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I wrote about All Quiet on the Western Front and why it's uniquely revealing for Americans, who have never been privy to a German war film
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It’s going to be an interesting two years with North Carolina’s new congressional delegation!
Rep. Richard Ojeda (D) plans to introduce legislation requiring federal lobbyists to wear body cameras.
#ncpol @washingtonsun
washingtonsun.com/influence/…
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Happy 36th Birthday World Wide Web!
On 12 November 1990, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project.
ALT On 12 November 1990, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project.
You Can See Everything as long as you have ample paid time off from work @michaelkosta
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✍️"Dear Mr. @NathanFielder, You Can See Everything was more boring than church. All you did was yak, yak, yak. You didn't even shoot anybody."
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So the results are all in. Data center moratoria (various flavors) went 43-1.
All hyperscalers must now converge on Harwood, North Dakota, the one outlier. Find out what's in the water or in the air. There is only one precinct and 400 voters, but they alone sided with you!
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Things are moving so fast that everyone seems to have completely missed how insane it is that AI companies have been allowed to unleash agentic AI products with no regulatory guidelines.
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
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A major cybersecurity threat prompted a scramble Wednesday to protect websites around the world.
Government websites were among those temporarily taken offline as officials rushed to install security patches. Others remain offline entirely.
At the center of the threat is a vulnerability involving PHP, a programming language used by millions of websites.
The FBI and National Security Agency warned that hackers could exploit the flaw to take control of websites and potentially compromise sensitive information.
OpenAI says its artificial intelligence models helped uncover the vulnerabilities.
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NEW: A report found ~2,100 AI slop recipe sites crowding the web with garbage -- including a website said to be operated by a fake AI baker named "Elena" who is obviously designed to look like the actress Emily Blunt
futurism.com/artificial-inte…
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Alan Dershowitz’s tales of cancellation on Martha's Vineyard haven't subsided—even as some on the island have moved on, @MarkLeibovich reports. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
everything I wrote for @RaleighCompany is only available on Wayback Machine now because WRAL killed the site archives
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The top google results for “french breakfast” or “southern food”—regardless of their accuracy—is what those things will eventually become. It’s what people see and expect, in restaurants and recipes, and pressure to conform to expectations will eventually produce those outcomes.
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When does trash become interesting? Trash on the moon or mount everest or in space is interesting. Trash left by ancient egyptians is interesting. Trash in your kitchen or on the street is not interesting. The great pacific garbage patch is interesting. It's a spectrum
Futurama teaches us that the line between trash and not-trash is thin and ambiguous. Anything dropped on the ground becomes trash. All will eventually become trash—from trash we come and to trash we shall return. We are defined by our garbage.
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space trash
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A few weeks ago some batteries thrown overboard from the International Space Station crashed into someone’s house in Florida. Great reporting here by @StephenClark1.
arstechnica.com/space/2024/0…
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