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www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
www.americanprogress.org
September 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
www.vincirufus.com/posts/agi-is...
AGI is an Engineering Problem | Vinci Rufus
LLM models are plateauing, but true AGI isn't about scaling the next breakthrough model—it's about engineering the right context, memory, and workflow systems. AGI is fundamentally a systems engineeri...
www.vincirufus.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

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What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? Our research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole
In this blog, Professor Enrique Gaztanaga from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, puts forward a new theory about how the Universe was created.
www.port.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
micahflee.com/despite-misl...

That’s not good
Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs from its customers. In this post I ...
micahflee.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
rook2root.co/articles/202...

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Manufactured consensus on x.com
How algorithm-driven influence quietly replaces genuine discourse with engineered popularity—no fake users, no overt propaganda.
rook2root.co
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
www.ipsos.com/en/americas-...

Sad.
America’s reputation drops across the world
The proportion saying the United States will have a positive influence on world affairs has fallen in 26 out of 29 countries over the last six months. America’s reputation has fallen most markedly in ...
www.ipsos.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
Basic Income Pilot Project / Study results
What does the unconditional basic income really achieve? The results of the first long-term study in Germany - to read, listen and share.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de
April 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-...

How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack
In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack ...
krebsonsecurity.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
The Musk-Trump War on Federal Employees Doesn’t Add Up
DOGE operatives claim that mass layoffs are necessary to prevent the U.S. government from going bankrupt. Let’s do the math.
www.newyorker.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...

Crazy
DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever
A new investigation shows nuclear secrets and government servers are dangerously exposed to nation-state hackers.
cyberintel.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...

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Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Interesting read.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
freeourfeeds.com

Well played Bluesky, looking forward to see where this goes.
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
washingtonspectator.org/project-russ...

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The Wide Angle: “Project Russia,” Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin’s Playbook
Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed pr...
washingtonspectator.org
January 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12/13/f...
Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
By Laurence Boone, Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department; and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs  Following a period when homele…
oecdecoscope.blog
January 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
www.wired.com/story/gravy-...
#privacy
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
www.crisesnotes.com/content/file...

Neat. Federal Reserve Doomsday book
www.crisesnotes.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
news.mit.edu/2024/physici...

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Physicists magnetize a material with light
MIT physicists created a long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of interest for their p...
news.mit.edu
January 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Dark Money’ Is Tainting Washington Think Tanks. A New Report Shows It’s Worse Than You Think.
Foreign governments are throwing millions at D.C. think tanks.
www.politico.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
www.chinatalk.media/p/deepseek-c...
Deepseek: The Quiet Giant Leading China’s AI Race
Annotated translation of its CEO's deepest interview
www.chinatalk.media
December 31, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables

tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/...
Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables - Slashdot
Researchers at Northwestern University have successfully achieved quantum teleportation over a standard fiber optic cable carrying regular internet traffic, demonstrating that quantum and classical co...
tech.slashdot.org
December 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Interesting.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/meteori...
Meteorite 200 times larger than one that killed dinosaurs reset early life
Counterintuitively, impact brought benefits too by providing microorganisms with iron and phosphorus
www.chemistryworld.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Good read on Lina Khan, just maybe someone is working for the people
Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory ...
pluralistic.net
July 15, 2023 at 1:36 PM
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https://www.wired.com/story/hyperdimensional-computing-reimagines-artificial-intelligence/
Hyperdimensional Computing Reimagines Artificial Intelligence
By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, scientists can get machines to reason more abstractly—and efficiently—than before.
www.wired.com
June 11, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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Zen koan.
adamcerious.bsky.social Adam Cerious @adamcerious.bsky.social · Jun 2
*schrödinger voice*
June 2, 2023 at 10:43 PM