Just crossed the terminal: Microsoft disclosures suggest that OpenAI is about 70% of AI sales! If only someone had said something

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · yesterday

Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...

I served in the USMC as a young man, Believing I owed my country a debt, For the freedoms we all are born with, Today there's no freedom left, It's humiliating to see an idiot, Occupy our highest post, Wreaking havoc upon the world, And being the punchline of every joke.

A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a trial to determine whether Paramount’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery violates antitrust law for March, a timeline that could further delay one of the biggest media deals in history. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...

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Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father (Published 2018)

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of ...

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Making clear thedaylight between Republicans-corruption- #Epistein - #Russia- #Oligarchs -and #wallstreet wouldn’t 💡 a room. #econsky look how banks-with your money looked the other way for profits.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 4, 2026

Astonishing “Trump began selling access to his social media posts to Wall Street trading firms milliseconds before they go public, permitting them to buy and sell with insider information. The cost for this service, according to Marina Dunbar of The Guardian, is up to $100,000 a month.”

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 4, 2026

Japan, echoing Ukraine’s warnings: China- Russia-North Korea alliance is reshaping the world -meanwhile back at home 😔

Japan’s Defense Report Deserves Far More Attention

Another warning the international community should not ignore

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1 in 8 young people personally know someone who has been the target of deepfake nudes. The DEFIANCE Act stands to give those survivors a chance to seek justice. Whether my name is on the bill or not, we must not allow sexual predators to run amok. We must pass DEFIANCE.

There is no difference between the Republicans and oligarchs.. Republicans have ceded governing to the oligarchs-for money, the corruption is astounding yet only a handful of Democrats are running on that.

The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans

And Democrats should make the most of it

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Saw this headline “US and Iran can’t agree on whether they are talking” From a paper that wants to be your financial soothsayer. Not “Trump is lying”, or “no talks have taken place “ Go figure .

Who do you know in Georgia? Reeks of desperation - given Republicans have done everything they accuse #Ossoff of… Georgians can set the record straight- Education below 👇

Is this the most dishonest ad of 2026?

An opaque nonprofit affiliated with Senate Republicans, One Nation, has blanketed Georgia over the last five days with a new ad attacking Senator Jon Ossoff (D).

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i dislike this beyond being factually incorrect, it is also missing the core problem with Big Tech Algorithms: it is a matter about who controls attention, not the algorithm itself /1

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control. www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...

Kherson. Russia deliberately attacked a man selling goods at a market. He tried to hide, but the Russian FPV drone followed him. The National Police posted that he survived but was injured. Russian human safari in Kherson never stops.

Trump administration admits cancellation of Maryland energy grants was political

Trump administration admits it axed energy grants because Maryland voted against him

Department of Energy attorneys admitted in recent court filings that it cancelled grants, including over $80 million for Maryland projects, based on how states voted in the 2024 presidential election.

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If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

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President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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“We may be expecting too much from Trump to reopen the Straits of Hormuz when he can’t even reopen the pool in his backyard”

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d ago

Jimmy Fallon gleefully ridiculed Donald Trump after his attempts to bring vandalism charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool fell apart.

RFK Grift -Fauci hearing : Kathleen Clark, an expert in government ethics and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, said that the book promotion “…but it is a conflict, and it may help explain their actual motivations.” She likened the hearing to a “publicity event for Skyhorse”

👀👀 power to the people: Two citizens and a complaint form started the process that produced a felony referral against #Elon #Musk Wisconsin’s Statute 12.11 which makes it a Class I felony to offer “anything of value” to induce an elector to go to the polls, vote, or refrain from voting.

Ohio’s senior Senator is calling for an Ohio congressman, who is also his former son-in-law, to drop his re-election bid and resign from office. Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno called GOP Rep. Max Miller "a danger to my daughter." https://to.pbs.org/3TAlF6u

Sen. Moreno calls on ex-son-in-law Rep. Miller to resign amid domestic abuse allegations

Ohio’s senior Senator is calling for an Ohio congressman, who is also his former son-in-law, to drop his re-election bid and resign from office. Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno called GOP Rep. Max Mille...

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Cuba's power grid collapses again during restoration efforts after nationwide blackout reut.rs/4bqKyHP

Cuba's power grid collapses again during restoration efforts after nationwide blackout

Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again on Monday as authorities struggled to restore power following a nationwide blackout late Sunday, state-run media reported, marking a ​fresh setback in the country's deepening energy crisis.

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This is how the fossil fuel industry takes away places and activities you love. Who should pay for that?

Fishing closures are becoming routine in Colorado, throughout the West as record heat warms rivers

The restrictions aim to reduce stress on species including highly-prized trout

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Celebrate AOC's beautiful path to the 2028 presidency, as proclaimed by Andrew and Tristan Tate's lawyer. 'McBride saw it as a given that MAGA couldn’t afford to lose his clients, writing on Instagram, “AOC will be the next President without the Manosphere and Andrew Tate.” '

Todd Blanche watched The Handmaid’s Tale and saw it as a blueprint instead of a warning.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

"Politicians like Ken Paxton, they use those difficult issues to rile people up, to divide us, to distract us in order to win power for themselves." -James Talarico on not taking the bait on trans panic.

NEW: Walmart’s own AI chatbot just ratted out its bosses, telling researchers that retailers face little pressure to police fraudulent “Made in USA” labels because the FTC pursues so few cases.

Tomorrow, Michigan Democrats decide whether to elect Medicare for All champion Abdul El-Sayed. Gretchen Whitmer is backing his opponent after Blue Cross donors poured record sums into her campaigns. Her father was the company’s longtime CEO.

BREAKING: 56 bipartisan former judges urge SCOTUS to leave Trump's mail in voting EO blocked The EO is anti-voter & anti-constitutional. POTUS is attempting to seize power he does not have @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org & Platkin LLP are proud to rep the judges

Mitch McConnell’s communications director refuses to communicate.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Do you think it’s fair your office is still getting paid while Kentuckians go without representation?” This is the right Q from @cheering4change. Not only is it unfair, if he’s dead or incapacitated it should be a crime. (Fraud, racketeering, etc) #MissingMitchMcconnell