20yrs ago on radio, I was asked to predict a next big historical theme. I chose *food*. Great episode of BBCFreeThinking illustrates why. @shahidhabari.bsky.social talks to @paulmason.bsky.social, Pen Vogler, Dan Taylor, @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social, Susannah Savage www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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"China has, under our noses, achieved a new type of imperial power: digital colonialism." My piece for the @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social today. "The African states hungriest for Chinese surveillance are often the most authoritarian, and the most hostile to our values and our way of life." 🫣

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Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 30% (+1) RFM: 24% (-1) CON: 22% (+3) GRN: 8% (-1) LDM: 7% (-1) SNP: 3% (-1) Via DeltapollUK, 16-19 Oct. Changes w/ 11-14 Sep.

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Similarly, if this CoreWeave debt is fully secured by contracts with hyperscalers like Meta, then what are the big spreads being paid for? www.ft.com/content/4fb4...

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I guess the first link to break will be a “neocloud” company like Coreweave. But then who else do they pull down with them?

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