Democrats planning to run in November’s midterm elections have been advised not to antagonise pro-AI campaign groups that have amassed more than $300mn to fight for the industry’s priorities. The warnings by top party consultants, corroborated by people close to four different campaigns and party strategists speaking on the condition of anonymity, come despite internal polling for Democrats showing widespread public support for tougher AI rules.

They're calling it the best democracy ever.

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Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran's foreign ​minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open, ‌another sizeable wager...

‘Investors placed a bet worth about $760M on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran's foreign ​minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open.’ www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals | TechCrunch The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. 

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. 

Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: ‘I don’t want AI turned on our own people’ The tech entrepreneur on Claude Mythos, repercussions from the Pentagon dispute — and his message for the super-rich

"“We’re excited for the US government to use this technology,” he says, suggesting it could help “dissolve” authoritarian regimes. “But I don’t want it turned on our own people or used for undemocratic ends""

Unreformed Silicon neocon: 'Democratic' is when the US government does it to other people.

The president preparing to do his best Mitch McConnell. "Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again. It will no longer be used as a weapon against the World!"

Hard to take anything seriously lately, which does seem the point, a knock-on benefit of COVID denialism.

As Breaker first reported, CBS News has invited both Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to be guests at their tables at the White House Correspondents' dinner just days after Ellison's cocktail soiree.

You might or or might not (but I’m guessing might not) be surprised to learn that CBS News invited Stephen Miller to be their guest at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Hegseth, too.

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Happy Friday

We are nothing if not a country fueled on denialism.

Happy Strait of Hormuz Reopening Day

No.

Current Las Vegas windstorm turning my eyes into raisins.

Axios & Allies

Canon.

It looks so tiny now outdoors.

Concrete staircase coming down to the street from the new LACMA building in LA

Concrete staircase and escalator connecting the Silver Line and Green Line under the 105/110 interchange in LA

The new Zumthor LACMA building is the most LA thing I've ever seen. It's like a homage to the 105/110 interchange and the absolute worst transit station ever built.

Except the curtains.

LACMA sounds depressing.

The only way you can read this is that FISA 702 has been turned against American citizens in violation of the 4th Amendment.

The Trump regime follows no law. It's the Fuck You Stop Me admin.

Back to the hopium mines tomorrow.

Will the market finally wake up?

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

what can you say except lol

Stock market is at an all-time high right this moment.

We are a sick nation.

Fuck it, BETAMAX.

Would be a sick move if the new release only comes out on cassette.

Need one of those stand-up spray tanning booths, but refitted to spray a nice even layer of capsaicin over my entire body.

Forbidden.

We can replace all of them.

The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thiel’s Online Influence Empire New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enem...

New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer aka “Weev” became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging “memetic warfare” against their enemies.

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Excited for another day in the psychosis factory.