JimCook@JimCook.bsky.social
@jimcook.bsky.social
Once a teacher; retired USAF officer; retired support contractor (Air Staff, Joint Staff, Hq ANG and OSD); now just busily retired! Liberal Democrat. News junkie.
🇺🇦🔥 Ukrainian drones just turned one of Russia’s biggest Wildberries warehouses into a same-day delivery of pure chaos. Khryastovo, Vladimir region. 171,900 m² logistics hub now producing the thickest black smoke of the day. Even the packages are packing their bags. 😂
Artificial intelligence tools are being trained to copy almost everything people do. So it may not come as a surprise that the machines have started mimicking the human foibles of lying and cheating, too. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/b...
Is A.I. ‘Scheming’ Against Us? (Gift Article)
Researchers are sounding the alarm on sneaky artificial intelligence models that stray from humans’ directions to do their own thing.
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David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........
Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
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The Cover-Up Has Begun: First They Put Fauci on Trial, Then They Put History on Trial
The goal isn't to prove Anthony Fauci lied. It's to convince Americans that the racist decisions that cost hundreds of thousands of lives were somebody else's fault…
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Suspected Iranian cyberattacks confirmed in at least seven states, Trump takes Iran’s side and blames Minnesota instead open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Important Saturday Afternoon Updates – 8/1/26
Hi all, Ben here.
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