Ditched government projects lost taxpayer Β£6.6bn last year, watchdog says

Spending committee finds MoD most wasteful and also points to cancelled schemes such as Rwanda and Stonehenge

The Guardian
#Government and #financial #transparency at the level of #chess and #go matches #open #source technology projects where the idea is that no exploit is possible because enough non-associated but interested parties are involved. At least that's one of the ideas. I am sure there are corrupted projects.

We’re being conditioned to surrender to automated authority. It’s time to break the cycle and demand structural accountability.

Read my latest on reclaiming human agency:

https://open.substack.com/pub/brandonbedard/p/the-desensitization-loop?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qos2e

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#NUPA #UBI #UHI #policy #technology #politics #economics #economy #government #psychology #finance #fintech #Al #robots #futureofwork #writing #reading #substack #business #physics #science #markets #money #future #Terminator #Netflix #BlackMirror #RoboCop

The Desensitization Loop

How Adult Sci-Fi Pre-Installs Our Compliance

Brandon Bedard

Trump Fires Attorney General: What Happens Next?

Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi over loyalty concerns. Analysis of DOJ crisis, historical parallels to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, and institutional implications for democracy.

https://theboard.world/articles/policy/trump-fires-attorney-general-next

#Policy #Politics #Government

Trump Fires Attorney General: What Happens Next?

Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi over loyalty concerns. Analysis of DOJ crisis, historical parallels to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, and institut

The Board

Hegseth Asks Army Chief to Step Down: Why?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demands Army Chief Gen. Randy George's retirement in unprecedented civilian intervention during Middle East crisis. Analysis of implications.

https://theboard.world/articles/policy/hegseth-asks-army-chief-step-down

#Policy #Politics #Government

Hegseth Asks Army Chief to Step Down: Why?

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demands Army Chief Gen. Randy George's retirement in unprecedented civilian intervention during Middle East crisis. Analy

The Board

Can OpenAI’s β€˜Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chris-lehane-global-affairs-pr/

Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be able to vote in the fall on whether they want the province to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-separation-referendum-televised-address-9.7208162?cmp=rss
Ottawa, Yukon to spend $350M to deliver more housing and infrastructure to the territory
The Yukon and federal governments have announced new money to be invested toward housing and infrastructure. The investment is part of Ottawa's larger plan to invest in infrastructure projects across the country.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-federal-infrastructure-housing-money-9.7207983?cmp=rss
Data of around 1,700 people potentially compromised in Canvas data breach, N.W.T. gov't says
Approximately 1,700 teachers, education staff, government employees, program participants and contractors are affected by a breach that may have compromised email addresses, enrollment information and training data.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/canvas-breach-nwt-9.7208039?cmp=rss