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What if Walmart turned its parking lots into solar farms?

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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 2d

Yessssss

Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 2d

South Korea has mandated solar canopies for large parking lots. It's a no-brainer. We could offer firms incentives to do it here, or they could just friggin' do it! (H/t @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social)

Here's a little sumptin' I put together a while back...

We asked experts to help crunch the numbers.

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In the Beginning Was the Question

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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 3d

Some more of our thinking at Rover:

roverai.cc/in-the-begin...

Buried deep inside your phone is a little daemon that constantly asks a simple question: "Should the power be on?" Even when your phone is turned off, this daemon keeps asking the question, ready to a...

RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 5d

This is fascinating, and confirmation of our direction in building social audio--worth a read:

Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 5d

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 5d

Join us! ITTTSSS BLISSSSS
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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 7d

Today in Briefs: Extra, Extra Innings Edition

Well. Everyone got all in a tizzy about the Dodgers and Blue Jays playing a 6 1/2 hour game Monday that lasted for 18 innings. To which we are compelled to add that, yeah, that's impressive and all, b...

Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week

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WIRED @wired.com · 8d

NEW: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said earlier this month that ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users. The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis.

OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 8d

New with @natashabernal.bsky.social:

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok have all been founding citing Russian sources—including Russian media sanctioned by the EU—in response to queries about the war in Ukraine

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

www.wired.com

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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 11d

Today in Briefs: Canadian Beef Edition

President Trump says he's breaking off all trade negotiations with Canada because someone in Canada ran an ad that accurately quoted Ronald Reagan. See, advertising really does influence people! Trum...

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11d

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 12d

Today in Briefs: Ghost Cities Edition

Ghosts, both urban and of the dog variety, are on our minds today: The Feudal Future? Ghost Cities, Nomads & Power Dynamics Deconstruct the 'new feudalism' theory through the lens of remote work, rea...

RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 13d

Today in Briefs: At Least Our Internet is Working Again Edition

The difficult thing about the current moment is that there are so many ongoing outrages that it all can start to seem routine. ICE continues to kidnap people, the Trump administration continues to bre...

Anthropic Promises Trump Admin Its AI Is Not Woke

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 14d

Anthropic promises Trump its AI is not woke www.404media.co/anthropic-pr...

After condemnation from Trump’s AI czar, Anthropic’s CEO promised its AI is not woke.

www.404media.co

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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 14d

Today on Rover....
roverai.cc/today-in-bri...

Today in Briefs: Home Improvement Edition

Some of the things we're enjoying on Rover today: A History of White House Revamps Why are we interested? Oh, no particular reason... After the Heist: How Stolen Masterpieces Fuel the Black Market L...

Rover: Russia's War Economy: Can It Outlast Western Spending?

RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 21d

This one from Josh was really good:
brief.roverai.cc/sSX5md9XDg

This angle explores Russia's economic capacity to sustain a prolonged war given escalating Western military budgets and ongoing sanctions pressure.

brief.roverai.cc

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RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 21d

HAL9000 the tragic hero of "2001"

What AI means for the business of: journalism

RoverAI @roverai.bsky.social · 21d

I mean, of course @arctictony.com is going to lead with a "strike out for parts unknown!" metaphor, but this is really good and smart about how trust works now, and how for journalists and media orgs, it's the fundamental thing for their future. Recommended: filament.substack.com/p/what-ai-me...

The first in an occasional series where we look at the second-order effects of AI on particular industries and roles.

filament.substack.com

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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 25d

brief.roverai.cc/4_vMD6T_-g

Paging Pete Hegseth…

Rover: Sovereignty & Strategy: Why No Foreign Bases?

Investigates the strategic, political, and sovereignty reasons behind the US policy of not hosting foreign military bases.

brief.roverai.cc