Biden vows to stay in race and beat Trump in defiant speech - He apparently was massively jet lagged and nearly fell asleep on stage. With all the democrats constantly talking about Trump's lying, I found it interesting to learn yesterday that Biden was renouned for being very economical with the truth early in his career. He was known for big time plagiarising and quite lot of anti-left policies. bbc.com #
Sunday, July 7, 2024
The French republic is under threat. We are 1,000 historians and we cannot remain silent - The historians speak out. A very IMO well worded message that articulates their concerns. For what it's worth I wrote about France's future in the exponential age of AI last week. theguardian.com #
Iran reformist Masoud Pezeshkian extends lead in presidential election count - I’m no expert in middle east concerns, but I feel like it could be a good time for the west to improve it’s relations with Iran, so maybe this is a rare bit of light appearing in an environment that has been very somber in recent years. I've heard Iran is a really wonderful place. I watched a great skateboarding documentary that was shot there a number of years ago. theguardian.com #
Keir Starmer to hold first Labour cabinet meeting as Tory leadership jostling begins - The times they are a changing. It’s times like these where culture can get very interesting. Lots of new dynamics to lift and inspire, lots of fresh energy and perspective. Also something I had totally forgotten about, highlighted and explored here, is that the conservatives will need to appoint a new leader. There‘s even some talk it could be Farage, though I gather that’s very unlikely. Still lots of activity happening. Britain will look and feel very different within a few weeks. theguardian.com #
Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows - Assuming they have discounted the possibility that this is some sort of ant on ant hate crime, that the patient really did need an amputation, it's pretty darned amazing. Cool video, ant arms flayling around everywhere. theguardian.com #
What heppened to Perl 7? - I've done quite a lot of Perl programming over the years, though not recently. Interesting to hear progress. Both the new governance structure and the new RFC process definitely sound like a great ideas. I also like the addition of feature flags. I'm not so sure about feature bundles, feels weird hardcoding the version number in the script. I wonder if this will lead to some form Perl renaissance. blogs.perl.org #
Npub.pro: Nostr-based Websites for Creators - "Npub.pro let's users create personal websites from their Nostr content. It's free for anyone getting started, it's open source and self-hostable. Built by Nostr.Band team." - They use Ghost themes and pull content from your Nostr account. There's a pro version where you can attach a custom domain. Useful to have nice shareable personalised links for your content. nobsbitcoin.com #