2026-05-12 16:02:01
Well, 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.
Well, 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.
How 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
Apple says OpenAI leadership "normalized" misconduct and OpenAI's hardware business is "rotten to its core by its illegal reliance" on stolen trade secrets (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-opena…
QB Williams eyes being 'stoic' and 'strong' leader... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49035127/bears-caleb-williams-eyes-taking-leadership-next-level-season
Ten Democratic lawmakers told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a letter Sunday
that his gutting of a program focused on protecting civilians
is a leadership failure that imperils service members and erodes the military’s moral standing.
Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the joint letter echoed concerns raised by a recent Defense Department inspector general report
that described civilian protection efforts as largely “inactive.”
Lawmakers also cited repor…
So Trump signed a new cyber policy memo that got exactly zero press coverage yesterday, unless I missed something, perhaps because it reads more as a justification for Trump's June 2 AI order rather than a standalone cyber policy initiative, but there is a new cyber angle here.
Unlike past cyber orders, the WH is treating AI as a cyber capability, arguing that maintaining leadership in advanced AI is necessary to defend networks, critical infrastructure, and national security sys…
"The council says exports to Canada fell 63 per cent last year. "It has been devastating," said Swonger.”
They didn't think to ask him if he voted for Trump in the last election?
And to think some Democratic and 'NeverTrump' (haha) Republicans believe AOC running for President would lead to a Republican win.
The same Republican party that has decimated the American liquor industry, destroyed American leadership in the world, and cratered the economy.
2028 Presidential Election:
No Liquor Industry Neo-Facist Theocracy
or
Black Progressive Woman Democracy
Hard choice, amIRite, America?
But oh ya, I'm not being “realistic” 🤯
#FAFO #TheAmericanFascist #USA
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-alcohol-boycotts-bans-canada-trade-war-nslc-nova-scotia-9.7194289?cmp=rss
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Let me get this straight. Xbox leadership believes the way to winning back people with great exclusives is by firing the people who make them — the people whose expertise they already paid billions to acquire? Sure. Seems really smart! https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-layoffs-business-reset
British PM Starmer pledges to move U.K. closer to EU in bid to save leadership
#Brexit was/is a disaster
If he really wants an orderly transition, the correct move for Starmer is to give up his seat in parliament so that Andy Burnham can stand in a by-election.
I didn't rate Burnham when he was minister for ID cards, but he was at least prepared to sit down with me over coffee after NO2ID interrupted the Home Office roadshow in Edinburgh; and I have a lot more respect for him than the current Labour leadership.
Future of Privacy Forum Announces 2026 Career Achievement Award Recipients
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-announces-2026-career-achievement-award-recipients/
@…
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The planning "creates real uncertainty for our team over the next few weeks, but we believe the outcome will be better for it."
Wow. Great leadership.
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Why rookie safety Caleb Downs already holds keys to Cowboys’ defensive future https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/caleb-downs-otas-could-shape-cowboys-defense-future/407f85ac4d444b97d8dde320
Kirk Cousins brings lessons to Raiders that began in his Michigan home https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/kirk-cousins-brings-lessons-to-raiders-that-began-in-his-michigan-home-3849566/
The Justice Department will not challenge Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery,
clearing a major hurdle for the $111 billion deal, the agency said Friday.
The merger would consolidate the ownership of two major movie studios;
two major streaming services, Paramount and HBO Max;
and two prominent television news networks under the leadership of the tech scion David Ellison.
The deal has raised concerns that it could reduce the number of buyers for TV a…
“As a YDS alum, I am so proud of Dean Sterling's leadership and his message of environmental stewardship. It exemplifies what’s possible when institutions and communities commit to honoring Earth's resources.” - Rev. Luis Perez ’01 MDiv
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The clueless little grey man, Chris Mason, interviewed Starmer. Terrible interview where he interrupted every few seconds. I almost felt sorry for Starter, though of course I don't.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxqk6w3wyro
Wow, 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
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as an asocial gay male, most of the women I meet are professionals who are scarily hyper-competent, and most of the men I meet are social butterflies who are cute ditzes, so whenever I see a male-dominated workplace, my priors tell me that the leadership enjoys surrounding themselves with adorably inept suckups. but don't tell them that, it makes them stamp their feet so mad.
Welsh Labour source in the Guardian: “We heard people on the doors saying they’d usually vote Labour but wanted to stop Reform.” https://www.theguardian.co…
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There is this single sentence, that shows it's all about oppression and violence. A thirst for power.
