My Diigo

Labour rights & organisation vs copyright. The crux of the argument is in he snip below. Annotations: Since the 1976 Copyright Act, Congress has acted time and again to broaden […]

"Before the government can lead anything, it needs to pause and consider the direction it should take on AI development. It should put its own house in order and implement a thorough review of current AI policy to assess whether it is  ‘clear-eyed’ […]

Central bank for central banks sees shades of dotcom mania in hyperscaler capex binge. By the Register. Tags: politics macroeconomics bubble […]

No bailouts, no handouts, no special treatment, no tax breaks, no CHIPS act, and no sovereign wealth fund. It is time to tell the AI industry to go fuck itself, because it’s effectively done the same to the rest of society. Annotations: […]

"The President of the Republic shall issue a decree on the promulgation of laws, dissolve the National Assembly, appoint and recall Ambassadors of the Republic of Serbia, award honours and appoint, promote and dismiss officers of the Army of Serbia. By […]

"A programme for change inside the Labour Party" - Not another one. Although the signatory list includes the campaign group. Tags: politics labour socialism26

Equipped with models and agents, citizens could bring government to a halt, maybe but I am not sure its the models and agents that are the problem. Annotations: This inundation has been […]

UK PM Andy Burnham Addresses EU Relations in Parliament | Full House Of Commons Statement - YouTube 12 Oct 2026 Tags: politics rejoineu europeanunion […]

This is the seventeenth edition of UK in a Changing Europe’s regulatory divergence tracker, outlining how UK and EU rules and regulations have aligned and diverged in the period April-September 2026. This tracker identifies seven cases of alignment […]

"Unprecedented employment tribunal service delays in England and Wales mean people bringing unfair dismissal claims are waiting up to five years for their case to be heard." Tags: politics […]

at gov.uk, "Sticking with the status quo is not good enough for Britain. Worse, it would be a major dereliction of duty to turn away." Tags: politics andyburnham […]

"Campaigners have welcomed the Prime Minister’s acknowledgement of the need for closer ties with Europe, but stress that EU membership is the only option that “can begin to repair the damage” caused by Brexit." Tags: […]

"France’s school protests have united students and ‘yellow vest’ supporters, exposing deeper anger over living standards." Tags: politics France schools […]

from the European Movement Tags: politics labour andyburnham europeanunion rejoineu […]

"Britain’s assumptions about its place in the world no longer hold, upturned by Russian aggression, American unreliability and Chinese coercion." By the IPPR, part of Burnham's search for consensus Tags: politics […]

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered a speech at the Innovation Nation Summit this morning. It's a really good speech, not in my mind, one that Starmer or Reeves would have made. Devolution of industrial planning, innovation in all industries, inclusive […]

"Hey Uncle Sam, if you thought GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable 5 were scary, get a load of Kimi K3" Tags: technology artificialintelligence ai […]

It's not really going down Tags: politics immigration refugees

The About page at Michael F. Rumsby's web site. Tags: culture art michaelfrumsby

"UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s advice" Annotations: “It’s unsafe for all of us to go back to Syria. By revoking our refugee status the Home Office […]