William Hill is listing odds on Donald Trump sr. winning the 2028 presidential election implicitly implying they think there is a significant chance he'll be an electoral dictator by then.

Why Elon Musk may yet prevail in his attempt to block OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit company A federal judge refused to give Musk an immediate injunction against OpenAI's switcheroo, but tossed him a lifeline.

This is a pretty important case and, unusually and counterintuitively, we should side with Musk!

fortune.com/2025/03/07/e...

What's your favourite Iain m. Banks book and why?

The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Monbiot is right. The UK should now treat the USA as an enemy and adjust our posture accordingly:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky willing to give up presidency in exchange for Ukraine Nato membership In response to a question, the Ukrainian President says he would give up his position for peace.

What a selfless leader:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

Trump in power beyond 2028?

Found these odds on metaculus:

The percentage chance Donald Trump remains defacto president beyond 20th Jan 2028 is 7%.

Source: www.metaculus.com/questions/20...

There's a tonne of this merchandise on Etsy. Sadly you have to buy it to review it otherwise I'd be giving appropriate warnings re it's effect on democracy.

Trump cuts threaten a ‘generation of scientists’ as many weigh leaving US President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research

This is very bad for the US and science. But the UK should make the best of this by welcoming refugee scientists from the USA.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm taking this as official. The US is no longer a democracy.

"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop..." - Polity

Source: www.systemicpeace.org/index.html

Any speculation/well informed opinion on the cause?

Rather than cutting disablity benefits the government should pour money into research into ME/CFS/Long COVID. If they could find a cure (even a partial one) it that would do wonders for the economy, rather than causing untold misery with no benefit to the economy.

Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets' The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.

Illegal access to sensitive information by Musk and his ilk may be the source of this. And now that Trump has pardoned the Jan 6th traitors, far right thugs will feel emboldened to intimidate or even attach people on this list.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Just dabbling my toes for the moment.