@memeorandum@universeodon.comGOP senators losing confidence in Hegseth amid Pentagon turmoil (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5848160-senate-republicans-doubt-hegseth-leadership/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p95#a260427p95
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLeaked memo: Meta's Reality Labs is reorganizing staff into AI-native "pods" focused on specific outcomes, flattening the organization's leadership structure (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/metas-real
@cdarwin@c.imA remarkable thing has happened on the world’s battlefields. Ukraine
— a nation that was supposed to dissolve within days of a Russian invasion
— has fought Russia to a stalemate,
revolutionizing land warfare in the process.
It has become an indispensable security partner in the western alliance, including in the war against Iran.
Now, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, is taking the next step,
one that would have been unthinkable even as recently a…
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineSecretary of State, National Security Advisor Secretary of Defense, Vice President, Attorney General and President of the United States mere hours after what no one could say wasn’t a decapitation strike on the US (attack meant to remove the leadership of a country all at once) are optionally all within 20 feet of each other during a war because the US Secret Service is inexplicably behaving as if the threat has passed.
Because they planned it? Or they’re horrifyingly reckless?
…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialThey are almost burning leadership positions and shareholder value at the same rate as they are burning the planet.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bp-removes-chairman-albert-manifold-2026-05-26/
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
@davej@dice.camp
@hippyjo@c.imUkraine Update: Russia continues to commit warcrimes and ferocious assaults on Ukraine.
Ukraine defies the behemoth, and continues to weaken Russia.
As global order falls apart, Ukraine's leadership and military capability are enviable.
For Americans resisting the Trump regime, there are lessons being taught.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall:
@NFL@darktundra.xyzCowboys' great Darren Woodson on Caleb Downs: 'Yes Sirrr!' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48590115/nfl-dallas-cowboys-2026-draft-caleb-downs-darren-woodson
@raiders@darktundra.xyz
@brichapman@mastodon.socialthe way of the Shambhala Warrior — #philosophy
@cheryanne@aus.socialFuture Fit Leadership
A podcast for emerging and experienced leaders to learn, grow and become future fit...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/future-fit-leadership/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources and documents detail Satya Nadella's effort to revamp Microsoft's senior leadership, creating a startup-style operating model to compete in the AI race (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-microsoft…
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeI will be speaking on Sunday at BSides on "Power Dynamics in Security Leadership: a legato leitmotif lullaby on leading lightly and luminously"
Sunday 4:25pm, AMC Theatre 12
#BSidesSF
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"AI and Digital Leadership: Transforming Libraries, Archives, and Museums for the Future": Interview-Podcast mit der Autorin: https://newbooksnetwork.com/ai-and-digital-leadership
Das Buch "explores how galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) are na…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDisney's incoming president Dana Walden unveils new Disney Entertainment leadership, including elevating Debra OConnell as chairman of Entertainment TV (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/dana-walden-disney-entertain…
@chiraag@mastodon.online @NFL@darktundra.xyzTomlin: Exit partly rooted in recent playoff woes https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48604669/mike-tomlin-talks-steelers-exit-new-analyst-role-nbc
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialDoug Wilson, Christ Church senior pastor and Christian nationalist movement leader, believes:
▫️ women shouldn't vote individually
▫️ supports repealing the 19th Amendment
▫️ says the Bible prohibits women from church or government leadership
He has hundreds of churches nationally. They are actively taking over towns. His highest level connection to this administration is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caAfter many years as a staunch fence-sitter/political neutral, I voted in two previous political leadership races. The first was the 2020 Green leadership race. I was excited to support a candidate, and was then horrified to find out he was a Russian propagandist claiming to be a ‘anti-imperialist’. You can figure out who that is on your own lol. Have fun :)
The second leadership race I participated in was the BC NDP race that pitted David Eby against Anjali Appadurai.
She was treated horribly, and I would say with fear, by the BC NDP leadership. She could have been a sea change in real social progressive leadership in BC and Canada but was pushed out.
She's working for Avi Lewis’ campaign.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeSean Plankey pulled his CISA nomination after more than a year of Senate limbo.
