White House Had Low Confidence in Israeli Tip That Led to Trump’s Plane Decoy
Senior officials, including Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, were on the plane Trump left, along with reporters.
Megyn Kelly rages at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “This bitch thinks she's going to be president”
Scott Jennings Regularly Misleads. He Could Become Trump’s Next Press Secretary.
Scott Jennings regularly peddles falsehoods and defends Trump's positions on his radio program and on CNN.
How My Students Think About AI
Context: I am an instructor at a public university in the United States. This reports how students at my institution appear to be thinking about AI as of spring/summer 2026. This…
Some Ways I Think About Evaluating Grant Applications
Rider-Waite Tarot, 6 of Pentacles I’ve done enough grant evaluations so far (for ACX grants and SFF ) and been involved in philanthropy in various other contexts, at work and…
Scientists Create Largest 2D Map of the Universe
After 13 years of observations and data processing, astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever assembled, "offering a sweeping new view of…
Is biosecurity oversaturated?
Note: I am referring only to technical biosecurity in this post, i.e. engineering, not policy roles. I’m an engineering undergrad thinking about contributing to the engineering…
Amazon Will Train On Twitch Streamers' Content By Default, Unless They Opt Out
Twitch will begin allowing Amazon to use streamers' content to train generative AI models by default, requiring creators to manually opt out if they don't want their videos and…
The Art of the Copyist
Lovely short video about artist Jas Knight , who is a participant in the Met Museum’s Copyist Program : The Copyist Program offers time and space for artists to develop their own…
New Mexico Judge Appoints Himself Meta’s New Product Manager
Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico’s case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting…
Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil…
NASA has provided some early-stage funding to explore the...
NASA has provided some early-stage funding to explore the idea of releasing a swarm of tiny probes (weighing only a few grams each) into Saturn’s rings to study them up close.
It’s Official: Flock Is For Stalking
Flock Safety is happy it’s the go-to choice for tons of law enforcement agencies. While it does suffer some occasional bleeding, its supercharged automatic license plate readers…
Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play
Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.
Stories of “people finding weird, wild and defiant...
Stories of “people finding weird, wild and defiant ways to avoid using AI in their professional lives” . Like: “I keep a to-do list in a paper notebook, but my boss believes I…
Major: The Most Brazen Act of Self-Dealing in Presidential History, New Epstein Bombshells, and What We're Uncovering About Our Troops
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