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UK-based StirlingX, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defense and critical infrastructure, raised a $20M Series A, following a $11M seed (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/02/stirlingx-secures-20m-series-a-to…

StirlingX secures $20M Series A to expand sovereign intelligence platform
British data intelligence company StirlingX has raised a $20 million Series A round from Ventura Capital and RCM Private Markets Master Fund managed by Rokos Capital Management US (LP). The funding comes just months after its $11 million Seed round in response to significant commercial traction. StirlingX is a data intelligence provider, disguised as a drone company, building a sovereign intelligence and autonomy platform to help customers capture, secure, fuse, analyse and act on data from c…

Andi Tepelena, a prominent activist and art curator organizing the 2026 civic protests in Tirana, Albania
made these remarks to emphasize the deepening political crisis.
He stated that m
"the regime has activated an army of patronage Nazis to tarnish the protest,"
but added that this battle has been won by the citizens and their supporters.
Tepelena stressed that protesters are united around the demand for the removal of the government and a profound c…

"We have won the war with the patronageists who try to dirty us", Andi Tepelena on the protest: Parties must be re-formed, or they will end up in the dustbin of history
Following the protests taking place in the country, Andi Tepelena has stated that, in his opinion, the civic movement has managed to withstand the attempts to discredit it on social networks and by organized political structures. He stated that, “the regime has activated an army of patronage-fascists to tarnish the protest”, but added that this battle has been won […]

Let the Fat Loser & bootlicking chairman Brendan Carr their intimidation & anti-free speech attacks are trash.
✅ ECFS - Submit Express Comment
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding[name]=26-124

Catch 22
The marketing podcast for anyone who's over the copy-paste AI slop information filling their algorithm...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/catch-22/

Maybe it’s suitable, but yesterday we came back from my dad’s funeral and this last week I did an episode of our @… radio show full of nautical songs in his memory
Told a few stories, you can listen to if you feel the urge to travel out to sea that way
🫡 🪗 
Fair Winds, Fallowing Seas Capt. Fred

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2026-05-27: Fair Winds, Fallowing Seas Capt. Fred
Last night’s episode of CFRO’s weekly Accordion Noir alt-squeezebox broadcast was a playlist of squeezy songs arranged by your host Bruce in memory of his sailor father, who recently pa…

"Collections" is a cool new Mastodon feature introduced lately.
@… has kindly added me to a collection for mountain and outdoor enthusiasts. Thank you!
So if you are interested into outdoor content, consider following people on the list and of course also follow Sander:

"There are also mounting economic costs of falling behind. As of January 2026, more than 80% of European AI chatbot users relied on OpenAI's ChatGPT. That means European data — the raw material of the modern information economy — is flowing primarily into American algorithms rather than European ones."
No! This completely misunderstands what the advantage of a European stack should be. I don't care much whether my data goes to an American or a European company.
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How the EU became a digital colony — and how it might break free
European lawmakers and analysts warn that reliance on US artificial intelligence and digital services is a strategic liability, spurring calls for ...

EU Member States are deprioritising 'non-wires' solutions or non-fossil flexibility as alternatives for network expansion.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/20…

Probably the last festival goer photo from Juneteenth, I'm thinking where I ought to go for the 250ᵗʰ
#photo #photography #groupportrait

Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available via usage credits for Claude users from July 7, and is working with partners to draft an AI jailbreak severity standard (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/redeploying-fable-5

Redeploying Claude Fable 5
Anthropic is redeploying Claude Fable 5 starting July 1 following the lifting of export controls, with updated cybersecurity safeguards and a new industry jailbreak framework.