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One of the wonders of the Fedi is that we really do have complicated, constructive, nuanced discussion here.
@… critique <https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-eth

FBI Director Kash Patel
👉granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members,
💥exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information,
according to a former senior FBI official and several other government officials.
Bongino’s role as the FBI’s second-highest-ranking official means he is responsible for day-to-day operations of the agency,
inclu…

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.

RE: #kernenergie

Dutch local elections ahead, so #smr fever rising to higher levels 'within 10 years every town has its own smr'.
Even promising a new smr up and running in 2030 (design hasn't past safety regulation yet)
Looking forward to the roast by Michael Barnard, Paul Martin and others. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/12/liever-een-kernreactor-dan-een-zonneweide-staat-over-tien-jaar-in-iedere-gemeente-een-kleine-kerncentrale-a4922327?gift_token=4922327~1773937879~8461zGC_TN2dSsAGxzbXqQ~5UXd7goH3xxy5Z5xXiZBnqQu7LLovsNgpvXQ_9XMoPk

Memo: Alibaba Cloud CTO Jingren Zhou will step down as CTO to focus on leading AI models in the new role of chief AI architect; executive Feifei Li becomes CTO (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/alibaba-streamlines…

Alibaba Streamlines Responsibilities for AI Executive
Alibaba Group senior executive Jingren Zhou, who is in charge of AI model development, will stop serving as Alibaba Cloud’s chief technology officer and concentrate on his AI role, according to an internal memo. In the latest reorganization, Alibaba also appointed Zhou the chief AI architect of its newly created technology committee chaired by CEO Eddie Wu, according to the memo, which Wu sent

Het Gaza scenario.
'Negen Iraanse ziekenhuizen buiten gebruik' https://nos.nl/l/2605718#UPDATE-92914863

Aanval op olieraffinaderij Abu Dhabi • Hegseth kondigt 'meest intense dag van luchtaanvallen' aan
Lees hier het laatste nieuws over de aanvallen over en weer in het Midden-Oosten.

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Fast forward naar januari vorig jaar:
Government digital document app launching in summer
#VK #YesMinister #AI

In 1984, Bernhard Goetz, a white man, shot four Black teenagers on a New York City subway train after one of them approached him asking for money.
He permanently paralyzed one of the teens and admitted during his interrogation that
he wanted to “kill them all.”
Nearly 40 years later, in the same setting, Daniel Penny, a white man, killed Jordan Neely, a Black man,
with a chokehold after Neely was experiencing a mental health crisis.
Despite the facts, both Goet…

VIDEO: Why does white rage have a grip on our criminal legal system? - ACLU of Socal
Watch historian and author Heather Ann Thompson in conversation with ACLU SoCal’s Summer Lacey.

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@nrc_nl/116046787301973216
'De aandelen van Kyndryl zijn met 55 procent ingestort tot het laagste niveau voor het bedrijf sinds 2022. Naast de financiële topman legde ook het hoofd juridische zaken zijn taken neer. De senior vicepresident en tevens hoofd financiële administratie nam een andere rol binnen het bedrijf aan.'
Nou ... Gewoon maar niet doen dan?
🙄

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116206301279652817
'Schone Europese energie' met behulp vsn smr's die hun brandstof vsn buiten de EU moeten halen.
En nog iets van een onwaarschijnlijke tijdlijn.
Met de aantekening dat al aantal jaren onderzoeken in NL steeds -geen- smr opleverde in een gemeente.
Zucht ...