I bought this on a whim a while back and found that I love it! Well-balanced and fun, multiple ways to achieve goals.

Lithuania has announced it will begin shooting down smuggler balloons originating from Belarus, following repeated disruptions to the Baltic nation’s air traffic, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene confirmed on Monday.

The decision comes after Vilnius Airport was forced to close on four separate occasions last week due to incursions into its airspace.

Each incident also prompted the temporary closure of Lithuania’s border crossings with Belarus.

Lithuanian authorities assert that the balloons are deployed by smugglers ferrying contraband cigarettes from Belarus into the European Union.

Finally, some good AI news

Not the TPS reports!

For the first fraction of a second, after reading the post title, I thought we were talking about developing a rocket to chase and capture SpaceX property. The actuality does not spark joy.

Vibe math. No thank you

Too much deep fried turkey?

Arthur C Clarke is an excellent author and the Rama series is one of my all-time favourites. I’d recommend anything by Philip K Dick, though honestly I think a good reference would be to pick works listed in the SF Masterworks collection, it’s how I found many of my favourite SF novels.

If you fancy venturing into modern SF classics, my favourites are by Peter F Hamilton, Iain M Banks and William Gibson; though does Gibson count? He doesn’t even have a middle initial 😄

The bat travelled 1,000 miles. It is not stated how far the car travelled.

The Express is well known in the UK for exaggerated and rage-bait headlines. That and predicting outrageous weather events, without evidence, that never materialise

The Daily Express is a UK right-wing tabloid newspaper and is a very unreliable news source. I can only presume that the US version is from the same mould.

No no, it’s ok, we can sell the government different AI to scan for those vulnerabilities /s

Note that it was City of London Police involved. The City of London is quite distinct and different from the London that tourists know of. The City of London is owned by the corporations (mainly financial institutions) within its boundary, it is self-governing and has the right to set up it’s own police force which can take enforcement action in any part of the UK, not just the City of London. They are basically an enforcement arm for corporations and are very interested in things like enforcing intellectual property claims.

But what will the show do with the remaining 58 minutes?

A divorce is a certification, isn’t it?

David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

[…]

The scheme, which was first mooted by Lammy in March, is supposed to embed FCDO staff in firms to gain commercial experience while inviting private-sector staff to take placements in government.

“In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, the robots become self-aware and take over the world,” Burke’s study begins. “In this paper, we take a first step in that direction…”

Gee, thanks for taking that first step towards murder bots and the annihilation of humankind. Great job👌

He’s planning out where to build the new McDonalds concession

We Love New Zealand Sado-Masochism is the only other possible meaning. I shall not be taking further questions.

It looks cool, but, like, where do peoples’ legs go?