What a surprise. Silicon Valley Libertarian billionaires are asking for a government bailout. Like no one couldn't see that coming.
BREAKING: Palantir's Alex Karp says OpenAI will never IPO.
His theory: nationalization is the only real exit.
When asked what the S-1 risk factors look like, Karp's answer was simple: there is no S-1.
The liability exposure from frontier AI is so large that no public market can absorb it.
The only entity big enough to backstop it is a government.
If Karp is right, OpenAI doesn't become the next Google.
It becomes a utility. Or a weapon.
The most valuable AI company in the world may have no clean path to public markets.
Is nationalization actually the most likely outcome for frontier AI labs?
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It's super cool how Trump canceled fuel efficiency standards, electric vehicle rebates, and illegally ended billions upon billions of dollars of wind and solar energy projects already under construction just before he blew up the entire Middle East for no fucking reason.
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NEW AMTRAK CASCADES TRAINS START SEPTEMBER 30. You can experience the new Amtrak Cascades trains beginning September 30. Four daily trains will be operating as new trainsets. Trains 503, 508, [SEA-EUG] 516 and 519 [SEA-VAC]. See the schedule at AmtrakCascades.com.

ALT A new Amtrak Cascades train cruises up the tracks in style south of Tukwila with Mt. Rainier rising majestically in the background under a light blue sky with trees fringing the photo. The new train sports evergreen, mocha and cream colors with gold nugget accents. There are two headlights on below the windshield of the train.
Seattle Times' Climate Lab reports on the region's data center driven electricity crunch.
“Are they getting to the cheap renewables first? Are they getting to the available transmission pathways first? Are they siting in the places where siting is going to be easiest first?”
We know that the Pacific Northwest will need much more electricity than is available today. But how much more? seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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We know that the Pacific Northwest will need much more electricity than is available today. But how much more? seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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US shale is running out of Tier 1 drilling locations...
The only major US production growth story of the last decade is peaking.
When US conventional oil production hit its geological limits around 1970:
US production peaked and declined for decades....
Despite oil surging 30x, production never regained its 1970 peak.
Now shale is running into the same fundamental constraint: the best rock is finite.
Geology > oil prices.
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"The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools: A cautionary tale about forsaking educational basics for castles int he sky"
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Yes, the US debt problem is due to four rounds of tax cuts (two by Bush, two by Trump).
This analysis is being sold as though it is particularly deep & meaningful. BUT national debt increases when there are wars (2003), recessions/financial crisis (2000-1, 2009-), and pandemics (2020). The deficit is never paid down if there are tax cuts after the economy recovers.
This👇about Sounder DP Jordan Morris. Still relies too much on pace. @sounderatheart
Chicharito: Erling Haaland still isn't the COMPLETE striker... and that's scary.
Rio Ferdinand: "Do you think Haaland is already the complete striker?"
Chicharito:
"No.
I actually think there's still another level he can reach.
He's already one of the best in the world, but I don't think he's the finished product.
His movement is outstanding, but imagine if he started adding double movements before making his final run.
Defenders would have an even harder time reading him.
When you're blessed with incredible pace and power, you don't always need to outthink defenders.
But once you combine those physical gifts with even smarter movement, you become almost impossible to stop.
That's why I think Haaland can still improve.
He's already world class... but I genuinely believe he can become phenomenal."
Nuclear bros are SO thin skinned. Block you when you just tell them that the real reason nukes aren’t built is because bankers think that they are risky. Run away from the debate. @krazyrabbi
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We need to make civil commitments easier to help the people who can’t help themselves
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This is the new map of Gaza.
Nearly 2 million people — most of them displaced — are now crammed into just 133 square kilometers. That is nearly 15,000 people per km².
Karma is a bitch moment for Donald Trump. Trump Presidential Library site in Miami next to Biscayne Blvd is inundated at 8-ft sea level rise, which might occur as early as 2100. Why sue? It is poetic justice.
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Makes sense that DJT is pushing for battleships and Golden Dome. Following in the footsteps of Reagan who cut taxes and spent it all on the military.
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As a libertarian, I think it’s important that Americans understand that if they just do what the government says, they won’t get shot.
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"DHS is not prioritizing the 'worst of the worst.' It is running up its arrest numbers and then using a relatively small number of serious criminals to smear everyone else." cato.org/blog/dhs-classifies… via @CatoInstitute @David_J_Bier

































