often a gambling man, but the all-or-nothing option does have some appeal.

I wonder if any other nation Americans consider one of our geopolitical Rivals noticed that four days of lobbing missiles at Iran from afar reduced the president to screaming at defense contractor CEOs to conjur up more missiles instantly because we're running out.

China in the crosshairs as EU launches sweeping plans to save industrial future Proposals reveal EU anxiety over competing with Chinese products, security fears linked to Chinese investments and urgency to act.

China in the crosshairs as EU launches sweeping plans to save its industrial future

My report on all today's goings on

www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Back to the industrial accelerator act - this jumped out at me:

It will insist that companies from countries which do not allow EU firms to access their own procurement markets are excluded from the bloc’s tenders in sectors including steel, cement, automotive, solar, wind and nuclear

Commission launches EU Industrial Maritime and Ports Strategies to boost competitiveness across the maritime sector Today, the European Commission adopted a EU Industrial Maritime Strategy and a Ports Strategy to drive competitiveness, sustainability, decarbonisation, security and resilience within the EU\'s wider ...

Two more proposals today which will hit China:

the EU Ports Strategy and the EU Industrial Maritime Strategy

Both will further squeeze Chinese investors in infrastructure at a time at which their port holdings in the West are under scrutiny.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Here we go - EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne presents the long-awaited Industrial Accelerator Act

"What I'm talking to you about isn't just a change in our modus operandi - it's actually a change in doctrine. This is something that was unthinkable even just a few months ago"

Sketch of a blue forest at night. In the middle stands a samurai silhouette and somewhere hides a cat. Indian ink, acrylic pens and technical pens on paper.

Daily sketch 🪾🌌🥷🐈‍⬛️

Can you spot the cat ?

(Zoomed out version below)

#art #artsky #ink #sketch #noai

Rough calcs...

The vessel plus cargo was likely valued at as much as $300,000,000

China unlikely to have paids for the cargo, so total loss to Russia.