You have seen me defend Israel again and a again. Defend Israel against murder, against rape, against kidnappings, against missiles from brutal Iran. But while you see me defending Israel you will not see me defending Netanyahu and his allies Gvir and Smotrich. They are a tinder

Delighted and honoured to receive a Knighthood for services to AI. It’s been an incredible journey so far building Google DeepMind over the past 15 years, helping accelerate the field and grow the UK & global AI ecosystems. Thanks to everyone who helped make this dream possible!

Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment.

Sorry many of you have gotten upset about my message today.   Even the press has gotten in touch with me.  I am not dying.

It was a message about saying how we should embrace every day that we have.  Sorry for this confusion.

Love,
Richard

On February 24th, an invoice was issued to a Starter plan user of Netlify for a substantial amount of bandwidth usage.

Our internal systems should have identified this rare case, and it should have been flagged by our systems before being sent to this user. We sincerely

The politics of America’s housing issues in one chart:

• People and politicians in blue states say they care deeply about the housing crisis and homelessness but keep blocking housing so both get worse

• Red states simply permit loads of new homes and have no housing crisis

This is a very good history lesson + analysis of DynamoDB single-table design from Rick himself. Thank goodness there's not a 140 character limit anymore so Rick could add some nuance.

Key points:

1. 'Data that is accessed together should be stored together' -- still true and

Elon Musk's ego is really fragile! That's why he included Wikipedia. Because Jimmy Wales called out him/his Twitter a few months ago.

Every year on February 20, Ukrainians honor the memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred.

We would like to remember Ihor Kostenko, an active Ukrainian Wikipedian and Euromaidan activist who was killed during the confrontation on Instytutska Street on February 20, 2014.

He was posthumously awarded the title 'Hero of Ukraine' — the highest national award.

During Wikimania-2014, the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales named him the Wikipedian of the Year.

So, here it is.

Can the IWM *really* claim © on Crown Copyright images etc where copyright has long expired?

Surely these images should be out of copyright & free to use, right?

Right? /1
#History #Heritage #Museums

This is exactly right. Section 230 protects *you and me*, not just tech companies. It protects your Substack or blog, or your newsletter that shares information from around the internet. It makes you more free from fear that someone else's content will land you in court.

How nice of the BBC tech team to finally notice the IPAA, three months into its life, ahead of today’s Parliamentary debate, which is the fifth one. Seriously, I’ve been dealing with this since 9 November. But there’s an “ooooooh big tech!” angle now so 🤷‍♀️ bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

Big news: I’m delighted to announce that I will be taking up the position of CEO of NPR starting in late March. NPR has been a lifelong part of my soundscape, and I credit its reporting with sparking my curiosity that set me onto the path to become the person I am today.

Ahh…right…OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass. Consider this shit shut right down right now.

I don’t agree with Nikki Haley on everything, but we agree on this much: She is not Nancy Pelosi.

Can't believe we have a fancy video and all 🦋

This looks sweeet.

The Sun has, not to put too fine a point on it, totally fucked it with its latest Starmer hit.

My latest for The New European - Think Without Borders: theneweuropean.co.uk/another-labour…