“It’s the economy, stupid” has long been the core truth of American national politics. The other thing is that the AI bubble is masking (rather like the derivatives bubble of 2008) the state of the e… (View Post)

And a great Charlie Stross short story - https://reactormag.com/a-tall-tail/ (View Post)

The Americans used a PGM to accidentally accident* some rather interesting electronic equipment that the Chinese Embassy had at the bottom of their very large garden. This was so accidental and meani… (View Post)

I don't see the problem. Your party was designed to be The Improved, Better Labour Party. So far, they are far better at - - persistent infighting - factional competition - struggle for power, positi… (View Post)

1) In a fiat attempt to "reduce rubbish", government, national and local has made disposing of rubbish harder and much more expensive. 2) As with everything else, this has created an opport… (View Post)