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Singapore-based MetaComp, which bridges traditional fiat payment rails and stablecoin settlement infrastructure, raised $35M across two pre-Series A rounds (Timmy Shen/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/393509/metacomp-raises-35-million-alibaba

I feel like 10 years ago I could do such cool things with Rails Omniauth Bootstrap. No AI. Very little cloud beyond an Ubuntu server somewhere.
How far we have fallen.

#Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
(h/t Aarne Granlund over on bsky)
https://yle.fi/a/74-20220038

Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer
Transport Minister Lulu Ranne (Finns) says a long-delayed cross-border train to Sweden should begin rolling this summer, allowing passengers to ride the rails from continental Europe to Finnish Lapland, or overland between the Finnish and Swedish capitals.

The Washington Post (via MSN): Trump votes by mail as he rails against mail-in ballots as cheating
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/trump-votes-by-mail-as-he-rails-against-mail-in-ballots-as-cheating-report/ar-AA1…

When all of this is “over”, it's not going to be good enough to say “We shouldn't have let that happen. It'll be better now.” That's just lying to yourselves and everyone else for 4 years.
The only acceptable outcome from a world power who has gone this far off the rails is “we've made it so that it *can’t* happen again.”

Trump with no guard rails: 'Civilization will die' post shows his growing power over social media (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/trump-social-media-power-growing-00861988
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p134#a260407p134

Diplomats said Robert Fico described Donald Trump as dangerous and worried about his psychological state, appearing traumatised and saying Trump seemed out of his mind after their meeting.
Slovakia’s PM rails against Politico report he was ‘shocked’ by Trump’s psychological state https://ground.news/article/slovakias-pm-rails-against-politico-report-he-was-shocked-by-trumps-psychological-state

This budget battle over DHS that’s happening in the Senate now — it’s not about accountability or guard rails. It’s about whether a force like this should exist at all in the USA.

Hannah Spencer's speech.
Good speech.
One criticism: why is it called the Green party? What about the ecosystem and climate emergency? You have to use opportunities like this to level with people.
"Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life, holidays": Green's new Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer rails against life in modern Britain as she vows to do things differently - Manchester Evening News

"Working hard used to get you a house, a nice life, holidays": Green's new Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer rails against life in modern Britain as she vows to do things differently
The Green Party secured a big win in the Gorton and Denton by-election

"JD Vance has railed against the EU, accusing it of blatantly interfering in Hungary’s upcoming elections, even as the US vice-president said he had travelled to Budapest to “help” Viktor Orbšn win Sunday’s vote."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr