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Michael Roberts on why 'Rentier Capitalism' is a misleading understanding.
EU companies: a ‘capitalism of rent’? – Michael Roberts Blog
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/eu-companies-a-capitalism-of-rent/

EU companies: a ‘capitalism of rent’?
Why is Europe falling behind in investment and growth compared with the US, let alone China and India?  In a new report, Labour Squeezed, Investment Stalled – the renowned economist Mariana Mazzuca…

Not entirely sure what my brain was up to, but it prompted Nano Banana to generate an “Overly Concerned Drafthorse,” and well, that’s that.

2026 NFL Mock Draft 6.0: Giants ignore positional value with No. 5 pick, while adding WR with second selection

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-dra…

Seattle-based Brinc Drones, which makes 911 response drones, raised $125M led by Motorola Solutions, bringing its total funding to more than $280M (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/motorola-leads-125m…

Motorola leads $125M round for Brinc, fueling 911 drone expansion amid U.S. import crackdown
Seattle-based 911 drone maker Brinc raised $125 million led by Motorola Solutions, at a valuation the company says has nearly doubled from a year ago. The funding will support expanded manufacturing and a new Seattle headquarters and factory later this year.

#TGIQF: „Das Leben des Brian“ — Das Quiz rund zu Monty Pythons Filmklassiker
Die Komödie "Das Leben des Brian" sorgte 1979 für reichlich Gelächter und kirchliche Pikiertheit. Wir würdigen den Monty-Python-Klassiker mit einem Quiz.

#TGIQF: Das Quiz rund um „Das Leben des Brian“
Die Komödie "Das Leben des Brian" sorgte 1979 für reichlich Gelächter und kirchliche Pikiertheit. Wir würdigen den Monty-Python-Klassiker mit einem Quiz.

An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet #environment

An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet
A surprising study suggests that chemicals introduced to protect the ozone layer may have unintentionally created a growing global pollution problem. Researchers found that refrigerants and certain anesthetic gases have generated more than 335,000 tonnes of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highly persistent "forever chemical," that has been deposited across Earth's surface since 2000. The pollutant is now showing up everywhere from rainwater to remote Arctic ice, and scientists expect levels to ke…

Canadian challenger bank Koho raised a CA$130M Series E at a CA$1.33B valuation, up from $800M in 2023, as it nears obtaining a Canadian banking license (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/koho-becomes-canadas-latest-unicorn-following-130-mi…

Koho becomes Canada’s latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round | BetaKit
The FinTech firm has passed 2.5 million users as it navigates the “final stages” of acquiring a banking licence.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/116580433508108130
Hearing the feelings in this rant, which does touch a nerve, I can’t help think about how different the developer community reaction to the LLM push might be if the focus were on quality instead of efficiency.
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More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth.
We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes.
SpaceX recently announced that it wants to launch
one million more of these satellites
as orbital data centres for AI computing power.
A few years ago, we wrote a paper predicting what the night sky would look like with 65,000 satellites from four planned megaconstellatio…

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
If SpaceX launches one million new satellites, it will increase atmospheric pollution and risk of falling debris. And we will see more satellites than stars.

'Blessing in disguise': Anthony Richardson shows renewed appreciation for Colts despite trade request

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/anthony-richardson-trade-request-colts-…