DEN HAAG (ANP) - Mona Keijzer wil een nieuwe sociaal-conservatieve partij oprichten. Bij de aankondiging donderdag bleek dat haar ideeën weinig verschillen van andere partijen op de rechterflank. Maar die voeren hun plannen niet uit en "blijven denken dat de overheid het gaat oplossen", aldus Keijzer die eerder bij het CDA en de BBB zat.

Keijzer wil onder meer een kleinere overheid, "rigoureus" subsidies schrappen, het "doorgeslagen duurzaamheidsbeleid" aanpakken, migratie verminderen en ondernemers meer ruimte geven. Ze wil af van beleid gebaseerd op modellen, zoals van het Centraal Planbureau (CPB).

Ze zoekt de komende maanden mensen en middelen voor een toekomstige partij waarvan de naam nog niet bekend is. In november wil ze dan met een partij komen. Ze mikt dan bij verkiezingen voor de Tweede Kamer op "twintig of dertig zetels", zei Keijzer. En ze wil de eerste vrouwelijke premier van Nederland worden, voegde ze eraan toe.

GRAVELINES (ANP/DPA) - Kwallen hebben er opnieuw voor gezorgd dat reactoren van een kerncentrale in Frankrijk zijn stilgezet. De dieren zorgden er eerder deze maand ook al voor dat de grootste Franse kerncentrale niet op volledige capaciteit kon draaien.

Twee van de zes reactoren zijn uit voorzorg stilgelegd vanwege de kwallen. Daardoor draait er nu geen enkele reactor van de centrale in Gravelines op volle kracht. Twee andere reactoren draaien op verminderd vermogen en de overige twee reactoren zijn ook stilgelegd, deels vanwege onderhoud.

Sinds woensdagavond is er meer dan 200 ton aan kwallen opgedoken bij de centrale, stelt een woordvoerster van eigenaar energieconcern EDF. De kwallen hopen zich onder meer op bij de filtersystemen. Volgens de woordvoerster probeert EDF de kwallen vroegtijdig te signaleren en aan te pakken. Zo varen er zeven boten in de buurt van de kerncentrale om de kwallen te vangen en verder op zee weer los te laten.

There'll be no rest for X Corps' lawyers this weekend after startup Operation Bluebird rolled out the twitter.now social media network this week. The launch came the same week as Nitter was served a cease-and-desist letter, and it's the latest in the saga of Twitter branding that X boss Elon Musk dispensed with when renaming his $44 billion purchase as 'X'. Unlike Nitter, which lets users view X content without an account, twitter.info is a new social media platform and "not affiliated with X Corp." Users must sign up for a paid account and can then post and view posts. "You'll see trust signals on posts," a FAQ on the service's website explains, "and you control your own feed with a simple dial — freedom of speech, not freedom of reach." At present, the service is asking $20 for early access as a founder, and $40 for the "Fighter" tier, which adds a slingshot badge to the user's profile. As for why the service isn't free, like other X alternatives such as Bluesky or Mastodon, the answer is, "To keep bots out and stay independent. "A paid door proves there's a real person behind an account, and member funding keeps us answerable to you instead of advertisers." Operation Bluebird filed to claim the Twitter trademark last year, reasoning that since Musk ditched it in favor of X, it was fair game. X disagreed, and snapped back: "Twitter never left and continues to be exclusively owned by X Corp." The case is ongoing, and no judgment has been made. However, the team behind Operation Bluebird is clearly confident enough in the outcome to launch twitter.now and posted, "Twitter is a reclaimed brand. "Twitter.now is not an attempt to recreate the old platform." The Register asked X what it makes of it all, but Musk's mouthpiece has yet to respond. In a week in which X lawyers have seen off the likes of XCancel and Nitter, at least for the time being, it will be interesting to see what happens to twitter.now. X's content is not what the service is offering, but the old Twitter branding is certainly in its crosshairs. Your move, X. ®

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In July, we wrote about the ‘ChatGPT flyer pandemic,’ in which, as you’ve surely seen, businesses everywhere are advertising themselves and their products with AI-generated posters that all look the same. Surf lesson coaches; guitar stores; bars; so many takeout places. They’re all doing it. And all the posters suck ass.

Naturally, a new meta is emerging, where some businesses and organizations are now holding up crudely drawn signs saying they’ll never use AI, or fuck AI, or various things like this. And people absolutely love it: some of these posts have tens of thousands of likes.

“I would rather your event flyer look like this than see more AI slop,” one flyer posted to Instagram, written in pencil on a page of lined paper, reads. It then shows a couple of stick figures smiling, with the text “I will come to this event.”

Another Instagram post has a couple of people from a bar holding a clip board. The hand-written note in one picture says, “We will NOT be using any AI post to promote the following…” Other pictures then ask people to apply for job vacancies at the bar.

A library posted a very similar message on a piece of cardboard, that reads, “We will not be using AI to create content.”

A cafe posted a series of photos on Instagram of someone holding a paper sign that says, “We will not be using any AI posters to promote ourselves. Instead I will be using this paper and marker pen.” One of the photos adds, “the pancakes are really really GOOD!”

“I hear ya’ll hate AI flyers! So here I am doing hair,” a hand-written sign from a stylist reads, complete with a picture of someone working on another’s hair.

Rachel Karten, writer of the Link In Bio newsletter, posted some other examples 404 Media came across as well. 

This trend will probably go stale fast. But, hey, jump on it while you can.

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