The killer app for AI is misinformation of which phishing is a significant part: "Cybersecurity breaches on Wall Street have surged over the past year, as artificial intelligence tools help bad actors launch attacks relatively cheaply and broadly"

Major Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted Cyberattacks

Hackers launched a wave of sophisticated attacks on Wall Street firms in recent days, targeting information systems at major money managers, according to people familiar with the matter.

bloomberg.com

Exclusive pictures of the SpaceX rocket hitting the moon have just been released.

"The move appears to be an effective pause on most new data center projects .." #Texas

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h ago

Page One in Austin:

Apparently older people addicted to social media just ramp it up full volume if you sit in a room with them for more than 10 minutes and either you are doing something else or silently doing your own SM biz.

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Trump’s arch will photobomb every view of D.C. The National Park Service warned that the massive Triumphal Arch would have an ‘adverse effect’ on the sightlines from sites all over Washington.

Trump’s Arch Will Photobomb Every View of D.C.

Trump’s arch will photobomb every view of D.C. The National Park Service warned that the massive Triumphal Arch would have an ‘adverse effect’ on the sightlines from sites all over Washington.

nymag.com

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

Electronic Arts Officially Sold For $55 Billion

With the closing of the market today comes the second-biggest acquisition in gaming history

kotaku.com

more deaths, destruction, and chaos caused by the absolute fucking idiots at DOGE

Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social · 22h ago

Before stephensi arrived in 2013, Djibouti was on the cusp of declaring malaria eradicated. In 2012, there were just 27 cases. Two years later, cases shot up to nearly 1,700... and in 2020, there was an explosion: more than 70,000 cases. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

HABEAS UPDATE: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 67,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. There’s been a recent uptick in cases with 8,478 reported in July. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...

A deeply reluctant Judge Mehta has dismissed the Jan. 6 Oath Keepers case after DOJ moved to drop the seditious conspiracy conviction of Stewart Rhodes and others. "The court cannot write a different ending," Mehta writes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Listen to Todd Blanche—Trump’s nominee for AG—tell faith leaders that the Justice Dept is working with the White House to stop the shipping of abortion pills into banned states. “We will have victory, victory will be soon, and it will be permanent,” he said.

BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.

NEW: The Trump administration cut FEMA's workforce without a plan for what this would mean, leaving it at risk of being unprepared and without staff to respond to future emergencies. More 👇

> @curbed.com #NYC www.curbed.com/article/ken-...

Well, the FCC Commissioner has made the decision, first announced in an op-ed in Breitbart, stating that a regulatory body does not have to observe laws made by Congress if they don't feel like it. Every month is new and unprecedented territory. docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...

Calling my #astrophotography chums in the Americas: will you be staying up late tonight with your telescopes trained on the Einstein Crater? Impact: 02:34 EDT; 4 tonnes of Space-X metal (15m x 4m diameter) travelling 5400mph Expected: 50km high plume containing ~1Mkg of debris 😲🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Will I be able to see the crash?" Probably not, but that doesn't mean friends in the Americas shouldn't try (daylight for those in Europe): look to the eastern limb of the Einstein crater. The @eso.org VLT will observe it & NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking before and after images! 🔭🧪🛰️

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

People thought a momentary flick of non-cowardice was telling but even on his way out he folds. He's not in the top 5 but he's a candidate for emptiest suit in the Senate.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

The Dem establishment has preferences and objections and interests. I believe we are seeing a reckoning because they have slowly and then quickly failed the moment But their indignation at being challenged and the outrage they profess at new dems is offensive and disqualifying No one owns a seat.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · yesterday

Win or lose, El-Sayed’s campaign in Michigan has forced a Democratic reckoning Regardless of whether voters select Abdul El-Sayed or Haley Stevens, the Democratic Party will face the monumental task of restoring trust among the many rank-and-file Democrats.

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions

Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause

oregonlive.com

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

mynbc5.com

lowbrow garbage person grew up jealous of old money and has done everything in his power to destroy finer things and pursuits.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

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

“.. such weapons – which cost over $1 million each – would also be important in any conflict with China.” @cnbc.com @reuters.com www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/u...

From @jkbjournalist: “How the NYT ignored corruption, a past cover up for murder and active staff malfeasance in its investigation of the death of Jeffrey Epstein… allegations that Barr was present when Epstein abused victims were also left out…” pleasefactcheck.substack.com/p/the-untold...

Via David Doney: Debt is mainly a function of Republican tax cuts, Republican recessions, and Republican wars. #EconSky

One of my favorite statistics about the US commercial real estate market is that 8.5% of all commercial office space in the United States is on the island of Manhattan, which, at 23 square miles, constitutes 0.0006% of the land area in the United States.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2d ago

Official data was released today, and after adjusting for inflation, American office construction has fallen to the lowest level since 2011 It's down nearly 60% since the onset of the pandemic and 15% over the last year alone

The should announce that Trump is getting the Nobel Peace Prize everytime he declares the Iran war over or a ceasefire or that Iran is begging for a settlement. And then announce that they are rescinding it when he inevitably reverses himself or fucks things up.

lol *TRUMP ON BLANCHE DEAL WITH SENATORS: I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT

NEW YORK AG SAYS TRUMP'S NEW TARIFFS ARE 'IMPERMISSIBLY BROAD' AND BYPASS THE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED BY LAW, ADDING THAT THE LATEST TARIFFS MERELY REPLACE DUTIES SHOT DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT