Henry Epp

One of them is a state senator in Vermont.

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A photo of a ticket stub for One Battle After Another. The full title is cut off so it reads “One Battle AF”

One Battle AF indeed

GDP growth right now is basically:
1. Lower imports (after pull-forward early this year)
2. AI data center investment
3. Upper income consumer spending, fueled by strong stock market (see 2)

“It doesn't feel sustainable to me” - Shannon Grein, economist at Wells Fargo.

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults. 12:02 PM · Oct 14, 2025 · 1.2M Views

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Your annual reminder that Yankees Suck

Meet the Gen-Z Founder Building the Canva of Memes Getting attention online has never been harder. Jason Levin’s Memelord Technologies has an answer: sell memes-as-a-service.

NEW: A company that bills itself as meme-SaaS wants to be the go-to platform for culture warriors and gov agencies like DHS. (Its founder has also been calling me the R word over on X dot com. Great people!)

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ICE plans to use Vermont facility to host team using AI, social media to target people - The Boston Globe Vermont has also long served as an essential outpost of the US Department of Homeland Security and, in particular, its most controversial arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"The department’s outsize presence in Vermont is attributable to one man: former Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. For nearly half a century, Leahy steered a tsunami of federal funding to the state..."

Great on-the-ground reporting from Paul Heintz.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/m...

Which sectors laid off the most workers this year? Although layoffs have been slowing, it's been an especially tough year for government workers and for staff at nonprofits that rely on federal funds.

Even though layoffs have been slowing, it's been an especially tough year for government workers and for staff at nonprofits that rely on federal funds.

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt https://theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012/

Cool cool cool

Beta Technologies Files For Public Stock Offering | Seven Days Monday's registration follows earlier signs that the electric aviation company was looking to go public.

The Vermont-based electric aviation company hopes to trade under the symbol “BETA,” according to the filing.

In EV tax credit’s final days, car dealers say they face new IRS hurdles Before federal EV tax credits expire at the end of this month, dealers are seeing an influx of customers — but many worry payments from the IRS may be delayed.

As consumers rush to buy EVs before the tax credit ends on September 30, business is booming for dealerships. But reimbursement delays and procedural changes have meant some sellers are paying out of pocket, hopefully temporarily.

Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies prepares for IPO The Vermont-based eVTOL company is pursuing traditional public offering, not SPAC merger

Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies prepares for IPO theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @elanhead.com & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

In EV tax credit’s final days, car dealers say they face new IRS hurdles Before federal EV tax credits expire at the end of this month, dealers are seeing an influx of customers — but many worry payments from the IRS may be delayed.

NEW: with just days left before EV tax credits expire, car dealers say they’re facing new hurdles from the IRS — implemented without warning or explanation.

My latest for @marketplace.org

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

This is the whole ball game, gang.

There’s something so freeing about hitting that cancel subscription button

(Bloomberg) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that .. Trump has been using to try to oust .. Lisa Cook.

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trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

Ha! Yeah, I’ve played it for years. Not as often as I’d like these days.

As both an occasional saxophone player and a person with close friends, I endorse this.

I do not know how to fix it, but I cannot say enough how much we in the news need to figure out how to handle the “flood the zone with shit” strategy.

I try not to do media criticism because we all make mistakes and there but for the grace of god go I. But it was really irresponsible for mainstream outlets to run with the "trans slogans engraved on the bullet" narrative, which seemed implausible from the jump.

How Bitcoin ATMs Are Helping Scammers Steal Millions As Bitcoin ATMs spread unchecked, gas station employees are becoming the unlikely the last line of defense against crypto fraud.

NEW: Bitcoin ATMs are facilitating scams across the country. In Idaho, where there are no laws regulating the machines, I spoke to store clerks who have been stopping scams as a last line of defense.

www.inc.com/sam-blum/cry...

I know a lot is happening, but—

Trump Media announced ETFs explicitly tied to his politics yesterday.

Trump owns 115M DJT shares and, as president, wields huge influence over the sectors these ETFs will target.

It’s the 2002 Minnesota Twins

The NYT homepage showing headlines from February 26, 2020 about the growing coronavirus outbreak and a Democratic presidential debate.

So I just opened @nytimes.com and it showed me the homepage from Feb. 26, 2020.

Very weird glitch. Also, these headlines feel so ancient.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board

It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey” | Defector In 1971, the great rock critic Lester Bangs tried to imagine a time when the music of the recent past would seem alien. Projecting himself into the old age he would never reach, he pictured his future...

“From the vantage of 2025, a lot of it sounds surprisingly like the mocktail-lounge rock of Khruangbin.” 💀

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A story on mlb.com that reads “Bradley settles in after rough beginning; Ohl shows off knuckles

You know your team’s gone to shit when mlb.com starts spinning up headlines like this