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We can help to insulate the American people from the cost of the collapse of the AI bubble by changing bankruptcy laws so as not to protect private equity from their failures deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-simple...
The Simple Way to Stop the Hidden AI Bailout: Rewrite Bankruptcy LawIt's still capitalism with less PE friendly bankruptcy lawsdeanbaker22.substack.com
The leader of the new Office of the Child Advocate says CYFD has stonewalled her attempts to get records. Lawmakers are frustrated — and say they will try to give her subpoena powers. searchlightnm.org/amid-stonewa...
Will CYFD watchdog get more authority? | Searchlight New MexicoLawmakers have criticized the state’s resistance to accountability, arguing everyone is working to improve children's lives.searchlightnm.org
Epstein’s crimes were “hiding in plain sight,” Wyden said.
Big banks enabled Epstein sex trafficking, U.S. senator saysEpstein’s crimes were “hiding in plain sight,” Wyden said.www.oregonlive.com
Austria has set a new all time temperature record of 41.0°C today. 9 separate weather stations recorded >40°C as heatwaves & record temperatures continue to impact the Northern Hemisphere.
🗣️ Say it louder for the people in the back: We need to give up on nostalgia for the past. Donald Trump has decimated the government in some profound, irreversible ways. The only way forward? Building something newer and better, Marc Elias says. Watch below👇 https://demdock.com/4w4O9mk
The older I get the more I understand why cats just walk away mid conversation.
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in unintended, often unwelcome ways.
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking AgainRogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.www.wired.com
Stop calling them "data centers." Start calling them pollution centers. 🧵👇
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the USPlug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…www.canarymedia.com
Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, a move that comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data centers in Calvert County’s June primary election. marylandmatters.org/2026/08/04/a...
Amazon abandons plans for a data center at Calvert Cliffs - Maryland MattersAmazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, a move that comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data cente...marylandmatters.org
Noticing some folks seem to think writers just say clever things without understanding how the world works, as if we're all naifs who just happen to be good with words instead of people with formal educations and a professional interest verging on requirement in the ability to conduct research
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
When we destroy the ocean, we don’t just lose fish, coral, or sharks. We lose pieces of ourselves. Because we are not separate from nature. We are nature. Protecting the ocean means protecting the planet that created us.
Clownfish swimming in a sea anemoneALT: Clownfish swimming in a sea anemonestatic.klipy.com
🚨BREAKING: Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new map from appearing on the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence votersVoter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.www.democracydocket.com
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron WydenBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
don't have money to get legal help, so I went to a free lawer clinic, and the lawer couldn't really help because they assign random lawyers even if they're not versed in what you need help with and the fuckin lawer told me to use a.i. to figure out what to do.
Greg Pak"A.i." is bullshit. "A.i." detection tools are bullshit. "A.i." in education is bullshit. "A.i." in the arts is bullshit. "A.i." in business and government is bullshit.
louder for those in the back: "a.i." detection tools are bullshit, because they use "a.i." and have a financial stake in finding "a.i." beware of articles by "journalists" that rely on "a.i." detection tools: they're often paid by the maker of those tools to use them
Greg Pak"A.i." is bullshit. "A.i." detection tools are bullshit. "A.i." in education is bullshit. "A.i." in the arts is bullshit. "A.i." in business and government is bullshit.
Inside the Wiretaps: A Culture of Corruption
Inside the Wiretaps: A Culture of CorruptionALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For at least three decades, a group of metro police officers committed crimes while wearing the badge. Today, federal wiretaps reveal just how untouchable some of th…www.krqe.com