Behind the delay: unexplained resistance, disputed allegations, and a cybersecurity agency drifting without confirmed leadership during the Iran war.
Check out my latest CSO piece.
https://www.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders QB Fernando Mendoza Shares Tom Brady’s Private Leadership Formula https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/tom-brady-private-leadership-formula-raiders-fernando-mendoza/
@cdarwin@c.imJoel Webbon says God punishes rebellious nations by putting women in political leadership
because "nothing hurts more."
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/joel-webbon-says-women-political-leadership-sign-gods-judgm…
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 26-14
A bit of a mixed bag today. Good reads are the Agents and the Era of Overproduction and AI reshaping values at Enode blog posts.
Podcast-wise, give Driverless World and the Pedro Sšnchez episode a listen.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/friday-li…
@cheryanne@aus.socialHealth In Focus Podcast
Discover the latest interviews, thought leadership and analysis in health and policy...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/health-in-focus/
@Gillian_Jacobi@social.linux.pizzaMagten i #Iran er overgået til generalerne i Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, — ifŸlge The New York Times Alt tyder på, at efter Israels drab på Ali Khamenei og
https://www.nytimes.com/…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Jarring disconnect': Maine voters at odds with Democratic leadership in high-stakes Senate primary (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-jarring-disconnect-maine-voters-at-odds-with-democratic-leadership-in-high-stakes-senate-primary-261737541537
http://www.memeorandum.com/260420/p157#a260420p157
@poppastring@dotnet.socialThe V-formation maps cleanly to how we think about leadership: someone sets direction, others align behind. But the murmuration model — distributed, adaptive, leaderless — might be closer to how real teams work. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/leadership-from-birds
@hex@kolektiva.socialI've mentioned it before, and I'm sure I will again, but, as much as there's a reason why I reject Christianity, there were also a lot of good things. Churches have governing bodies (with varying degrees of democratic representation) that guide the ministry (preaching and actions) as well as managing logistics (building maintenance, accounting, etc). This provides opportunities for self-governed collective action.
Quakers are the most radical in terms of this, and are basically anarchists. Quaker circles often meet at people's houses and can be as small as 3 people. There is often no leadership. A Quaker service could easily just be everyone sitting in a circle and someone talking at one point.
I grew up in a Presbyterian church, and one of my first jobs (at 11 or 12) was landscaping there. Within the church there were a lot of different trades, which meant that you could volunteer time and learn basically any kind of maintenance. Basically everything that needed to be done was done in-house. This also meant that if you needed a plumber, an electrician, etc, that you could pick one from within the church.
I remember painting the church, learning how to paint, with a bunch of other members of the congregation at a work party. I also remember being volunteered for child care during choir. There were a few rooms around that were used for different things, such as music practice. But these rooms could be made available for any type of community activity. This can actually include community organizing. In fact, Seattle GDC was offered an occasional space for organizing in a church (we didn't take it, but appreciated the offer), and that same church hosted a lot of other community events. I actually went to a queer relationships skills class once hosted in a church, which was great.
What I'm saying is that churches often act as a kind of parallel society up-to-and-including acting as dual power structures....
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotWell, Jings.
#Starmer has chosen today of all days to send TWENTY SIX more toffs to the House of Lords.
OK, it seems that this bunch of chancers are 'procedural'. but... Read the room, man, read the room.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn internal BBC survey: 34% of workers said they had confidence in the executive leadership, down from 46% in 2025; 43% were "excited" about the BBC's future (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/04/bbc-staff-confidence…
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchangeOne of the best detailed descriptions of cybersecurity program essentials I’ve seen. From JP Morgan’s #cybersecurity team
https://www.j…
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialFür 7 Dollar die Stunde tippen philippinische Virtual Assistants KI-generierte „Thought Leadership"-Posts und Kommentare — im Namen westlicher Manager. Michael Beltran (@restofworld) legt offen, wie LinkedIn zur Kulisse aus gegenseitigem Fake-Engagement verkommen ist. Die Plattform will das eindämmen. Viel Erfolg dabei.
