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TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes. Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

The Suno app.

AI Took My Dog and Truck A song about a guy whose startup used AI-generated code, leading to privacy and security issues, and then financial ruin.

On a long car trip yesterday, a few of us played with AI song generation. This prompt was, “write a country song about a guy who used AI-generated code, which resulted in massive privacy and security issues, and as a result he lost everything.”

on.soundcloud.com/puUaDfCe7a4F...

You’re welcome.

I just don’t want to hear about the efficient market hypothesis ever again, thank you very much.

Here's the thing...

The AI Bubble Pop *won't happen* for the same reason that the long predicted ad tech bubble pop won't happen.

They aren't selling a technology, they're selling fraud and profitable frauds always sell, the bigger they are, the longer they sell. It does not have to work to sell

History repeats.

I remember 2.5 years ago, when I was invited to a DHS advisory meeting with senior officials, who stated they couldn’t proactively monitor *public* posts on social media for violent domestic extremism without a warrant due to the Privacy Act.

Those were quaint times.

YouTube video by Ace Cooper The genius idea that makes cars stop instantly #viralvideo

BRICK 🧱

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Looking here (www.canada.ca/en/border-se...), I found this:

"There is also a web version of the app. We recommend this version for people who are not comfortable using mobile devices."

I am absolutely one of those people who is not comfortable using mobile devices!

2/2

I was just told I needed an app to enter Canada.

1/2

I feel like the wine list topping out at $750 disqualifies this from being fine dining…

Oops! It happened here.

I feel like the same applies to any self-described “thought leader.”

That’s an aptronym!

“Oh boy, sleep, that’s where I’m a Viking!”

A photo of a small bloodless nick on my thumb, with the saw blade firmly embedded in the brake in the background.

Discovered that my @sawstop.bsky.social works!

Because the stock market is based entirely on vibes.

Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans | TechCrunch The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.

@wyden.senate.gov this week tried to pass new laws that would extend the privacy protections government officials enjoy to the entire public, but Ted Cruz scuttled the effort by lying about how the updates would have stopped sex offender registries from existing

Screenshot of a website from 15-20 years ago with a Netflix popup ad.

I haven’t looked, so please no one disabuse me of the notion that these are Netflix popups.

I’ve used “The Unbearable Likeness of Being John Malkovich” as a trivia name in the past!

Ruin a movie with another movie:

Hustle and Florence Foster Jenkins

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As someone in security, it irks me to no end when they show these stock photos of "cyberwarriors," where everyone is in front of computers wearing camo.

I've been saying for years, if they need to wear camo in an office, *this* is the camo that they need to wear:
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/97...

Nah, the only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

It’s probably an app on your phone sharing location data.

This is the perfect time for a Learned Hand Job joke

I was thinking Thurgood Marshall Mathers, but yours is better!

Harlan Fiske Stone Temple Pilots?

Hugo Black Sabbath?