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GHOST IN THE SHELL 2026

Me: The new agent harness is great. You feed your tokens into the machine. Then you run simulations which, if successful, produces tickets. If they fail you have to buy more tokens and keep running the sims. Once you have enough tickets you can redeem them Boss: are you at dave & busters, yes or no

Good lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.

it's natural to be concerned because this seems like a step backwards to people but the key thing to understand is while tanks made sense until around the year 2000 they're less prevalent because lobsters had to keep up and adapt for the changing battlefield most of them today are trained for drones

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were SafeDecades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...www.propublica.org

Senate appropriations bills, which I am sure most posters have read

Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.www.nytimes.com

New from me: Some data points for a MAGA melt-down: *Hardcore Trump loyalists declining *Right wing influencers losing viewers *The Heritage Foundation is rife with dissent and incompetence, with conservatives worried about the pipeline of talent 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/is-maga-me...

Is MAGA Melting Down?Signs and wonders, portents and data pointsdonmoynihan.substack.com

ATTENTION: all philanthropists: Blacksky is in the market for a server, has $30K USD to spend and would benefit greatly from any amount (or server) you are able to donate. #philanthropy #philanthropist #BlackskyNews

Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

What all Chargers want to be when they grow up! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-dodge-charger-32/

Magical video by Mike Nulty (@nuttynulty on IG) of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) off the coast of Baja, swimming through reflective plankton or debris that look like stars. Space whale-shark! 🦈✨ Let's talk about /actual/ glowing sharks, the lantern sharks of family Etmopteridae. (📷: Mike Nulty)

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They've done it again!!!! www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...

CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targets travelers worldwide for malware delivery and credential theft | Microsoft Security BlogStorm-2945, a sub-cluster of the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard, has been observed compromising the sign-in portals of hospitality-related organizations such as hotels since May 2026 in order ...www.microsoft.com

[intrusive thought of the day] is pale fire just house of leaves for the literary set?

If I go on a hacking spree, it’s clearly covered under a variety of civil and criminal laws. If a robot does due to the negligence and incompetence of a person or company? That’s a little more complicated (for now), @lhn.bsky.social reports:

Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are IllegalBoth major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?www.wired.com

With Daniel Kinahan set to face extradition back to Ireland, Bellingcat and @thetimes.com investigate the visa status of the leaders of the Kinahan cartel, who have been in hiding in Dubai. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/08...

Welcome to Dubai: Kinahan Cartel's Visas Revealed - bellingcatA key leader of the Kinahan drugs cartel who has been living in hiding in Dubai for a decade has just had his Emirates residence permit renewed.www.bellingcat.com

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz responds to Trump: “DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks."

Trump Claims Minnesota Is Behind Cyberattack on Its Own Water Systems, Not Iran"Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota," said Trump.gizmodo.com

Amazing that Iran is successfully attacking the drinking water in the American Midwest, and this is pretty directly the Trump administration's fault, yet this is not a huge scandal among his voters who live there

NY looks to shut down Kalshi, have it pay $36 billion in new lawsuit gothamist.com/news/ny-look...

NY looks to shut down Kalshi, have it pay $36 billion in new lawsuitThe state alleges the "prediction market" is just a gambling operation in disguise.gothamist.com

PALE FIRE but just the poem part