High-profile exits, curious absences: The leadership vacuum plaguing U.S. health agencies (Aria Bendix/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/maha-trump-administration-cdc-fda-us-health-agency-leaders-out-rcna346986
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p72#a260610p72
Emanuel denounces Israel’s leaders
Rahm Emanuel, a longtime defender of Israel,
warned Wednesday that the country has become increasingly isolated
as its leadership has turned it into a “territorial pariah,”
in a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday.
Emanuel’s condemnation of Israel’s leadership shows how far centrist Democrats have shifted away from historical support of Israel,
three years after the war in Gaza began.
While Prime Minister B…
'Unsettling' Accounts of HHS Leadership Fuel Calls for RFK Jr. to Resign | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-jr-resign
"Systems are created, sustained, and improved by insightful and interactive work on the system, not by using carrots and sticks. Measurable goals do not improve systems; accountability does not improve systems. Improving systems improves systems."
Peter Scholtes, The Leader's Handbook, page 321.
#leadership
This is how the IDF under fundamentalist command deliberately kills any hope for a constructive non-military leadership at any level in Palestine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/08/aid-worker-world-cup-screenings-gaza-killed-isr…
Memo: 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…
Source: CBS News fired Scott Pelley hours after he met Tuesday with Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR over his criticism of new leadership (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/media/scott-pelley-60-minutes-cbs-…
"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…
2026 Position Breakdown: Ideal blend of veteran leadership and promising talent make up the offensive line https://www.raiders.com/news/2026-position-breakdown-offensive-line-raiders-tyler-linderbaum-kolton-miller-ja…
Can adding 44 years of vet leadership help Jets re... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48966748/new-york-jets-change-44-years-veteran-leadership
I wager that his colleagues will sooner or later sit him down and explain the facts of life.
Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7pz99l370o
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Who needs Anthropic Mythos when we have the Facebook leadership?
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
Sounds like Streeting is likely to resign and make a move on the leadership. Leaked during the King's speech, which is interesting timing.
What's the funniest possible outcome?
Perhaps a four way contest without Burnham coz he can't get a seat in time, won on 26% of the votes by Starmer.
Making it obvious Starmer only holds like a quarter of the MPs in support, we keep the same lame duck now even lamer, all the challengers are rebuked, and even if Andy gets a seat later the contest is over and nobody has the stomach for another one.
Not a prediction, just musing on the most hilarious thing. Which is probably also the worst thing for the country.
#ukpol #streeting #starmer
When I got in to tech, things felt fragile. After years of trying to fix things, I spent more years feeling as though the information apocalypse was immanent. Everywhere I turned, something was broken horribly. I can't even count the number of times I've just had to be like, "oh fuck. That's really bad. I knew it was bad, but like... oh fuck."
We have *all* had our identity stolen. I don't even know how many times my social security number has been in a data breach. How many of my medical records are on the market? But yeah, sure, let's accelerate that.
The problem was never that we couldn't find problems. The problem has always been "leadership" being unwilling to invest in fixing them. The problem has always been this mind-set of growth-at-any-cost.
I tuck these things away in my brain, and they sit there gnawing on my sanity, like little RFK worms.
I Don’t Want Less. I Want More. - #leadership
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution -- especially at the National Museum of American History -- as radical activists who cannot be trusted,
indicating that Trump may be preparing to install his own team of MAGA yes-men
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council
comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions.
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If you follow me on Bluesky you know that I rant about the leadership of that site all the time, but blaming users for preferring that site isn’t a winning strategy to convince them to try other sites (like Mastodon)
4 models, 5 years, 8 institutes, 20 coauthors under the brilliant leadership of @drgilbz.bsky.social @hofsteengemarte.bsky.social @… Abraham Torres Alavez: The
evaluation of the #polarRES Antarctic climate model ensemble is finally published Great working with you all team!
And now for the Arctic...
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/20/2629/2026/
The Ethereum Foundation cuts ~20% of its workforce, or 54 staff, as part of a broad restructuring amid leadership turnover and growing Ethereum fragmentation (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/06/23/ethereum-foun…
Kolton Miller's Leadership Going Long Way in Raiders' New System https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-kolton-miller-leadership-going-long-way-new-system
Friday Links 26-18
Again a few good podcasts, I especially liked the one about The Pre-Training Wall and the Mythical Man Month.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/06/friday-links-26-18.html
S06E11: What Changes When Earth Is Your Mother | Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast https://podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org/season6/episode-11/
NASA Says Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission, Hosts Media Call Today: #MAVEN mission leadership and experts to provide an update to mission operation's at Mars and discuss the mission's accomplishments at 18:00 UTC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WALToxcMjo
Professor Victor Chang Named Cybersecurity Professional of the Year
<https://www.avantgardenews.com/news/professor-victor-chang-wins-top-cybersecurity-award-20260504>
"… for his leadership in responsible AI. The award r…
An 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…
Totally normal Presidential leadership.
