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A federal judge dismissed new obstruction charges Tuesday against two former FBI officials for their roles in investigations into Hunter Biden.

Elon Musk can whine and threaten me all he wants, but I'm still going to call out his bullying and abuse of power.

I've been surprised how strongly Talarico has shifted to running against Elon's influence and I'm glad to see it.

NEW: buried in anthropic's hefty ipo documents released yesterday is an interesting admission: the company's increasing reliance on dirty gas to power its data centers is actually exposing it to financial risk wrote about it for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Changing plans. Not a "Going to a different grocery store" kind of plan, but the plan I've routed in my head for what I WILL be doing for the next thirty, sixty, ninety minutes or more. Cut into that unexpectedly and I'm unprepared? Shakes, irritability, brain fog, loss of direction, etc.

I saw a post referring to an AI as a "silicon RA," and not only is that a wonderful way to wind up producing shit academic work, it's a wonderful way to telegraph your views about students, and does shit to develop future scholars.

me: pendants annoy me him: why? me: they think they know everything him: I think you mean “pedants” me: *under breath* fucking pendant

Today is the anniversary of being told by an FBI agent that I was about to be federally indicted. I tried to look for pictures from that day but all there is the tableau of full-body stress hives all over my back. 0/10, take better pictures future Kat

Shout out to all the marginalized folks whose freedom to simply live their lives has been turned into a political football by assholes and whatnot.

I cant wait to never see or think about Trump again

EXCLUSIVE: Two books, sold inside two Christian nationalist conferences, provide arguments for followers of Christ potentially murdering abortion providers—and a warning for America. 1/2

In May, I got the chance to foster amazing FIV+ duo Cathy and Heathcliff. They arrived from the shelter with 2 one-day old kittens. Cathy was so thin the shelter had not even realised she was pregnant.

Chat, is it good when your hockey team has fewer shots than the other team has goals? (By “chat” I mean a panel of peers, not the GPT)

"The votes aren't there" is cowardice masked as savviness. There has to be accountability for their crimes. The House has a duty to make the case here and if some GOP senators want to weasel out, make them own that vote. Don't let pundits and "strategists" talk you out of doing your damn job.

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

#blockparty

It's no longer left versus right, liberals versus conservatives or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Know the stakes. The midterms are here.

I appreciate the bar is quite low but this excerpt from an interview with Molyneux about AI is almost too on the nose. Nice anecdote about a colleague he used to respect and enjoy working with, followed by an explanation of how him and everyone like him is now expendable.

An American Samoan family in Alaska facing felony voting charges unanimously rejected any plea deals. They maintained that they never intentionally broke the law, and they wanted to avoid creating a precedent that could harm other U.S. nationals.

i mean really, tremendous commitment to the bit

What you need to know about Israeli election 👇 - Majority of Israelis voted for non-Netanyahu govt parties - Not knockout blow to Netanyahu but very hard to remain PM - Massive drop in Netanyahu block. Fall of 68 to 50-55 - Record Arab turnout Likely outcome Eisenkot govt backed by Arab parties

PSA on how to turn off that feature since I haven't seen anyone post it: User Settings > Data & Privacy > Channel Messages then turn it off

A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors' request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. https://to.pbs.org/47LwZ3v

At least one more of these has come out since we recorded the episode btw

fascinating to see the level of reality disconnect these people have on a fundamental level if the story is "married man who runs a business starts having sex with a young woman intern he hired" how do you even begin to think "well it must be the intern girls fault" full-on detachment from reality

Entourage cameo! Also Teixeira doesn't live in the Texas district he hopes to represent

Inspiring stuff here defector.com/mark-teixeir...

I wrote about Mark Teixeira, former New York Yankee and longtime resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, who's running for office in Texas as a "Retired Texas Ranger" (gift link 🎁)

RIP Michaelangelo you would have loved pumpkin carving.

i guess trump found his new press secretary

Interior of one of the Kubuswoningen (1972-76) in Helmond, the Netherlands, by Piet Blom www.tumblr.com/germanpostwa...

Sysco’s $29B grab for Restaurant Depot doesn’t just hurt independent restaurants. It hurts the small farmers who sell to them. More consolidation means fewer choices and higher prices for you.

My pal Rusty Schweickart was an astronaut on Apollo 9, and to celebrate his birthday there's an auction *from his personal collection* to raise money for the Schweickart Prize, which supports people helping protect the planet from asteroid impacts.

“It wasn’t just like [BlackRock CEO] Larry Fink abandoned all this [ESG] stuff, and then he got back into Texas. He had to play a political game. He had to do some lobbying. He had to kind of bend at the knee ... and show that Texas was really important to him.” Great work by @candicequestions.com!

Penny found the FANCIEST football.

Environmentalists, Indigenous groups and climate scientists are celebrating the reelection in Brazil of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which brings the prospect of a continued focus on stopping the illegal cutting of the Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world. https://to.pbs.org/4jKhGzo

Current* conditions near Sturgeon Bay, WI:

me when i get offered a potato on halloween

imagine getting quesadillas fresh off the flat top on halloween imagine that night of nights

For 35 years, Donna Goldstein has used GIS to help Palm Beach County students learn, connect, and stay safe. She even studied the impact of GIS for those learning English, with reading scores that jumped 38%. www.esri.com/about/newsro...