It’s Merz, so obviously some of it is going on tax cuts. But frankly even that is better than mindless fiscal tightness.

“Like” obviously not being the right sentiment here.

And in “Dear God, don’t let these things near live systems!” news:

“In June, rival research firm Gartner predicted that more than 40 percent of agentic AI projects would be cancelled by the end of 2027 due to rising costs, unclear business value, or insufficient risk controls.”

But of course… : “"We predict that much of this work will be given to lower-wage human workers, offshore or at lower salary," the report adds.“

They’re SNAP recipients even though they’re not getting SNAP benefits, because they would be getting SNAP benefits if the government was open, so you can’t help them, because the government is helping them, even though it isn’t. Who writes these rules?

All the photos of him look like AI. #someconspiraciesarereal

I don’t get how neutrals could support the Blue Jays. Yes LA have a big payroll, but that’s baseball, and they also have Otani (and underdog heroes like Klein!) aaand they weren’t in the Series because they hired a cheat.

*prompting. Freudian autocorrect.

in the first part of Luttwak's Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace, he challenges armchair generals to organize a moderately large trip to the beach. After walking through all of the ways it goes wrong, he then drops "now imagine people are shooting at you"

Iow, you do not gotta hand it to the Gipper.

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