I wanted to write something on the National Debt as a constraint on fiscal policy, here are my confusing notes. Links Gemini says
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On AI Regulation
Some people are thinking very hard about this, here are my notes.
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Deepseek
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup known for its advanced large language models (LLMs), including the DeepSeek-R1 model, which is designed to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek aims to redefine AI by focusing on efficiency and resource s, making powerful AI technology more accessible
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EES/ETIAS
EES is coming this year, allegedly, while ETIAS will wait ’till 2026. EES is an automatic registration and will eliminate the need for passport stamps for short stay visitors to most of the EU; ETIAS is the pre-travel authorisation system, travellers will need to apply for permission to enter prior to visiting the EU, as…
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WordPress and Firewalls
It seems that I need one now, my hosting provider doesn’t offer what I’d expect. Here are my notes and links, …
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AI, just an autocomplete machine
Are the LLM’s just an expensive, autocomplete machine? I have been saying this since a close colleague first suggested it. Now some serious compter scientists are saying the same. Here are some notes and links …
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The next EU budget
The EU is preparing its next medium term budget. This is an act of legislation but they have convened a European citizens panel https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/index_en on the topic; its rercommendations are documented here. No matter the cynicism and valid criticisms aimed at these panels, this must be a good thing. The process continues and this page…
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Reset or Roadbump
On May 19th the European Union and the UK at a summit made a series of agreements. The UK government heralds this as a “Reset”. The European Commission have issued a press release, which has been agreed with the UK. The press release covers Defence, Connecting People, Trade and Economics, & internal security and judicial…
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Opensource Cloud OS’s
I have just posted a little note on linkedin on the US regulatory ownership of the Cloud OS’s, cloud providers and supporting software products, in the context of ‘security of supply’. Here’s some more reading.
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Equality & Discrimination
Here some notes and resources from my recent GMB Equalities course. This is the final part of my NOON III course in Trade Union studies.
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Goldberg & Bridging
I attended PoliticalTech Summit 25 in Berlin. One of the speakers was Beth Goldberg and what she said led me to dig a bit deeper; here are my notes and links. …
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Federated Social Media
Mike Masnik of Techdirt points me at Sarah Perez’s article on a social media world without Caesars. , reporting on the founding AT Protocol conference, which is definitely not a Bluesky conference.
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Notes on the economics of AI
I have been reading and thinking about the economics of AI. Here some articles that I have read or not.
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
After the performative racism of the other month, I report on the Labour Government’s current legislation. And in JUne, I amended it, to develop a policy proposal for Labour’s NPF and Union conferences.
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UN Human Rights and the UK benefit system
The UN’s 7th Periodic Report on the UK from the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. It has been brought to my attention by Skwawkbox who writes, “UN says UK is discriminating against children, women, disabled and sick people, refugees, minorities and more”. I have not yet read it, but I believe the report…
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