Jason Lee
@thejasonlee.bsky.social
US politics, energy security, data and information policies. Dual national.
What will AI companies do when everyone else says "no, you can't scrape our data"?
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d ago“What we see is, 10 blue links has driven tremendous value and growth to the broader ecosystem… from where we sit, AI Overviews has yet to make a similar level of positive impact” - Steve Huffman, Reddit CEO ~~ The goals of websites and Google have diverged. Google is now about answering questions.
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
Blanche’s appeasement is hollow. Trump still gets immunity from tax audits worth $100 million. And last week’s payout to abortion clinic blocker shows the path to payouts to rewrite history will be individual settlements instead of one designated fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal (Gift Article)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
nytimes.com
This is 100% the case. Soon, very soon, the key issue for businesses will become blaringly clear: knowing what business issue to solve, solving it, and letting customers know you exist is the biggest hurdle for your company.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d ago“I think in 6 months we’re gonna see agents running for longer on average … We're gonna start to see Claude building bigger and bigger things. So it won't just be features, it's gonna be products. We might start to see entire startups being built by Claude.” - Boris Cherny, Claude Code dev lead
I am not usually a "I can tell when someone's lying by looking at video of them" person, but damn. Just horrifying.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
Devastating share from Prof. Cottom. And unfortunately she's 1000% right. Violence against women (and children) is inexcusable. We must call it out when we see it. And we men (!) must search inside ourselves to address any violent feelings we may have.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d agoEvery adult woman that I have been deeply familiar with has had a moment with a man when she knows that he would hit her if be could get away with it. Some even know what he looks like when he does it. You never forger what it looks and feel like. That Miller video has it all.
I tried to listen to the Max Miller video. I got as far as him saying how his abuse allegations of his wife and his daughter are impacting his daughter. No sh*t buddy - you broke her clavicle and she's two! He belongs in prison and rehabilitation. Jesus Christ. He needs to resign.
Lots of abuse in my house growing up. And what Rep Miller describes below is basically the norm. People aren't robots. Emotions go up and down. Fights subside and the disfunctional family can at times be peaceful.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d agoAnyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."
ABC Makes Huge Realization About Their Devil's Bargain With Trump
The company’s court filing underscored just how dangerous Trump’s assault of free speech is as the midterms approach.
plus.briantylercohen.com
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
Talarico: “Paxton gave an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator, was reported to the FBI for bribery by his own staff, became a multi-millionaire on a government salary & now owns 15 homes…on the public's dime! He should have to answer the public's questions.” We agree!
I have held my mule on this one. The jacket removal here is a test of my professionalism, for sure. But I will prevail.
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 6d agoWe on go.
So CBS and others invested in a pro trump audience that won’t arrive, alienating their actual audience, and trump propagandists are losing audience bc people are souring on Trump. Also helps explain the increased racist shrieking as they try to farm engagement www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
nytimes.com
Concentrarion of wealth has its drawbacks, one of them being the ease of targetting companies for corruption.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d agoFour-byline alert: 🚨 “.. no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. .. Trump has been demanding large checks .. telling executives and lobbyists that their companies should give $25 million or $50 million.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
That's so much cash. I'd love to see more reporting along these lines. Also, thr public deserves sustainable growth, and orgs that look out for the public interest. Jobs, construction, information security -- we don't need to gamble with people's lives.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Using our military is for the public. If it isn't driving outcomes, then it needs to stop.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.DEA analysts found Trump's boat strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats had failed to affect the supply or price of cocaine in the United States, and had led traffickers to diversify. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Get in, there’s a new secret political influence campaign paying people to post. This time, a network targeting people in Michigan. First paid to post about how hard it is to afford groceries and gas, the accounts have gone hard in recent days, supporting Haley Stevens. www.ms.now/news/haley-s...
Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate race
Rep. Haley Stevens and the Senate Democratic PAC said they were not involved in the effort to pay for user-generated content endorsing her.
ms.now
Forgot the Hounds and I ran into a beautiful wedding photoshoot in Rittenhouse Square Park yesterday. ✨
Exceptional clarity from Science magazine but we need to take this one step further. Their design to break academic science is coupled with their design to re-segregate higher education and control culture, ideas, and memory. It fits with anti-DEI policies and Trump disclaimers at the Smithsonian.
Thought we didn’t have money in the USA for healthcare. Yet the Defense Department’s latest estimate puts the cost of the war with Iran at $37.5 billion. Funny how we’re always told we can’t afford to invest in people’s health, but somehow tens of billions of dollars for war can be found.
the administration taking the position that federal law does not apply equally to the states is a de facto attempt at dissolution of the union
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago* U.S. HHS SECRETARY SAYS CMS IS PAUSING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA @reuters.com
Slowing adding one new gold decorative item at a time to someone’s office feels like a prank Jim would pull on Dwight
Jo_clever_ke@insidejoke.bsky.social · 2w agoI swear those little seals are new, along with that weird golden "banner" at the top. This bullshit keeps multiplying.
