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Seriously looking like France will bring in a wealth tax. Background: https://www.politico.eu/article/gabriel-zucman-economist-france-wealth-tax/ (86% popular support!)
Bloomberg on current politics:

France can’t stop talking about Gabriel Zucman — and his wealth tax
The 38-year-old economist has a recipe to save the EU’s second-biggest economy from a debt crisis — but will the government dare take it?

Microsoft's Q1 earnings, showing that it had a $3.1B net loss from its OpenAI stake, imply OpenAI lost $11.5B during the quarter based on Microsoft's 27% stake (Matt Rosoff/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/microsoft_earnings_q1_26_open…

Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised

"48,000 Electric Motorcycles in Ghana: New Agreement Sets Ambitious Clean Transport Goal"
#Ghana #EV #ElectricVehicles

48,000 Electric Motorcycles in Ghana: New Agreement Sets Ambitious Clean Transport Goal | Happy Eco News
Electric motorcycles in Ghana will receive a major boost through a new climate agreement between the Swedish Energy Agency and Solar Taxi. This partnership aims to deploy 48,000 electric vehicles by 2030, reducing carbon emissions while creating jobs and building on previous smaller-scale mobility initiatives in the country.

Am Morgen des 28. Oktober 2025 wurde in #Reykjavík eine #Schneehöhe von 27 Zentimetern gemessen – so viel wie noch nie im Oktober seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen im Jahr 1921.
Das bisherige Oktober-Maximum lag bei 15 Zentimetern. Durchschnittlich gibt es in Reykjavík im Oktober k…

Ukraine to receive Gripen fighters for the first time as it bolsters air defenses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/ukraine-to-receive-gripen-fighters.html

from my link log —
RISC-V conditional moves.
https://www.corsix.org/content/riscv-conditional-moves
saved 2025-09-28 https://

It is hard to count all the different ways ICE lied throughout this case.
In a truly extraordinary document
Judge Rodriguez throws out the indictment because
"the Government’s conduct is so shocking to the universal sense of justice that it should be deprived of the opportunity to prosecute the Defendant."

emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)
This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172853522.64.0.pdf

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Rogue Wave:
🎵 Ghost
#RogueWave
https://dayaway.bandcamp.com/track/rogue-wave-2

Achtung beim #Kräuterkauf! 🌿 Oft fehlen #Grundpreisangaben bei leichten #Gewürzpackungen im

Böse Überraschung beim Kräuter- und Gewürzkauf: Grundpreis beachten - sonst zahlst du drauf!
Grundpreis: Was ist das und warum ist er wichtig beim Gewürzkauf?

Pony.ai becomes the first company to receive a citywide robotaxi permit for Shenzhen, allowing self-driving taxis to operate beyond pilot zones (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/chinas-ponyai-gets-the-first-permit-fo…

Pony.ai becomes first to win citywide robotaxi permit in China's Silicon Valley
Pony.ai said it is the first company to get a permit to operate taxis across all of the Chinese city of Shenzhen on the border of Hong Kong.