As of a month ago, half of xAI’s founding team of 12 individuals had resigned.
As of today, that number has grown to nine,
meaning that a mere three are left.
In the face of it all,
Musk is admitting that the company is in deep trouble
— and in need of a deep overhaul
Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026
thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta...
This is literally just straight-up corruption,
but the WSJ isn't about to make that clear to readers.
The "America Last" Trump administration is prepared to
waive the Jones Act to loosen shipping rules as the Iran war continues,
the White House said Thursday.
Waiving the rule would allow foreign ships to move fuel between U.S. ports
Want to know why Congress is doing nothing on AI?
AI oligarchs have already spent over $185 million buying politicians this year.
There it is. It’s no more complicated than that.
Hundreds of unionized University of California workers circled the Arbor,
in front of the Library at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday
at what organizers called a
“last chance” practice picket
— a visible warning that a strike could be days away if contract talks continue to stall.
A recent survey by the American Jewish Committee, a nonprofit, found that
91 percent of American Jews say they feel less safe in the United States in the wake of high-profile attacks last year
More than half said that they had changed their behavior out of fear.
SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”
The Montana Plan uses the States authority to define what powers corporations get
-- and stops giving them the power to spend in our politics.
Montana can do it,
and your state can too!
Learn how!
#MoneyIsNotSpeech
The Chinese Embassy in the US uploaded this video on twitter yesterday, and again today,and then deleted it.
In any case, the symbolism is right on target!
San Diego County is suing the Trump administration for illegally blocking officials from inspecting ICE detention centers.
There have been ‘alarming reports’ about unsafe conditions inside the centers.
ACLU California Action asked California's gubernatorial candidates where they stand on the most vital civil rights and civil liberties issues facing Californians today.
Here’s how they responded
aclucalaction.org/2026-electio...
Trump trys to spin spiking oil prices as a win for the US
-- as Pentagon reportedly tells lawmakers Iran war cost
$11.3 billion in the first week
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
🔥IMHO likely the Iranian hackers confused the Stryker medical devices company with the manufacturer of the M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle
-- which is produced by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada
Someone Used This Mysterious Coin as Bus Fare in the 1950s.
It Turned Out to Be 2,000-Year-Old Currency Minted by the Phoenicians
Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Leaders around the world appear to be struggling to respond to an American administration that is no longer constrained by pretending to care about human lives, the law, or the cost of its hubris. trib.al/bI8OHbv
In 2025, only 8,000 Iranians sought asylum in Europe
- less than 1% of all applications.
But with a population of 90 million,
the EU Asylum Agency warns that
even partial instability could trigger a massive refugee crisis
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Despite rare act of multilateralism,
there is no guarantee the IEA’s release of 400m barrels from reserves will depress oil prices
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nothing turns the public against the incumbent party like a tanked economy and a disastrous war. The Iranians believe they’ll achieve favorable terms once the U.S. economy begins to crater and the public turns against Trump. trib.al/JJ2fRtk
If true, these allegations are as bad (in my opinion) as DOGE having “God level” access to voting machines.
mastoreader.io?url=https%3A...
MOTHRA,
the world’s largest all-lens telescope,
is now under construction at the Obstech/El Sauce Observatory in Chile’s Rio Hurtado Valley
Its array of 1,140 telephoto lenses
— the equivalent of a single 4.7-meter diameter lens
— will look for diffuse ionized gas located in-between galaxies
🧪
"Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism"
...
"Trump fans are much angrier about housing assistance when they see an image of a black man
In contrast, Clinton supporters seemed relatively unmoved by racial cues"
Helluva way to run a war,
as the NYT reports.
But the article doesn’t go far enough.
WHY are his aides terrified of telling Trump the truth?
Because the commander-in-chief is not OK in the head, that’s why.
These reporters should say it instead of covering it up.
Reporter: "Is the ending of this war also contingent upon Iran selecting a leader that the president finds acceptable? If so, how is that not the definition of a regime change war?"
Leavitt: *doesn't answer*
Reporter: "You're not exactly addressing my question."
New statue humiliating Trump and Epstein debuts at the National Mall
The statue replicates a scene in 'Titanic' from 1997, when the film's main characters stand together on the ship -- before it collides with an iceberg and crashes
www.irishstar.com/news/politic...
Claims that Muslim Americans are seeking to impose Islamic religious law on the country have become popular talking points among Republican lawmakers recently.
It's come to this:
The Ig Nobel Awards,
presented at Harvard or MIT since the 1990s,
is moving to Zurich because the US is not safe for foreign visitors
#bluesky is going the way of #twitter
with new leadership due to financial pressure, they are going to cave and ruin some aspect of it
My unfounded speculation is some #crypto tie-in shit, since it's owned and run by #cryptobros
Enjoy bluesky folks!
but its days are numbered
-- Ben Royce
