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"Nothing of this scale has been seen in the United States, experts say, since the federal government’s counterinsurgency against the New Left and the anti-war movement in the 1960s and 1970s."
Incredible reporting here from @awinston
wired.com/story/ice-is-runni…
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Photographer Hadlee Renjith captured the rare Melanobatrachus, also known as the Galaxy Frog, deep in the forests of Munnar, Kerala. Its skin is dotted with tiny blue speckles that look like stars across a night sky.
(Via @hadlee_renjith)
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The Justice Department is drawing up contingency plans to potentially intervene in next week’s midterm elections, three national security officials tell me: kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-p…
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Of the 3 most populous counties in Arkansas, 2 (Pulaski & Washington) are getting election "monitors." Benton is not. I'll let you figure out which one is strongly Republican and which two have the largest number of Democrats.
#arpx #arnews #arleg
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Def think a Wampus Cat is stranger than a goblin. But we got Little John’s, Airedales, Scrappers, Lumberjacks, Hillbillies, Sand Lizards, Redbugs, Senators, Jackrabbits, Chickasaws, Cyclones, Buckaroos, Pointers, Devil Dogs, Charging Wildcats. This guys mailing it in
I get mildly annoyed at people who back into parking spots just in general but backing in and not backing all the way back, jutting out, and fucking the whole parking lot up gives me the strong urge to strangle
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You are telling me that the company with the largest IPO this year earns majority of their data center revenue from the company with the second largest IPO this year
ANTHROPIC AGREED TO SPEND UP TO $120.5B ON COMPUTE FROM SPACEX $SPCX
The deals are with SpaceX's AI unit, for access to Nvidia $NVDA chips
Once all the capacity is delivered, expected in December 2026, Anthropic will pay about $3.1B a month. The deals run into 2029.
After early periods ending in January and March 2027, either side can cancel with 90 days' notice.
