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Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 12h

The same malicious prompts used to jailbreak chatbots could soon be used to jailbreak A.I. agents, producing unintended behavior in the real world. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 12h

“Sparking debate”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 18h

What's getting me is the 'building metaverse' part. We have to expand our dead and abandoned mall! 5X faster!

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

Meta executives are telling their workers they must use AI to "go 5x faster" and expect a "5x leap in productivity"

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

"Buy Now, Pay Later" apps have made it easy to take home anything from designer bags to burritos for a small upfront cost. But unclear terms and few safeguards have left many shoppers buried in debt and policymakers scrambling to keep up.
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PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry Donnie! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

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I’ve Seen Epstein’s Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself. www.thedailybeast.com/ive-seen-eps...

Trump biographer Michael Wolff reveals he was shown the lewd photos by Jeffrey Epstein himself.

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PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

The UK central bank said that valuations of US stocks resembled the peak of the 2000s dot-com craze, and that 30% of the S&P 500’s total value came from just five AI-focused companies, the most concentrated the index has been in 50 years. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Bank of England warns of potential AI bubble

The UK central bank said that valuations of US stocks resembled the peak of the 2000s dot-com craze.

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Canada Post is on strike. What this means for your mail

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

The strike action comes after the Canadian government authorised widespread reforms to Canada Post that would shut some post offices and end door-to-door deliveries for millions of people. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mail deliveries have been disrupted in Canada as postal workers strike for the second time in two years.

Trump tariffs: Swiss companies target alternative export markets

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

Spare a thought then for Switzerland, which has been hit with punitive tariffs of 39%, and has so far been unable to persuade the US president to relent. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Swiss exporters are looking at new markets after being hit by heavy US tariffs.

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

There is the speculation around other tech leaders, some of whom appear to have been busy buying up chunks of land with underground spaces, ripe for conversion into multi-million pound luxury bunkers. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

IRS releases 2026 tax brackets and higher tax deductions for 2025, 2026 tax years

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

The changes, which apply to 2026 tax returns filed in 2027, include several tweaks from the "big beautiful bill." www.axios.com/2025/10/09/i...

The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions.

China threatens access to supplies vital to the most important U.S. industries

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

It also points to the new tension likely to define U.S.-China relations in the years ahead: access to inputs as the world's economic superpowers battle for dominance in key industries, especially AI. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...

China's expanded export controls are a fresh threat to an already fragile U.S.-China trade truce.

Southwest U.S. faces "significant" flood threats from tropical storms

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

The Southwest U.S. is facing "significant" risks of heavy rainfall and flash flooding from Tropical Storm Priscilla and another storm system that's set to move in over the weekend, forecasters warn. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

Arizona and other parts of the Southwest face days of flood threats.

The labor market is now "bed rotting"

PCI Guru @jbhall56.bsky.social · 21h

The longer the labor market naps, the harder it will be to wake it up, which could cause problems for the economy and for the stock market. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/j...

The longer the labor market naps, the harder it is to wake up, which adds risks to the economy.