A deep analysis at https://t.co/5zkhB6KxQi details Netflix's InterPositive acquisition: exclusive tech, patents until 2045, proprietary data, 16-member expert team, ready-to-use system, and consumer patent. Affleck promotes non-generative AI for creativity. with a 60-page PDF.
Applied for Apple Developer Program 5 weeks ago, case #102818684927, weekly follow-ups in email and over the phone, still waiting. Any way to expedite? Building an educational card game app. @AppleSupport
@steveyedlin So how do we use extra screen brightness available?
a) we don't, we keep everything in SDR
b) we punch through the highlights, leaving everything else the same
c) we randomly twist knobs in a color corrector, because, hey that is my new creative intent, or
d) something else?
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Are we really going to buy the massively expensive F-35 from U.S. procurement when we don’t even know if there are override codes that Donald Trump or the United States could use to undermine our defenses?
Now, American contractors are coming to Canada, saying, ‘Listen, honest to God, we’ll work with you. We’ll do it outside the United States to secure your contracts.’ Meanwhile, we’re saying, ‘We’ll do it domestically or we’ll do it in Europe.’
The U.S. procurement system is a huge economic driver, but right now, we simply can’t trust it—because we can’t trust a neighbor that’s threatening our sovereignty.
Dear American friends.
We agree that status quo in the Artcic is not an option.
So let’s talk about how we can fix it - together.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Danish Foreign Minister
Yes, great. When telling the plain truth is courage! Feels like a Churchill speech from the late 30s. This type of speech should be given by patriotic Republican Senators, or a Democratic leader if they can find one. Trump has allied the US with Russia and denial isn't useful.
We didn’t know then that it had all been agreed in advance in the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
Today, we have no excuse for such naivety. It’s a safe bet that the Trump-Putin Pact already exists—and we should act accordingly.🧵14/14
Little experiment: Since President Reagan is no longer with us, I was curious and asked ChatGPT what he might say about the current situation. The results are quite interesting. AI-generated photo by Grok.
AI generated "Reaganesque" speech (ChatGPT):
"My fellow Americans,
I speak to you today not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an American who believes in freedom, in democracy, and in the sacred duty we have to stand against tyranny wherever it may rise.
For decades, the United States has been a shining city on a hill—a beacon of hope for those oppressed, a defender of liberty, and a friend to those who fight for their own freedom. That is who we are. That is who we have always been. And that is who we must remain.
Today, we see a tyrant in Moscow—Vladimir Putin, a man who mourns the fall of the Soviet Union, not because he seeks peace, but because he longs for empire. A man who crushes dissent, silences opponents, and wages war against a free and sovereign Ukraine.
And yet, we hear voices here at home—some even within our own party—who would rather appease this dictator than oppose him. Who would rather shake his hand than stand firm against his aggression. Who mock and belittle a man like President Zelensky, not because he has failed, but because he has dared to succeed. Because he has dared to resist. Because he has dared to stand on his feet and say, not today, not ever!
Let me be clear: America does not cower before tyrants. America does not abandon its allies. America does not betray those who fight for the very ideals upon which this nation was founded.
Some would have us turn inward, retreat from the world stage, and cozy up to those who despise our way of life. But we have seen this story before, and we know how it ends. Weakness invites aggression. Silence encourages oppression. And appeasement? Appeasement is but a prelude to disaster.
So I ask you, my fellow Americans: Shall we stand with the man who jails his critics, poisons his opponents, and invades his neighbors? Or shall we stand with the man who fights—not for conquest, but for the right of his people to live in peace and liberty?
If America is to remain the last, best hope of Earth, we must choose wisely. Because the free world still looks to us, as it always has. And I say, as I have always said: Mr. Putin, we will not yield. And Mr. Zelensky, we stand with you.
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America"