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Plan C turned out to be a nice day in the mountains. But Woah was there a chill wind. Good that I was prepared.
#hiking #wandern #mountains

EU erhöht den Druck auf Elon Musks X wegen Groks KI-Bildern von Kindern
Nach der Veröffentlichung von sexualisieren Deepfakes auf Elon Musks Plattform tritt die EU-Kommission auf den Plan und fordert X auf, Daten zu bewahren.

Quite interesting but "no role for Hamas and other factions", What does that mean? Fatah? And isn't that a matter for the Palestinian people?
A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan | Donald Trump | Al Jazeera
https://www.a…

A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza.

Verstandig dat ze aan zo’n plan werken.
Ik hoop dat het ook de oprichting inhoudt van een nieuw bondgenootschap zonder de VS.
De NAVO is ten dode opgeschreven. Hoe eerder we dat inzien des te beter.
Frankrijk: Europa werkt aan plan als VS actie onderneemt richting Groenland https://nos.nl/l/2597259…

Frankrijk: Europa werkt aan plan als VS actie onderneemt richting Groenland
Nieuwe opmerkingen vanuit Washington over een mogelijke annexatie van Groenland leidde deze week tot beroering in Europa en ook Canada.

Several of Asia's top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years (Jonathan Burgos/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanburgos/2…

The Asian Billionaires Riding The Data Center Boom
The buildout of AI infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific is in high gear. Masayoshi Son and Mukesh Ambani are among the region's wealthiest taking the lead.

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115507006485634894
This is why @… made the Gaza Verified Archive (e.g., see

"It appears the council would like to see more multi-storey car parks on the edge of town constructed after opening the Ancoats Mobility Hub last summer."
So people still encouraged to drive through Manchester.
Watch out for this and then fight it; we need proper city-wide traffic reduction.
The latest plan to convince you not to drive into Manchester city centre - Manchester Evening News

The latest plan to convince you not to drive into Manchester city centre
More details will be released later in the year - but one element of the plan is clear

Britain clearly has a problem with too many people going to university, and Badenoch proposes to change that.
Imagine how much better off the UK would be, if Cameron, Osborne, Bojo, Gove et al had never gone to Oxford!
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/new…

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places
Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

Who are going to be the five D senators who chicken out and sign a blank check to the trumpies?
These wimpy-D's are willing to give away what little power we have left to obtain magic beans - which are worthless promises that the R's will allow a vote on ACA subsidies. A vote? We know that the R's will roll over that vote, that el-cheato won't sign, and that even if enacted, will simply become a bag of cash that el-cheato will use for whatever purpose he wants.
…

Republicans try to end shutdown without health care fix
Senate Republicans are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It's unclear whether their plan will work. Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they demand an extension of health care subsidies, which aren't expected to be part of the legislation. Many say they will continue to hold out until President Donald Trump and Republican leaders negotiate with them on an extension. A …

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

Except, of course, on city-owned property like Potrero Yards, because affordable housing doesn't pencil out.
And SF's Upzoning plan allows towers without on-site affordable, unlike the State Density Bonus, which actually requires significant on site affordable housing. Developers can just fee out for less than half the cost of building affordable units.
SO I wonder - who were the advisors on the Family Zoning Plan, and whose families would be built for?

Lurie warns Sunset: rezone or ‘there could be towers everywhere’ 
In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

A look at CollectiveMetrics.org, a new nonprofit founded by two ex-Meta ad executives that aims to bring more transparency to digital advertising to fight scams (Craig Silverman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/scam-ads-are-flooding-so…

Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.

"Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

Great British Energy plans 15 GW clean energy investment
UK government-owned energy company’s first strategic plan sets GBP 15 billion private finance target and commits to support for more than 1,000 local and community energy generation projects.

Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/trump-venezuela-oil-climate-crisis

This is how you say that the Republicans are rigging the voting systems without saying the Republicans are rigging the #voting systems.
Michael Steele knows. The #Republicans aren't worried about this election because they have a Plan B. Watch this space:

Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30 per share in an all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/paramount-skydance-hostile-bid-wbd-netflix.html

Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.

