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MAGA is attacking Pope Leo XIV after the U.S.-born pontiff asked the world’s Catholics to pray in September for access to clean water. One of MAGA’s top online voices, Mike Cernovich, told his 1.5 million followers the pope should “discuss abortion” instead.

It feels increasingly likely that either AI will actually succeed in decimating jobs and there will be Covid-like panic as the economy collapses due to decreased spending—or AI is a bubble that will burst and there will be Covid-like panic as the economy collapses due to decreased spending. UBI NOW

Really hope WMAR can’t go on air today because of the AI outage. If I was a newscaster I would not be answering my phone. Show reruns of Good Times until your precious AI comes back fuckers.

Why is Rahm Emanuel, the Stephen Miller of centrism, talking about running for president? He knows he will not be president. Nor will he rally centrists, Buttigieg’s gig. He’ll mobilize leftists against him. What’s his angle? I genuinely can’t figure it out.

Glad all the AIs are down so I can do actual work instead of setting our atmosphere on fire to make my homelab and ubersicht layout look good. but I assume I'll be able to return to setting the world aflame to vibecode a little project later.

Two times, judges have found Google to be a monopolist in different business lines. Two times, the same judges have decided not to break up the company as a result. The courts have effectively rewritten the law through their cowardice and caution. From me: prospect.org/2026/09/03/a...

Another Monopoly Allowed to Stand - The American Prospect

Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?

prospect.org

This week, Susan Collins was asked about the "Liz Cheney path" to taking on Trump. "It’s not just that she lost her seat. It’s that she has no impact, in my view," she replied. Collins says Liz Cheney has “no influence.” But what did Collins have to compromise to keep hers? (Link below)

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President Trump, never one to pinch pennies on anything shiny and new, has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet construction projects around Washington, D.C. They’re not going well.