#LinkedIn
@benb@osintua.euIran's leadership DESTROYED "IN ABOUT AN HOUR": Trump SHOCKS with Middle East operation details: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/02/irans-leadership-destroyed-ampquotin-about.html
@markhburton@mstdn.social
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
@wraithe@mastodon.social
@aral@mastodon.ar.alThe US succeeds at regime change in Iran as Khamenei replaces Khamenei.
165 dead schoolgirls is sometimes the price you have to pay for such things.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/8/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-a-conte…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders O-line revamp puts added emphasis on Kolton Miller’s leadership https://www.raiders.com/news/kolton-miller-leadership-raiders-offensive-line-tyler-linderbaum-nfl-2026-otas
@cdarwin@c.im“This workforce has been fundamentally traumatized in the way that this leadership team said that they intended to do at the outset,”
Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service’s CEO, told Government Executive.
“That’s not good for anyone. It’s bad for the workforce, it’s fundamentally bad for the American people, and it will lead to us to be less safe, healthy and prosperous as a society.
The things that we want and need from government are not what we’ll get.”
The su…
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgWow, I'd vote for this man as President of Europe. Touching all the important subjects from clean energy, climate, sovereignty and the future of the EU..
Fantastic episode of Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change: Europe Needs Clean Tech More Than Ever | Ep 255: Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Episode webpage: https://cleaning-up-leadership-in-the-age-of-climate-change.simplecast.com/episodes/europe-needs-clean-tech-more-than-ever-thomas-pellerin-carlin-wRuC7BTZ
Media file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/1796ff5d-0d22-4966-9fd8-da0df0f428ed/eb655335-db6e-4db4-a129-f0caea91093d/episodes/audio/group/d14bfb1a-ca7f-4d6e-a42c-4d65f2c8ee54/group-item/aacee0b0-135e-4002-ab59-dfa5923c7832/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=j3au6_cC
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIn a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028 (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/2028-ai-leadership
@brichapman@mastodon.socialThe Great Migration — #mentalhealth
@kctipton@mas.toPolice chiefs failed to tackle racism due to lack of leadership, watchdog finds | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/01/police-chiefs-failed-to-tackle-racism-due-to-lack-of-leadership-watchdog-fi…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI"
https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v45i1.17659
"Librarians have managed and lived through many seismic shifts brought by technology. How should librarian leaders approach the coming anticipated AI workforce disruption?"
@crell@phpc.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/116260028658995411
If this is the decision making process on your project, it means your project is fucked.
Yes, I have suffered through those projects. They mean project leadership is incompetent. I…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeRE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116455932062162433
“It’s hard for an agency to go this long without confirmed leadership,” Michael Daniel, president and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA), told CSO. “That’s not a good place for the country…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
@curiouscat@fosstodon.orgThe Leader's Handbook Study Series
https://www.in2in.org/shop/p/the-leadership-handbook-study-series
In his forward to the Leader’s Handbook Ackoff offers a format to study the book which we will follow in these sessions:
“I suggest a small group …
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders O-line revamp puts added emphasis on Kolton Miller’s leadership https://www.raiders.com/news/kolton-miller-leadership-raiders-offensive-line-tyler-linderbaum-nfl-2026-otas
@cdarwin@c.imChristine Fréchette is Quebec’s next premier after winning CAQ leadership
Fréchette beats out Bernard Drainville to become leader of the governing party
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-new-premier-leadership-race-caq-9.7157880
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDem NJ Sen. Cory Booker trashes own party: 'Desperately needs new leadership' (Ryan King/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/us-news/new-jersey-sen-cory-booker-trashes-own-democratic-party/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260524/p66#a260524p66
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaOn my soul we ALL bumping "All Women Deserve To Be Loved And Appreciated Song 05" by "Tag Bizz Sutra Leadership Academy"
@cheryanne@aus.socialInTheBlack
Brings together expert analysis and thought leadership across accounting, business and finance, taxation, technology, digital transformation, innovation, ethics and governance, ESG, the economy, careers, workplace and work life...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpo…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"Society functions like a hive, where no single actor directs the whole, yet a coherent pattern emerges from the interaction of countless parts."
