Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

For my newsletter, I wrote about how I was affected by the No Kings protest in my town.

(I am no longer thinking about fleeing the country)

www.burnsnotice.com/no-kings-cha...

There is a huge difference between saying, “all who oppose this regime are welcome in our movement,” and saying, “our movement will compromise its goals bc we are welcoming people who hold regressive viewpoints.”

Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.

Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.

Google employees raised concerns around a policy mandating the use of a third-party AI tool in order to access health benefits. Google executives then walked back the policy.
@businessinsider.com

www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-he...

Before the ACA was passed, my physician told me NOT to get genetic testing. For the cancer that killed my mom.

They told me not to because if I did, I might not be able to get affordable health insurance. Or any health insurance.

Amazon Aws down, inaccessibili centinaia di siti e piattaforme. L’azienda: “Problemi risolti”
https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2025/10/20/news/amazon_web_service_down_cloud-424924728/?rss

DeSantis said “Most people, particularly under 50, what they really need is a catastrophic plan that’s affordable, where then they can pay whatever they’re doing out of a health savings account.”
floridapolitics.com/archives/761...

Karpathy starts by saying human supervision is needed only because models aren't yet capable enough. But if you look closely at the obstacle ("I want to learn... and become better as a programmer, not just get served mountains of code that I'm told works"), it doesn't go away "when we reach AGI." +

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.