If you like both philosophy and Pete Buttigieg, you might like this look at a much younger Pete. I'm a big 'Pete' fan, and this is by far my favorite video of him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-AZ...

How Does Philosophy Guide Local Government?

YouTube video by PhiLife Team

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My thoughts on Marco Rubio

YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg

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WE NEED A FEDERAL WEALTH TAX. In the past, income was a stronger indicator of wealth, partly because so much of rich people's income is not taxed, or not taxed as income. A trillionaire could spend $19 million a week for a thousand years. The democratic process cannot survive this onslaught.

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social · yesterday

Bernie's On It.......

When this started, I didn't realize how quickly it would resolve into yet another shameless transfer of wealth from US residents to US corporations that kowtow to the Pedophile of the United States.

@andykimnj.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump is starting to give out tariff refunds: Amazon - $600M Apple - $2.2B Ford - $1.3B GM - $500M Nike - $1B Where are the refunds for the American families forced to pay more? You deserve your money back. www.newsweek.com/tariff-refun...

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligar... I include stop funding the IDF. "Any failure to address corporate tax giveaways, shrinking paychecks, loss of healthcare, epidemics, loss of SNAP benefits and, yes, predatory data centers, will be perceived by ordinary Americans for the betrayal that it is."

The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans

And Democrats should make the most of it

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As an amateur but devoted student of the Enlightenment, I found it great to hear Buttigieg's statement on the stakes: "Not just left or right, what's going on is a test of the Enlightenment." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Pete Buttigieg's Case Against ‘Return to Normal’

He's trying to convince voters that neither he nor his party can afford to look backward.

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"Niklas Gruhn coins an excellent new term - meat proxy - for people who blindly copy and paste the output of AI systems to their peers." Simon Willison gruhn.me/blog/2026-08...

Chief pedophile protector assures the American people that he will fight against abortions. Result: More children having unwanted children.

Apparently, sexually assaulting children doesn't count for very much either.

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Trump Baselessly Claims He Is Viral 40-Pound Tabby Cat Named Daddy Cinnamon

WASHINGTON—Promoting the unfounded assertion in an effort to improve his polling, President Donald Trump baselessly claimed during a White House press conference Monday that he was a viral 40-pound ta...

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www.schneier.com/blog/archive... "Question: Why aren’t we bringing OpenAI up on charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? How is this different from the Morris Worm? That was also an experiment that escaped the lab."

How the button mechanism works

theonion.com/u-s-instates... "Every enlisted wife is issued a uniform consisting of a red dress and a white bonnet."

U.S. Instates Military Wife Draft

WASHINGTON—Pledging to do everything in his power to ensure the mental and physical needs of his troops were being fulfilled, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that the United States h...

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"The U.S. government needs to make it clear that it will not ban models with sophisticated cyber capabilities. The last thing Americans want is for the defenders to turn to Chinese and other models because the U.S. models are artificially hobbled." www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

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Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

The misbehavior is called reward hacking. This is what you need to know.

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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/geoeconomi... "Economists have spent the past two centuries trying to explain that global economics is a positive-sum game." "This sunny view is based on the assumption that we care about economic prosperity, not national power."

Geoeconomics, Part I: Ranking Economic Superpowers

We’re #1! Or maybe #2. Or maybe …

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Blue state, so Pedo will say it is because they didn't rake the forests. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Washington state wildfires trigger evacuations

State officials said wildfires across more than 250,000 acres have led to widespread evacuations and power outages.

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Yet another indictment of our chaotic social media environment for how it is being used to spread death and disorder. Supported by Iran. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe

The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.

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If you wanted a summary update on AI company positioning for and against open weight models, read this: simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/2/o...

At a minimum, it should be pointed out in every campaign where Musk is funding the opponent. For example, Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend at least $100-120 million to help U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in Maine and Republicans in several other states. Hang DOGE on Susan.

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 6d ago

Democrats should run on investigating Musk and holding him accountable for DOGE www.axios.com/2026/07/29/m...

Without in any way supporting the racist comments, this should not be the business of the Chinese government.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d ago

China has lodged a formal complaint after New Zealand’s top diplomat on Wednesday told a Chinese-born lawmaker to “go back to your own country.” His comment has also prompted calls in New Zealand for the minister’s dismissal.

What a world we live in. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Are Young Republicans Too Based to Work for Congress?

Party veterans are concerned that the pipeline of young Republican talent is veering off course — and into terminally online extremism.

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I think both companies should be charged, if only to begin building some case law. www.wired.com/story/openai...

Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

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It's almost as if OpenAI and Anthropic are in an apology hype cycle, each claiming that its AI is the smartest at escaping the sandbox and going rogue. techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/o...

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok | TechCrunch

OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.

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I've heard way more than six. theonion.com/iran-war-ent...

Iran War Enters 6th Justification

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I'm not a master of the settings, so now I'm lying? What is this? X?

caldinj.bsky.social@caldinj.bsky.social · 5d ago

See that lighter gray reply bubble? That indicates restricted replies. Since you’re all about honesty in media, how should you be punished for your blatant lying?

There is no universe in which I want to hand control to the Pedo. I'm looking afterward. Also, I have no clue how you think my suggestions would do that.

Pat@parisdog.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why do you want to hand control to trump?

"This “privacy for me, surveillance for thee” attitude feels like a perfect encapsulation of the future we’re already living in: one where wealthy elites can afford privacy, while the rest of us are forced to live in a corporate surveillance panopticon." www.schneier.com/blog/archive...