David Ciani
@davidciani.com
🇺🇸🏳️🌈 Thinker, Liberal, Technology Oriented. Data-driven research and analysis. Hailing from Monterey County, California. I speak for the trees, for myself, and no one else. #HeHim
Read this yesterday, and what's particularly annoying is how close this comes at times. ".. substituted “rationalism” and “AGI” for a coherent theology of Progress" .. like, yes? Go on, you had something there. Then it turned into feeling worried that the leviathan might not always favor you.
I get the energy, but many very lucrative businesses aren’t structured corporations. The tax code shouldn’t incentivize one form of business organization over another. At the end of the day, the financial rewards of businesses end up in the pockets of humans.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d agoThe effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
I’m not so bent out of shape about the Google “AI summaries”, compared to other AI uses. Vector search techniques using embeddings a from an LLM is indeed a significant technological improvement over more traditional web index search techniques.
Why is iOS’s builtin document scanner buried in the Notes app? It would be nice if they added it as a mode in the Camera app. I guess it’s better than being in the accessibility settings menu…
Oh my. It us basically impossible to get out of town. This traffic is so bad.
Those are definitely large tusks. I wonder when they went extinct in Europe. I know they went extinct here around 10-15,000 ago when humans showed up.
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.The remains of what is believed to be an ancient mammoth were revealed in northern Bulgaria, after the Danube River water levels receded to a record low level, the BTA news agency reported, citing historians. reut.rs/4x7NEJ3
The world if the Atlanta suburbs vote like San Francisco:
There’s an anti-Iran war protest going on across the street and lots of people are honking as they drive by.
Did someone say "questionably sourced random sidewalk meat"?
Funny RFK Jr. with Glowing Eyes and Aura
Alt: Funny RFK Jr. with Glowing Eyes and Aura
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hazing at a college frat party? Secret Service agents doing Secret Service things…
Secret Service Agent and 2 Others Charged in Near-Fatal Fraternity Hazing
A college fraternity member was paddled so severely during hazing rituals that he suffered kidney damage and nearly died.
nytimes.com
Lindsey Graham was right. Republicans nominated Trump, and he destroyed the party.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2w agoObama Derangement Syndrome. The guy has been retired for 10 years and he’s still living rent free in their tiny brains.
Hearing what’s obviously the 11 o’clock news coming from my father’s bedroom. Dan Green…
When they are concerned more about cost than quality…
Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.
blog.google
Two can play this game.
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
David Ciani@davidciani.com · 2w agoA big thing could be to prioritize urban areas for getting federal funds. This is quite justified as most (80%) of Americans live in urban areas. Service delivery is more efficient in those areas and you get a bigger bang for your buck in terms of economic development due to agglomeration effects.
Regardless of how it’s owned, health care is one of those things that requires stable, long term investments. The “buy-restructure-sell” model that private equity uses just isn’t a good fit.
So now I'm left wondering which junior person at the ad agency deliberately decided to use "Five Years," correctly betting that no one on Meta's team would realize it's about the end of the world.
Amanda Silberling@amanda.omg.lol · 2w agothis broke me techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m...
Official monthly data is in today, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!
Scrolling through @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social… It’s hard to miss that, among the profile pictures of people, female-presenting individuals seem to make up a disproportionate share.