DISTURBING SURVEY OF US OPINION REVEALS THE FRAGILITY OF AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY.
Although billed as showing that “a vast majority of Americans express support for democracy” and that “88 % of respondents […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
Working for social democracy and a greener world through the Liberal Democrats
FAIR AND SQUARE FOR INVESTMENT AND REWARD
When companies invest in UK they do so in the hope of profitable business – and UK welcomes this as […]
Read more →Exascale Computing Development Confirmed for Edinburgh
Few now remember Black Arrow, UK’s 1970 satellite launcher. This developed out of the successful earlier Blue Streak rocket program. […]
Read more →The Public Service Ethos must be Defended
There are many public service activities where it is inappropriate for private contractors to be involved. The contractors in some […]
Read more →Hey, 14th October is International E-Waste Day.
WEEE! And there’s a lot of it.
9 million tonnes of “invisible” e-waste (meaning people don’t realise there were electronics inside) […]
Nationalism and Populism will Never Work in the Long Term
Sorry, Reform and Tories. There is no simple answer.
Are there too many people in the UK?
Well, looking at the rate […]
Biden was aware of the dangers of biased AI systems – so he introduced safeguards. But Trump could see the potential of “politically correct” AI in moulding thought and culture to please the MAGA base, the evangelical right wing and the US ‘Technoplutocrats’ – so he cancelled Biden’s safeguards as quickly as he could!
As you all know there are many different versions of “AI” from Expert Systems to “LLM Chatboxes”, e.g. ChatGPT. It’s […]
Read more →People putting up “personality tests” or topical polls on Social Media may not have your interests at heart!
There seem to be more “polls” on social media offering to analyse your personality, views, philosophy/beliefs, opinion on current issues […]
Read more →“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]
Happy Womens’ Day!
Happy Women’s Day!(sadly not much celebrated in W Europe)
The pic shows a Flower Market somewhere in E Europe in happier […]