"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness ...” - Mark Twain
How much of this is a story of accidental cyberattacks and how much of it is learning we don't know how to properly sandbox these tools for cybersecurity testing?
Simon WillisonJust had to create an "accidental-cyberattacks" tag on my blog We're up to four now: the original OpenAI+Hugging Face one, Anthropic's me-too attacks, then two new ones from the UK AI Safety Institute and Irregular that OpenAI reported yesterday simonwillison.net/tags/acciden...
PENTAGON HOLDS CRISIS MEETING ON WEAPONS SHORTFALL AFTER ANGRY TRUMP CALL, SOURCES SAY – NBC
Oh puh-leez www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Trump Said Qatari Jet Was Destined for His Library. That May Change.A White House official says no final decision has been made about which plane will go on display at the Trump presidential library. That leaves the fate of the Qatari jet unclear.www.nytimes.comThree-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Mainstream media isn’t talking about it, but bulldozers and construction crews have descended upon Texas’ Big Bend National Park as the Trump administration moves forward with its border barrier project. The project will permanently damage one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures.
Tom Nichols on Trump: “This is really dangerous because there is no one around him to say: ‘This isn’t true’ or ‘That’s a bad idea’ or ‘Maybe we should talk about it some more’. He now has become completely wrapped up in his own power…” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
One of those "if Biden did it..." moments
Aaron RuparTrump in Nevada: "Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way" (Whatley is running in North Carolina)
“.. At their closest proximity, Marine One came within 0.8 miles of lateral distance and 700 feet of vertical distance from the passenger jet ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Again folks, just need to keep pointing this out: the traditional corporate media covering politics essentially drove Biden out of the WH for this. ↘️
Aaron RuparTrump in Nevada: "Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way" (Whatley is running in North Carolina)
“.. In April, Mr. Trump fired his Navy secretary for not moving quickly enough on building the battleship of his dreams.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
The U.S. Attorney believes that a "public rebuke" and an internal review are sufficient for egregious prosecutorial misconduct that put my family through hell. My seven-year-old is still having nightmares and panic attacks related to this case. Justice requires transparency and accountability.
Jon SeidelChicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
This guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.
NEW: President Trump suffered a pair of embarrassments when he got bad headlines over the botched Reflecting Pool and new Air Force One And in both cases, an angry Trump lashed out - and his government took extraordinary steps to punish those he blamed www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Once-Shameless President Is Deeply EmbarrassedAs Donald Trump faces one humiliation after another, he is attacking those he blames.www.theatlantic.com“.. the first congressional candidate to lose despite the president’s support this cycle.” @politico.com #MI08 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...www.propublica.org
Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion
BIG: Kansas just rejected a ballot measure that would have required state Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor — dealing another setback to Republicans trying to overturn a decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
Trump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)