Sarah Szalavitz💡
@dearsarah.bsky.social
Accountability Architect💡 Artisanal Database Maker🔎 🧾 Storyteller/Writer/Producer🎙️✍️🎥 Avenger, Academic, Lawyer🗳️ Redistributive Justice ⚖️ Choice Optimizer🤖 Researcher & OG Prompt Engineer🧌 Whistleblower🚨 Human Palantir🔮 https://linktr.ee/realdearsarah
🎯Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think Media claims Biden’s climate investment law was a bust. The data says otherwise flip.it/H545TG (Thanks to hiring Warren’s team to run his admin) Biden was the MOST progressive POTUS of my life! FFS they launched a green bank & forgave student loans!
Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think
Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
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👏👏👏 Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants The funds have been frozen since early in President Trump’s second term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/c...
Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants
The funds have been frozen since early in President Trump’s second term.
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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame? Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even far from the battlefield. www.wired.com/story/a-civi... The US military jammed GPS, leaving local planes flying blind which led a Medivac plane to crash into a mountain
A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.
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Major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis www.theguardian.com/business/ng-... 8 oil companies – Aramco, BP, Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies, Eni, Chevron and ExxonMobil – made more than $700,000 of profit every minute over the spring quarter.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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The Iran War’s Forgotten Captives: Sailors Trapped in the Persian Gulf Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Sailors Working in Strait of Hormuz Are Caught in Crossfire of Iran War
Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months.
nytimes.com
Should You Be Able to Bet on Drug Trials? Kalshi & Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b... obviously not. Call me an idealist but also laws should exist—& so should liability. #kashification
Should You Be Able to Bet on Drug Trials?
Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results.
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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran
Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.
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Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump Blames Minnesota—Not🇮🇷—for Cyberattack Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on MN’s water systems. Investigators said Iran is likely responsible www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... FFS what could be LESS American, let alone presidential?
LA People: any interest in seeing St. Vincent at the Hollywood Bowl tomorrow night? Show’ll be something like music.apple.com/us/album/liv... turns out we’ve got a pair of extra tix. DM me if interested in joining us!
LIVE IN LONDON! (BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall) by St. Vincent & Jules Buckley on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 19 Songs
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Also weird how Claude has an exceptional knack for keeping dudes (who incorrectly claim & obediently proselytize this “feature” can be “turned off) rabidly engaged in wasting time & tokens to enrich tycoons. Who could ever predict who the eugenics plagiarism machine would be best at manipulating?
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 4d agoI’ve seen a lot of my colleagues’ interactions with Claude working on research problems & it would be easier for me to accept it as a serious scientific tool if it didn’t end every single response with the LLM equivalent of “you want fries with that?” — constantly trying to goad you into asking more
Trump Blames Minnesota—Not🇮🇷—for Cyberattack Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on MN’s water systems. Investigators said Iran is likely responsible www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... FFS what could be LESS American, let alone presidential?
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation
President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.
nytimes.com
Trump Blames Minnesota—Not🇮🇷—for Cyberattack Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on MN’s water systems. Investigators said Iran is likely responsible www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... FFS what could be LESS American, let alone presidential?
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation
President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.
nytimes.com
2027 Met Gala Show To Honor John Galliano, Celebrated Designer Infamous for Antisemitic Rant www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/s... Friedman obvi sought quotes from folks/orgs who oppose honoring him (or don’t believe in his repentance)—but got none. Who’ll find fame by filling this slot in our discourse?
Next Met Gala Show Will Honor John Galliano, Celebrated Designer Infamous for Antisemitic Rant
As famous for his antisemitic rant in 2011 as he is for his fashion, Galliano would be one of only three living designers ever to receive the honor.
nytimes.com
This Saturday: TRANS NERD MEET UP! The mellowest happiest social event in SF. Anyone who doesn't identify as cis can show up and socialize. Bring games or projects if you want! Or just come and hang out. It's, and I cannot emphasize this enough, a chill time. www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...
TRANS NERD MEETUP: August 2026!
This is a mellow lovely gathering for everyone who identifies as trans/nb/gnc and as a nerd!
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BREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.
Ka$h Patel’s FBI has taken a new and dangerous step in its quest to root out alleged voter fraud—tracking down the IP addresses of people who register to vote online. An IP address shows the user’s geographic location, service provider, and the network they’re on. newrepublic.com/post/213812/...
FBI Escalates Trump’s “Voter Fraud” Crusade With Disturbing Move
The Trump administration is getting new voter data from states in its attempt to take over elections.
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Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations www.theguardian.com/technology/2... WHY IS THIS LEGAL!?!?
Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations
Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent
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Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 2w agoOpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Hugging Face’s Digital Library The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company, a competitor called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t... Why is this legal?! #loligarchy
Long COVID symptoms linked to measurable damage in the brain’s dopamine system flip.it/5rZTwC
Long COVID symptoms linked to measurable damage in the brain's dopamine system
A recent study provides evidence that people experiencing long COVID show a measurable reduction in the brain’s dopamine-releasing neurons. These physical changes tend to be associated with persistent...
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Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations www.theguardian.com/technology/2... WHY IS THIS LEGAL!?!?
Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations
Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent
theguardian.com
Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 2w agoOpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Hugging Face’s Digital Library The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company, a competitor called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t... Why is this legal?! #loligarchy
"AI models right now are less regulated than restaurants. Talk of relying on voluntary commitments, that AI companies are going to be able to self-regulate, is nonsense."
It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.
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Data Centers in VA impacted electricity in half of the nation. This is terrifying. It’s time for our legislators to step up and protect us. Midterms are in 3 months — vote accordingly! Say NO to Data Centers. 🛑 1/2
AYFKM “Meta will be able to draw upon Newsmax's significant current reporting as well as archived content to support AI queries across Meta's apps and devices.” ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de...
If you can read Chinese and love books, you might want to check this out:
This Magazine@thismagazine.bsky.social · last wk.🚨Attention🚨 This Magazine is URGENTLY looking for someone who wants to write book reviews for us AND who is able to read Chinese. If this sounds like you, please send your info to editor@thismagazine.ca by the END OF THIS WEEK!
Kalshi says it’s “voter suppression” to ban betting on elections. LOL. slate.com/news-and-pol... #loligarchy #kashification
Kalshi Says It’s “Voter Suppression” to Ban Betting on Elections. LOL.
States have good reasons for making betting on elections illegal.
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Russia is turning propaganda into lawfare. Claims once dismissed as Kremlin disinformation are now feeding a planned ICJ case against Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—with help from a Moscow law firm and propagandists linked to Russian intelligence. VSquare.org
From Propaganda to the Courtroom: How Russia Is Building a Legal Case Against the Baltic States - VSquare.org
A joint investigation by Re:Baltica, Delfi and LRT has found that as part of that effort Russia enlisted a Moscow law firm that has represented it in international litigation with Ukraine. The firm, in turn, sought help from propagandists tied to Russia’s intelligence services.
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If governments turned off the spigot of money to Musk, he’d be done.