"The Marshall Plan did help rebuild Europe. The Civil Rights Movement did end Jim Crow. Smallpox was eradicated through an international coordination effort. The Montreal Protocol did address the ozone hole. Are these perfect success stories? No, they all happened through a series of shitty compromises, through flawed execution and with unintended consequences." <-- Thanks Joan!

California is turning a water crisis into a clean energy opportunity.
The Westlands Water District plans to build up to 21 GW of solar on farmland that's been fallowed due to water shortages in the San Joaquin Valley. The project aims to preserve agriculture viability while creating new jobs for farmworkers in the renewable energy sector.

California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on fallowed farmland
A California water district has adopted a long-term plan to develop up to 21 GW of solar generation on agricultural land fallowed due to water shortages.

Their plan seems NOT to try and eliminate or at least minimize these ads, but rather to see if they can extract premium rates because the ads have been IDENTIFIED as scams.
JFC, why would anyone do business with this company. Why would functioning governments (this sadly excludes the US rn) allow this company to operate within its borders.
This is not a whoopsie. This is a deliberate corporate decision to allow users to be preyed upon and profit from it.

24 Hour Business Plan Podcast
The business planning podcast for leaders who want clear, practical strategies to drive growth and execution without the jargon...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/24-hour-business-plan/ …

"Government cyber unit" sounds like a class of robot enemies in a futuristic video game.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-cyber-action-plan-to-tackle-threats-and-strengthen-public-services

New cyber action plan to tackle threats and strengthen public services
New measures will be introduced to make online public services more secure and resilient, so people can use them with confidence - whether applying for benefits, paying taxes or accessing healthcare.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/115672975717795897
I was having a conversation at work about this recently. AI is a great tool when you have problems and plan for it. It is not, and never will be, a direction to go solely because it is AI 😆

"My supervisor @ BLM (Bureau of Land Management) just informed his team that they were told not to give a rating higher than a 3 on our performance plan. Anything higher requires a justification to be written"
Employee Prefomance Ratings Vent. : r/fednews
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1pftabq/employee_prefomance_ratings_vent/

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to establish a Europe-led satellite constellation, operated out of Germany, to provide satellite-to-smartphone connectivity (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/vodafone-ast-spacemobile-launch…

De VVD:
"Demissionair minister Mariëlle Paul (Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, VVD) heeft zich, voordat ze besloot een regeling rond huisvestingskosten voor arbeidsmigranten in stand te houden, niet laten adviseren door uitzendkoepel ABU en andere partijen."

Minister Paul besloot eigenhandig plan in te trekken dat arbeidsmigranten moest beschermen
Arbeidsmigranten: Vakbonden, de uitzendbranche en SER-voorzitter Kim Putters zeggen niet met minister Mariëlle Paul van Sociale Zaken (VVD) te hebben gesproken over intrekking van een zorgvuldig voorbereid kabinetsplan.

European Union 27, under far right climate denialist pressure, opts for lower carbon emissions target and keeps door open for offsets beyond the EU, despite having been given a highly critical report on them.
No coverage that I can find in the UK press.
El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climštico de la Unión Europea

El tirón antiecológico germina en el plan contra el cambio climático de la Unión Europea
Dos años después de que la UE forzara una histórica petición de abandonar los combustibles fósiles, la presión de los partidos negacionistas se hace notar en vísperas de la Cumbre del Clima de Brasil

Manchester’s Local Plan is available in draft.
You've til 17 Nov to respond.
Our post gives you the links to the plan and consultantation, AND our draft response that you can use as a template for yours!
In summary, the council is constrained by planning regulations but they could still do much better.
Tell them!
 #Manchester

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …

#AdventOfCode Day 5: My stupid part 1 solution was too slow (because I checked each ingridient instead of compare the ranges). After fixing that it was fast and correct. I have a plan for part 2, but $job to do, so let's see when I get a round tuit (to quote an old #Perl saying).

Vibe coded my first #n8n node for Wallabag. Excited to put it to use. Plan is to use n8n to send new #Wallabag entries to the Webarchive as well. But first... some sleep.

Been using #Kagi for almost three years now and very happy with it. Two spots in my Family Plan are available – anyone interested?
What you get:
✅ Ad-free search
✅ No tracking
✅ Better search results (you can even permanently hide Pinterest, listicles & co..)

$42.84/year (~$3.50 per month)
PM if interested.

