Jon Marcus
@jmcrapola.bsky.social
Writer of unmade film scripts - who do I have to screw to fund a film? Lover of comedy, irony & satire. Science enthusiast. Typo expert. https://open.substack.com/pub/thusspokejon Located in The Angels. 🪐🇺🇦🔬🌎🔱
In June, the BLM quietly approved the Townsite Data Center project in Boulder City, Nevada - the first data center approval on public lands Environmental advocates warn it sets a dangerous precedent, & @biologicaldiversity.org & @sierraclub.org are challenging it www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
The latest was supposed to be a solar project. Now, in a “bait and switch,” it’s set to power AI
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Trump the money launderer. No one investigated. “Were these 300 accounts ever subjected to a federal anti-money-laundering investigation, and it not, why not? Investigators should have traced the transactions, identified the counterparties…” open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...
Capital One Says It Closed 300+ Trump Accounts for “Anti-Money-Laundering Reasons”
In a July 31, 2026 motion to dismiss filed in federal court in Miami, Capital One told a judge it closed more than 300 Trump-affiliated accounts in 2021 “for anti-money laundering (’AML’) reasons,” af...
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The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark. www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark.
wired.com
Shame on @govpritzker.illinois.gov for giving big brother more power and letting Meta off the hook for harming children. lnkd.in/p/gh3Z6UxH
Illinois has made age verification mandatory on phones, tablets, and computers under the guise of child safety, and the law gives social media companies like Meta and TikTok a defence against… | Paul ...
Illinois has made age verification mandatory on phones, tablets, and computers under the guise of child safety, and the law gives social media companies like Meta and TikTok a defence against liabilit...
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This should be illegal. I wonder if Google’s CEOs emails are open to the public or get added to databases without his ability to stop it.
“A picture of the dumbest president in U.S. history. And George W. Bush”
Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 2d agoNixon set the bar low, Trump obliterated it.
“A fundamental shift is needed in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents,” argues Meredith Whittaker. “Basic lessons in privacy and digital security are being discarded,” she warns
AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker
The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security
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I’m Jewish. If you don’t like the policies and actions of Benjamin Netanyahu, I get it. I agree. But assaulting civilian Jewish people on the streets or universities or whatever is cowardly BS. It’s animal racism. I have Arab friends. I don’t blame them for government stuff.
It’s a 2-fer weekend. Yesterday and today. The next chapters of Incognito are up. thusspokejon.substack.com/p/incognito-...
Incognito - chapters 10-12
To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job?
thusspokejon.substack.com
The good and the bad about our closest neighboring star and solar system (btw which will take over 3500 years to get to with our fastest ships). m.youtube.com/shorts/Ght2Y...
Planets in the habitable zone around our closest star are a nightmare #space #nasa #astronomy 
YouTube video by ASTRO ALEXANDRA
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I’m Jewish. If you don’t like the policies and actions of Benjamin Netanyahu, I get it. I agree. But assaulting civilian Jewish people on the streets or universities or whatever is cowardly BS. It’s animal racism. I have Arab friends. I don’t blame them for government stuff.
New law in Wales allows removal of lying political candidates Landmark law gives voters power to remove members of the Senedd AUTOMATIC RECALL for any member who receives a prison sentence of any length (including a suspended sentence), www.gov.wales/landmark-law...
Landmark law gives voters power to remove members of the Senedd | GOV.WALES
The Senedd has taken a significant step to further strengthen democratic accountability by passing the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill.
gov.wales
Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
That’s two “boy-who-cried-wolf” pieces to start the week. Will we get a third? 🌮 @politico.com @apnews.com www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
It’s a 2-fer weekend. Yesterday and today. The next chapters of Incognito are up. thusspokejon.substack.com/p/incognito-...
Incognito - chapters 10-12
To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job?
thusspokejon.substack.com
The next 3 chapters are up! Norman is getting frustrated. - Incognito. To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job? substack.com/@thusspokejo...
Incognito - Chapters 7-9
To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job?
substack.com
Sunset over the Pacific. The dot in the upper left is Venus.
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
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The next 3 chapters are up! Norman is getting frustrated. - Incognito. To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job? substack.com/@thusspokejo...
Incognito - Chapters 7-9
To what lengths will you go when you are desperate for a job?
substack.com