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And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"

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2/2 I've looked at a few alternatives, and the one I'm currently most interested in is Zenkit. Having used Trello for so long, being able to largely duplicate it and not spend time relearning is good. The free tier looks reasonably generous. Interested in anyone's experiences

1/2 De-Americanising: This one is a bit of a wrench. I've used Trello for years, and introduced a lot of people to it. It had a good combination of being powerful but capable of being simplified, clear and intuitive. Atlassian, when they took over, didn't bugger up the free tier. But on we go +

PRO TIP: When learning a new language, the first phrase one should always master is "My hovercraft is full of eels"

It'll pass. When I was a kid in 1970s rural northwest Ireland people were weird like this about garlic

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news...

Jonathan King's Army?

Genuinely curious about how the US media addressed this. Did no one even ask "Where are you getting that information from? Because we can find no evidence that it's accurate." Did they cut back to studios and immediately say "That is simply untrue"?
Anybody? Bueller?

How many people reading this report will be aware that Itamar Ben-Gvir was convicted *by an Israeli court* of support for a terrorist organisation? Probably worth mentioning when you're quoting him describing people as terrorists

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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My last time in Korea I met two Uzbek guys in the 찜질방. We didn't speak a lick of each other's native languages, but were able to have a pretty decent conversation in Korean. They told me they'd been there just over a year😮, in a factory

He was a legend at Muangthong😜

a close up of a man 's face with the words tell me written on it Alt: GIF: Close up of Tom Hiddleston as Loki screaming "Tell me!"

5/5 All in all, Infomaniak looks pretty good and I'll be trying it out more. Let me know if you're using it, how your experiences have been, or if you're using a good European alternative

Screengrab of a message reading: @Euria is a sovereign AI. The data is processed exclusively in Switzerland on Infomaniak’s servers. We remind you that the information generated by @Euria and AI may be inaccurate, incomplete or misleading.

4/5 There's also a meeting app that at first glance looks decent and, with a paid subscription, the Slack-like kChat, which, like everything these days, includes an AI chatbot . subject to a vaguely comforting reassurance about being"sovereign"

Screengrab showing the shortlink/QR code generator interface

3/5 You need to have a registered domain in order to use their email service.

The SwissTransfer app won't work on my phone running Graphene OS. It does work via the browser, though

The shortlink/QR code generator is limited to a fairly reasonable 50 per month

Screengrab showing the kpaste interface

2/5 Mostly slick, user-friendly interface. Pretty comprehensive, with the typical office tools (You *can* use Microsoft Office but don't have to - OpenOffice is the default), as well as file transfer, a shortlink/QR code generator, and a quick "secure" text-sharing app called kPaste

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1/5 De-Americanising - A continuing story
This week I've been looking at a potential suite of tools and services, Swiss-based Infomaniak.com. They make a lot of positive noise about "Information sovereignty" and user experiences seem on the whole good

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This is powerful. But why are we not seeing dozens of public representatives every single day speaking so clearly and forthrightly?

Yes I did. That's why I mentioned Google. I'm no techie - most of what I understand is need-to-know. Does MicroG not help in this instance?

Google's stranglehold over infrastructure is a massive barrier to European digital sovereignty ambitions. @infomaniak.bsky.social is very clear on its intentions to be free of US dominance, but here's what I get when trying to use swisstransfer on a phone running @grapheneos.org

That's actually a bloody decent effort.😁 Listening and trying hard to mimic what she's hearing, rather than giving it the closest English-sounding approximation

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment Earlier today we wrote about Trump’s extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there’s an even mor…

Large sections of the US media appear to be choosing the path of least resistance. Being worried you'll be sued or targeted is understandable, but not excusable

September 30/October 1st

Songs that instantly bring film scenes to mind
* Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
* Holiday - Bee Gees
* In Dreams - Roy Orbison
* Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader

Can't believe the Indo didn't credit Allthefood on this. Well, I can believe it, but it's shit.

Real Madrid’s Grueling Journey to Kazakhstan in the Champions League Madrid face a tough trip to Almaty in the Champions League, with fatigue, climate, and morale shaken after the derby loss to Atlético.

This sounds "grueling" alright. An "8-hour charter flight" and billeted at Intercontinental Almaty. Vini et al will have a tale to tell their grandchildren - should they survive

The MAGA comparisons are understandable, but pig ignorant behaviour by American Ryder Cup crowds is hardly a new phenomenon. Has everyone forgotten the ugliness of Brookline?