What do we mean when we say “free and fair elections”? Learn more about why our voting rights are critical to our democracy, and how you can defend those rights during the midterms, at youtu.be/tIiZels1fYs

ICE just spent $16.7 million on electric shock gloves that human rights organizations like Amnesty International warn “could be readily misused for torture.” When parents in Omaha, Nebraska, learned that school resource officers had these same devices, they decided to fight back. WATCH:

Some stroke patients, not all, may experience many of the same physical, cognitive, and emotional issues as people with a Traumatic Brain Injury.

I’m sorry. Is the message “invest in us OR we’ll destroy humanity” or “invest in us AND we’ll destroy humanity“?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 11h ago

Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus ft.trib.al/nlpiaSJ

THIS👇

@datdemlady.bsky.social · 4d ago

Why are we at war with Iran? Republicans Many of you have opportunity to vote some of these Senators out on November 3. Please do so

Cannot insist you listen to this enough, this conversation condenses everything going on with AI and its wider economic effects tightly. One of the best in the show’s history.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 5d ago

Had Paul Kedrosky back on the show to talk about how AI is distorting the bond markets to the point that it’s changing the price on US Treasuries, how AI data center economics don’t make sense, and the troubling things he’s hearing out of Anthropic. youtu.be/7boszzOAeJw?... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.

I’m so old I remember when elected officials answered yes/no questions…..

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered....Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." Orwell, 1984

Futurism@futurism.com · 4d ago

"Does it matter?"

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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How do you know this doc has Elon rattled? Because all of the other oligarchs are trying to protect his ego. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Read the document (Gift Article)

Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter

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The long-delayed truck is finally in production and reaching customers this week. Now Tesla has to prove that it was worth the wait. www.theverge.com/transportati...

Here’s the Tesla Semi… again

Is the Tesla Semi finally here?

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Katie Phang directly challenges California AG Rob Bonta over claims that political and economic pressure played a role in the Paramount-Warner Bros. settlement, including David Ellison’s reported threat to pull Paramount out of California. Bonta: “There was no pressure.”

MacFarlane: I'm going to be surprised if Trump fights the court ruling tooth and nail… the media ban is starving him of his oxygen, which is media attention. I'm not sure how much he wants this ban to persist himself.

Wait…If you fight Trump’s frivolous lawsuits you will win??? Did anyone tell this to ABC and CBS News?

Axios@axios.com · 6d ago

A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann Selzer — rejecting claims that its inaccurate pre-election poll amounted to consumer fraud.

Where the meat industry in this country seems to be headed.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs

Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.

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Scientists figured a way to turn a plastic water bottle into a cookie. Learn more.👇

@techchurndotorg.bsky.social

that wound down quickly🧐

In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/4dj706z

this💯

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2w ago

She adds, "But Republicans have made it a big attack on you," which is a telling statement. Stated simply: We don't find it newsworthy either, but it's our job to use talking points from one side and parrot them back to the other side. If not, we'll be accused of bias. (Also, my boss is Bari Weiss)

Ossoff: "Under the failed President Donald J. Trump, food, diesel, and healthcare all just hit their all-time highs…They made you pay more for everything, lied us into war, and spent most of the past year covering up for the world's most famous pedophile."