Toward a Kantian refutation of Agent Foundations
This post is a Cunningham's law draft , less than 50% finished, in some parts mere notes. Consider a) waiting until this notice has disappeared to read a more coherent post, or b)…
The NO FAKES Act Could Silence Satire, Commentary, And News
The NO FAKES Act is supposed to target harmful AI-generated impersonations. But in reality, it will make it easier to suppress commentary, satire, and other lawful speech. That's…
CNN Resident Fact Checker Disappeared From Air As Company Waited For Trump Merger Approval
CNN brass have been waiting to get federal approval of their problematic $111 billion merger with Paramount. As we’ve detailed exhaustively, the high debt load from the…
Temporary Blocking of Idaho’s Bathroom Ban Isn’t Actually a Win for Trans Rights
The federal court order means trans people could face arrest if they don’t use single-user facilities when available.
Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas...
Full set of Underworld playing live at EDC Las Vegas back in May.
Nick Fuentes: “Are we fascists or are we not? … How are you prepared to do what Hitler did if you can’t even stomach Greenland?”
Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
Carvana Is Turning Dealerships Into 'Playgrounds,' Test-Drive Centers With Sales All Online
Carvana is testing a radically different new-car dealership model in Dallas, turning the location into a test-drive center and themed "playground" while requiring every purchase…
Several frontier models are substantially prefill aware
This blog post discusses work in a recently-published paper. However, this blogpost was primarily written by Parv Mahajan and Andy Wang, and several of the more speculative takes…
Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
Are Jeffries and Schumer Getting Ready to Greenlight Domestic Spy Power for Trump?
Democrats balked at handing Bill Pulte spy powers. Will they stay strong against Trump’s new pick for intel chief? The post Are Jeffries and Schumer Getting Ready to Greenlight…
Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI Back Linux Foundation's Appia AI Standards Initiative
BrianFagioli writes: Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Arm, Mastercard, Siemens, and other companies have joined the newly launched Appia Foundation under the Linux Foundation. The…
"Truly evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy overturned after Trump official ousted
Gene therapy company UniQure had another FDA meeting after Vinay Prasad's exit.
Megyn Kelly says that Brian Kilmeade and Marc Thiessen are protecting Trump and trying to give JD Vance "all the blame for this terrible deal"
June 16, 2026
A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that even before a fighter launched a slur at former First Lady Michelle Obama, and even before the sight of the corporate branding at the event, only…