Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA): "At this point in time in 2022, a little over 200,000 Virginians had voted. At this point in time in 2026, approximately 450,000 Virginians have voted early."
Andrew Bowie
@andrewbowie.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London, jazz saxophonist. Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy Oxford UP. https://m.soundcloud.com/andy-bowie
A friend just wrote me about what is happening right now with AI decompiling games and applications (e.g., Adobe Photoshop) and it has really shaken me because the implications for the free market are staggering Basically closed source software is over forever and it happened overnight
Open-Source Guru Raymond: AI Ends Closed-Source Software
Open-source co-founder Eric S. Raymond explains closed-source software is effectively over thanks to AI-powered reverse engineering.
heise.de
Shadow chancellor vows to cut tax in every Tory budget As always, it would be tax cuts for the rich. No mention of corporate welfare, equitable distribution of income/wealth. We haven't recovered from previous Tory follies. NHS queues, potholed road, crumbling schools. What will they cut next?
Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
bbc.co.uk
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
The people who can't even keep lettuce and eggs safe are 'actively monitoring' the plague outbreak in Russia.
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
cbsnews.com
It's time to end the uncontrolled and unaccountable US military presence in Britain.
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
bbc.co.uk
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
Please sign up on your States website to "Track My Ballot." Do NOT use the USPS Postal Service - use your nearest Drop Box. Then Track your Ballot. You will see the date it was mailed to you, then the date it was received by your local Election Office and finally the date it was accepted. We Win.
Many Hispanic voters heard secure the border and deport violent criminals. What they got was cruelty to: workers, parents, grandparents, children, longtime residents and people with no criminal conviction. This is buyer’s remorse on an epic scale. #LetsGetVoteReady
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.
Strikes start today at Nottingham. “These are not cash-strapped universities.” Dr Jo Grady on R4 this morning. 700 jobs. 48 courses. All to drive a surplus. Show your support. ✊
I promise you if I tried this even once I'd be hauled up into a disciplinary. But Dr Orr? Little research, no teaching, no problem. www.varsity.co.uk/news/32175
Orr’s lectures covered by a postgrad
James Orr had a postgrad cover approximately seven lectures, allegedly without the Divinity Faculty’s knowledge
varsity.co.uk
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
nytimes.com
It's wild how more people identify as DemSocs than MAGA, yet we have the system that's in place now because capitalists would rather have fascism than make even the slightest concessions in the form of social democracy.
Nathan Newman@nathansnewman.bsky.social · last wk.Roughly a quarter of Americans consider themselves to be democratic socialists - more than consider themselves allied with the MAGA movement. Which translates into roughly half of Democrats considering themselves democratic socialists AP-NORC poll apnorc.org/wp-content/u...
I wrote this book over 30 years ago and it has just been translated into Chinese, which suggests I may have got something right.
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
For clarity: the part of the Constitution they were ruled to violate was the Fifteenth Amendment, which reads "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.MN GOP House candidate William Beck: "I am personally in favor of a poll test. I know they were ruled unconstitutional, but like, everyone voting, if you have no idea what you're voting for, like, why vote? Like, you clearly don't care if you don't understand what's going on, you know what I mean?"
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
