Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
Jack Edwards
@jackedwards1975.bsky.social
Put me in the gulag, bro. “I emerge from bed with actual hatred in my heart. I am not a morning person.”
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the undisputed global leader in public health. But after a year and a half in the cross hairs of HHS RFKjr’s drive to remake public health policy, the agency is a skeleton of the powerhouse it was. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
nytimes.com
The linked case is very interesting. No false cites, no made-up quotes. But the court found the arguments so frivolous and inapposite that they suspected AI was behind them, even though counsel denies using AI at all. assets.alm.com/75/ff/160ee9...
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After hackers stole personal data about FBI employees, "past and present personnel remain in the dark about whether their data has been purloined," and some have "anxiously asked Times reporters whether their names are contained in the hacked data" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
nytimes.com
Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...
“During the testing phase for the new model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra, it showed high levels of what the company saw as deception, or a willingness to mislead users about its actions.“ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/t...
OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns (Gift Article)
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.
nytimes.com
Daughter was telling me about the class being asked what the capital of Norway was today. Two said Haaland.
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
I don’t think you need to be a doctor to know that subjecting children to Jets football is harmful.
Will Harris@sandwichpick.bsky.social · yesterdayokay rude
!["We're Doctors. We're Begging Parents To Stop Doing This 1 Habit With Their Kids"
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August 2026 was the hottest ever, even before the Godzilla El Nino! berkeleyearth.org/august-2026-...
August 2026 Temperature Update - Berkeley Earth
August 2026 was the warmest August on record. El Niño is strengthening rapidly and expected to break all-time records. 2026 is likely to be a new record warmest year.
berkeleyearth.org
The Brazilian Portuguese commentary on that Tyler Loop field goal for the Ravens is exactly what everyone needs to hear right now
Deebo Samuel currently with 80 receiving yards and no receptions after the hook-and-ladder. If they can just avoid throwing him the ball all game, he can smash the record for most receiving yards in a game with no catches (65, set in 1961)
FEDWATCH: “.. the long‑dated prediction market now assigns roughly a 65% chance that the Strait won't fully reopen until 2028 .. .. That leaves the prospect of a 6% handle on the 10‑year still lurking, driven by increasingly adverse demand dynamics in the Treasury market.”
Within 24 hours, Hurricane #Polo is expected to make landfall in Baja California Sur, potentially delivering MAJOR IMPACTS. Once the system reaching Arizona and New Mexico, the system could deliver MAJOR IMPACTS in the form of flooding. Will have a stream up later this evening #hurricane
It is no longer safe to ask people like me at a party, “What do you think of this El Niño?” It is not the boy child we know. This is the devil boy. El Niño Diablo is going far beyond what we have ever seen before. bonniehuval.substack.com/p/el-nino-di...
El Niño Diablo
Main audience: everyone
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JUST IN: Today El Niño Broke its Record Hottest Temperature Ever! 🥵 Today the El Niño region surpassed 2015 for the highest temp ever measured in the El Niño (3.4) region. It comes 2 months earlier than typical peak (late Nov/ Dec)…
A Walla Walla, WA newspaper editor in 1951 advocated rooting out the Marxists and Communists, claiming that the Democratic president had been too attentive to the rights of minorities and insufficiently respectful of the rights of White Christians. That editor was Syd Pierce, an antisemitic fascist.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoabsolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
Giannis is currently hiding with his kids from the iguana🤣 Kids: “Dad why aren’t you not just trying to get it?” Giannis: “Me? No way I’m not going out there. Why don’t you get it? You go get it, I’m scared. GET OUT OF MY BACKYARD!” #NBA
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
houstonchronicle.com