in Austin, Texas, this spring. When a gunman opened fire outside a bar on Sixth Street, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen, several Waymo vehicles ended up blocking the emergency response. #AIHeatDeath gift: share.inquirer.com/29hVit

Philadelphia should use the Waymo testing period to get this right, not rush it | Opinion

The pattern that is emerging is that problems that should have been caught during testing are instead being confronted when the autonomous vehicles have already been deployed.

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Never. Forget.

New footage of Capitol riot released by Jan 6 committee

YouTube video by The Independent

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Hell no, we ain't fergittin.' #Jan6 #Insurrection

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

The Slaveholders’ Rebellion: When a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy without deploying equally forgiving language?

Opinion | It Wasn’t a Civil War. It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. (Gift Article)

To face our history, we must be honest about it.

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"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found."

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

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Article III.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h ago

Folding like a cheap umbrella? The US has removed Iran-related sanctions, according to the US Treasury's website, Reuters reports.

It was never about 'returning it to the states'. Their plan is to outlaw abortion care nationwide and put countless women across the country in harm's way. Todd Blanche is a piece of that puzzle, and he can NOT be confirmed.

Blanche presided over one of the most corrupt actions of the most corrupt administration in history—its $1.8 billion weaponization slush fund to pay off J6 cop beaters and reward his political supporters. He’s not fit to be the nation’s top law enforcement official. That’s why I voted against him.

We need to start calling these what they are: Death camps.

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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Cruelty is the point. Racism is the reason. Trump’s GOP is the machine, trying to make it permanent. They will eventually fall from power, but the scars being inflicted on our country & the world, will be permanent.

This racist cruelty toward Haitians is frightening. Stars on jackets are next. #maddow

Excellent reporting. emptywheel.net/2026/08/03/c...

Confusion about the Chessboard Trump Has Overturned in His Tantrum - emptywheel

The Commander in Chief refuses to defend the US "homeland" against the country he invaded.

emptywheel.net

Capital One closed Plaintiffs’ [Trump's] accounts for anti-money laundering (“AML”) reasons. Just days after learning that their liege has recently been laundering money, the Senate GOP is rushing to sanction DOJ’s illegal decision to pardon Trump for those crimes. #TrumpEpsteinClass #GOPCorrupt

Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief's Tax Crimes - emptywheel

Just days after learning that Donald Trump, his companies, and his spawn have, as recently as 2021, been laundering money, the Senate GOP is rushing to sanction DOJ's illegal decision to pardon those ...

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GOP: the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

We get what we pay for.

Teams of boxcutter-wielding antifa frogmen!

Rex Huppke@rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2d ago

Welcome to the Trump vs. Pirro vs. Burgum Reflecting Pool clown show! Please excuse our inexcusable mess. My column on the crumbling, infighting, lying Trump administration: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

"Stable prosperity can be achieved throughout the world provided the environment is nurtured and safeguarded." -- Margaret Thatcher, 1988 The Earth needs you, Margaret Thatcher. Maggie won't you please come home... www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107...

Happy Market Manipulation Monday - brought to you by the most corrupt family in American history. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Why Wall Street Firms Are Paying $100,000 a Month for a Fast Track to Trump Posts

Traders who already monitor the president’s pronouncements with automated systems can pay for an ultrafast feed. At least five firms have signed up.

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Well, wow I loved lockdowns! And it's not "after the fact," MEASLES. Explosive diarrhea. Heat. I'm looking forward to more (lockdowns). BTW, what is this "balance" of which she speaks? Balance #Collapse.

Trump is raising money for the Mar-a-Lago White House in exile... www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCz8...

Why Trump’s Desperate Ploy to Be Serious Is a Sham | Inside Trump's Head

YouTube video by The Daily Beast

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As a non-young male person...well, good for them. "We're young people, we ​come from the ground," Green said. "It was ⁠difficult to decide this is the time to compete over votes, but I look at the existing parties, and I see it's mostly men, it's very old." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

New Jewish-Arab party may complicate bid to oust Netanyahu

Experts say A Place for Us All risks further disempowering an already underrepresented minority.

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They can't yuk it up with Stephen Miller at the WHCD if they're mean

The West's water battle has become particularly bitter with the region caught in its worst drought in at least 1,200 years. There is a real world, beyond and indifferent to our legal/political one. Incredible, I know. #AIHeatDeath #WaterWars #CrisisWhatCrisis www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US proposes deep Colorado River water cuts for Arizona, California, Nevada

The U.S. ​government proposed deep cuts to water supply for Arizona, California and Nevada during dry years in a new plan released on Friday to manage ‌the drought-stricken Colorado River.

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The Decline is Significant “I’m thinking he’s going in the right direction. We won’t know until we get a little bit further in it. I still have hope and faith in him to get it done; he’s a businessman, he’s not a politician.” #TrumpSick www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

#Claude is Gawd. #AIHeatDeath #KapitalismKills novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...

AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them

The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.

novaramedia.com

Clem A Kaos@clemakaos.bsky.social · 4d ago

Evil banality: “I personally have mixed feelings about all of this,” one bookseller told 404 Media. “It benefits me financially as well as by clearing out old inventory that is otherwise unlikely to sell...I don’t like that uncommon books are being pulped.”

“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” #Collapse

Laurie Winkless@lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is despicable. As I saw @patrickgaley.bsky.social say on LinkedIn: "The burnings of the Library of Alexandria destroyed an estimated 400,000 written texts. Anthropic has destroyed 2 million books this year alone." novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...

This is despicable. As I saw @patrickgaley.bsky.social say on LinkedIn: "The burnings of the Library of Alexandria destroyed an estimated 400,000 written texts. Anthropic has destroyed 2 million books this year alone." novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...

AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them

The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.

novaramedia.com

Noa (Achinoam) Nini in an uplifting message of love, hope and peace 🕊️🤍 “Dear friends, shabbat shalom. ❤️ Proud to share this short video with you, the first of more to come, about the miracle that took place in Florence July 10-12. And this is just the beginning of our global movement...🌎 ✡️☪️✝️🇮🇱🇸🇩☮️❤️🧵

The Music School is growing! We're needing faculty to support our growing student base. In Wilmington: violin, viola, bass, piano, and guitar. In Milford: additional violin, cello, percussion, and piano faculty. Join our team - contact Cheri Astolfi, Dean. www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/home.html