Persephone

I look for news on this everyday!

Agree. We're all doomed. My only hope is that a spell of Faragist govt pulls that movement apart as they have zero solutions for the multiple problems our country faces. However, we will have sunk even deeper into the mire... There are no easy fixes though, here and abroad. The model is broken.

Middle managers. The reason Starmer is so hated is because he falls into the 'Dolores Umbridge' category of super-villain. The villains we know in our everyday lives who we often feel powerless against.

Exactly right. The govt is showboating here for literally zero gain. It's embarrassing.

It's wanting to be seen to be doing something. That's it, really.

What - and I don’t say these things lightly - a ridiculous and offensive fucking cunt

How about Boudicca and the Romans in chariots? Then skip straight to the Tudors, Shakespeare & something involving falconry. Probably jousting, too. Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes and moody late Victoriana is a good call, rounded off by WW2 Blitz. However, they might want a 'local' story or two.

It’s amazing this needs to be said, but so many intelligent people don’t grasp it. Likewise, people who are both positively and negatively disposed towards LLMs seem convinced that LLMs have ‘emergent properties’, and that blinds them to seeing the technology’s limitations

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

It is fascinating the way you can take money from hungry children or disabled people without consequence, but try to limit the amount that goes to rich pensioners and everything implodes.

God, she's just terrible....

She is a true fighter. Put her and Kelly together on a ticket. (And sadly have to worry whether there will be an election at all - at least one that's fair).

Please persevere with the show! I love the books. But the show just gets better and better… I really want to see how this team tell this story.

It’s pretty wonderful! It’s good to see a show getting better and better…

I was nudged back into reading the series last season. I'm truly impressed now how well these books have been adapted. There's always tweaks and deviations - to be expected when adapting to a different medium. But the choices have worked well.

She is spot on! I feel these actors have really come to encapsulate the characters now.

the wheel weaves as the wheel wills is written above a woman Alt: Rosamund Pike ominously saying one of her character Moiraine Sedai's most iconic lines, "The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills"

Overall, a really solid 8-episode season! In terms of performances, Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, and Marcus Rutherford are definitely stand-outs. I really hope they get a S4, because the show is clearly getting better each season! (3/3)

It's very, very good!

The Wheel of Time: Season 3 [77] comes to Prime Video Thursday: www.metacritic.com/tv/the-wheel...
"The Wheel of Time is coming into its own as the slow and steady saga that could well finish top of the class." - Ed Power, The Telegraph

Honestly, it gets better and better... it's a fabulous show!

The Wheel of Time season 3 is the best yet The third season of The Wheel of Time has it all: it never misses a beat in terms of character, plot, and stunning visuals. In my humble opinion, it is the best

With perfect storytelling, the third season of The Wheel of Time surpasses all expectations.

Love this show!!

Any Wheel of Time lovers? S3 drops Mar 13th! I’m ready

Hopefully the board will turn on Musk (they should!) - but I fear it's a bunch of sycophants..

Informative analysis, thanks. Agree that Starmer's too 'timid' to reset Brexit to facilitate easier Euro-cooperation & the media (despite decrying UK dependence on the US) wld turn on him if he did - deluded 'cakeism' lives on.

Problem is Russia not interested in a deal unless it's a UKR surrender & the US is OK with that - they want this thing done quickly & to move on while sanctifying Trump as 'peacemaker.' Hence anger at UKR for not rolling over. Is Europe just buying time to arm UKR to push Russia into wanting peace?

Certainly the US becomes a less trustworthy & credible partner as any replacements will be recruited for loyalty to Trump's agenda over competence and experience. This presents a major dilemma to GCHQ in particular as deeply intertwined with NSA. Less problematic for SIS and Mi5.

It's very challenging! I'm no expert, but it seems logical to prioritise building capabilities in areas where we depend hugely on the US and can't really do without - targeting, electronic surveillance, satellite technology, logistics. Also, AirPower. Allocate areas of expertise amongst Euro-states?

This is an underrated possible outcome... There's a host of potential problems heading America's way, not least debt issues and the fact that too much govt organisation being scrapped. Also, further down the line, possible civil strife.

There's so many to choose from these days! It's like a menu of horrors