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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.

Even troops are struggling to get a right to repair

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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.

Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
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WIRED's @manishakrishnan.bsky.social has done the lord's work and tried this out at the office. It went ... about how you'd expect.

finally! FINALLY! i will get to do the mr. bean car

Screenshot of a Rolling Stone article with the headline " 'Masculinity is a word that should be thrown out': Joel Edgerton on making Train Dreams. The picture is him holding a very cute puppy and I do NOT TRUST JOEL TO KEEP THAT DOG SAFE

there's absolutely no way man. i mean sure maybe he's right about masculinity fine whatever but ain't no way I'm watching a Joel Edgerton movie where he got a cute little dog. this man has a pathological need to make you sob and there is ZERO chance that dog is getting outta this mess

OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”

Scoop w/ @peard33.bsky.social and @mzeff.bsky.social: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI: www.wired.com/story/openai...

i said it was this week twice but did you also know that it was this week

Can Tech Get Rid of Bad Trips?

my first time guest hosting @wired.com's Uncanny Valley Podcast this week with @manishakrishnan.bsky.social and @snackfight.bsky.social this week was a real trip (the good kind!)
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one "fun" thing about this is seeing all the emails in reverse chron order means you pinpoint almost the exact time when Epstein switched to a smartphone and started typing
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Pranksters Recreated a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds.

NEW: Pranksters recreated Jeffrey Epstein's inbox in a format you can use just like Gmail, and @boone.bsky.social caught up with them! After you read the story, dive in at jmail.world

Pranksters Recreated a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox Using Jmail, you can read thousands of Jeffrey Epstein's emails in a familiar format. Use the star function to highlight notable finds.

Jmail is Gmail but exclusively for the Epstein emails. Yep! from @boone.bsky.social

The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?

Been fascinated by the idea of a Great Meme Reset ever since I first heard about it. Originally, I was trying to parse how it would be possible to rewind the internet. Then I really thought about what it could mean and why people might want to turn back time...

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How Donald Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Spin Cycle Donald Trump has spent years benefiting from the QAnon's Jeffrey Epstein obsession. That’s all changing.

For a few blissful weeks at a time, I'll forget all about QAnon...before being reminded just how central it's been to *everything* bad/weird/insane happening right now.

Including, of course, the Epstein files:

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hey hell yeah this rules

JOIN US TODAY: We'll be outside Conde Nast HQ tonight just after 6PM to demand the full reinstatement of our @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social members. Joining us at our rally as a speaker: @newyorkstateag.bsky.social. BE THERE WITH US!

what an incredible time for the devil wears prada 2 trailer to drop

The EPA Is in Chaos “We learn who is furloughed when we send an email to someone and get the out-of-office message,” one employee tells WIRED.

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A Google notification informing me about a news story with the headline "Melania warms to ballroom. Donald Trump says Melania now likes the new ballroom"

this was a really good reminder to just turn off every single notification on my phone

Watch the Condé Nast Staffers-HR Confrontation That Led to 4 Firings | Exclusive Footage of Condé Nast unionized employees confronting the company’s head of human resources shows employees who tried to press him on the layoffs this week of several Teen Vogue staffers.

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