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Read about my one-time home, #Jakarta, and how it’s transformed from the world’s most congested city into a transit success that provides nearly 90% of its residents with mass transit access.
But, as my recent reporting points out, there’s still a long way to go.

Jakarta’s Remarkable Urban Transit Transformation – In Development
evidence and argument for a developing world

Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about "losing the AI race" to China as K3 is strong but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities (Transformer)
https://www.transformernews.ai/p/kimi-k3-is-no-reason-for…

Open-source Kimi K3 model is no reason for China panic
Transformer Weekly: NY data center moratorium, NDAA export controls and Amodei’s $1m to safety super PAC

'Moderate' Gov Abigail Spanberger Appoints Trans Activist to Virginia Advisory Board After Avoiding Trans Issues on Campaign Trail (Jessica Schwalb/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/moderate-gov-abigail-spanberger-appoints-trans-activist-to-virginia-advisory-board-after-avoiding-trans-issues-on-campaign-trail/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p77#a260617p77

"In May, solar topped coal nationwide for the first time. In California, solar is fast displacing natural gas."
California has invested heavily in solar and batteries and it is displacing fossil fuels quickly.
Interesting to see solar top coal-based energy production nationwide in May.
https://www.

Straße von Hormus: Iran will Transit nach Bitcoinzahlung offiziell versichern
Die für den Welthandel wichtige Straße von Hormus ist weiter dicht, einige Schiffe kommen aber durch. Das lässt sich der Iran bezahlen, bald wohl offiziell.

Straße von Hormus: Iran will Transit nach Bitcoinzahlung offiziell versichern
Die für den Welthandel wichtige Straße von Hormus ist weiter dicht, einige Schiffe kommen aber durch. Das lässt sich der Iran bezahlen, bald wohl offiziell.

Countries must back commitments to transition from fossil fuels with action #environment

Countries must back commitments to transition from fossil fuels with action
The first international Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels concluded on April 29 in Santa Marta, Colombia. Stemming from the failure of the last COP meeting in Belèm, Brazil, to address the necessity of reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the intergovernmental event was co-organized by Colombia and the Netherlands and gathered delegations from 59 countries.

And here is the video and short summary for those wanting the TL;DR
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/article-hubs/polar-geoengineering-risks-realities/explainer
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769474882730548
Ruth_Mottram - We also wrote a version for kids:
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1633572
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589
Ruth_Mottram - Flurry of articles, including in the Guardian on the very well funded but seriously misguided efforts to geoengineer the Arctic by growing sea ice, reminds me that it is probably time to report our critical article on the subject..
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393/full

The Longest-period Young Transiting Exoplanets—A Duo of Puffy Giants inside a Debris Disk: #exoplanets among those transiting young stars: https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-y-ull-led-identification-longest-orbital-period-exoplanets-among-those-transiting-young-stars

The UK government has launched three consultations examining how data protection rules affect international data transfers, AI and the re-use of public sector information.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/202…

Government invites views on data transfers, AI rules and public sector data re-use
The government has launched three consultations examining how data protection rules affect international data transfers, AI and the re-use of public sector information.

At AWS Summit, AWS announced Continuum, which uses AI to find and fix code vulnerabilities, Context, which organizes company data for AI agents, and more (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-unvei

Amazon unveils new AI agents, trying to thread the needle between autonomy and human control
AWS used its New York Summit to roll out AI agents that act on their own — from fixing security vulnerabilities to triaging email — while trying to keep humans in control of how far they go.