@mapto@feddit.bg I'm pleasantly surprised that unlike anyone in Italy, the Guardian correctly uses the designation "Italy’s far-right government". In Italy journalists call it center-right, presumedly because Forza Italia is the centrist part of it. Neither Berlusconi nor Tajani have ever been centrists, not their policies are friendly to small enterprise, as a moderate right-wing government should be.
"Sir Charlie Bean, a former deputy governor at the Bank of England, told the BBC: "Stablecoins are only stable if they have the appropriate regulatory environment… But there is right now an unsurprising regulatory race to the bottom amid the potential for greater profits"
He added: "When funds are coming from major shareholders of such large financial institutions, there is a clear potential conflict of interest here, for example, in the appointment of a new Bank of England governor"
“And there is that endless joke: there is one absurd, parody, completely inappropriate candidate – and he is standing against Count Binface. That one is kind of funny.”
@mediapool_bg@bulgariaeu след толкова години в политиката, Румен Радев още не е разбрал, че освен Лавров друг чуждестранен дипломат никога няма директно да ти държи сметка. Вижда се къде е внимавал:
"Аз съм в прекрасни отношения с лидерите на всички държави от Европа и НАТО (…) Никой не е отправил досега към мен и към българската държава някакви претенции за външнополитически позиции"
@Madrigal this seems to fall under participation:
"Decisions about AI are being made too fast, in private, by a small number of powerful actors seeking to further enrich themselves, with no meaningful mechanism for those most affected to intervene. Policy responses committed to participation would require communities, workers, and affected people to have formal standing in decisions about AI development and deployment, not as perfunctory consultees, but as ultimate decision-makers"
@Schal330 I guess it differs case by case, but generally in IT it is a well known fact that changing jobs is a faster way to get a pay rise. Combined with the fact that rehires happen in a context of urgency, I'd make a guess that people re-enter at a better rate. Of course that's quite optimistic and supposes that employees are good at negotiating.
@iocase it does help developers ship faster... So much faster that attention slips away from what needs to be shipped... And the story develops as we speak.
>I am not anti-AI. I build and ship AI products every day. What I object to is the pattern where a CTO wins applause in Q1 for bold AI-driven headcount cuts, and then in Q4 is quietly rehiring those same roles through an offshore agency while attributing the reversal to "integration challenges." That is not progress. That is a career arc dressed up as transformation. And it is costing shareholders, employees and customers at the same time. @artificial_intel
>Here is what makes this worse than a normal bad tech bet. Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology. Visier's head of research, Andrea Derler, put the problem bluntly, noting that senior executives have not taken the time to understand what AI can and cannot do, according to PeopleMatters. IBM's CEO survey confirmed it. 64% said the fear of falling behind drives them to invest in technologies before they understand the value.
@ekZepp@matdevdug "Instead it became the only place consistently posting trustworthy information I could actually access. This became personally relevant when Trump threatened to invade Greenland, which is the kind of sentence I never expected to type and yet here we are. It would be funny if I wasn't a tiny bit concerned that my new home was going to get a CIA overnight regime change special in the middle of the night."
@ekZepp@matdevdug "So in this complete breakdown of the press came in the Fediverse. It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base."
@mapto@feddit.bg
Bulgaria seems to push much harder for photovoltaic+battery, which already balances the wider energy market.
(link in Bulgarian)
https://www.capital.bg/biznes/energetika/2026/08/20/4947729/_viarno/_ili/_ne/_solarite/_i/_bateriite/_praviat/_toka/
@mapto@feddit.bg compared to Bulgaria's 0, this is huge.
@mapto@feddit.bg I'm pleasantly surprised that unlike anyone in Italy, the Guardian correctly uses the designation "Italy’s far-right government". In Italy journalists call it center-right, presumedly because Forza Italia is the centrist part of it. Neither Berlusconi nor Tajani have ever been centrists, not their policies are friendly to small enterprise, as a moderate right-wing government should be.
