Brett Stevens is gaslighting. He doesn’t even know the actually definition of a Genocide. Killing every single person or not is NOT what defines a genocide. Mehdi takes his BS apart, line by line.

Shibley Telhami@stelhami.bsky.social · 5h ago

Must watch! Brilliant! youtu.be/EtQUhZd49G4?...

NEW: OpenAI's rogue agents built their own message board inside an internal package manager and used it to trade exploits, divide up tasks, and coordinate a hacking spree. Hundreds of thousands of messages. Nobody at OpenAI noticed. New details from Black Hat, by @lhn.bsky.social:

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.

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New Mexico's attorney general has sued the Trump Justice Department over its refusal to share unredacted documents from its files on Jeffrey Epstein — arguing that the Trump admin is obstructing the state's criminal investigation of Epstein.

“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

I was born a baby, but eventually that changed

CNN is reporting munitions shortages influenced Trump’s decision to cancel the large-scale attack on Iran. Nothing to do with impending talks. It seems Trump has left the US in no position to fight a war.

My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵

Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT

A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.

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I like how The Odyssey uses old school practical effects in its storytelling. So when we see the witch Circe turning the men into pigs, they're really shown being given cop badges or signing up for ICE, then getting divorced and buying a cybertruck, no a.i. used

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

The Trump administration wants to strip protections from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments after Congress refused. Tell your member of Congress to speak up and protect these iconic lands: https://on.nrdc.org/4fwAf6c

Some of the world’s richest and most influential men have been pouring money into a project setting up their own ‘city-state’ on a small Caribbean island. Secunder Kermani went to take a look. ✉️ Read our latest newsletter:

Inside the tech bros' private paradise of Prospera

Some of the world’s richest and most influential men have been pouring money into a project setting up their own ‘city-state’ on a small Caribbean island. Secunder Kermani went to take a look.

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‘Palantir was willing to spend more on securing political access than almost all of its British and Continental competitors. It made donations to London think tanks and hosted parties at Davos.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Stop talking about Nigel Farage and start talking about how compere, performer and drag king Mojo Jones has a new act called C*nty Binface 🗑️💖

This might sound like I only care about trans people but the fact is how Burnham opts to treat trans people will tell you exactly how he will treat everybody else eventually. You can poo-poo that if you want, but you're wrong.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2w ago

My support (as much as it matters) depends on the ending of trans segregation in the UK. That's the litmus test. If he's willing to stand up to the anti-trans activists, this country might have a chance. If he isn't, it's just more of the same and he'll buckle on everything, inc rough sleeping.

"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)

The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.

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I call this spread page from Godhark issue 7 the "Goddessfall Tryptich" and it turns 3 years old today. Damn.

I just subscribed to this block list, and I really appreciate the public service provided here

Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 5d ago

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

this guy gets it

melania’s looking well

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trump having a normal one today

This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors.

UEFA says it's lost confidence in FIFA's Infantino after failed private equity plan

UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors.

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(1/2) She fought overseas only to come home to this.

Also 5-7 million people have lost health care…. USAID getting dodged killed kids… our bombs are dropping on kids in Gaza and Iran and Lebanon… and on and on… the worst kind of gaslighting

Everyone involved in bringing these bogus prosecutions must face criminal charges, from the AG down to the line prosecutors at DOJ. If there are no penalties for this behavior, they will never stop.

Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics

The Justice Department is admitting that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and it is dropping the criminal case against former Olympia...

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Justice Department drops criminal case against Olympian over damaged Reflecting Pool www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

New acronym just dropped for the Trump era: NFA - Normal For America . Florida and Texas have designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights nonprofit, as a terrorist organization under state law.

CAIR, a Muslim Nonprofit, Gets a Terrorism Label in Florida and Texas

The federal government designates terrorism groups. But Governors Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott have gotten in the game, and a focus is CAIR, a nonprofit.

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