What a world.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Canadian Energy Innovation Call for Proposals
https://natural-resources.canada.ca/funding-partnerships/artificial-intelligence-canadian-energy-innovation
Following Clooney's criticism, Bari Weiss invites him to "visit The CBS Broadcast Center" where she is "spending the holidays" to "relaunch the Evening News" (Pat Saperstein/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/bari-
US startups are increasingly adopting Chinese open source AI models, as some capabilities of Chinese models start to catch up with those of frontier US labs (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/silicon-valley-building-free-chinese-ai-r…
Def my fave Marvel movie of the past few years
https://social.vivaldi.net/@ianbetteridge/115815324355263722
The full Weekend Reads report is on vacation this week, it will return next week. But we don't want to leave you with nothing. Here is one piece that might have made it into the top 5:
* The Input Stack on Linux
https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/11/27/input_device…
Russia's friends helping each other:
Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026, on initiative by JD Vance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/german…
I keep thinking of something I've read years ago:
"Innovation is not the same as progress"
Progress implies a change forward, improvement, for the better.
Innovation is just change for the sake of change. Something new, not necessarily better.
Progress is hard, innovating is much easier.
‘DigiD blijft in Nederlandse handen’; staatssecretaris zet Amerikaanse overname op losse schroeven | BNR Nieuwsradio
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