@mapto@feddit.bg just for the record:
"Ceuta does not benefit from free movement to the rest of the Schengen Area," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Кой го бие по главата да се излага така:
„Радев коментира още, че при срещите си със западни партньори е казвал, че за тях аварията в АЕЦ "Чернобил" е била новина, но за хората в България е била реалност и се е отразила върху здравето на хиляди.“
Само за сведение, ето разпространението на радиацията:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SUStXoKuv6I/VyBKtoyvTQI/AAAAAAAAzGo/Pl2kmEsPaIAqtfQaGsmnTeT2-Gd1nvzdgCLcB/s1600/nuclear.gif
@mediapool_bg @bulgarianpolitics
"Sir Charlie Bean, a former deputy governor at the Bank of England, told the BBC: "Stablecoins are only stable if they have the appropriate regulatory environment… But there is right now an unsurprising regulatory race to the bottom amid the potential for greater profits"
He added: "When funds are coming from major shareholders of such large financial institutions, there is a clear potential conflict of interest here, for example, in the appointment of a new Bank of England governor"
@nepravda
@resist
“And there is that endless joke: there is one absurd, parody, completely inappropriate candidate – and he is standing against Count Binface. That one is kind of funny.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/11/unstoppable-rise-of-count-binface-clacton-farage
@spas_kolev @lemonyeyes.bsky.social @mediapool_bg @bulgariaeu той е толкова смотан че даже работата на Орбан не може да свърши
@lemonyeyes.bsky.social @mediapool_bg @bulgariaeu то се случва от години, ама наш Ганьо не разбира от намеци
@mediapool_bg @bulgariaeu след толкова години в политиката, Румен Радев още не е разбрал, че освен Лавров друг чуждестранен дипломат никога няма директно да ти държи сметка. Вижда се къде е внимавал:
"Аз съм в прекрасни отношения с лидерите на всички държави от Европа и НАТО (…) Никой не е отправил досега към мен и към българската държава някакви претенции за външнополитически позиции"
@balkanika wait for it...
@pan0wski taking a piss seems to be an important intervention they could attempt
https://www.farmprogress.com/business/farmers-turn-to-manure-urine-as-fertilizer-prices-surge
@Madrigal this seems to fall under participation:
"Decisions about AI are being made too fast, in private, by a small number of powerful actors seeking to further enrich themselves, with no meaningful mechanism for those most affected to intervene. Policy responses committed to participation would require communities, workers, and affected people to have formal standing in decisions about AI development and deployment, not as perfunctory consultees, but as ultimate decision-makers"
@inari I think it's a masto-piefed federation issue. Here it is again https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/05/14/the-ai-layoff-bill-is-coming-due-and-ctos-are-going-to-pay-it-twice/
@Schal330 I guess it differs case by case, but generally in IT it is a well known fact that changing jobs is a faster way to get a pay rise. Combined with the fact that rehires happen in a context of urgency, I'd make a guess that people re-enter at a better rate. Of course that's quite optimistic and supposes that employees are good at negotiating.
@iocase it does help developers ship faster... So much faster that attention slips away from what needs to be shipped... And the story develops as we speak.
>I am not anti-AI. I build and ship AI products every day. What I object to is the pattern where a CTO wins applause in Q1 for bold AI-driven headcount cuts, and then in Q4 is quietly rehiring those same roles through an offshore agency while attributing the reversal to "integration challenges." That is not progress. That is a career arc dressed up as transformation. And it is costing shareholders, employees and customers at the same time.
@artificial_intel
>Here is what makes this worse than a normal bad tech bet. Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology. Visier's head of research, Andrea Derler, put the problem bluntly, noting that senior executives have not taken the time to understand what AI can and cannot do, according to PeopleMatters. IBM's CEO survey confirmed it. 64% said the fear of falling behind drives them to invest in technologies before they understand the value.
@artificial_intel
@ekZepp @matdevdug "Instead it became the only place consistently posting trustworthy information I could actually access. This became personally relevant when Trump threatened to invade Greenland, which is the kind of sentence I never expected to type and yet here we are. It would be funny if I wasn't a tiny bit concerned that my new home was going to get a CIA overnight regime change special in the middle of the night."
@ekZepp @matdevdug "So in this complete breakdown of the press came in the Fediverse. It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base."