Caryn Hunt

Caryn Hunt

@carynhunt.bsky.social

Random links & shenanigans. Writer/filmmaker. Citizen. Really tired of living in interesting times.

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This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

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Simon & Shuster has responded to Jared Kushner's threats by accelerating the release of Matt Cole’s Princes and Thieves, with the book now available for purchase two days early (today). Buy your copy immediately. www.status.news/p/jared-kush...

status.newsVanity Fair's Kushner ConundrumSimon & Schuster quietly released Matthew Cole’s book two days early, Status has learned, as an excerpt in Vanity Fair prompts threats from Kushner’s legal team.

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Trump and Big Oil profit while Americans have to spend $100+ billion more on gas. Our new report shows that Trump's own oil and gas stock wealth is up to as much as $81.6 million amid his Iran War. Trump doesn't “give a damn” that Americans are suffering. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...

cbsnews.comAs Trump brags about U.S. oil and gas company profits, his stocks gained millions during Iran warA report from congressional Democrats found the president purchased millions in oil and gas stocks during the war.

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Replying to @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

"The mayor’s group usually appears around 10 or 11 p.m., entering discreetly through the loading dock which leads to the gym stairs, the two people said." What operations are being scrambled by a 10pm game?

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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3 years-old.... I had my first experience with racism when I was six. My Mom explaining to me at six about what I would sometimes face moving through life. This breaks my heart.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

I spoke to the mom of the 3-year-old soccer star who was left "thinking he did something wrong" after a league official called police "due to a disturbance between parents" The youth sports league said they launched a review and reached out to the family

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Anthropic is trying to write its own federal AI regulation law. The major AI firms have all issued feeble proposals for how their AI will serve the public, in anticipation of their pending IPOs. It's all a reminder that we cannot, any under circumstances, let AI firms govern the future.

bloodinthemachine.comWe cannot under any circumstances let AI firms govern the futureAnthropic is trying to write its own laws. And all the AI firms have proposals for how their AI will serve the public. Here’s what they have in common--and why we shouldn’t accept any of them.

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AUDI: DELEGATION VISITED GEORGIA TO TAKE FORWARD NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING PLANNED PLANT, DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS WE WERE ASKED TO PRESENT OUR PLANS PUBLICLY ALONGSIDE US PRESIDENT TRUMP

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Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs That's $33 million per job In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities

qz.comAI data centers employ very few people: What the numbers howA $10 billion data center may employ 300 people. The same money in manufacturing would support thousands. What that gap means for communities

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The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

cleveland.comPlain Dealer/cleveland.com endorses Amy Acton for Ohio governorThe Plain Dealer editorial board endorses Democrat Amy Acton for Ohio governor, citing her preparedness and community engagement, while condemning opponent Vivek Ramaswamy's weaponizing of Acton's chi...

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Joanne Frederick cares for 100 acres of conservation land on her Maryland farm. Now, a proposed transmission line to power AI data centers could cut through it. “I can't cut a tree down on my own property, right? This power line will destroy five acres of old growth.”

floodlightnews.orgAs AI drives up electricity demand, rural residents get caught in the middleA proposed transmission line could run through thousands of acres of protected land in Maryland. Locals say they’re being forced to bear the costs of out-of-state tech.

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Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, WCK invested in local capacity. Through our Community Kitchen program, we equip local community centers with the tools they need to cook for their neighbors—ensuring that families can prepare the meals they love. #ChefsForUkraine

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Replying to @georgepotter.bsky.social

The Bolsonarists didn't change their minds, they didn't suddenly stop believing that their man could do no wrong and that Lula was an existential threat to Brazil. They were simply outvoted by those who refused to risk a return to fascism, and decided not to sit this election out.

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Replying to @francescadnunz.bsky.social

He is just one cog in a deportation machine for which the federal government has now earmarked $240 billion. Today, more than 1,900 agencies in at least 30 states have signed up for the same ICE partnership program Ingram joined.

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Techmeme@techmeme.com

Elon Musk says SpaceX closed $40B in GPU debt, debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center firms, and 200+ neoclouds face "death and consolidation" (Elon Musk/@elonmusk) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Apparently, some Houston voters are putting their I Voted stickers on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial. Stephen Miller is ALREADY trying to scapegoat others for losing whatever races they lose in Texas and elsewhere. This is a vivid testament that for some voters, his murder squad is the reason.

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Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Something that's not being said. The REASON why Blanche and Bill Essayli are so defiantly violating the Constitution is bc John Roberts said they can't be prosecuted so long as they're following Trump's illegal orders. Blanche's criminality arises DIRECTLY out of Trump v. US.

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I know that everyone is focused on Trump's attacks in California and Alaska. My team is fighting in court in both places. But understand the fight for free and fair elections is much broader. Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus DC.

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this is total gobbledygook? the process to decide who should be certified as the winner is the election, and there is no federal law that says the courts get to decide who that is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Blanche on CBS says his suit against Alaska is "asking the court to step in where the Alaska Supreme Court didn't, which is to look at federal law and if necessary to allow a process for Alaska to decide who should be certified as the winner." (So, the voters won't get to decide. Got it.)