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David Pfau @davidpfau.com · 4h

Very excited to be able to talk about something I've been working on for a while now - we're working with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, IMO the leading fusion startup in the world, to take our work on AI and tokamaks and make it work at the frontier of fusion energy. deepmind.google/discover/blo...

Google DeepMind is bringing AI to the next generation of fusion energy

We’re announcing our research partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to bring clean, safe, limitless fusion energy closer to reality with our advanced AI systems. This partnership...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

Trump diverts anti-terror funds from Democratic strongholds to Republican states reut.rs/4q9fD8N

Trump diverts anti-terror funds from Democratic strongholds to Republican states

The Trump administration plans to shift terrorism prevention funding from Democratic-led states toward those led by Republicans, government records show, as it overhauls a $1 billion program created after the 9/11 attacks.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 8h

Breaking: Starting next year, Californians with diabetes will be able to purchase state-branded insulin at steeply reduced prices, Gov. Newsom announced today. Long-acting insulin pens will be available at pharmacies for $11 per pen beginning Jan. 1. https://cal.news/3W7SDZW

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a partnership with Civica Rx to provide insulin to Californians for $30 for 10 milliliters, which he said was as little as one-tenth of the current cost. Photo by Ringo Chiu, Sipa USA via Reuters

Hed: Newsom unveils $11 state insulin for Californians: ‘We took matters into our own hands’

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 1h

Lower-cost insulin manufactured by the state of California will be available to consumers starting Jan. 1, 2026, for about $11 per pen.

Lower-cost, California-branded insulin will be available to consumers in January

Lower-cost insulin manufactured by the state of California will be available to consumers starting Jan. 1, 2026, for about $11 per pen.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 55m

“A lot of them [the UK press] are not oblivious to encroaching authoritarianism - they want it”

@goodlawproject.org

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/trans-uk

Fighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon Maugham

The UK's lurch into a radically opressive anti-trans regime

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1h

I keep reading in outlets like the Washington Monthly that YIMBYism is electoral poison, but here’s a press release from a guy clearly running for president boasting about how many YIMBY things he did this year. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/y...

YIMBYs rejoice! Leaders celebrate Governor Newsom’s landmark actions this year to boost housing and affordability | Governor of California

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1h

You should read this article about how you continue to get bombarded by scams because of Elon Musk’s Starlink

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investiga...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

*42 percent* of all Windows users are still on 10?! aftermath.site/windows-11-n...

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11 - Aftermath

The end of support for Windows 10 is a mess

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Sean Duffy: "We are gonna save billions of dollars by getting rid of the fuel economy standards that are set way too high, that no combustion engine can meet, costing each car to the tune of thousands of dollars for the end consumer. We're in the process of getting rid of those rules."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

VARNEY: Some Iowa farmers are frustrated because Trump is putting $20b into Argentina to bail them out. They're worried that the administration is focused on foreign financial aid at the expense of American farmers.

BROOKE ROLLINS: The president's focus remains 100% on America first

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

A decade-long effort by immigration restrictionists to overturn Obama-era rules allowing the spouses of H-1B holders to legally work (people potentially here for decades while their spouse waits in employment visa backlogs) has now finally been put to bed.

Andrew Kreighbaum @kreighbaum.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court passed on a challenge to employment eligibility for spouses of H-1B visa holders.

The DC Circuit had upheld the lawfulness of work permits for H-4 dependent visa holders last year.

#H1Bvisa #immigration #tech

Justices Pass on Hearing Challenge to H-1B Spouses’ Work Permits

The US Supreme Court has declined to consider a bid by immigration opponents to invalidate employment authorization for spouses of certain temporary foreign workers in the US.

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Annie, MLIS, Big NPC Energy 🍄🎮🥌 @dharmascholar.bsky.social · 2h

Gave the winnings to charity too

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3h

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire, took home $1.4 million in winnings after playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas last year, according to a copy of his new tax filing.

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor who is on the 2028 presidential shortlist reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1h

lolololololololol

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Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor, who is on the 2028 presidential short list, reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1h

A fun game to play with wealth like this is "what would this be for me?" Pritzker is worth $3.9 billion, and I'm worth, well, significantly less than that. I did the math and this would be like me winning $50 at a blackjack table.

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor, who is on the 2028 presidential short list, reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

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PanAmerican @dkpseudo.bsky.social · 1h

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PanAmerican @dkpseudo.bsky.social · 3h

"Pritzker [...] played the card game while on a vacation with his wife and some friends [...]

The governor will be donating the money to charity [...]

The governor apparently also likes to play poker, [...] and founded a charity poker tournament."

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Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

The billionaire Illinois governor who is on the 2028 presidential shortlist reported the earnings in his latest tax filings after playing blackjack at a Las Vegas casino.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 23h

California Governor Gavin Newsom this week vetoed a law that would have limited the regulatory powers of air quality agencies at the ports of the nation's busiest port complex at Los Angeles and Long Beach, which are the biggest source of local air pollution.

California governor vetoes bill that would have limited air quality regulation

California Governor Gavin Newsom this week vetoed a law that would have limited the regulatory powers of air quality agencies at the ports of the nation's busiest port complex at Los Angeles and Long Beach, which are the biggest source of local air pollution.

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 2h

Mayor Adams says that once he leaves office he plans to "go back to school" and get a doctorate. He says he also plans to write a book and work on "a documentary."

He says the job offers he's fielding at least in part relate to "things in other countries."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2h

This Dunkin’ ad is murdering me

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Cartoons Hate Her! @cartoonshateher.bsky.social · 7h

I regret to inform you that the “emotional labor” brigade is now coming for consensual marital sex

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

Breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 blamed on China, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/479LSvQ

Breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 blamed on China, Bloomberg News reports

A breach of a major U.S.-based cybersecurity provider F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14h

A potentially “catastrophic” breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China bloom.bg/3WG36Mk

📷: Chris Ratcliffe

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 1d

This one's a wild/messy one: Cyber giant F5, which serves most of the Fortune 500, said unknown government hackers had 'long term' access to its network:

• stole source code, some customer data
• accessed undisclosed vulns in BIG-IP
• DOJ allowed F5 to delay public notice citing national security

Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had 'long-term' access to its systems, stole code and customer data | TechCrunch

The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.

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