"This does not mean that leadership, institutions, or strategy are irrelevant. It means that they are not sufficient to explain historical outcomes on their own."
"History…It is made in the accumulated choices of ordinary people, acting within the constraints and possibilities of their own lived realities.&quo…
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 26-13
I caught up with my YouTube, two good videos from NotJustBikes about cars and oil being bad.
I really liked all the links in leadership this week, all highly recommended.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/friday-links-26-13.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyzAt his Raiders introduction, Fernando Mendoza says: 'I still need to earn it' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7226752/2026/04/24/fernando-mendoza-las-vegas-raiders-introduction/
@raiders@darktundra.xyz‘This is home now’: Raiders’ Eric Stokes excited to embrace leadership role https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/this-is-home-now-raiders-eric-stokes-excited-to-embrace-leadership-role-3826914/
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe security industry is somewhat unique. It's probably the only industry created by the worker as a threat. If you talk to hackers who were in the scene before Operation Sundevil, you'll realize that it's always been a Bullshit Job.
Folks in L0ft and cDc were hacking companies and basically blackmailing them into paying for their services. Operation Sundevil "straightened up" the industry. Some people went to prison, some people build security services companies. Pretty much anyone who actually believed in the manifesto was locked up or edged out.
Using the Graeber framework here, hackers are partially duct tapers and partially goons. The critical thing here is that the industry was basically created to give money to people who would otherwise destroy the system.
Neuroatypical folks have always been forced to the margins of society, but computers gave us a super power. Now we were extremely dangerous. Tech, especially hackers, have always been paid a lot to minimize the risk of developing a class consciousness.
Graeber talked about this. Kings and nobles would often find some job or title that they could bestow on potential enemies in order to keep them close, to defang them. What better role than sheriff, a type of goon, for a rebel?
We turned it in to a whole thing. Not only did hackers make their own industry and force everyone else to accept it, we even created a whole parallel box ticker industry of "compliance" as a side effect.
The Hacker's Manifesto was decontectualized and made a fun artifact of the past. We were sold a story of "good hackers" who "protected grandma from the bad hackers." But the whole industry always existed to keep us on a leash. The funny thing is that it was a leash that we made ourselves.
But now we're seeing massive layoffs in tech, even in security. Now that we're this far in, everyone has forgotten the history. Leadership doesn't understand what security people do, so they think that LLMs can replace us. But the people in the industry now, the ones who came to it as a career, don't understand the history.
There was always a split for these weird outsiders, these people who couldn't fit in to the system but now had power over it. Some wanted in and they were willing to use extortion to get in, and others wanted to destroy the system to set everyone free.
Operation Sundevil, and the industry that evolved out of it, existed to neutralize those revolutionary elements by offering extortionists a safe entry. Extortionists trusted the capitalists to not stab them in the back the same way capitalists have stabbed everyone in the back through all of history. Now my LinkedIn feed is full of Meta layoffs, and I wonder if that class consciousness is starting to click for anyone yet.
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIt's "important that she spell out exactly how a Rayner leadership would differ from Starmer on Gaza, on public ownership, Treasury rules, house-building, military spending and more."
Left must put pressure on Rayner | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/articl
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialLong live Coffee Bean... no matter how poorly they run their business.
✅ Seattle Mayor Apologizes to Starbucks, Thought It Knew Everyone Here Hated Them Already - The Needling
https://theneedling.com/2026/05/20/sea
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeI think I need to put into my talk this line that keeps running through my head
So many leaders want people to trust them, which is exactly backwards
In organizations, positions are typically appointed through the hierarchy and authority of the organization. However, like trust, "leadership" is earned: slowly built and quickly lost.