✅ Trump to Netanyahu in call on Israel striking Lebanon: "You're fucking crazy"
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call
I'm a humanities scholar. I got into this racket to read and write and every once in a while geek out with other loners. FFS, the goal was never "leadership opportunities."
Graham Platner, who’s been squabbling with state party leadership over controlling the next steps in the race, reportedly told his staff he will wait to suspend his campaign until Monday
― the last day that he can withdraw under Maine law
https://www.
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Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform (Eddie Makuch/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-cla
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Two press freedom groups are warning that Larry Ellison may “implement the CBS playbook” at CNN by getting rid of all the anchors President Donald Trump doesn’t like.
In a letter sent Thursday to Paramount Skydance, Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders demanded to see internal documents, alleging that there was “credible concern that Paramount leadership has offered, solicited, or effectuated a corrupt exchange: more favorable coverage of the Trump administrati…
Stephen Capus, president and CEO of RFE/RL since 2024, announces his resignation, effective September 15, and will be succeeded by Lisa Curtis (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
https://about.rferl.org/article/rfe-rl-launches-leadership-transition/
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'Divided us with a smile': GOP groaning over Mike Johnson reaches a fever pitch (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/01/mike-johnson-leadership-complaints-00902390
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p12#a260501p12
Sources 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…
Top Raiders receiver Tre Tucker embracing leadership role, early bedtime https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/top-raiders-receiver-tre-tucker-embracing-leadership-role-early-bedtime-3830518/
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Friday Links 26-22
Rand's perspective on All Hands is worth a read this week.
I did enjoy the interview with the airline pilot.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/07/friday-links-26-22.html
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In sweeping attack on elections, Trump fires leadership of key federal voting assistance commission (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-leadership/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260709/p120#a260709p120
Joel 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…
Raiders 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/
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In 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
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Ranking NFL's 12 new coach-QB duos: Where do Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson rank with new coaches?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-coach-quarterback-rankings-2026/
“Maine Democratic Party leadership takes seriously our responsibility to hold every candidate who seeks to represent our state to the highest standard,”
reads a statement signed by chair Charlie Dingman, vice-chair Imke Schessler, and executive director Devon Murphy-Anderson.
“Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious, credible allegations against Graham Platner.
Today’s statements take those allegations even further.”
“Maine Democratic Party leade…
'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
Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/y_combinators_stake_in_openai
Maxx Crosby’s warning to Fernando Mendoza every Raiders fan should hear https://raiderramble.com/2026/07/08/maxx-crosbys-warning-to-fernando-mendoza-every-raiders-fan-should-hear/
GOP 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
Raiders 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
Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he wanted to make acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche’s leadership of the Department of Justice permanent.
The president said he thought the confirmation of his onetime personal defense attorney would go “very quickly,” according to a video posted from the dinner.
But early indications suggest that the process could be anything but.
Blanche, who assumed his current role after Trump fired former Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi in April, has been the …
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Raiders 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
Former attorney general Pam Bondi is testifying before the US House oversight and reform committee this morning to answer questions about the Department of Justice’s handling of the Jeffrey Epsteininvestigation and its release of the Epstein files under her leadership.
Saying that she “delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche”.
“The team of professionals who reviewed all of the materials that we collected assured me the only materials that were …
Uber dismissed two leaders at its AI data labeling business as part of a broader leadership transition at the unit, which it says is "seeing strong momentum" (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
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‘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/
Fernando Mendoza’s early tells reveal a Raiders rookie building the right habits https://raiderramble.com/2026/07/07/fernando-mendozas-early-tells-reveal-a-raiders-rookie-building-the-right-habits/
Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to rise from the party's left flank and boot establishment-backed candidates.
That includes two self-described democratic socialists and a progressive who won their Democratic primaries in New York last week.
Kiros' victory adds to a nascent but clear uprising, stirred by frustration among some voters, that has vexed party leadership.
Colorado's 1st Congressional District covers t…
Fourteen 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…
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Raiders' Rob Leonard 'Going To Do It His Way' https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-rob-leonard-going-do-his-way
Field staff at the federal agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace
say they are under intense pressure from leadership to bring in cases that fit the Trump administration’s priorities,
i.e. charges of discrimination against white men and charges of antisemitism on college campuses.
That pressure has led investigators and lawyers at the agency,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
to focus its thin resources on pursuing and fast-tracking c…
Raiders' Rob Leonard 'Going To Do It His Way' https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-rob-leonard-going-do-his-way