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Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

cnbc.comAfter SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreementUkraine says restrictions on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted, restoring connectivity to fast-moving military systems after disruptions.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com

"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"

businessinsider.comAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTOSome AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...

Raw Story@rawstory.com

President Donald Trump was once again denied the Nobel Peace Prize, but the winner made sure to mention him in her initial remarks.

bit.lyNew Nobel Peace Prize winner nails Trump in initial comments: 'Clap a little bit more'President Donald Trump was once again denied the Nobel Peace Prize, but the winner made sure to mention him in her initial remarks.And not in a flattering way, reported The Daily Beast.The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, a South African jurist and former U.N. H...

CNN@cnn.com

Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. https://cnn.it/4i2BCfj

Forbes@forbes.com

The president asked Truth Social followers to help him rebrand the term as 'superior,' 'extreme,' or 'supreme' intelligence.

forbes.comTrump Asks Followers To Pick A ‘More Elegant’ Name For AIThe president asked Truth Social followers to help him rebrand the term as 'superior,' 'extreme,' or 'supreme' intelligence.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social

Once again "there's aluminum" is not a strong argument for going to the Moon. If there were bars of gold on the Moon's surface, it would not be worth it to get them. Why don't these articles ever talk to an economist? Or just a boring person? fortune.com/2026/08/06/p...

fortune.com‘Pure insanity’—Elon Musk details SpaceX’s plan to turn the moon into its newest manufacturing site | FortuneSpaceX’s SEC filings describe lunar satellite factories, electromagnetic launchers, and robotic mineral mining. The founders building space equipment say the science checks out—even if the timeline do...

Tom Coates@tomcoates.bsky.social

As far as I can tell there’s still a thunderstorm expected to happen in the next couple of hours in Washington DC but Trump has decided that he must give his speech and so has told them to reopen the grounds so people can be outside in a thunderstorm during his speech.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump and his sons ripped off nearly one million of their supporters and made a fortune producing nothing of value for anyone. Blood sucking leeches, using the US presidency to do it. And they couldn’t care less and their cult doesn’t seem to mind. Strange times in America.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

The reason people keep doing crimes for Trump is that you get rewarded for doing them, congratulations to Colorado's Dem governor for making sure we get more people trying to overturn elections on his behalf bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

The whitewashing continues Justice Dept supports vacating the seditious conspiracy convictions from the U.S. Capitol siege An affront to victims and the juries who convicted the defendants (Those defendants received commutations, not pardons from Trump) www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...

cbsnews.comDOJ moves to dismiss Jan. 6 convictions against former Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including seditious conspiracy chargesThe Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate Jan. 6 convictions against a dozen former members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, aiming to wipe away some of the final...

Forbes@forbes.com

The Strait of Hormuz, which is used to transport 20% of the world’s oil, is still closed and Iran said Friday it forced at least three ships to turn back.

forbes.comGas May Hit $4 Today, Oil Rises Again Above $110The Strait of Hormuz, which is used to transport 20% of the world’s oil, is still closed and Iran said Friday it forced at least three ships to turn back.

MPR News@mprnews.org

School district leaders tell MPR News that they have verified incidents in which children, parents and school staff members have been pulled into vehicles by masked agents or detained in other ways.

mprnews.orgKids, staff, parents detained: How federal activity in Minnesota is affecting schools and studentsThe recent surge in federal law enforcement activity is increasingly affecting school children across the state. Some schools are offering online learning to students to afraid to go to school, while ...

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all): whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...

whatever.scalzi.com“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For AnythingI search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight? MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump waves around renderings of his new ballroom, which appears to be entirely gold

Forbes@forbes.com

Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.

forbes.comRFK Jr. Is Targeting Vaccines And Tylenol. Are Prozac And Ozempic Next?Tylenol maker Kenvue is reeling after unsupported claims that its popular drug causes autism. Kennedy is unlikely to stop there.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEW: More FBI leaders were axed Thursday in the latest purge by the Trump administration. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

politico.comMore heads roll at FBIAt least three more officials, including the head of the powerful Washington field office, have been told they are being fired.

Malafect@malafect.bsky.social

As someone that develops system/backend software, and has been doing so for decades, I predict that we'll see some major systems failing in the next few years, attributed to "vibe coding".

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Meta's trial unveiled a tidbit: In 2022, Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea: Why don’t we delete everyone’s Facebook friends list and make them start over? Would Facebook feel cooler if you weren’t just hearing from a bunch of people you added 12 years ago and never talked to again? nyti.ms/4jstsv6

Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social

🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise: -21 million w/out access to citizenship docs -69 million women who took spouses last name -ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comHouse Republicans are set to pass a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”

Malafect@malafect.bsky.social

They have yet to get one to orbit, never mind the number required to refuel one in orbit, never mind showing they can refuel one in orbit, never mind getting one to Mars, never mind actually landing one on Mars, etc. The addition of Optimus makes it *more* complicated, not less... sigh.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Job candidates at federal agencies are being questioned on their loyalty to Trump. Among the questions: Would you be willing to serve as a spokesperson for mass deportations? Which of Trump’s executive orders is your favorite? Who won the 2020 election? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comTrump Team Tests Job Candidates by Asking Who Won the 2020 ElectionThe White House is giving potential job candidates litmus tests in interviews to make sure they are sufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump and his second-term agenda, according to people familia...

Jamie Gangel@jamiegangel.bsky.social

“The choice of Mr. Bongino is a radical and abrupt departure from that practice and raises startling questions about how two people who have never served as F.B.I. agents will oversee the vast surveillance and investigative powers of an agency of 38,000 people…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

nytimes.comRight-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director (Gift Article)The choice of Dan Bongino is a radical departure from the bureau’s history of having a veteran agent serve in the key role that oversees operations.

Malafect@malafect.bsky.social

I keep thinking that Musk is Trumps pet that he wants to show off, and I'm not sure what Musk really brings Trump, post election. Trump now seems to have more leverage over Musk via funding to SpaceX... does Trump really care about Mars? What happens to Musk when Trump sours on him?