"So far, only Brazil and Indonesia have announced investments in the scheme. The World Bank has agreed to host the facility. Several countries have murmured positively, but not yet committed any money. The UK has made clear it will not contribute at this stage. There will need to be greater momentum at Cop30 if the plan is to get off the ground."
"Brazilian finance ministry officials, who have spent the past 18 months working on this project, say the TFFF would be a step…

Boah ey, ich glaube ich gehe mett.
Seit Monaten nehme ich mir vor meinen alten Raspi 3 durch einen 5er zu ersetzen.
Bisher macht der nicht viel außer piHole DNS blocking.
Der Plan war nun unter anderem Home Assistant zu installieren.
Warum? Weil ich diverses ioT Gedöns habe, von diversen Herstellern. Ich hätte das aber gerne mit nur einer App steuerbar.
Gleichzeitig will ich den Pi noch für andere Dinge nutzen,z.B. TimeMachine für Mac Backups, LUKS-Verschlüsselte Ne…

Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells staff that "I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/apple-chip-chief…

Plan für dieses Wochenende: Winterschlaf.

🌷 China’s lopsided growth puts spotlight on Xi’s five-year plan
#china

China’s lopsided growth puts spotlight on Xi’s five-year plan
Data about China's economy arrived as top officials gather in Beijing for what is known as the Communist Party’s fourth plenum to hash out development plans through 2030.

EHDS als "Versuchskaninchen": Europas ambitionierter Plan für Gesundheitsdaten
Die EU plant mit Gesundheitsdaten und KI die digitale Souveränität. Experten diskutieren die Chancen, Risiken und wirtschaftlichen Hürden.

Oil is the absolute enemy, and that should be completely clear at this point. Advocate hard for a Dutch style traffic plan and Dutch bike infrastructure. Push hard for mass transit. Fight car infrastructure with everything you can. Abolish free parking.
Every dollar you spend on gas, every dollar that goes to roads and free parking, is a dollar that will be spent murdering civilians to steal their oil.
Free parking is the most important subsidy to car culture. The more expensive you can make parking, the fewer cars will be on the road, the safer cities will be, and the less money will be available for the gang of thieves directing the military.
#FuckCars

Auch mal was neues: Zug steht mit 6.20 Uhr im System und fährt mir um 6.18 Uhr vor der Nase weg (also, literally, wenn der Kaffee 15 Sekunden früher fertig gewesen wäre, hätte ich ihn noch gekriegt ...). Nicht so dramatisch, weil in 20 Minuten der nächste fährt, aber geplant war das so nicht.

Mij lijkt het een verschrikkelijk plan dat Rotterdam z'n kunstacademie verliest.
Onderteken de petitie:
https://savewdka.petities.nl/

Save WDKA, the Willem de Kooning Academy
The Hogeschool Rotterdam (HR) announced a merger with the department of Communication, Media and Innovation (CMI), part of a bigger reorganization. With this merge the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) loses its autonomous position, its status as art academy. Help us preserve our art education! https://savewdka.petities.nl

Meta says it will invest $600B in the US infrastructure and jobs by 2028; Zuckerberg told Trump at a September dinner that Meta will spend "at least $600B" (Juby Babu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-plans-600-billio…

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

Finally getting around to trying to do something with the shattered solar panel I ended up with when the couriers failed twice to not smash part of my order. The PV layer under the tempered glass is still intact and functional, so my plan is to fill the impact point with CA glue, then coat the entire top with urethane to improve its weather resistance, and ultimately use it to directly power a PTC heating element in a shed. *Any* additional free heat in that building is a plus, and *any* ben…

Putin insists certain elements of Trump’s peace plan to end Ukraine war are unacceptable | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-putin-trump-ukraine-peace-plan-b2878544.html

Oh, look, the result of anti-immigration fascists' policies are labor shortages.
Who would've known?
(unless it's paired with starting a global trade war, I suppose; in that case you'd get an economic slump, bankrupcies and unemployment... if you don't TACO)
https://…

Italy's right-wing government unveils new work permit plan to address labor shortages
The Italian government has announced a significant increase in the issuance of work permits for non-EU workers, planning to distribute 500,000 …

"the [Chinese] plan removes #ElectricVehicles from the list of strategic emerging industries. That move has been misread by some commentators as a retreat. It is better seen as a milestone of maturity. When an industry no longer needs preferential support or policy protection, it has crossed from experiment to normalcy"

"Low water levels delay plan to bring cell service to popular hunting area"
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.6996680

MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, plans to launch membership subscriptions in the summer of 2026, offering events, curated insights, and moderated community spaces (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/04/ms-now-msnbc-subscription-plan-members

Exclusive: MS Now to launch membership-based subscription product next summer
It represents the most significant digital investment in the network's 30-year history.

