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Not really had a chance to catch up with the budget, but did see coverage of the tractor protest. Farmers angry at the government, rather than the wealthy who parasitically turned their livelihood into a tax-avoidance vehicle.

Iran's president says moving the capital Tehran is now a necessity as the water crisis deepens. That'll be moving 16 million people (metro area) then, almost equal to the entire population of the Netherlands.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202511209098

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.

An updated Classic.

I don't think I've ever written an #introduction here. Now, I'm doing it elsewhere in the context of my research in the #DigitalHumanies, so, also sharing it here:
I'm a technical researcher coming from #edtech

Manoeuvre, Crui: cuts mean the country does not need universities. Bernini: it's propaganda, there are no cuts of 700 mln
The president of the Conference of Italian University Rectors, Giovanna Iannantuoni, at a hearing in the Budget Committee. "On average, an Italian citizen pays two coffees a week for the university system. This is how much the Italian university costs our state".

wow. Looks like my MP has played a not small role in ensuring that the budget passed by abstaining with one of his colleagues.
That said two Conservative MPs also abstained and it sounds like both Sheer and another CPC MP were also prepared to abstain if needed using a weird procedural thing with online vs in person voting.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ndp

LECTURE> Prof. JI Zhe 「龍居佛地: 一位百歲僧人的宗教歷程 Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk」 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20135334/lecture-prof-ji-zhe-longjufude-yiweibaisui…

Cold front arrives late tonight and the wind was certainly keen to hasten its arrival. Spitting rain at times, but happily any serious downpour never arrived.
Ran a quiet, pensive 7.5 km on the HS track. Heart ❤️ and lungs 🫁 felt great, but legs 🦵 were less willing. In all, the 4/1 run/walk intervals are helping. I look forward to being further along, but in the interim I can feel progress.
7.51 km in 59:30 for an average pace of 7:55/km.

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 12 - The Keeper
VILA: I could be president.
AVON: Ah.
VILA: Or we can take it in turns.
BLAKE: You ready to go, Vila?
VILA: Why not? Now that would be worth the risks we're taking.
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"In the budget speech this year, commission president Ursula von der Leyen made a bold statement that AI is expected to approach human reasoning by next year."
Die Nächste, nach (bzw. vor) Wildberger.
"Surprised by this statement, I asked the commission to provide me with documents .."
"The commission’s response was not filled with references to the scientific literature. Instead, the Commission referred to the essays and books by tech CEOs."<…

LECTURE> Prof. JI Zhe 「龍居佛地: 一位百歲僧人的宗教歷程 Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk」
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