David Pugliese

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us by @sambiddle.com
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@andertoon.bsky.social

Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.

Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism
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"They want journalists and media outlets who fall in line."

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social exposes why the White House attacked him after he debunked Trump’s lies - and the wider effort to intimidate the media.

Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-whit...

Just throwing anything at the wall at this point

Expert warns that Canada’s involvement in the Middle East conflict could have global ramifications Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan said Thursday that Canada may provide defence support to its Gulf partners, echoing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s previous comments on the Middl...

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Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk Finding alternatives to the US would be expensive and time-consuming. But Australia can be a more confident, self-reliant leader in the region.

Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk
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'Just not fair' for wife to take blowback for White House visit: Connor Hellebuyck | CBC News Connor Hellebuyck says he can handle the criticism he received for attending a White House reception hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, but the Winnipeg Jets goalie is upset his wife has had to be...

The CBC can write up this self-justificatory bullshit all it wants, the simple fact is this: it is deeply immoral to accept an award from a fascist criminal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

Counterpoint: Limiting how US troops can be used illegally in unconstitutional wars of the president’s own choosing *IS* supporting “the troops.”

This is what Democracy looks like! #NoKings #NoWars Release ALL of Epstein!

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

Canada Is Already at War with the US—We Just Don’t Know It Yet | The Walrus Conflicts don’t always start with an invasion

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This didn’t age well…

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House "Call Of Duty"-Style Post "US troops are dying in a war and the White House is out here treating it like it's a video game. The bar is in hell."

Sick beyond comprehension.

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?

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Well, imagine that …

The surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines Casey Means alarmed immunization advocates at her confirmation hearing, but some opponents don’t trust her either.

🚨 Let's be super clear: Means = science-free wellness grifter.

Surgeon general nominee can’t get people to stop asking her about vaccines www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

@angierasmussen.bsky.social: "Means’ responses on vaccines as an attempt to obscure her previous anti-vaccine positions."

Will Carney join Trump’s war on Iran? Canadian Forces planning for Middle East mission

Will Carney join Trump’s war on Iran?
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Or the federal departments could just stop playing games and follow the access law as it is written....

Patriot production delays prompt Switzerland to seek European air-defense fallback The country will also buy fewer Lockheed Martin F-35 jets than initially planned after unit costs of the fighter increased.

Patriot production delays prompt Switzerland to seek European air-defense fallback www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

Pentagon acknowledges tough quest to counter Iranian drones Pete Hegseth and other military leaders warned lawmakers that gaps in counter-drone technology could leave U.S. forces and assets increasingly vulnerable.

Pentagon acknowledges tough quest to counter Iranian drones www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

And just like that we’re back to “Department of Defense”

Liberal government's addiction to secrecy Latest proposed reforms to access-to-info are largely regressive

Liberal government's addiction to secrecy
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Canada Is Already at War with the US—We Just Don’t Know It Yet | The Walrus Conflicts don’t always start with an invasion

thewalrus.ca/canada-is-al...

Seth Hettena (@theiceman) NYTimes confirms my reporting that the Pentagon wanted Anthropic “to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data...

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