Amaya Stout

Kinda hard to believe it’s all fake. Curious what the actual pushback looks like on the ground.

Honestly, spending $2 million on surveillance tech deserves serious scrutiny. If city leaders are changing their minds, maybe residents’ concerns are finally getting through. Public safety matters, but so do privacy, accountability, and making sure taxpayer money actually benefits the community.

Texas hitting pause on 17 data center projects shows how messy the AI boom is getting. Big tech wants capacity yesterday, but power, water, and local politics don’t move on Silicon Valley timelines. Permits are becoming a real financial risk, not just paperwork.

Has the push for profits gone too far in American healthcare? Competition doesn’t help ordinary people if costs keep rising and care remains out of reach. We need a system where affordability and patient well-being matter just as much as the bottom line. hsph.harvard.edu/news/opinion...

The press should be held accountable when it gets things wrong, but threatening consequences because a story makes those in power uncomfortable is a dangerous road to go down. The public deserves the truth, not political pressure on journalists. Let the facts speak. www.axios.com/2026/10/21/w...

I think that’s pretty much spot on. The real danger isn’t that AI slop will replace good games overnight, but that it’ll flood storefronts, bury smaller developers, and make discoverability even worse. The garbage itself is forgettable; cleaning up the consequences is what’ll hurt.

Sharing this for anyone new to Duchenne. Muscle is the house. Dystrophin is the foundation. Nicole (Executive director of Patient Affairs at Sarepta) explains why putting that protein back matters more than just bracing the walls. Sarepta’s been on that path and they’re not stopping at one therapy 🙏

Most claims about rogue superintelligence have nothing to do with real computer science or engineering rigor.They’re mostly rooted in transhumanism and wishful thinking about digital humans. It’s time we focus on reality instead of ideological hype. www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...

Whatever the politics, a sudden influx of 50,000 people in a week raises legitimate questions about border security and regional coordination.

Easiest way to see this is US commercial inventories. Low, especially compared to the last 10y, but very much not apocalyptic.

China often lets companies grow first and regulates later. The US tends to regulate early.Too many rules too soon could slow the innovation America needs most. Would some of America’s most important inventions have emerged the same way under current rules? www.wsj.com/tech/move-fa...

NVIDIA chip export bans? Biggest backfire ever. China exploding with open source and Huawei. Now controlling models and chips while US drags ass on data centers. Painful.

Stop the AI Silicon Curtain before it hardens!!!! China is using soft power and cut-rate digital infrastructure to split the world into rival tech blocs. Proactive competition, not neglect, is the only way to keep the future open. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The Friends cast is still earning $20 million a year twenty years after the show ended. That’s $20 million EACH, every year.

When you’ve lost Jonathan Turley 👀

Welcome to the #Patriots, Caleb Lomu!

AI is becoming too important economically and strategically for governments to stay distant from it. The real concern is making sure democratic accountability keeps pace, because tech companies now influence society at a scale that used to belong mostly to states.

The 10 highest-paid utility company executives raked in more than $220 million last year. Meanwhile, utility companies asked for a record $31 billion in rate increases, affecting 81 million customers across the country. Yes: utility CEOs are raking it in while millions struggle to pay their bills.

Sorry HogsBreath, We're Sticking With Mark Kelly, Senator, Astronaut And Navy Pilot.......

Lmao the reason this leaked was because he wanted to buy IDEF, a totally illiquid BlackRock fund that trades ~$100k a day, instead of ITA which trades hundred of millions, so he had his brokers call up BlackRock and ask for a direct creation under his name. There’s so many layers of stupidity here.

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

“.. The hiring rate for the construction industry fell to an all-time low in February.” #JOLTS - Schwab