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Bringing data to the conversation with @scaramucci.bsky.social about the struggles of young men.

I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook

The Facial-Recognition Sham Surveillance won’t make the internet safer.

"The truth is there are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously...At this moment, the prospect of an internet linked to our real identity has never felt so threatening."

"Tilviljun" - Morgunblaðið

Mögulega er ritstjóri Morgunblaðsins samt sammála RFK Jr. amk. ef horft er til þess sem lesendum er boðið uppá þegar kemur að umfjöllun um loftslagsmál...

CNBC on the new inflation report: "3.1 percent on year over year core. Definitely hotter than expected."

Canada’s Travel Boycott Grows: Car Travel To U.S. Drops 37% Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.

The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the way most Canadians visit—dropped by 37% last month compared to July 2024, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following a 33% drop in June.
There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.

Hér erum við komin með "útflutningsgjöld" sem verða lögð á ákveðna aðila. Samkeppnishæfni þeirra mun væntanlega ekki aukast við þetta, en svo má líka velta því fyrir sér hvort útflutningur til Kína muni að mestu fara í gegnum önnur lönd...

We are entering a period of consequences. You can only deny reality for so long before it asserts itself in a spectacular and deadly fashion.

Og þá kíki ég við í samráðsgátt og sé að til stendur að vinna að atvinnustefnu. Hversu einfalt það verður án tölulegra gagna...
island.is/samradsgatt/...

Russia achieves its largest advance on the frontlines in Ukraine since 2024 The invading army is targeting logistics lines, the Achilles’ heel of the Ukrainian army, to conquer key cities in the Donetsk province

Through superior drone employment, systematic attacks on Ukrainian logistics, and tightening sieges, Russia is achieving its largest advances on the frontlines since November 2024, according to data from ISW. english.elpais.com/internationa...

*It was just a bunch of weights in a language model, y'know #murderedAI #deadmedia #sobbing #handwringing #sayingwearecrazy

I appreciate logic isn't their strong suit but how will the Faragists who lie about the UK being much more dangerous than US cities square their lies with Donald Trump's lies about US cities being really, really dangerous?

Watch the video. This is not the time for complacency.

How to Tariff Friends and Influence People | ExplainTrade

New from me on some principles for how one might use tariffs as a bludgeon if they were absolutely determined to do so.

I beg you to read it as a contribution to your thinking on how to evaluate US policy and not a secret desire on my part to tax your bananas.

www.explaintrade.com/resources/ho...

D.C. crime dropped 26% in 2025, total crime down 7%.

Trump seizing D.C. when crime is at a 30-year low isn’t about safety — it’s about the Epstein files.

This will not age well

Donald J. Trump & ( @realDonald Trump Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! I quickly fixed the Border (ZERO ILLEGALS in last 3 months!), D.C. is next!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT

Trump whipping himself up about cracking down on DC.

The language - “savagery, filth and scum” - should worry any right-minded person.

aging well, unfortunately 👇

This is like Bob Morton predicting the end of crime in Old Detroit within forty days.

REPORTER: The China tariff deadline is tonight, but do you plant to extend it?

TRUMP: 🌮🌮🌮🌮

for the second time this briefing, Trump claims he's "going to Russia" on Friday (he's actually going to Alaska, which is in the United States)

DT er að tala um Úkraínu sem dirfðist að verja sig gegn innrás Rússa. Þetta er eins og að halda því fram að Finnar hafi gert árás á Rússa í vetrarstríðinu. Og við þurfum að treysta á þennan hóp fyrir varnir Íslands...

Það sorglega í þessu er síðan sá gríðarlegi skortur sem er hér á gögnum um vinnumarkaðinn. Þegar ég skoða Svíþjóð og ber það saman við okkur. Þá erum við rétt að byrja í upplýsingagjöf og söfnun. Og hvernig stýrir maður þróun, ef ekkert er mælt?

Ekki mörg ár síðan öll áttu að læra forritun. Áhrif gervigreindar og fjórðu iðnbyltingar eru byrjuð á vinnumarkaði...

Elon Musk’s Worst Nightmare About DOGE Is Starting to Come True Federal agencies are starting to admit that DOGE’s policies were trash.

The White House has finally decided some of its DOGE-directed firings were a mistake.

The National Weather Service has received permission to hire hundreds back—including 126 “front-line mission critical” personnel whose need became especially apparent in the wake of Texas' floods. trib.al/Uq6FaTk

Pay attention, class: Today you’ll learn the wrong way to turn things off Instructor ended up teaching a lesson in how to get away with mistakes Who, Me?  Welcome once more to Who, Me? It’s The Register’s Monday column in which we celebrate your SNAFUS and rejoice in your recoveries.…

Pay attention, class: Today you’ll learn the wrong way to turn things off

The emerging Republican position is that women should not be free to vote, to report so-called “sexual assault,” or to say things like “dear isn’t that your fourth, you’re driving.”

The playing cards metaphor has officially jumped the shark.

“The Landline” by Bruce Sterling This political science fiction story first appeared in a website which has since 404'd.

"Washington had finally figured out that control of energy was control of everything that mattered in America. Once Gore shut down the fossil-fuel business to avoid a climate catastrophe, whole vast sections of the right-wing establishment were going to die."

bruces.medium.com/the-landline...