Asking how to earn trust means admitting you have failed, and more importantly means committing to a change. If you don't uphold…
@kctipton@mas.toHouston’s Second Baptist Church is headed to trial over church leadership lawsuit – Houston Public Media https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2026/05/15/552040/houston-second-baptist-church-lawsuit-trial/…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPolitico shuts down two AI-driven products following a November 2025 arbitration ruling that found they violated the union's collective bargaining agreement (Kathleen Floyd/Washington-Baltimore News Guild)
https://wbng.org/2026/05/22/politico-ai-arbitration-victory/…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialUkraine's energy revolution is being powered by women leaders and local communities. Through initiatives like 100 Solar Schools and 50 Solar Hospitals, the country is building resilience with decentralized renewable systems—solar panels and batteries that keep critical infrastructure running even during conflict. This shift toward energy independence shows how sustainable power can be a security strategy.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“President Trump exhibits what forensic mental health experts have, across dozens of independent assessments, identified as the ‘Dark Triad’ of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy … Rather than constituting a clinical diagnosis, this trait-based assessment is grounded in behavioral observation and is particularly useful for assessing the level of danger an individual poses in a political leadership position. We do not offer this as a clinical verdict. We offer i…
@cdarwin@c.imFourteen months after
Robert F Kennedy Jr was sworn in
as US health secretary,
the country’s prime public health agency over which he presides
is in a state of disarray.
Eighty per cent of the top director positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stand vacant,
with no permanent leader to drive policies affecting the health of millions of Americans.
No one is in place to coordinate the agency’s day-to-day work fighting infecti…
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 26-17
Two weeks of links again!
Three podcast recommendations from me, if you got the time: Dadaism, Cow Resistance, and Desert Island with Si King.
The post by Rands about being overwhelmed as a leader is also great.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/05/fr
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIsrael Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-leadership-528c6114?st=YoQu1w
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p29#a260318p29
@raiders@darktundra.xyz @NFL@darktundra.xyzAndrew Luck and Bruce Arians weren’t expected to win together. Here’s how they did anyway https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7195812/2026/04/15/andrew-luck-bruce-arians-leadership-colts/
@Techmeme@techhub.social @cheryanne@aus.socialOn The Mic...WIT Shaz - Women In Tech Leadership: The Upsides
Dedicated to inspiring and empowering more women in tech to enter into and remain in C-suite, Exec and leadership roles and to encourage this we need to be talking more about the upsides of being in tech leadership roles...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://…
@kctipton@mas.toAfter grantee reveals data center’s influence campaign in Pennsylvania, local officials oust town leadership - The Fund for Investigative Journalism https://fij.org/after-grantee-reveals-data-centers-influence-campaign-in-…
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 26-12
Two weeks of links. A lot of AI related articles again. I liked the paper about using chatbots in leadership, and the one about the YAML of the mind.
If you want a podcast, check out the one about night trains.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/04/fri…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump extends ceasefire indefinitely as Iran says it won’t join talks now
Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would extend a ceasefire with Iran
hours before it was due to expire,
pledging to refrain from attacks until discussions with Tehran “are concluded, one way or the other.”
Trump said Iran’s leadership was “seriously fractured” and needed to “come up with a unified proposal.”
Trump made the announcement of an indefinite ceasefire as talks scheduled t…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCalls to Impeach Trump Collide With Reluctant Democratic Leadership (Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/04/09/calls-to-impeach-trump-collide-with-reluctant-democratic-leadership/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260410/p36#a260410p36
@cheryanne@aus.socialEvery Womyn & Her Dog
This is a raw and embodied conversation space where modern women explore identity, leadership, relationships, motherhood, business, burnout, and the ongoing becoming of who they truly are...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/every-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: Satya Nadella says ex-Snap executive Jacob Andreou will lead Copilot for commercial and consumer clients; Mustafa Suleyman will focus on new AI models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/microsoft-copilot-ai-suleyman.html
@raiders@darktundra.xyzAt his Raiders introduction, Fernando Mendoza says 'I still need to earn it' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7226752/2026/04/24/fernando-mendoza-las-vegas-raiders-introduction/
@cdamian@rls.socialFriday Links 26-10
The podcast about culture is great, so is the one with the creator of Kotlin.
@…'s techno set is pretty great too.
https://christof.damian.net/2026…
@cdarwin@c.imOne of the main areas of pushback that Republican leadership in Congress has faced in trying to pass an extension of "section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" (Fisa) is push to keep the bill “clean”,
-- despite GOP hardliners insisting that reforms and additions are needed.
