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The Verge – no paywall – You Could Be Next – The Verge and New York Magazine. “The LinkedIn post seemed like yet another scam job offer, but Katya was desperate enough to click. After college, she’d struggled to make a living as a freelance journalist, gone to grad school, then pivoted to what she …
CNBC: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding about $166 billion collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump. CBP, in a court filing, cited its existing technology, processes and …
Mashable: “Before the dust had settled on the ruins of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school — a casualty of the recent U.S.-Israel military strikes against Iran, and one which resulted in the deaths of up to 168 adults and children — people were already engagement-farming online. Clips of digital flight simulators were passed off as real-time …
Tech Policy: “When Matt Schlicht instructed his AI agent to create a social network for other AI agents, the result, Moltbook, was initially treated as a novelty. But by late February, more than 2.8 million AI agents had signed up and begun posting about Star Trek, debating morality and developing a religion called “Crustafarianism.” Amid …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded …
NPR: “The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld. They include 16 new pages that cover three additional FBI interview summaries with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was …
Poynter: “More than 200 journalists at Law360, a legal news outlet, and its sister publications have signed a letter demanding that their parent company RELX drop its contract with the Department of Homeland Security. The letter, which was signed by more than 80% of the union representing editorial staff at Law360 and regulation news site …
Ars Technica: “A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such ample authority over the country’s vaccine policies that he is “unreviewable.” His unfettered powers even allow Kennedy the freedom to recommend, if he chose to do so, that people ditch vaccines and …
Escalating attacks by Pam Bondi against DOJ attorneys along with protection for loyalists – See Federal Register – DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of the Attorney General 28 CFR Part 77 [Docket No. OAG199, AG Order No. 6653-2026-A] RIN 1105-AB82 Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys. Notice of proposed rulemaking. …
Data is Beautiful – “I got pissed that all of these public government records are impossible to read, so I mapped them all to be freely viewed. Sources: insidescoop.app Data | Occupational Safety and Health Administration Form 5500 Search NLRB Data on Data.gov | National Labor Relations Board Data | US EPA SAM.gov | Search …
“Fluid Dynamics – The situation in Iran and the region is fluid. Two fluids in particular might drive the course and duration of the war. You can probably guess the first one. Wall Street Journal Gift Article: Strait of Hormuz: The Oil Bottleneck Threatening the Global Economy. But there’s another fluid that could also be …
Medias: Private Credit and the Shadow Banking Crisis – “In this week’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump played the hits. He demonized immigrants, he lied about the state of the economy, chastised the Supreme Court over tariffs and called Democrats “crazy.” As evidence of his magnificence he of course touted the stock market, …
