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David Whitehouse, Ph.D

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Ph.D physicist retired from the tech industry where I worked on the early internet, cloud adoption and most recently data and AI. Now focused on the energy transition and trying to save democracy in the US.

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I watched it and she seemed to be responding to the ground troops question.

09.03.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She didn’t say that.

08.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.

08.03.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9957    πŸ” 3470    πŸ’¬ 425    πŸ“Œ 116
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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...

Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

08.03.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1111    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 53

The sad truth is that America is a powerful country, but not a good country.

08.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, at least we got one hour less of the Trump presidency today.

08.03.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

Meanwhile, Russia is helping Iran target US forces and assets. Today’s GOP is Trump First and America Last.

08.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

If all Americans read this there’d be a revolution. (Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

08.03.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 14

And, nobody is willing to tell Trump the truth - and, he's an idiot.

08.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So Russia is helping Iran target American troops. Ukraine is offering drone defense.

Guess who Trump NEVER ONCE has EVER criticized?

Correct. Russia

08.03.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5050    πŸ” 1332    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 31

Wow, he used the words 'mitigate' and 'factor'. He must have a plan.

07.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also no experience in counter terrorism, law enforcement or disaster response. No experience running a large organization (260,000 employees) or managing a $115B budget.... inheriting and growing a plumbing supply and building business isn't preparation for leading DHS.

07.03.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's flat out lying. The ID you use to buy beer won't be acceptable under the GOPs voter surpression bill.

07.03.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

05.03.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3187    πŸ” 1338    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 118

Of course, the author is compelled to say it's a problem with both left and right.

On the left, he decries the policies of some universities, and on the right it's the entire GOP, the christian nationalists and the oligarchs.

07.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jared Golden isn't running for re-election... good riddance.

06.03.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Senator Mullin is completely unqualified to lead DHS. His appointment shows that Trump isn't serious about homeland security.

05.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Markwayne Mullin just might match her.

05.03.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They found someone dumber than Noem.

05.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only people who care what Rahm Emanuel has to say are the pundits who haven't been right in 20 years.

05.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

05.03.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 20122    πŸ” 5699    πŸ’¬ 512    πŸ“Œ 220
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Kristi Noem on Alex Pretti: "I did not call him a domestic terrorist. I said it appeared to be an incident of."

Also Kristi Noem: "β€ŠThis individual…committed an act of domestic terrorism. That's the facts.”

03.03.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1189    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 52

Israel is calling the shots in this war with Trump focused on making money and choosing curtains.

03.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been obvious from the beginning, that Kushner and Witkoff are negotiating deals for their families and that the interests of America are secondary. They aren't even trying to hide the corruption.

03.03.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
28.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1316    πŸ” 411    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 9

Was that before or after he aimed the power of the 'Department of War' at the scouts?

28.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth has never cared about what is Lawful and there's no way in hell he should have fully autonomous AI controlled weapons and mass surveillance.

I hope them Dems screw the polling number and go hard at this.

28.02.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"President Trump" did it for me.

28.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LinkedIn Post by John Moavenzadeh

Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative I Future of Mobility Advisor I Assembly Ventures Operator AdvisorExecutive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative I Future of Mobility Advisor I Assembly Ventures Operator Advisor
19h β€’  19 hours ago β€’ Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn

AI fail. 

Putting together a presentation on autonomous mobility a few weeks ago, I asked CoPilot to create a map of China showing which cities Baidu Apollo Go is offering fully autonomous rides as of Dec 2025. 

This is the output. 

Tianjin is a huge city in China and a major port. But apparently CoPilot thinks it's located in central China. This is like putting LA in Omaha. And it's not the only error on this map. 

I expect some hallucination and slop -- but this is just disappointing. 

Has anyone else had painful AI moments? 

(And no, I will not "Rewrite with AI" this post.)

LinkedIn Post by John Moavenzadeh Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative I Future of Mobility Advisor I Assembly Ventures Operator AdvisorExecutive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative I Future of Mobility Advisor I Assembly Ventures Operator Advisor 19h β€’ 19 hours ago β€’ Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn AI fail. Putting together a presentation on autonomous mobility a few weeks ago, I asked CoPilot to create a map of China showing which cities Baidu Apollo Go is offering fully autonomous rides as of Dec 2025. This is the output. Tianjin is a huge city in China and a major port. But apparently CoPilot thinks it's located in central China. This is like putting LA in Omaha. And it's not the only error on this map. I expect some hallucination and slop -- but this is just disappointing. Has anyone else had painful AI moments? (And no, I will not "Rewrite with AI" this post.)

Image of China with cities overlaid showing the port city of Tianjin in the center of the country.

Image of China with cities overlaid showing the port city of Tianjin in the center of the country.

I saw this LinkedIn post from the head of the MIT Mobility Intiative today.

What could possible go wrong with fully autonomous weapons combined with AI-controlled mass surveillance... all controlled by an administration that has shown complete disdain for the law.

27.02.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

100%.

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