El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

America’s legal system To practice law: —4 year degree, LSAT, 3 year JD, pass BAR, buy malpractice insurance, total cost ~$300K To enforce law: —Here’s paid 13-week training & a gun To write law: —0 qualifications needed, a billionaire can buy your seat Vote only for people funded by people.❤️✊🏽

If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

And there’s another danger: the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, already spiraling in Florida. www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...

Nobel-Winning Economist Sounds Alarm on Looming Financial Crisis

Paul Krugman says the U.S. may be headed for trouble.

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Step by step we move toward The Great Climate Insurance Collapse.

E&E News: Insurers flee wildfire-prone California despite state assistance

Regulations to enable large rate increases contrast with other state efforts to stabilize insurance markets.

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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.

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Well done to the incredible Katie Phang and her fantastic lawyer for their tireless pursuit in forcing the MAGA regime to release more unredacted files that they have kept hidden. Now that is what I call journalism. 💙👊

This.

New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.

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I wish the genAI bubble would burst. I wish tech bros would disappear. I wish that billionaire money would be equally distributed among all people to eliminate poverty and greed.

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“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

Delhi has adopted a new policy to make most new vehicles electric, aiming to improve air quality.

India's capital part of aggressive electric vehicle targets in bid to curb air pollution

Delhi has adopted a new policy to make most new vehicles electric, aiming to improve air quality. The plan includes subsidies, tax waivers, and incentives for scrapping old vehicles.

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Why hasn’t optometry advanced beyond “which one is better, one or two?”

It's more important now that ever before!!! VOTE!!!

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

New: a person opposing a data center was arrested for clapping at a city meeting Read more here: www.404media.co/person-oppos...

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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Another mysterious Epstein-related death: French model recruiter Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than 2,000 times in the released Epstein files, was found dead at his home near Paris. 1/

French Epstein scout Daniel Siad found dead. Siad is the second French modelling figure tied to Epstein to die before facing trial, following Jean-Luc Brunel, who was found hanged in a Paris prison cell in 2022. #OpDeathEaters www.yacnews.com/french-epste...

Daniel Siad, modeling scout for Jeffrey Epstein for several years, found dead in Paris. Siad was under investigation by French authorities for his role in allegedly facilitating Epstein’s sex trafficking ring and for claims that he, himself, had committed sexual assault. youtu.be/doEx9cn3stE?...

Epstein Recruiter Found DEAD While UNDER INVESTIGATION!?!

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NEW: Daniel Siad, the primary modeling scout and recruiter for Jeffrey Epstein, has been discovered dead in his home in Paris. Siad, himself, was also accused of raping young women. I’m gathering the latest and will report on my YouTube channel, Katie Phang News.

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

When you say “AI models went rogue,” you manage to skip the part where OpenAI manually removed its cybersecurity blocks and ran tests on a machine with a live network connection. Remember that when they insist they’re the “AI safety” people.