A product owner arrives in the place they plan to build Rome:
"Do you think you can finish by EOD?"

The #EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) has now an Implementing Act:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/cyber-resilience-act-imple…

In den letzten zwei Tagen wurden Japanreisepläne koordiniert, die Tätigkeiten an und mit fünf verschiedenen Universitäten in drei verschiedenen Städten und recht viel Spaß dabei und dazwischen involvieren sollen. That's the plan!

“Gevraagd of er een plan b is voor als de VS zich terugtrekt antwoordde Rutte ontkennend. Zo'n plan is volgens hem niet nodig.”
De eerste keer dat ik serieus hoop dat Rutte liegt.
NAVO-chef Rutte: Poetin denkt ten onrechte dat hij het langer volhoudt https://nos.nl/l/2593056

NAVO-chef Rutte: Poetin denkt ten onrechte dat hij het langer volhoudt
De buitenlandministers van de landen waren vandaag bijeen in Brussel, maar moesten het zonder de Amerikaanse minister doen.

Think Tank legt Zehn-Punkte-Plan für europäische Seekabel-Strategie vor
Vier US-Konzerne kontrollieren 71 Prozent der Seekabel-Kapazität. Ein Brüsseler Think Tank fordert jetzt eine ganzheitliche EU-Gegenstrategie.

"Revised UK environmental plan sets new goals for nature, pollution and farming"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

Today's Plan: https://eyebeemania.net/2025/11/29/todays-plan.html

Today's Plan
My plan for today was to get out of bed and to drink coffee. …

Erste Amtshandlung im neuen Jahr: #GefangenZwischenEisUndFeuer tatsächlich als EPUB3 bei Tolino reingestellt.
Mal sehen, wie lange das jetzt in Prüfung sein wird. Der Plan ist, dann zumindest Band 2 und 3 jeweils dann nachzuschieben, wenn der davor da ist, weil es sonst Chaos gibt.
Wenn Tolino sagt "Nehmen wir nicht, ist uns (buchstäblich) zu heiß", dann …

Economic boycott of everything and general strike Nov 25th Dec 2nd. When I was talking about #NoKings / #50501Movement needing to having an escalation plan, this is an excellent escalation. Hitting US retail on #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday coupled with a #PeoplesSickDay during that time could actually be enough to force the invocation of the 25th. There's already been an elite fracture. The government shut down is not the well calculated coup that I think Trump and co thought it was.
This whole #BlackOutTheSystem thing has a lot of potential....
#USPol

Woke up early this morning and read the news.
Plan to avoid all news for the rest of the day.
Went for a coffee walk.
Had breakfast.
Did the washing.
Cleaned the bathroom.
Went for a late picnic lunch.
Wash hair and get into pjs.
Decide cheese and crackers wine will be an adequate dinner.
Watch comfort tv from hard drive.
Successfully avoid all news.
Go to bed early.
Back to work tomorrow.

Conservation group to sue feds over lack of national wolf recovery plan • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/03/repub/conservation-group-to-sue-feds-over-lack-of-national-wolf-recovery-plan/

Sources: Sequoia's Pat Grady and Alfred Lin plan to deepen the firm's AI focus and reframe its image as less politically partisan, after Roelof Botha's exit (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: if Netflix wins the WBD bid, DOJ's Gail Slater and her senior reports have discussed how they plan to launch a multiyear investigation into the deal (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/medi…

Exclusive | Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max would face stiff DOJ antitrust opposition: sources 
Antitrust officials are likening the Netflix purchase of WBD to Ticketmaster buying a popular entertainment venue like Madison Square Garden.

Sexpuppen in Kinderoptik: Frankreich droht Shein
Sexpuppen mit kindlichem Aussehen bei Shein rufen in Frankreich die Justiz auf den Plan. Die Plattform handelt, doch die Regierung verschärft den Ton.
https://www.

California is turning drought-stricken farmland into a massive solar opportunity.
The Westlands Water District in the San Joaquin Valley plans to generate 21 gigawatts of solar energy on fallowed agricultural land. It's a win-win: preserving what farmland remains viable while putting dry, empty fields to work producing clean energy.
The project includes battery storage and community benefits too.

21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There’s a water district in San Joaquin Valley in California where there’s empty land that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture.” The Westlands Water District board of directors have decided on a plan for this land. They are going to ... [continued]

At least Rubio says what it is...
"US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia’s ‘wish list’"
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-peace-plan-security-confernece-halifax-senators-6041a181…

US senators say Rubio told them Trump's Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan. The 28-point peace plan was crafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukraine’s involvement. It acquiesces to many Russian demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has categorically reject…

Condé United and The NewsGuild "strongly condemn" Teen Vogue's consolidation, saying it will throttle staff diversity and blunt its progressive political bent (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan
The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.

Mein TV-Tipp für heute: Plan 9 aus dem Weltall in der #Schlefaz-Edition. 🧟‍♀️👽😵‍💫
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWOmXw1YX0

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/meta-cuts-metaverse-unit.html

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation | Steady State Manchester
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/10/27/manchesters-local-plan-responding-to-the-consultation/
Our draft response notes some glaring prob…

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
Local Plans are what guide the pattern of a land use and and building across a council area.  In the case of Greater Manchester (excluding Stockport), the Joint Strategic Plan, Places for Everyone …

Sources: if Netflix wins the auction for WBD, Paramount plans to go directly to WBD shareholders to argue that Netflix's bid would face regulatory issues (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/media/pa

Exclusive | Paramount Skydance has a ‘plan B’ if Netflix wins auction for Warner Bros. Discovery: sources
A source close to WBD said the media giant believes this is now a “horse race” between Paramount Skydance and Netflix whose outcome is a “toss up,” giving it “50 50” odds. 

Sources: Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax plans to price its Hong Kong IPO at ~$21, the top of its marketed range, and will stop taking orders a day early (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

This is the EU plan it seems, not confirmed, copied it from Bluesky.
#Ukraine

The fracturing of the Dutch far-right, after Wilder's reminded everyone that bigots are bad at compromise, is definitely a relief. Dutch folks I've talked to definitely see D66 as progressive, <strike>so there's no question this is a hard turn to the left (even if it's not a total flip to the far-left)</strike> a lot of folks don't agree. I'm going to let the comments speak rather than editorialize myself..
While this is a useful example of how a democracy can be far more resilient to fascism than the US, that is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing about Dutch politics. The most interesting thing is something Dutch folks take for granted and never think of as such: there are two "governments."
The election was for the Tweede Kamer. This is a house of representatives. The Dutch use proportional representation, so people can (more or less) vote for the parties they actually want. Parties <strike>rarely</strike> never actually get a ruling majority, so they have to form coalition governments. This forces compromise, which is something Wilders was extremely bad at. He was actually responsible for collapsing the coalition his party put together, which triggered this election... and a massive loss of seats for his party.
Dutch folks do still vote strategically, since a larger party has an easier time building the governing coalition and the PM tends to come from the largest party. This will likely be D66, which is really good for the EU. D66 has a pretty radical plan to solve the housing crisis, and it will be really interesting to see if they can pull it off. But that's not the government I want to talk about right now.
In the Netherlands, failure to control water can destroy entire towns. A good chunk of the country is below sea level. Both floods and land reclamation have been critical parts of Dutch history. So in the 1200's or so, the Dutch realized that some things are too important to mix with normal politics.
You see, if there's an incompetent government that isn't able to actually *do* anything (see Dick Schoof and the PVV/VVD/NSC/BBB coalition) you don't want your dikes to collapse and poulders to flood. So the Dutch created a parallel "government" that exists only to manage water: waterschap or heemraadschap (roughly "Water Board" in English). These are regional bureaucracies that exist only to manage water. They exist completely outside the thing we usually talk about as a "government" but they have some of the same properties as a government. They can, for example, levy taxes. The central government contributes funds to them, but lacks authority over them. Water boards are democratically elected and can operate more-or-less independent of the central government.
Controlling water is a common problem, so water boards were created to fulfill the role of commons management. Meanwhile, so many other things in politics run into the very same "Tragedy of the Commons" problems. The right wing solution to commons management is to let corporations ruin everything. The left-state solution is to move everything into the government so it can be undermined and destroyed by the right. The Dutch solution to this specific problem has been to move commons management out of the domain of the central government into something else.
And when I say "government" here, I'm speaking more to the liberal definition of the term than to an anarchist definition. A democratically controlled authority that facilitates resource management lacks the capacity for coercive violence that anarchists define as "government." (Though I assume they might leverage police or something if folks refuse to pay their taxes, but I can't imagine anyone choosing not to.)
As the US federal government destroys the social fabric of the US, as Trump guts programs critical to people's survival, it might be worth thinking about this model. These authorities weren't created by any central authority, they evolved from the people. Nothing stops Americans from building similar institutions that are both democratic and outside of the authority of a government that could choose to defund and abolish them... nothing but the realization that yes, you actually can.
#USPol #NLPol

