Hell, even *AI's* can identify the risks posed by autonomous robotic weapons. Here's a conversation my friend Brian Sletten had with Claude about my drone thriller KILL DECISION... bsky.app/profile/dani... HT @bsletten.bsky.social

Daniel Suarez@daniel-suarez.com · last wk.

This week only KILL DECISION on sale for $1.99 Fifteen years ago this novel anticipated how low-cost kamikaze drones would radically transform military conflict. But ...

Phone pic of crows and the moon. Taken just now at the base of Glastonbury Tor.

"AAA ID Theft Basics Workshop: This interactive workshop is designed to provide education on identity theft, fraud prevention tips, and the Dark Web." www.ace.aaa.com/information/...

"While individual systems are small, their aggregate impact is becoming meaningful, both in terms of distributed generation and consumer engagement in the energy transition." I told @newscientist when asked what I made of plug-in solar / 'balcony solar'. www.newscientist.com/article/2520...

Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it?

Plug-in solar panels are a cheaper, simpler alternative to professionally installed panels. But can they really reduce energy bills and are they safe? Matthew Sparkes investigates

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This week only KILL DECISION on sale for $1.99 Fifteen years ago this novel anticipated how low-cost kamikaze drones would radically transform military conflict. But ...

How on earth has one of the most senior US Senators been in the hospital for a month, and we have no way to confidently ascertain that he’s alive?

Massive fire in Drammen, Norway. 100 houses consumed.

Kraftig brann i Drammen – over 100 boenheter er tapt

Det er ikke meldt om skadde beboere, men flere får tilsyn av helsevesen.

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AI companies are in the midst of a self-inflicted public relations apocalypse. They have promised to kill all jobs and, possibly, wipe humanity off the face of the Earth. Is it any wonder why there's a growing mass revolt against them? My full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPs...

The AI bubble is ‘fantasy’ and nobody is calling it out | Gil Duran

YouTube video by The Tech Report

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www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju... A great actor and just a lovely guy. RIP, Sam Neill.

‘He made wine and he shared it. What more do you want?’: Sam Neill remembered by his co-stars

The actors Lindsay Duncan and Charles Dance, alongside director Peter Webber, pay tribute to a practical joker, unpretentious craftsman and ‘very cool guy’

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In Georgia, no poll workers, board members or poll watchers are allowed access to the secretary of state’s election night hub where reporting activities are conducted. But that hasn’t stopped the state’s far-right election board from trying to get access.

Georgia Board seeks access to off-limits election area

“The attorney general does not believe that it is statutorily our ability to do this,” Chairman John Fevrier, who voted against access, said.

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Their goal is to create so much chaos and so many crises that it starts to feel like nothing you do makes a difference. Don’t believe it. Every action matters. Keep showing up and remember the resistance will prevail!

“We the People” means all of us. Republicans can have January 6th — the 4th belongs to everyone else. Happy Independence Day🇺🇸

Love the fan art! Happy Birthday Anna! 🎉 Also, happy Asteroid Day to one and all.

voyager212 / Mac Rebisz@macspace.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Asteroid Day 2026! ☄️ Asteroid mining ship Konstantin and asteroid 162173 Ryugu. This year's artwork is pretty special - it's also a custom DIY cover illustration for "Delta-V" by @daniel-suarez.com, which I made as a birthday gift for my amazing girlfriend @hypeandspace.bsky.social 🚀✨

national guard deployed to keep people from touching the reflecting pool

A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, repairable, “no-tech” tractor to solve what has become a gigantic pain point for farmers? Now, demand is booming. www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...

Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor

"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."

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This has gone more viral than anything I have ever written or recorded, the "AI has no ROI" story has fully caught on and there's an anxiety in the AI industry that nobody can seem to calm down. Things are going to get interesting in the next few weeks!

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo ago

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

Last year, Trump and DOGE gutted funding for thousands of USAID programs, including monitoring and containing New World screwworm in Central America. Now, the parasite has moved north and infected American livestock. "Efficiency."

Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?

The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.

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Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron

YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo ago

Going on Bloomberg between 4:07 to 4:18pm ET to talk about how AI has no ROI and the greater AI bubble www.youtube.com/live/f39oHo6...

I'm urging all of you, especially young persons, to get out and vote on Tuesday if you are in CA.

Got home from Rome to find…galleys! It’s getting real. If you are a journalist/academic who asked me for early copies at some point, please follow up. (Inbox has been a mess, workload is high).

tried to cut it 80%. NSF shut it down anyway. The Irminger Sea station alone was part of an international effort to monitor the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation the global current system whose collapse would mean permanent, severe weather disruption across the Northern Hemisphere.

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring network 900+ sensors tracking climate currents, fishery health, ocean carbon absorption, and coastal flooding along the East Coast. Ships go out in June to start pulling it up. Congress funded it twice after Trump

One of the most influential election denial operations in right-wing politics has released a far-reaching roadmap to make voting harder across the country. The handbook calls for more surveillance of voters and more power for officials to deny legitimate election results.

Cleta Mitchell’s election denial network releases new blueprint to severely restrict voting

It outlines a vision that would transform voting from a fundamental democratic right to a complicated, rule-bound process accessible only to those who can navigate a maze of requirements.

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And it won't just be SpaceX. OpenAI will benefit from this rule as well. So everyone's retirement can get used to fund Sam Altman's vanity fire of cash. It's going to be disastrous and people should go to prison for this.

The exit liquidity for insiders at SpaceX will be everyone's 401ks and pension funds that are required to buy stocks within the index as part of index funds. It's so criminal what they're doing. Not just the blatant raiding of retirement funds but changing the rules to allow for this.

It's absolutely insane how the Nasdaq changed rules around its exchange to include SpaceX just 15 days of trading, allow less than 5% of free float, and require a weighting of multiple its float in the index. This is the largest wealth transfer in history from everyone's retirement to Elon.

Right-wing media is pushing a new narrative that opposition to data center expansion in American communities is being orchestrated by pro-China, pro-communist foreign interests. Fox News ran with a report last week claiming Chinese propaganda networks

Pathocracy: A system of government “wherein a small pathological minority takes control over a society of normal people.” www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...