Did Jimmy Kimmel Just Beat Donald Trump?
Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC, and the latest on Trump's moves to quash "antifa."
Drunk bats, reanimated dodos, & further Orbanification of America
Trump’s new “midterm convention,” Kamala Harris picking Pete Buttigieg as VP, Susan Collins clashing with Chuck Schumer on funding, and ICE’s push for hundreds of new offices. Stephen Miller’s quota-linked raids on Korean workers, South Korea’s diplomatic response, and age-verification battles for adult sites in the UK. Canada’s record heat wave tied to climate change, Exxon’s CEO criticizing EU ESG rules, and rebuttals to fossil fuel “tax fairness” messaging. OpenAI’s research into deceptive AI, Elon Musk’s Grok claims about rewriting Wikipedia, Reddit’s labeling bug, humanoid robots in healthcare, and startups using AI to revive Whitney Houston and even the dodo bird, and more.
Robot Guide Dogs, Ghost Ships, and (sigh) Authoritarian Consolidation
Smoked mummies, ghost ships, AI robot guide dogs, and how land-lines are making a comeback with kids.
The crackdown on “leftist” groups and . . . well, mostly just that.
After Charlie Kirk’s death, Trump team calls for dismantling leftist groups. Workers Commenting on Kirk’s Death Learn the Limits of Free Speech in and Out of Their Jobs. Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Charlie Kirk Killing.
Why cats eat grass and why khat makes a good energy drink
Why cats eat grass plus AI privacy breakthroughs, rising spyware investment, gravitational-wave milestones, a UK–US nuclear pact, and new media power centers.
A quiet hurricane season and what the 1970s can tell us about the life and death of Charlie Kirk
Evergreen HS Shooting • Charlie Kirk Killed • Political Violence & the 1970s • Atlantic Hurricane Lull • Detained Korean Workers Flight • College Importance Poll • Ellison Tops Musk (Briefly) • School Prayer Guidance • U.S. vs. EU Climate Rules • Inflation Reports • Collins vs. Schumer • “Dead Internet” Viral • Ant Humanoid Robot • Grok & Wikipedia • Atlas of Space • Reddit Labeling Bug • LTE: Energy Costs • Rebuttal: “Tax Fairness”
The National Book Award longlist for poetry and a chlamydia cure for koalas
The latest on Koala chlamydia vaccine, MAHA Report, Cracker Barrel remodels, AI Darwin Awards, the
National Book Award for Poetry, and more.
Hyundai ICE & Where Consciousness Begins
What's up with the Hyundai plant raid? • Stabbing Video Fuels MAGA’s Crime Messaging • U.S. Deploys F-35s, Trump on Venezuela • AI Inbreeding • Google AI Mode & the Open Web • Consciousness in the Body • Open AI Vision vs Big Tech • Russia’s Oil Discovery • Why AI Hallucinates • Thompson on Stagflation • Stupidogenic Society • Blueskyism & the Left • Zeteo vs. Politico Playbook • Trump & Conspiracies
Kochs Buy Giants and Loomer Battles MTG for the Epsteinth Time
Koch Cultural Power Moves• NY Climate Superfund • Global Emissions & Fossil Fuels • Brazil Mosquito Factory • Nick Clegg on U.S. Internet Decline • AI-Powered Stethoscope • Peabody Coal Demand Forecast • Interior Secretary Coal Push • Trump Deregulation & Coal • Coal as Critical Mineral • Government Shutdown Risk • MTG Names Epstein Abusers • Survivors’ Client List • Giuffre Family Rebuke • Discharge Petition for Transparency • Loomer vs. MTG
In the Valley of AI Underdeliverance
Top-down AI overhauls aren’t working; Peer-to-peer tool sharing and exploration is good; The machines train us as much as we train the machines, so be very wary of “sycophantic” AI gassing up people who have a lot of org power but not a lot of implementation experience.