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  • June 5, 2026·9 min read

    Pollar doesn't sell access to its writing. The first payment came in three days

    The first reader paid PLN 249 for an annual Founder pack three days after we switched Stripe on. Why someone pays for what is also free, what broke technically, and what this single payment hasn't yet proved.

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Nvidia buys Hugging Face

Iran and Russia stretch Western nerves as AI fragility and climate warnings deepen

The day brought hard power, soft infrastructure and a reminder that the internet's cleverest machines still trip over plumbing. A Gulf escalation shook shipping, Europe chased suspected Russian sabotage, Nvidia moved for the developer layer of AI, and forecasters pointed to a fierce El Niño.

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European Union · Updated 1h ago

The Green Deal under revision

No new climate-relevant findings or signal events this cycle; the only signal concerns a Polish crypto-law override vote, outside this thread's scope.

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