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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 56m

I'm sure Xi is laughing at Trump right now

biz5th.bsky.social @biz5th.bsky.social · 3h

It's also noteworthy that China and Xi have given up any effort to manage Trump via flattery, fake "concessions", etc.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h

Law and order www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 2h

Killing their own machines to make friends when they still can't pay for their own machines yet

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 1d

We're currently in the biggest game of the Dollar Auction ever created. Each new frontier model represents a bid, whose cost is paid for at the time that it is trained. But the AI market is a most-capable winner-take-most game.

new post by @talor.computer ft me: taloranderson.com/blog/ai-valu...

OpenAI's inflated valuation, as I understand it - Talor Anderson

Blog post: OpenAI's inflated valuation, as I understand it

taloranderson.com

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 6h

I loved osaka

squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 6h

I think I know that exact cabin, or right next door. Geez, Nerd, you are missing out

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 7h

You can do the numbers. They are maintaining about 700k in the field and losing 30k a month killed and wounded, about 360k a year. So, the average expectation is about 2 years. Those who were in the initial invasion force must either dead or dead lucky.

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 8h

The fact that he entwines this alarmist sermon with references to his own birthday only adds an element of unintentional self-parody, reducing the entire spectacle to a vanity performance masquerading as civic warning. 4/4

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

Qatar had learned you just say things randomly and it works

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20h

34 Years Ago Today:

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 20h

pepe is trans. pass it on.

Kentucky Hills @meliakelley.bsky.social · 20h

Frogs can also naturally change genders, based on environmental pressures or unbalanced sex ratios. Not that fascist versus anti-fascist has anything to do with genders, but frogs are adaptable creatures and I love that about them.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 23h

So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.

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heli rain @heli.pet · 20h

Hey uh @frame.work this really is not okay -- I've convinced a number of my family to buy Frameworks, and your behavior here feels like a huge slap in my face

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21h

Yikes. Looks like I won't be buying a Framework laptop after all!

@frame.work - Judging by the comments in this forum, your company and community are not currently worth either my time or my money.

Do better.

community.frame.work/t/framework-...

Framework supporting far-right racists?

Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand cor...

community.frame.work

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

What the hell, some more seems fine.

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

Trump sees no reason to meet China's Xi, threatens tariffs in new rift reut.rs/48r6BgY

Trump sees no reason to meet China's Xi, threatens tariffs in new rift

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese exports and cancel a meeting with President Xi Jinping, in a broadside against Beijing on Friday that sent markets and relations between the world's largest economies into a spiral.

reut.rs

squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

Whoops

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

reut.rs

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subtrauma @subtrauma.bsky.social · 20h

just so you know it's Hispanic for male and Herpanic for female

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 20h

The Distro is just a configuration. The money sure seems like it signals solidarity.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21h

Yikes. Looks like I won't be buying a Framework laptop after all!

@frame.work - Judging by the comments in this forum, your company and community are not currently worth either my time or my money.

Do better.

community.frame.work/t/framework-...

Framework supporting far-right racists?

Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand cor...

community.frame.work

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Charles Fitzgerald @charlesfitz.bsky.social · 21h

platformonomics.com/2025/10/plat...

They Don't Have the Money or the Margins

Stay updated with Platformonomics TGIF for insights on tech finance and the latest industry news delivered straight to your inbox.

platformonomics.com

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 21h

A big thanks to @mit.edu. Their saying NO to the compact will hopefully make it easier for smaller schools to say no as well. This is a collective action problem & MIT is signalling they're choosing cooperation over self interest. Too bad @columbiauniversity.bsky.social didn't do this earlier

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 23h

Small town protest

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.

www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

Part of a letter sent by a bunch of GOP members of Congress in favor of granting Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won today.

The last three paragraphs, before Rick Scott and Marco Rubio's signature, reads:

The Maduro regime's abuses and assaults on the civil society and legitimate
political activity of Venezuelan citizens have caused millions to flee to other countries,
while millions more have had no choice but to remain in the prison Maduro has
imposed on them. The peace of the region has been greatly disturbed by Maduro’s
welcoming of some of the world’s worst actors, including terrorists and dictators who
support him.
It is our firm belief that María Corina Machado’s courageous and selfless
leadership, and unyielding dedication to the pursuit of peace and democratic ideals,
make her a most deserving candidate for this prestigious award. Her efforts not only
highlight the urgent need for international solidarity in the face of aggressive and
expansive authoritarianism but also serve as a reminder of the power of individual
bravery in the quest for justice.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

Weird that a campaign of murdering Venezuelan fishermen didn't win him the Nobel.

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