About Manchester’s Local Plan and how to respond to the consultation.
#Manchester #planning #LandUse

Manchester’s Local Plan – responding to the consultation
UPDATE!  11 Nov.  We have now submitted a revised version.  It adds some answers to questions we didn’t address in the previously published draft, and has some additions to some of the other …

"Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce"
#FossilFuels #Energy #Climate

Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce
Unions welcome the new plan but warn funding for training does not equate to jobs, saying they won't materialise without further investment, nor measures to revitalise the country's dwindling manufacturing capacity.

Ever notice how the most influential people aren't always the bosses?
They're the ones everyone trusts. The ones whose ideas somehow become the plan. The ones people actually want to follow.
That influence doesn't come from a title. It comes from showing up consistently. Making things clearer. Being the same person in every room.
Read more about building influence without needing permission:

Influence Without Authority: How to Get People to Listen Without Being the Boss
Learn how to build real influence without authority. Discover proven strategies for gaining trust, establishing expertise, and leading without a title.

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

"The plan could involve an ‘incentive based pricing structure’ for contractors, according to the report"
Kristi Noem mulls using private bounty hunters to track down immigrants, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-ice-bounty-hunters-report-b2856825.html

Documents: Foxconn's subsidiaries and China's Luxshare plan expansions in Vietnam to boost gaming device production, reinforcing Vietnam's supply chain role (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Nice annotation of the US-Russia "peace plan" with regard to Ukraine.
https://samf.substack.com/p/the-witkoff-dmitriev-peace-plan-annotated?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated
We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.

Taking notes from the successes and failures of the Russian revolution, a group of anarchists (including Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist militant who was critical in defeating the Tzar's army and who later also fought the Red Army) wrote a document titled the "Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists." This document came to be known as "The Platform." It remains one of the most important first-hand revolutionary documents, outlining a clear revolutionary plan.
I've taken this, the Viable System Model from cybernetics, and my own organizing experience, to describe an organization to confront the current set of crises.
This continues to build on the stuff I have been writing, but it's a lot less high level theory and a lot more specific.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/a-solarpunk-fractal-microservices
As always, editing notes (typos, grammar, spelling, etc) are always welcome, as are any questions. My ADHD brain tends to go a lot faster than anything else, so I have a tendency to drop words and have a lot of trouble catching them later. Between my ADHD and mild dyslexia, it can be pretty hard for me to catch when autocorrect gives me the wrong word.
A lot of folks have already been super helpful in offering their editing support, and I'm really grateful. Writing this has felt collaborative, and it should. On the one hand this comes from my own experience and research, but on the other I'm also voicing things that have come from conversations here. This has all been a bit of my voice and a bit of the federated world, and I'm really appreciating that.

Smartmatic v. Fox News: a Smartmatic lawyer says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch authorized a plan for Fox News to embrace Trump's 2020 claims to win back viewers (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/02/rupert-lachlan-mur…

"COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém"
#COP30 #Climate #ClimateSummit

COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...

