2026-07-01 15:48:00
Myles Garrett follows Micah Parsons' path as the latest star player traded in his prime https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/myles-garrett-follows-micah-parsons-path-as-the-latest-star-player-traded-in-his-prime
Denmark's Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister (Stine Jacobsen/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/denmarks-frederiksen-secures-third-term-prime-minister-2026-06-01/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p84#a260601p84
Myles Garrett follows Micah Parsons' path as the latest star player traded in his prime https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/myles-garrett-follows-micah-parsons-path-as-the-latest-star-player-traded-in-his-prime
Amazon schedules Prime Day for June 23 to June 26, shifting the four-day sales event from its traditional July slot to avoid conflicts with the FIFA World Cup (Arriana McLymore/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co
"Britain’s probable next Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has used the word ‘Manchesterism’ for his alternative governmental programme. Since we have been observing and constructively criticising the Manchester developmental model for nearly one and a half decades, we can offer a few observations about it."
By me with @… collective.
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Some notes on ‘Manchesterism’
by Mark Burton (with input from the SSM collective) Britain’s probable next Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has used the word ‘Manchesterism’ for his alternative governmental programme. Since we have been observing and constructively criticising the Manchester developmental model for nearly one and a half decades, we can offer a few observations about it. Burnham set out the basic concept of Manchesterism in a…
Some notes on ‘Manchesterism’
by Mark Burton (with input from the SSM collective) Britain’s probable next Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has used the word ‘Manchesterism’ for his alternative governmental programme. Since we have been observing and constructively criticising the Manchester developmental model for nearly one and a half decades, we can offer a few observations about it. Burnham set out the basic concept of Manchesterism in a…
The 1077th prime number
Spanish PM criticises 'selfish' attitude of some EU countries over Ceuta crisis
The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sšnchez, has hit back at some EU countries for what he described as their
“selfish, polarising and illegal reaction” to the mass border crossings at Ceuta,
as he thanked Morocco for its help in dealing with the crisis.
In a letter to Brussels, he said several European states have chosen to “attack” Spain
and request its temporary exclusion fr…
Australia's ACCC sues Amazon for allegedly introducing ads to Prime Video under unfair contract terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Was für eine Shitshow. Einer der wenigen eurpäischen Staatsmänner und -frauen, die sich gegen Trump stellen. Und alle anderen Arsckriecher_innen fallen ihm in den Rücken 🤬
https://www.politico.eu/article/ceuta-crisis-22-eu-leaders-lette…
Health intact, Brock Bowers prime for another standout season with Raiders https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/health-intact-brock-bowers-prime-for-another-standout-season-with-raiders-3857721/
Australia's ACCC sues Amazon for allegedly introducing ads to Prime Video under unfair contract terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
"From EVs to climate adaptation: 10 green policies the next Prime Minister will need to clarify"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV
"Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” as Israeli forces expand their ground invasion."
Iran war live: Lebanon’s PM slams Israel attacks; US-Tehran deal in limbo | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/31/iran-war-live-lebanon-accuses-israel-of-scorched-earth-policy
At least 57 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
after as many as 50,000 migrants entered the tiny territory from Morocco
in what Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sšnchez, called “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”.
The huge influx,
which took place over the course of just 24 hours,
overwhelmed the city of 85,000 people,
triggered a political crisis for Madrid
and led to a mixed reaction from other EU countries,
'Manchesterism', the new government ideology.
Is it any good? My new piece dissects and appraises it.
