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"WIRED’s stories were not only groundbreaking; they were singular."
HUGE congratulations to my @wired.com colleagues for this well-earned 2026 Hillman Prize for our coverage of DOGE! www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...
Jeffries on Kash Patel: "We have to stop putting all the blame on the people who nominated this incompetent, toxic, malignant individual. What about the people who confirmed him? It's extraordinary to me that Senate Republican confirmed people like Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Patel."
New post up on Pack IT Forwarding about why AIOps fatigue is real, what "deterministic root cause" actually means in plain English, and the questions you should be asking before you buy the next shiny thing.
#NFD40 #AIOps #NetworkEngineering
Your regular reminder that you DO NOT have to help fund literal Nazis with your Subst*ck: other easy-to-use and powerful newsletter/CMS backend options like Ghost are not just out there but waiting for you to put your money where your principles are.
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
These surveillance startups should stop with the pretense. Just call your company “Stasi” or “Thousand Year Reich” like you want to and spare us your little wink. - Drew
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
In a nutshell. 😊
"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine. n.pr/3QbDxTA
Padua
Delta Air Lines had no trouble endorsing the Big Beautiful Bill, which gave ICE a blank check to terrorize Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.
They flew Liam to an ICE concentration camp.
Now they want a million dollars to build a new lounge at MSP.
Join us on Monday to demand accountability.
I feel seen.
DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states.
DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand.
My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases.
DOJ is now 0-5.
My firm is 5-0.
Lesson: When we fight we win.
I don't know who needs to hear this — anyone? everyone? — but whatever you do, do NOT give Sam Altman your eyeballs. You will never get them back and you have no idea what he'll do with them. If anyone asks you for your eyeballs, you should run away as far and as fast as you can.
Congress quietly reauthorized a surveillance program that spies on Americans no roll call, no accountability, just a voice vote at midnight. The Senate rubber-stamped the extension until April 30, buying themselves less than two weeks before they have to do this all over again.
"Democrats need to break from this path and acknowledge that billionaires—especially those in the increasingly antidemocratic tech sector—are never going to side with them over the GOP." From @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2087...
Worth a try. But given the history of male religious hierarchies, the evidence is not promising
Do you want a free certification guide for the #Terraform Authoring and Operations Pro exam? The amazing Mattias Fjellström has provided me with five vouchers, and I'll be giving them away to five lucky people during tomorrow's livestream.
Join me at 1PM ET tomorrow! www.youtube.com/live/9rK0lEe...
ok so the biggest piece of advice for long-running agents i have so far is (if your rate limits allow it) you have to keep a few past messages in-context after a compaction along with the summary to make sure that the agent doesn't get lost
NEW: Andrew Ferguson, a law professor, wrote a new book on digital surveillance and policing — & how the police track & exploit your personal data.
He's agreed to answer questions on this sent by Bolts readers.
Check out more info below, & you can drop a question in the form!
Hey @crooked.com and @thebulwark.com when are you going to get off Substack? There are plenty of other options.
Excellent reporting from @dell.bsky.social on how CAR, a small conservative legal group, has a fast track for filing complaints at the FCC. Appreciate the couple quotes from our @onthemedia.bsky.social interview with the president of CAR.
www.wired.com/story/the-fc...
Glad to see the Australian government on board. Massive milestone today with Bowen acknowledging EV growth is already offsetting the oil crisis. Increasing reserves while demand falls makes no sense.
Now for a solar carport mandate!
Charge baby charge. ☀️⚡ #Bettrification #EVs
Just noticed the bass line in the chorus of the Police song "Oh My God" borrows *heavily* from "Day Tripper." "Oh My God" is also the song where Sting tosses in a few of his own lyrics from "Everything She Does Is Magic," so maybe he was in a borrowing mood.
OK, I'm going back to work now...
this being the thing that crosses the line for many rightwingers is so illustrative of how they don’t really care about anything real that actually matters. their problems are all entirely fictional
