Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
“Wildfires burn millions of acres across the U.S. every year. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis, wildfires cost the U.S. approximately $424 billion annually, including firefighting resources, evacuations, health care costs, property damage, agricultural losses, and post-fire recovery. NOAA’s satellite observations play a vital role in wildfire response by …
ProPublica – Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence – “The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers. The plan was presented to DOT staff last month at a demonstration of AI’s “potential to revolutionize …
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon would integrate Elon Musk’s Grok models into military systems: “Last month I took the first step toward changing how the department does business with frontier AI technologies when we announced the rollout of GenAI with our partners from Google, and I want to thank the Google team for …
“A political comms professional breaks down Trump’s meme media strategy, Tina Nguyen [no paywall – The Verge: Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many people end up dead, the Trump administration’s knee-jerk response is to shitpost through it. The White House’s response on …
Via LinkedIn – Augie (August) Ray: “I periodically post about the ongoing risks of COVID19 that most are ignoring. The world changed in 2020 and didn’t go back to “normal.” Over time, repeated COVID infections are affecting the health of more people. We know this not just from the thousands of research studies published on …
Washington Post [via MSN no paywall]: “…NWS said AI is not commonly used for public-facing content, nor is its use prohibited. The agency said it is exploring ways to employ AI to inform the public and acknowledged mistakes have been made. “Recently, a local office used AI to create a base map to display forecast …
EFF: “The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging. Complex search functions and poor user interfaces on government reporting sites can hamper an investigation, as can inconsistent company profiles and complex corporate ownership structures. This week, EFF and the Heinrich …
“The White House published an official webpage on the events of Jan. 6, that describes the Capitol attack as a “peaceful protest,” and that Democrats and the Capitol Police – not Trump supporters – were responsible for the violence. The page calls Jan. 6 defendants “patriots” and “hostages,” praised Trump for issuing sweeping pardons, and …
USDA Pomological Watercolors – In 1887 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Division of Pomology began hiring artists to render illustrations of fruit varieties for lithographic reproduction in USDA articles, reports, and bulletins. Use of color lithography was critically important to enable the farmer to visualize and comprehend the subjects and principles covered in a …
U.S. Capitol Siege Resource Page – United States Department of Justice – Page not found. We are sorry, the page you’re looking for can’t be found on the Department of Justice website. ProPublica: Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of …
The Verge [no [paywall] – “2025 was the year the federal government and consumer protections were gutted…There was the record 43-day government shutdown that threatened food access for millions of low-income Americans, threw air travel into chaos, halted space launches, and delayed consumer products that needed regulatory approval. There was Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan …
Below the Belt – We created a searchable database for the Epstein Files, including everything the DOJ wants hidden. “The repository will continue to grow as the Trump administration releases hundreds of thousands more documents from the investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. The US Department of Justice on Friday [December 19, 2025] published a …
