57AJH
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Photography, Nature and sometimes a combination of the two. Loves the 852
Spot on ⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Spot on ⬇️
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A quick explanation of how this borrowing to assist Ukraine will work. "Enhanced cooperation" means EU law is being used, but some Member States opt out. The process has been applied a few times before, but never before re the EU budget. 1/
🚨 The latest conclusions say the EU will trigger Article 20 of enhanced cooperation to ensure that any mobilisation of EU resources to guarantee joint debt "will not have an impact on the financial obligations of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia," as previously reported by Euronews.
🚨 Bombshell at #EUCO at almost 2 am: António Costa has proposed to use common borrowing to meet Ukraine's most immediate financial needs while technical work on the reparations loan continues in the coming months.
Messy mix-match solution. Leaders are still discussing.
Messy mix-match solution. Leaders are still discussing.
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A quick explanation of how this borrowing to assist Ukraine will work. "Enhanced cooperation" means EU law is being used, but some Member States opt out. The process has been applied a few times before, but never before re the EU budget. 1/
Sending this to NATO as it may be useful. A bargain at 2/6
December 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Sending this to NATO as it may be useful. A bargain at 2/6
The time is fast approaching when we have to think about downsizing. What have people done with books that can no longer be housed. Not really many charity shops here. And some are quite specialised. Reluctant to send to recycling 🥺 #books #downsizing
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The time is fast approaching when we have to think about downsizing. What have people done with books that can no longer be housed. Not really many charity shops here. And some are quite specialised. Reluctant to send to recycling 🥺 #books #downsizing
Snap crackle and POP
Open source could pop the AI bubble — and soon: very interesting oped here from Mark Surman of Mozilla www.ft.com/content/353a...
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Snap crackle and POP
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A team of former engineers from Dutch semiconductor giant ASML have reverse-engineered its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines and built a prototype for China using parts from older ASML machines.
How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
Ex-engineers from ASML reverse-engineered its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines and built a prototype using parts from older ASML machines on the secondary market.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A team of former engineers from Dutch semiconductor giant ASML have reverse-engineered its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines and built a prototype for China using parts from older ASML machines.
Trying to look festive. The FCC in glorious winter sunshine this morning.
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Trying to look festive. The FCC in glorious winter sunshine this morning.
Free markets
Trump targets defense giants' shareholder payouts as cost overruns mount, sources say reut.rs/48WhtSl
Trump targets defense giants' shareholder payouts as cost overruns mount, sources say
The Trump administration is planning an executive order that would limit dividends, buybacks and executive pay for defense contractors whose projects are over-budget and delayed, according to three sources briefed on the order.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Free markets
From Bloomberg: Unconventional AI, a two-month-old startup, raised $475 million in a seed round of funding that valued the company at $4.5 billion.
What world am I living in? 2 month old company valued at $4.5bn. 🫧🫧🫧
What world am I living in? 2 month old company valued at $4.5bn. 🫧🫧🫧
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
From Bloomberg: Unconventional AI, a two-month-old startup, raised $475 million in a seed round of funding that valued the company at $4.5 billion.
What world am I living in? 2 month old company valued at $4.5bn. 🫧🫧🫧
What world am I living in? 2 month old company valued at $4.5bn. 🫧🫧🫧
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This got past the Telegraph's editor.
Morning.
Morning.
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This got past the Telegraph's editor.
Morning.
Morning.
Age is catching up with me fast. In the last 5 days I’ve taken 2 books out of the library and discovered I’ve already read one. Then I bought 3 paperbacks - I’ve read one of those too. In fact I read it last month. That said I highly recommend the detective stories of Keigo Higashino.
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Age is catching up with me fast. In the last 5 days I’ve taken 2 books out of the library and discovered I’ve already read one. Then I bought 3 paperbacks - I’ve read one of those too. In fact I read it last month. That said I highly recommend the detective stories of Keigo Higashino.
Water without scale. Taken in the local park. Very soothing. #Hongkongpark
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Water without scale. Taken in the local park. Very soothing. #Hongkongpark
THIS ⬇️
❗️Prime Minister of Poland Tusk: Dear American friends, Europe is your closest ally, not your problem. And we have common enemies. At least that's how it has been in the last 80 years. We need to stick to this, this is the only reasonable strategy of our common security. Unless something has changed.
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
THIS ⬇️
Another of the small stores gone from Stanley Street #HongKong
It used to sell every kind of small electrical component / appliance. Probably yet another coffee shop will take its place
It used to sell every kind of small electrical component / appliance. Probably yet another coffee shop will take its place
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Another of the small stores gone from Stanley Street #HongKong
It used to sell every kind of small electrical component / appliance. Probably yet another coffee shop will take its place
It used to sell every kind of small electrical component / appliance. Probably yet another coffee shop will take its place
Shot through a shop window this cat was possibly the most morbidly obese feline I have ever seen. I was told 7 or 8 cats live in the tiny shop, which surprisingly only seeks cat merchandise. I’m not sure there can be room for much to sell if the other cats are of a similar size.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Shot through a shop window this cat was possibly the most morbidly obese feline I have ever seen. I was told 7 or 8 cats live in the tiny shop, which surprisingly only seeks cat merchandise. I’m not sure there can be room for much to sell if the other cats are of a similar size.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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CNBC Squawk Box Asia, Wed 19, 2025: Bubbles: how judge the severity of the damage done when they burst. And what to do about safegaurding you assets.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
Market bubbles cracking: Gold & defense stocks the go‑to strategy, says David Roche
David Roche of Quantum Strategy told CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia that bubbles in AI and credit markets are beginning to crack, posing serious economic risks. While he noted the fallout is unlikely to reach...
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
CNBC Squawk Box Asia, Wed 19, 2025: Bubbles: how judge the severity of the damage done when they burst. And what to do about safegaurding you assets.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
Sai Kung getting its mojo back. Absolutely glorious morning in our happy place
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Sai Kung getting its mojo back. Absolutely glorious morning in our happy place
I have traveled 7 continents and many countries. This is the only country I hated going to. Never felt safe.
Meanwhile, away from architectural fever dreams, the execution of migrants for minor drug offences www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I have traveled 7 continents and many countries. This is the only country I hated going to. Never felt safe.
I’d opt out if I’d actually signed up.
Starting Monday November 3, @linkedin.com will begin to scrape user data and posts of Hong Kong accounts for the training of its AI models.
You can opt out by going to Settings → Data Privacy → Data for Generative AI improvement
You can opt out by going to Settings → Data Privacy → Data for Generative AI improvement
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I’d opt out if I’d actually signed up.
