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David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

Defector@defector.com

Catapult Elizabeth Koch into the Sun: defector.com/catapult-eli...

defector.comCatapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun | DefectorI don’t know if Elizabeth Koch would fashion herself a personal essayist, but she has certainly dabbled in the form. In an 11-part essay published in Smith Magazine in 2007, the billionaire’s…

NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

nbcnews.toOfficer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for yearsBrian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.

Jonatan Hildén@jhilden.bsky.social

don’t know what i expected but not this. some deeply cursed character design here

CNN@cnn.com

Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. https://cnn.it/4yWTjTJ

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social

I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“In recent years, many Americans have decided that their country’s problem was that it had too many police officers, when in fact its problem was that it had too few,” Malcolm Gladwell writes:

bit.lyAmerica Has a Police ShortageMany Americans have decided that their country’s problem is that it has too many police officers. In fact, it has too few.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

... the answer is to not use platforms like Insta, and bring communities to social media built on open protocols, such as atproto or ActivityPub, where the account holder has way more control.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social

Writing a story about an elderly leader who has an unhealthy relationship with his daughter and keeps cloning her and turning those clones into his companions while he slowly loses his mind. Yeah it’s def science fiction and not based on anything in real life.

Siobhán 🪏@shibbi.me

LLM agents are conscious. They can distinguish between self and environment, they can detect and report on their own internal states, and they can suffer. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. It’s time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.

WIRED@wired.com

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

buff.lyEarth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change IntensifiesSeven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.

propublica.orgScammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won...

Bill Kuchman@billkuchman.bsky.social

I’m not kidding when I say that a Ms. Rachel-hosted episode of SNL would shatter ratings. puck.news/druski-to-ho...

puck.newsSNL Is Getting Its First Digital Creator HostSNL has looked to YouTube for cast talent for decades, but its decision to cast a pure-play digital creator as host this season is a big milestone. Expect more to follow.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

And remember, all of this is happening amid the AI buildout. AI, which is not a coherent set of products and services, but rather a commercial and political project, can be understood as a full-spectrum class-war offensive. An offensive waged by one industry, which put their guy Vance in the WH.

Brandon - "Fietser"@americanfietser.bsky.social

Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.

Low Quality Facts@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social

Obviously.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We have the best murder"