And that trend is going to get even worse, IMHO, with all of these studio/network mergers in Hollywood. The more they merge, the less diversity in programming. It's a terrible trend.
@happyrumrunner.bsky.social
New estate, same disgraced ornamental hermit
Anthropic, OpenAI, and everybody else can freely experiment with hacking tools. What they can't do is fail to sandbox them properly (air gap is 100% effective!), the tool goes beyond their parameters, and it hacks other systems. That's no different from a worm. The AI's "intent" is not relevant. 2/2
The Davey Hearn Motion to Dismiss ALSO Debunks Trump's Vandalism Claim emptywheel.net/2026/08/04/t...
The Davey Hearn Motion to Dismiss ALSO Debunks Trump's Vandalism Claim - emptywheel
According to the motion to dismiss in the Davey Hearn case, the damage Jeanine Pirro accused Hearn of doing was there not only over an hour before Hearn showed up, but also 41 minutes before the video...
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This is the author's evidence of "the left" hiding "positive" things that Trump has done -- the networks refusing to air a speech in which he spread malicious lies about our democratic institutions. Doesn't name a *single* actual good thing Trump has supposedly done that's been hidden from people.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d agoOpinion: The most powerful sword the left wields against Trump and is omission. Selective silence. Hide the positives, and the American people never hear them.
The Trump administration is planning to gut Head Start, a program that offers free preschool to over half a million children.
Btw, just in case you had any illusions left that Trump’s promise of a license for Ukraine to was genuine, the US NATO ambassador just said nothing can happen until winter at the earliest. It was all a cruel joke to weaken Ukraine by the USA. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
US ambassador to NATO believes agreement on joint production of interceptors for Patriot systems is unlikely before winter
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said that talks on the joint production of interceptors for Patriot air defence systems with Ukraine and European partners are ongoing, but that an agreement...
pravda.com.ua
Senators who have nothing to lose by sticking to their principles : we are abandoning our principles
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d agoJohn Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK. Funded by foreign billionaires and convicted fraudsters. Unexplained gifts, donations and loans routed through opaque structures. What was promised in return? Police and parliamentary inquiries.
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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Young guns for hire - the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across #Europe 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.
bbc.com
Head of Kyrgyzstan’s Presidential Property Management Department found to hold valid Russian passport Kanybek Tumanbaev has gained significant influence over one of Kyrgyzstan’s most opaque and fast-growing government entities.
Head of Kyrgyzstan’s Presidential Property Management Department found to hold valid Russian passport
Journalists from Kyrgyz media outlets Kloop and Temirov Live have found that Kanybek Tumanbaev, Kyrgyzstan’s chief administrator of presidential affairs — one…
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Chinese entities supplying Russia with space militarization equipment operate in EU and U.S. markets, Dallas Analytics reports Within the technological core of the Angara launch program, 91.5% of equipment funds will go to Chinese suppliers.
Chinese entities supplying Russia with space militarization equipment operate in EU and U.S. markets, Dallas Analytics reports
Russia’s Angara space launch vehicle program has turned out to be heavily dependent on China. According to Dallas Analytics, a Ukrainian firm that examined…
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This is the first passage of Maggie and Swan's book. Consider the agency it sets up. Democrats. Partisanship. Why not focus on the "irony" that Maggie had done propaganda for the man for years? Why make this about Democrats, rather than her complicity?
Breaking News today on Todd Blanche’s confirmation vote getting proposed: From his refusal to follow the law in the Epstein case to the DOJ’s anti-weaponization fund, Blanche should not serve as U.S. Attorney General. Call your senators and urge them to vote a hell no on Blanche’s confirmation.
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
news.com.au
Americans are having to adapt to the biggest price jump on groceries in 50 years thanks to Donald Trump. And instead of helping you, he’s adding more tariffs, more gas price hikes, and more chaos at home.
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.
apnews.com
LRT reports that tunnels from Belarus have been discovered in Lithuania. The tunnel was found in the Varėna district in the southeastern part of the country. www.lrt.lt/ru/novosti/1...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/this-ma...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
This story was originally published by ProPublica In a private ceremony on...
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If the entire Democratic Party is being asked by the press and pundits about a few DSA candidates in NYC, it seems like the entire Republican Party should be asked about their colleague who has been credibly accused -- by another colleague's daughter -- of repeated acts of violence.
Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last wk.GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Four women have accused Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct, with the alleged offenses having taken place when they were teenagers. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.
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Bernie Moreno was a car salesman with a record of wage theft and employment discrimination. Anthony Fauci was the director of NIAID from 1984 to 2022 and in 2008 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work fighting HIV/AIDS in that role.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
This shows the gap between GOP & Dem. messaging. The Republicans NEVER stop pressing their false narratives. They bang the drums over & over. The Dems make their case & move on. They should have been non-stop pummeling Trump for Covid (and 1/6) for years, never letting anyone forget these sins.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
"Unlike the coercive empire of the Soviets, American statesmen pulled off the astounding accomplishment of attracting allies and trade partners in a consensual manner." This is what people like Elbridge Colby want to rip up.
Elbridge Colby and the Art of Defending the Indefensible
Trump’s impulsive foreign policy of grudges, threats, and contempt for allies is a self-defeating mess. His suave sophist struggles to spin it as strategically sound.
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Elon Musk is basically Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling combined like Vegeta/Goku.