Rob Cain

@JohnSimpsonNews fully expecting splashback from Moscow, in the fulness of time.

With Orbán gone, NATO and the EU have lost a Putin-influenced brake on their decision-making. It’s another blow to Russia—and a disappointment to Trump and Vance, who failed to influence the vote.

I’m beginning to love this guy more and more every day. Thank you Italy. 🇮🇹

@CruelBritannia @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour @WelshLabour to be fair, not many people are 'mocking' his country; most are simply damning it.

Is this why Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer wants Israel-linked Palantir in control of our data? So a foreign war criminal can 'hunt down' UK citizens? Starmer and his regime's allegiance @uklabour @welshlabour is to a hostile foreign power. #DiditalID #NoToDigitalID

The 2nd Robot Marathon has officially begun in Beijing. This year feels different. 1. Around 40% of teams are running fully autonomous, no remote control. 2. Top robots are already hitting ~10s per 100 meter, getting surprisingly close to human sprint limits. 3. You can also see much better safety design upfront. Way more structured than last year’s chaos. 4. Still, failures happen. Marathon distance pushes motors, structure, and control to the limit. What works in short demos breaks down over longer runs. Overall, a big step forward, but also a reminder that real-world robotics is still far from the polished demo videos you get fed from companies.

Wow. This is amazing Researchers just developed DNA-level encryption to protect bioengineered cells. A team of US researchers has created a system that scrambles genetic instructions into a nonfunctional state, meaning engineered cells simply don’t work unless they’re unlocked. This new approach uses site specific recombinases and a 45-input chemical keypad to control access. The keypad is built from 9 small molecules. It requires the exact sequence and timing of chemical inputs to act as a biological password. Only then do recombinases restore the DNA to its functional state. In ethical hacking tests simulating real-world attacks, unauthorized access succeeded just 0.2% of the time, showing strong protection of biological assets. Damn.. we are moving toward a highly secure biological future.

Decisive result in Hungary - Orban and Fidesz defeated, Magyar and Tisza triumphant. Big relief for EU, disappointment for Trump and Putin who both favoured Orban

@pvergadia arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617

🤯BREAKING: Researchers just mathematically proved that AI layoffs will collapse the economy: and every CEO already knows it. The AI Layoff Trap. A game theory paper from UPenn + Boston University is glaringly important! 100K+ tech layoffs in 2025. 80% of US workers exposed. And no market force can stop it. → Every company fires workers to cut costs → Every fired worker stops buying products → Revenue collapses across every sector → The companies that fired everyone go bankrupt It's a Prisoner's Dilemma with math behind it. Automate and you survive short-term. Don't automate and your competitor kills you. But everyone automating destroys the demand that makes all companies viable. UBI (universal basic income) won't fix it. Profit taxes won't fix it. The researchers found only one solution: a Pigouvian automation tax "robot tax" The AI trap on the economy is here!

@derJamesJackson how is that even possible in this day & age. utterly absurd.

After a protest against Israel’s death penalty law, Berlin police have now banned any portrayals of executions at protests

BREAKING: China's Taiwan Affairs Office has released ten new "policy measures" to promote the "peaceful development of cross-Strait relations" following the Xi-Cheng meeting. 1. Explore regular communication between the CCP and KMT on the basis of the "1992 consensus." 2. Established two-way youth exchanges between the CCP and KMT organizations. 3. Promote water, electricity, and gas connections from Fujian to Kinmen and Matsu. 4. Promote full resumption of cross-Strait direct passenger flights, including allowing Kinmen to use the new airport near Xiamen. 5. Establish mechanisms to facilitate Taiwanese agriculture and allow it to participate in Chinese markets, on the basis of opposing "Taiwan independence." 6. Improve fisheries access across Taiwan, including allowing Taiwan-caught products into Chinese markets. 7. Provide registration for Taiwanese food products in Chinese markets. 8. Study establishment of new cross-Strait markets, including allowing smaller Taiwanese firms access to expands into China. 9. Allow the introduction of "politically appropriate" Taiwanese TV shows and movies to China. 10. Promote resumption of pilot programs for individual travel to Taiwan for residents of Fujian and Shanghai province.

BREAKING: Idaho Governor Brad Little has signed a bill into law that prohibits any government entity from requiring individuals to obtain, maintain, present, or use digital identification.

🚨 Wow! Hungary election betting markets just went wild. Péter Magyar now has 86% odds to be the next Prime Minister of Hungary. Viktor Orbán has collapsed to just 15%. After 15 years in power, the grip of Putin’s mouse looks like it’s slipping fast. What a stunning shift! 🇭🇺

Statistical approximation is not the same thing as general intelligence. osf.io/preprints/psya… via @ValerioCapraro et al

A foreign news report on yesterday’s Palestine Action protest in London. The rest of the world is watching this utter fiasco. What an advert for the UK. Well done Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper.

@TheCanaryUK @NicolaCJeffery a situation amply explained by the mighty @ModernToss: youtube.com/watch?v=CSmyb5…

How very Christian the British state is: arresting vicars for protesting a g*nocide. We've collectively lost our minds if we're tolerating this.

@MAGACult2 oh dear. this really paints the British sense of humour in a very bad light. i'm all for taking the piss, but this is just a bit shit.

The UK is mocking us. And it is pretty dang funny. Despite the fact, we are living through this tragedy.

@KayBurley @bbclaurak @vicderbyshire i fear you might be eating your words before long.

No fan of Starmer but he continues to hold his nerve and carry out the supreme duty as PM - to keep his citizens safe from harm. @bbclaurak @vicderbyshire

Palantir’s infiltration into the British government is chilling. A world where our health records are used to power state-sponsored surveillance and target vulnerable communities isn’t so far away goodlawproject.org/palantir-uses-…