2026 will bring massive changes to federal student loans : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5630504/2026-federal-loans-student-changes-save-plan

"Nationaal AI Deltaplan
In opdracht van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken schreven wij het Nationaal AI Deltaplan. Het plan schetst hoe Nederland op maatschappelijk verantwoorde wijze Europees koploper kan worden door gericht te investeren in eigen AI-kennis, talent en infrastructuur." https://aiplan.nl/deltaplan

AI Plan NL – Een plan voor AI dat werkt voor Nederland
AI Plan Nederland is een onafhankelijk initiatief met concrete voorstellen om Nederland klaar te maken voor de impact van de AI-transitie.

Netflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecasts, regardless of subscription tier (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/netflix-casting-chromeca…

Netflix quietly killed casting from phones to newer Chromecasts and Google TV Streamer
Netflix no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and streaming devices, regardless of the plan you're on.

Netflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecast, regardless of subscription plan (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/netflix-casting-chromecas…

Netflix quietly killed casting from phones to newer Chromecasts and Google TV Streamer
Netflix no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and streaming devices, regardless of the plan you're on.

WFT?
Fox Contributor Questions Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Income Tax: ‘The Math Doesn’t Really Work There’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-contributor-questions-trumps-plan-to-eliminate-income-tax-the-math-doesnt-really-work-there/

A very credible scenario.
#trump

Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

Rachael Bade, who previously co-authored Politico Playbook, Sean Spicer, and Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine plan online political show The Huddle (Status)
https://www.status.news/p/sean-spicer-rachel-bade-dan-turrentine-show-youtube

The 'Huddle' in Washington
Rachael Bade is teaming up with Sean Spicer and Dan Turrentine on a new venture, Status has learned, braving the crowded independent media space with a new political show.

Sources: Apple doesn't plan to comply with India's mandate to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on iPhones and will raise its concerns with New Delhi (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Stikstof geen bezwaar meer: met Wiersma's plan kan
de uitstoot bijna verdubbelen.
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/gevolgen-versoepeling-stikstofgrens-wiersma?utm_medium=social&amp…

Stikstof geen bezwaar meer: met Wiersma’s plan kan de uitstoot bijna verdubbelen
De versoepeling die landbouwminister Femke Wiersma voorstelt, betekent dat stikstof geen obstakel meer is voor boeren die willen uitbreiden. In theorie kan de uitstoot zelfs verdubbelen.

Ik lees in het Nationaal AI Deltaplan (goed dat het er is!) over een staatssecretaris van AI bij EZ. Zelf heb ik de voorkeur voor een Minister van Digitale Zaken die naast AI ook een onderwerp als cloud onder zijn/haar hoede kan nemen. Maar zeker niet allebei, dan spreiden we de thematiek over 2 departementen , EZ en BZK.
#AI

AI Plan NL – Een plan voor AI dat werkt voor Nederland
AI Plan Nederland is een onafhankelijk initiatief met concrete voorstellen om Nederland klaar te maken voor de impact van de AI-transitie.

Memo: the BBC presents plans to save £100M by shrinking its workforce to invest in digital resources and content, potentially affecting jobs in legal and more (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-100m-savings-plan-project-ada-1236628458/

BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
The BBC has confirmed plans to save £100M by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants. The plan is known as Project Ada.

Trump Mobile delays plan to launch its gold-coloured smartphone, initially promised for August 2025, saying the recent US government shutdown delayed deliveries (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/29fc1e75-7bec-4011-acc3-603e51cf9fe2

Nvidia and HPE plan to build two new Vera Rubin-based supercomputers for Los Alamos National Laboratory, for national security and scientific research (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.

Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin supercomputers for Los Alamos National Laboratory, total of seven new supercomputers — announcement comes on heels of AMD's recent supercomputer wins
Vera Rubin forges into supercomputers.

OpenAI offers its cheaper ChatGPT Go plan for free for one year to users in India starting November 4, but did not say how long the offer would remain available (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/openai-offers-free…

OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Go for one year to all users in India | TechCrunch
ChatGPT Go is now free for Indian users under a limited-time promotional offer.

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2…

Europe's relentless semiconductor decline
Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came into force in 2023, the goal initially appeared 'out of reach.