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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 10h
Wow, that sounds rough, maybe you should try giving away every last cent. Hope this helps!
Tweet from Elon Musk that says "whoever said 'money can't buy happiness' really knew what they were talking about"

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Greg Linden

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h
Brad Karp, the chairman of the Paul Weiss law firm who brokered that deal with Trump last year & agreed to provide $40 million of pro bono services for Trump's causes, resigns due to fallout over his emails with Epstein: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Brad Karp Resigns as Paul Weiss Chairman Amid Epstein Fallout
www.nytimes.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 13h
"One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13h
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US Department of Justice detailed his relationship with the child sex offender
ft.trib.al

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 13h
New poll finds that independent voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on every health issue asked.

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CNBC @cnbc.com · 14h
Software experiencing 'most exciting moment' as AI fears hammer the stocks
Software experiencing 'most exciting moment' as AI fears hammer the stocks
Shares of software companies have been getting beaten up, and the selloff accelerated this week after Anthropic's latest unveiling.
cnb.cx

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Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 14h
And I agree that they do care about the reputation damage and business failures, and they're also surprised they aren't able to control Trump better. They aren't destroying these things out of glee or perceived benefits. Rather, they did not predict this outcome, but are far down the path now.

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Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 14h
Yes, billionaires in bad information environments surrounded by sycophants. Convinced themselves that the changes at the Post and CBS were going to be costless, so business successes, no reputation damage, and yielding favorable treatment from Trump. Hasn't worked out that way, no.

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 14h
The point for SpaceX is once it's in mainstream indexes, index investors functionally are forced to buy. They cannot sell. And since Musk will control voting, they will have no rights at all. Functionally forced to supply capital.

www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Exclusive | SpaceX Seeks Early Index Entry as It Prepares Massive IPO
Advisers to company CEO Elon Musk have reached out to major index providers seeking ways to secure earlier inclusion in market benchmarks to lift shares
www.wsj.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 16h
NEWS

Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation.

Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service."

Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz
"Even assuming, consistent with the approach taken by certain other circuits, that depositions of high-ranking government officials should be restricted absent extraordinary circumstances regardless of whether they seek testimony on mental processes, the Court still finds that the protective order is not warranted . At the outset, it is at best unclear whether Musk, Marocco, and Lewin are properly deemed to be high -ranking government officials for purposes of this doctrine. Notably, in cases in which courts have barred depositions of cabinet secretaries, depositions of senior , Senate-confirmed subcabinet officials have been permitted to proceed. ...Here, USAID was not a cabinet -level agency, none of the designated officials were the head of that agency, and several were operating in an informal or acting role at the time of the relevant events."

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 17h
Alphabet says it expects 2026 capex to be in the range of $175B to $185B, above estimates of about $115.26B (Deborah Sophia/Reuters)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h
These numbers are simply incredible. It's very clear that most ordinary people have figured out that ICE is not remotely functioning as a law enforcement agency any longer and that none of this is about enforcing the law in any recognizable sense.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 18h
I don’t like this
Letter from Senator Ron Wyden: Dear CIA Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden U.S. Senator

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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 19h
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20h
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
Marissa J. Lang @Marissa Jae X.com I was laid off today by The Washington Post. I'm proud of the work I have done at this place — not just the award-winning work, but the stories that spurred change, that were steeped in this beautiful local community. Job tips welcome. DMs open. Or: marissalang(@)gmail(dot)com 9:15 AM • 2/4/26 • 76K Views The Washington Post Sign in Marissa J. Lang Washington, D.C. Enterprise reporter Marissa J. Lang is an enterprise reporter for The Washington Post focused on high-impact stories in the D.C.region. She previously covered housing and gentrification, zeroing in on the affordable housing crisis, homelessness and the transformation of cities. She joined The Post in 2018 as its lead protest reporter. Her coverage of domestic extremism and the violence that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol culminated in her on-the-ground reporting of the insurrection and its aftermath. Marissa was part of the team of journalists recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 20h
This could work but with major caveats. The thing about election manipulation a lot of people don't get is that it's most effective when the margins are small and gets exponentially more dangerous to the regime the more they have to cook the results. There needs to be a minimum level of credibility.
maxberger.bsky.social Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 20h
The Trump regime's plan to rig the 2026 election is becoming clearer:

- Send ICE to polling locations to intimidate voters
- Attempt to federalize the elections and seize control of administration in critical states
- Cast doubt on the results and declare they've won
- If needed, seize ballot boxes
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 21h
Canceled my Post subscription, not so much in “protest” as just like… it doesn’t make financial sense for me to pay the same subscription price for like 1/3 of what I used to enjoy reading. Like Mr. Bezos I am a businessman

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21h
Breaking character: The changes at WaPo and CBS are not ones that make economic sense. They're about hating liberals, they're about some media higher-ups hating their mostly liberal audience. It's that simple.

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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 21h
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h
it's real bad, don't get me wrong, but suggests a potential opening for replacements. most CBS viewers and WaPo readers plainly do not want to be force-fed poorly produced MAGA slopaganda

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Paul Musgrave @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 22h
The number of major news organizations in the United States has dropped by two in the past couple of months. Brutal.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 22h
(cartoon from the archives)

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22h
If we knew at the time what we know now, many more people would have seen Trump's 2024 campaign for what it was: A campaign of deception to CONCEAL the Epstein files, that gained support by promising to RELEASE them. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-2024...
Rethinking Trump 2024 As An Epstein Coverup Campaign
They knew they were in there. It wasn't projection. It was misdirection.
www.offmessage.net

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 23h
Everything Trump touches, dies
@anntelnaes.bsky.social

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23h
"We’re witnessing a murder," writes @ashleyrparker.bsky.social. "Jeff Bezos ... and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 23h
For those of you who:

* Feel enraged to watch billionaires destroy important newsrooms

and

* Recall vaguely that Jeff Bezos was once considered a courageous owner who fortified the Washington Post

I recommend this piece by the Post's former fact-checker
glennkessler.substack.com/p/a-billiona...
A Billionaire’s Surrender
Bezos is not trying to save The Washington Post. He’s trying to survive Donald Trump.
glennkessler.substack.com

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waldo.net
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 23h
The Decline of the Washington Post: A story in four headlines.
'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s Washington Post op-ed editor exits as Jeff Bezos unveils 'free market' focus Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post's local, international and sports coverage.

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techmeme.com
Techmeme @techmeme.com · 23h
Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license (Sabrina Ortiz/The Deep View)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Breaking News: The Washington Post began sweeping layoffs that were slated to shrink the scope of the publication.
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.
nyti.ms