Some members of the conference, like Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, have said that
if Donald Trump’s sweeping voter ID bill ends up falling off th…
@cheryanne@aus.socialLeadership Matters
Join Prime Ministers, CEOs, and industry pioneers as they reveal their personal struggles and leadership triumphs...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/leadership-matters/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Latest Blows to Iran's Leadership (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/killings-iran-leadership.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260406/p72#a260406p72
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Sequoia raised ~$7B for a new fund, the first fundraising round under its new leadership; the firm's last expansion fund was a $3.4B vehicle in 2022 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04…
@cdarwin@c.imAfter a wet January and February, Carrizo Plain National Monument has entered superbloom
The mountain ranges have been flowering for weeks.
The valley floor has begun to follow.
And if the weather holds,
the display could stretch into early April.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMemo: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma overhauls the group's leadership, including bringing over executives from Microsoft's CoreAI engineering unit where she worked before (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/microsoft-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-e…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhite House is expected to shake up more leadership roles at Justice Department, sources say (Sarah N. Lynch/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-shake-up-more-leadership-roles-justice-department/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260404/p51#a260404p51
@Techmeme@techhub.socialYou.com appoints Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann left to Anthropic; You.com, which began in consumer search, is targeting enterprise more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/ai-st…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHow Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister after discontent rises in his own party (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/britain-starmer-leadership-elections-labour-993df93f36916fafa62cdc8435127ff4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p40#a260512p40
@cdarwin@c.imCanada’s left-leaning
New Democratic Party (NDP)
has elected a new leader,
someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.
On March 29, the NDP elected
Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting
with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign.
The NDP was decimated in the April 2025 federal election.
Former leader Jag…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics firm and holds a ~67% stake worth $13.3B, as AI tests SAS' strategy (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump says Iran's succession bench wiped out as Israeli strike hits leadership deliberations (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-irans-succession-bench-wiped-out-israeli-strike-hits-leadership-deliberations
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p107#a260303p107
@cdarwin@c.imIt’s Justin Pearson,
Democrat running for Congress in TN-09.
𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘜𝘚 named our race as one of the 2026 primaries to watch — and they’re right:
our race is already drawing 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 of national attention.
I’m running for Congress because Memphis and TN-09 deserve leadership that stays close to its People,
speaks the truth,
and fights like our families’ lives depend on it — because they do.
If you believe in leadership that’s rooted in the People, I’m hoping…
@cdarwin@c.imOn Saturday, former Trump administration official and radical Christian nationalist
William Wolfe delivered a speech at Bethel Church in Petersburg, West Virginia, entitled
"Five Popular Lies About Faith & Politics."
Wolfe, who now runs the Center For Baptist Leadership
and has become an increasingly fanatical anti-immigrant activist,
openly admitted that the goal of Christian nationalists is to
👉gain political power and
💥impose their m…
@cdarwin@c.imActing Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd M. Lyons submitted his resignation Thursday,
capping his leadership of one of the agency’s most tumultuous eras,
saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Lyons, a career ICE official, presided over the agency’s rapid expansion
to implement Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
ICE more than doubled its workforce and detention beds,
deported people to countries where they are not citizens, …
@cdarwin@c.imTrump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran:
He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender”
and also has signaled that he might abruptly declare victory and leave.
Neither scenario is likely to end this war, because neither reflects any real understanding of the adversary.
Washington appears to have begun the conflict on the assumption that sustained military pressure would either collapse the Iranian regime or force its leadership to…
@cdarwin@c.imLarry Hogan hoped Republicans would ‘get back to sanity.’
He’s lost faith.
At the height of his political influence, Maryland’s former Republican governor Larry Hogan was courted as a presidential candidate to offer an antidote to Donald Trump’s takeover of the GOP.
But the brand that made him a popular blue state governor never made a splash outside the “Never Trump” world.
Now Hogan is done trying to reshape his party as a candidate.
Instead, in what he call…
