Being able to pay Google to show up above your competitor when someone searches specifically for your competitor is honestly one of the scummiest little growth-hacker products big tech ever cooked up.
“Did you mean the company you deliberately did not search for?”
No.
No, we did not.
“Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has entered into negotiations to buy Swedish-made Saab early-warning aircraft technology, picking a non-U.S. supplier as he makes good on a promise to reduce spending on American military gear.”
“The GlobalEye early warning system will be installed on Global 6500 jets made by Bombardier in Canada.”
#Canada #Military # Defence #Never51 #ElbowsUp
Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical. An encyclical is a pastoral letter issued by the #Pope.
Historically encyclicals serve as a key instrument of the Pope’s ordinary magisterium to guide the faithful on matters of faith, morals, devotion, or social discipline, they are generally not infallible pronouncements ex cathedra.
I’m still reading and digesting, but a quick skim suggests that this is the biggest thing to drop from the #Vatican in my lifetime.
There’s, #AI, there’s transhumanism, there’s social contract, he apologizes for the Church’s blind eye to #slavery, he declared that “just war” is no longer a thing…in a change of policy held since the Crusades. He calls for #OpenSource, he quotes #Tolkien. (I like Da Pope.)
There’s a lot. You can read it here. It’s gonna take me a while to map it all out.
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
Reminder: It's an arms race.
You wouldn't expect any visible, immediate profit from an arms race through purchasing bombs and tanks either. Or would you?
It's an arms race to control media and the digital infrastructure and by this political power, unrestricted by any rules.
If you’ve been wondering where the success stories of apps built 100% through “Vibe Coding” actually are, you might be interested in my talk “Vibe Coding: When AI Generates Software That No Human Understands” at #rp26.
The talk is in German.
You know what I really don't get about the AI hype?
People who have middling productivity don't need masterful tools
They need to learn to minimize distractions
They need to develop the skill of focusing for the right amount of time based on the task at hand, the environment, and their persona
They need to learn the difference between planning and strategizing
They need to evaluate risk
AI tools don't give them any of these things
I thought about chatting about the Guardian 100 best novels of all time list https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time, because this used to be a fun way to have conversations about books & "classics" in particular (& I very often like "classics").
But instead, I'm annoyed that it's once again so anglo-centric and I don't want to talk about books written in English.
So: tell me about books that should be on this list thay weren't originally written in English!
Mine below ⬇️
JA Westenberg
Katharine Hayhoe
Francisca Sinn
MissConstrue
Gondor
Derek van Vliet
Hendrik Heuer
MikeDunnAuthor
jilleduffy
Dr. Victoria Grinberg