Some notes on ‘Manchesterism’ | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2026/07/01/some-notes-on-manchesterism/
I used a Powershell script to put all of the 65000 Amazon Prime day specials from an Excel spreadsheet into a single web page organized by category. https://bookofadamz.com/all-of-the-2026-amazon-prime-deals-in-one-big-list/
Owen Jones assessment of Keir #Starmer is harsh, but, I think, fair.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/23/keir-starmer-uk…
Sexy Prime Conjecture 🫦
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_primes#Sexy_prime_conjecture
$L^p$-boundedness of Berezin transforms on generalized Hartogs triangles
Qian Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02364 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02364 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.02364
arXiv:2606.02364v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Let $m,l\in\N$ be relatively prime and let \[ \Omega_{m/l}^{n 1}=\bigl\{(z,w)\in\C^n\times\C:\ \norm{z}^{m}<\abs{w}^{l}<1\bigr\} \] be the rational generalized Hartogs triangle of exponent $m/l$ in $\C^{n 1}$. In this paper, we study the Berezin transform $\BB_{m/l,n}$ associated with the Bergman kernel of $\Omega_{m/l}^{n 1}$, and prove that $\BB_{m/l,n}$ is bounded on $L^p(\Omega_{m/l}^{n 1})$ if and only if $p>m nl$.
toXiv_bot_toot
Amazon Prime “Spider-Noir” was really good. Fun to see Nicholas Cage here.
Jets' Garrett Wilson on 'mission' to return to his 'different standard': 'It's going to be a journey' https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-garrett-wilson-on-mission-to-return-to-his-different-standard-i…
Indeed. Try for yourself, you will be astonished!
#Primes
https://www.math.uchicago.edu/~luis/allprimes.html
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital…
Adobe: online spending across all retailers in the US hit $26.4B during Amazon's four-day Prime Day event, up 9.3% YoY; Walmart and Target also hosted sales (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
The (future) Lord Leunig calls for second chamber reform.
https://timleunig.substack.com/p/a-plea-to-our-new-prime-minister
There currently is no Queen, no James Bond, no Doctor Who, and no Prime Minister in the UK. It's just a shadow of itself.
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital…
A feature I'm in: Dependent's Day, a rom-com where she takes him as a dependent on her taxes and hilarity ensues.
If you're looking for a comedy: #film
Legendary WR May Have to ‘Consider’ Signing With Raiders if He Wants to Play https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/deandre-hopkins-free-agent-fits/
Sony's Crunchyroll partners with Starz for a streaming bundle offered through Prime Video for $16.99/month, a 23% discount to subscribing to both separately (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Seahawks' DeMarcus Lawrence says retirement chances 'were very slim': 'I still have more to give' https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-demarcus-lawrence-says-retirement-chances-were-very-slim-i-still-have-more-to…
This means you, Hulu, Pluto & Peacock. And Amazon Prime can suck a fat one too.
▶️ Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0
Full text of Burnham's speech.
A lot to like, after the 2 lost years under Starmer and all those before, but all predicated on economic growth which a) would be very hard to achieve given eco-geo-political constraints and the structural long crisis of capitalism, and b) is inherently damaging, in the aggregate, for the ecosystem on which we all depend.
Every word Andy Burnham said in first speech since becoming Makerfield MP - Liverpool Echo
Evaluating the robustness and readiness of large frontier models in health #AI applications: not ready for prime time https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04501-8 "considerable gaps between…
Live updates: Keir Starmer announces he'll resign as UK prime minister, launching contest for successor (Bridget Brown/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/keir-starmer-resignation-uk-prime-minister-updates-06-22-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p43#a260622p43
https://britmonkey.com/2020s-political-compass/
I'm particularly pleased with the 50/50 techbro/neo-luddite
I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here. We are waiting in Ganderkesee.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOZpmrj2R2/
Master of the Universe is on Prime. I'm 10 minutes in now... They are visibly trying to lean into the ridiculousness of the costumes and lore. But it still feels like a bad CGI fest with bad child actors. The green lion cub had the same toddler voice as the prince and because the lipsync was bad I didn't know who was talking in that scene.
I'm giving it a go but I think I won't be able to watch it for much longer....
Greeting Andy Burnham after he was sworn in as an MP were a slew of cabinet ministers
- including the chief whip Jonathan Reynolds and the energy secretary Ed Miliband
- who came in flanked by two Treasury ministers, Torsten Bell and Dan Tomlinson.
Around 200 MPs were in the hall to greet Burnham, now officially the MP for Makerfield.
