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Part of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)

PE firm Epiris agrees to buy European enterprise communications provider Gamma Communications for about £1B, a 53% premium to Gamma's share price on April 7 (Shona Ghosh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

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Falcons GM Ian Cunningham calls decision to keep four QBs 'a little bit of an insurance policy' https://www.nfl.com/news/falcons-gm-ian-cunningham-keep-four-qbs-insurance-policy

Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine a beam of light roughly five kilometres wide back down to Earth,
the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light.
The company building the space mirror, Reflect Orbital, is touting its proposal as "sunlight on demand,"
which could be used for any number of reasons, it says, such as agriculture, solar farms or for search and rescue. 
Astronomers a…

ANALYSIS | U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications? | CBC News
Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. What could this mean for Canadians?

Multiple storms and more coming. Back yard looks like we could float a yacht. I am almost 66 and I have never seen weather like this. Three storms so far today and more coming

Un lundi qui commence par l'identification Š 3h50 d'un cri de #chouette hulotte dans mon application Merlin (alors que jusqu'Š présent l'appli s'était toujours refusée Š identifier le moindre animal nocturne du coin), bah c'est un lundi qui commence bien ! #birding

Just started listening to this one, and I'd absolutely recommend it. It's great.
It's really hard to explain how complicated beliefs can be, especially to folks in an urban bubble. The truth is, part of my anarchism came from listening to #rural folks. I didn't really live in a big city until I was like 18, but I came to those places already with a set of liberal biases.
Some of the things I experienced in those places pushed me towards being a Communist. But there are some strangely anarchistic tenancies, even in those who profess to be politically the opposite.
My stance on guns was largely shaped by understanding and extending the arguments of rural gun owners. They continued to evolve long after, but it took actually listening to break through my liberal biases and understand the ways in which gun control can actually intersect with other forms of oppression. There is a lot more nuance than I had grown up to believe.
And it goes both ways. Conservative gun owners have absolutely no intellectual against anarchist gun arguments. They're generally either gonna fall into racism that you can talk about, or start to radicalize left. There are plenty of similar pathways.
But also, not everyone in rural areas is conservative. There are plenty of rural anarchists and communists. They just get buried under stereotypes.
Anyway, this has been great to listen to and I'd recommend it.
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/strangers-podcast/talking-to-rural-conservatives

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are "coming soon" (Mark Zuckerberg/@finkd)
https://x.com/finkd/status/2095232032896946311

Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) on X
Muse Spark 1.3 is rolling out today with frontier performance almost too cheap to meter. This is the biggest jump we've made so far on coding and agentic work. Try it in Muse Code and our API. Next up 🍉 and Muse Spark open weights releases coming soon.

Maybe, as part of reviewing the UK government use of WhatsApp, there'll be a recommendation to adopt something based on [matrix] ?
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/independent-review-of-the-use-of-non-corporate-com…

Independent Review of the Use of Non-corporate Communications Channels in Government
The appointment of an Independent Reviewer of the Use of Non-corporate Communications Channels in Government