Australia Creates Tech‑funded Journalism Scheme, Then Ignores It
New by me —> Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism using Google and Facebook's dollars — but it doesn’t want to use it, preferring to keep pretending the free market is at work. https://t.co/VeWNiJLJiT
Norway's April New Cars: 99% Pure Electric
In Norway in April, a total of 11,103 new cars were registered. 87 run on diesel. 31 have gas engines. 20 are plug-in hybrids. 8 are gas full hybrids. 5 are diesel hybrids. 10,952 are pure electric. https://t.co/ClvEP6Pdd7
Musk's Water‑logged Tunnel Plan Ranks as His Dumbest
Elon Musk has done a lot of dumb shit, but "building a tunnel under a city where the water table is around waist height" would be a contender for the dumbest
Bezos-Driven WaPo Opinion Becomes 2026’s Stupidity Hub
The Bezos-ified WaPo opinion page continues to be the best place to get stupider in 2026 https://t.co/iTegWDU1hq
Qwen3.5 Excels at Reasoning, Fails on Facts
This matches my experience; Qwen3.5 4B seems pretty good on reasoning/thinking but terrible on factual knowledge. Spent like five turns trying to convince me Portland became the capital of Oregon in 2023.