He arrived with Lucy Powell, the deputy Labour leader and the MP Jo Platt
- who holds Burnham’s old constituency of Leigh.
…
I used a Powershell script to put all of the 65000 Amazon Prime day specials from an Excel spreadsheet into a single web page organized by category. https://bookofadamz.com/all-of-the-2026-amazon-prime-deals-in-one-big-list/
Amazon Prime Video reaches a 12-year agreement with Rogers for exclusive streaming rights to Wednesday night NHL games in Canada, starting this season (Rashika Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/rogers…
I do not like this style of using a singular surname to refer to a minister via an official source. This headline-seeding seems politically promotional.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/burn…
Prime Video: Gericht weist Sammelklage gegen Werbung ab
Das Bayerische Oberste Landesgericht hat die Sammelklage gegen Werbung bei Prime Video abgewiesen. Die Verbraucherzentrale Sachsen will nun vor den BGH ziehen.
…
NFL Spotlights Bucs in Three Prime-Time Slots in 2026 https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-2026-schedule-prime-time-games
Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mgm-studios-…
2026 NFL schedule: Top 10 prime-time games https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-schedule-top-10-prime-time-games
Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/21/keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-departure-as-prime-minister-on-monday
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p22#a260621p22
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party
following growing pressure from within his own party to step down.
During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures
amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain,
as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters.
Former Manchester Mayor
Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the…
"One individual the authors discuss in detail in the book is former UK prime minister #TonyBlair and the lack of accountability seen over events such as the invasion of #Iraq.
Often now deemed a so-called expert on the Middle East, Making A Killing shows how
At a conference, an Amazon Prime Video exec says Prime Video works with 600 content partners, including 70 in Japan, 50 in Australia, and 30 in India (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
RE: https://mastodon.nl/@DaniSchoofs/116796680685730601
I do not want a prime minister endorsed by Israel 😭
2026 News & Documentary Emmys: HBO/CNN's Prime Minister won best documentary; ABC won the most news awards at eight, followed by Nat Geo's seven and CNN's four (McKinley Franklin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m…
Dallas Cowboys Predicted to Receive 6 Prime-Time Games in 2026 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-predicted-receive-6-prime-time-games-2026
David Lammy has announced he is also leaving government, having been the deputy prime minister for the past two years.
He too posted details of his departure on social media.
Writing on X, Lammy said:
It has been the greatest privilege of my life, coming from humble beginnings in Tottenham, to serve in government as @Keir_Starmer’s Foreign Secretary, Justice Secretary and Britain’s first Black Deputy Prime Minister.
I am immensely proud of what we achieved, in Opposition …
A UK MP reported a constituent to the police for the 'crime' of writing to him about #Gaza
What's worse, she was arrested at 04:33 -- which presumably means they went into her house in the middle of the night to arrest her. I've had this happen to me fifty years ago -- over a plan to ship schoolbooks to
2026 NFL schedule release: How do travel, rest, prime time and outdoor games impact teams? https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-schedule-release-how-do-travel-rest-prime-time-and-outdoor-games-impact-teams
Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mx-player-merges-prime-video-india-1…
Amazon MGM Studios announces the GenAI Creators' Fund, greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video, and launches an AI production platform with AWS (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mgm-studios-…
2026 NFL schedule release: Bills to host Lions on 'Thursday Night Football' on Prime Video in Week 2 https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-bills-week-2-prime-video-2026-nfl-schedule-release
He did the same as Mayor.
I also see that Bev Craig has got her white teeshirt.
Andy Burnham says he will give 15% of his MP’s pay to local causes | Andy Burnham | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/2…
Sources: Jeff Bezos pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to highlight AI in an overhaul of the service, leading to an internal effort called Project Lighthouse (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazons-bez…
Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit
The prime minister now accepts that his time has run out as majority of Labour MPs back Andy Burnham
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/starmer-expected-to…
Tories and Fascists want a free lunch.
Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/
3 Points: Shavon Revel has plenty working for him in Year 2 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/3-points-shavon-revel-has-plenty-working-for-him-in-year-2
Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mx-player-merges-prime-video-india-1…
Prime Intellect, which helps companies build their own AI agents by offering computing power and specialized tools, raised a $130M Series A at a $1B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/prim
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken south Japan, leaving at least 50 people injured,
with some trapped and presumed dead inside a partly collapsed shopping mall.
The earthquake hit the Kumamoto prefecture on the southern Kyushu island late on Tuesday afternoon, knocking out power to thousands of homes and damaging roads, bridges and buildings.
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, told reporters authorities were still assessing the extent of the damage in the area,
Amazon unveils Dynamic TV Creative, which lets Prime Video advertisers automatically tailor their ads based on the viewer's previous exposure to the brand (Kathryn Lundstrom/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/commerce/prime-video-ads-can-now-…
Péter Magyar sworn in as Hungary's prime minister to end 16-year Orbšn era (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/09/hungary-prime-minister-peter-magyar-sworn-in-viktor-oban
http://www.memeorandum.com/260509/p27#a260509p27
3 Points: Shavon Revel has plenty working for him in Year 2 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/3-points-shavon-revel-has-plenty-working-for-him-in-year-2
Super.com, which offers a savings app for lower-income consumers, raised a $65M Series D led by TPG at a $1.2B valuation and says it is profitable (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/07/the-1-2-billion-startup-become-amazon-prime-for…
The UK unveils draft rules that would hold streaming services with 500K UK users to content standards similar to those in place for traditional broadcasters (Julian Clover/Broadband TV News)
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2026/05/14
Copy of Chiefs back on biggest stages despite Mahomes inju... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48771503/nfl-schedule-2026-chiefs-prime-games-patrick-mahomes-injury
The fall of Britain's prime minister is a warning for America (Zack Beauchamp/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/492756/keir-starmer-resigns-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p79#a260623p79
Final agreed text of peace deal between US and Iran has been reached, says Pakistan's prime minister
Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that a final, agreed text of a peace deal between the United States and Iran had been reached.
Islamabad is working with both sides to finalise next steps, Sharif added in an X post
Sources: Jeff Bezos pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to highlight AI in an overhaul of the service, leading to an internal effort called Project Lighthouse (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazons-bez…
Amazon adds Clips, a feed of TikTok-like vertical short-form videos, to Prime Video's mobile home page for select US customers on iOS, Android, and Fire devices (Will Shanklin/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2168176/prime-video-is-adding-a-tiktok-like-feed/
Starmer Out ... It's bizarre the Prime Minister's fall from power is covered without reference to what he did with it. (Toby Buckle/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p2#a260623p2
Andy Burnham Ditches Digital ID Plan,
Saying Billions Will Go To Cost-Of-Living Priorities Instead
Incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham prioritises cost-of-living support over Starmer's controversial digital ID plan.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/andy-burnham-scr
Trump’s undermining of U.S. elections is not a simple partisan issue
The United States has for a decade “rightly focused on shoring up our elections against foreign meddling”
after Russia’s chicanery in the 2016 presidential race.
“But,” Senator Mark Warner added chillingly, “I fear that foreign interference is no longer the most pressing danger to our elections.
It is increasingly evident that the greatest threat now comes from inside our own government.”
Fro…
Prime Video releases its first weekly list of its most popular original series and films on the service, joining Netflix in making global top 10 lists each week (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a…
Amazon Music Prime is including ads starting July 2 in India, as the company launches a paid subscription tier for Music Unlimited for roughly $1 per month (Mandy Dalugdug/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusines…
British Prime Minister tenures (normalized)
Kier Starmer: 1 Starmer
Rishi Sunak: 0.87 St
Liz Truss: 0.07 St
Boris Johnson: 1.53 St
Theresa May: 1.53 St
David Cameron: 3.07 St
Gordon Brown: 1.40 St
Tony Blair: 5.07 St
John Major: 3.20 St
How Prime Video has cornered the market on young adult fiction, notching hit after hit by tapping into the fervent BookTok community and catering to women (Ashley Wong/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/te…