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Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report The monthly jobs report showed just 73,000 jobs in July, with big reductions to May's and June's numbers

Trump calls for firings after soft jobs report ino.to/LoQnvmS -- I guess that's the last time we'll see a bad jobs report.

Ryan Walters Says Governor Stitt Set Him Up With Porn “These board members decided to construct a lie to destroy my character again,” said the Oklahoma schools chief.

Ryan Walters Says Governor Stitt Set Him Up With Nudes ino.to/hSDTkYI -- "none of his devices were connected to the television" -- creepy fucking Luddite

Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start To Locking Up Homeless People We’ve finally got a Stalin to call our own. Just like Soviet Russia, homelessness is now basically a criminal offense, thanks to Trump’s latest executive order, which pretends it’…

Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start To Locking Up Homeless People ino.to/GUPd85T -- Feeling pretty foolish that I didn't invest in private prison companies.

CYBRID Takes Pistol Whip-Inspired Rhythm Action To Quest This September Reminiscent of Pistol Whip, arcade rhythm game CYBRID heads to Quest this September, four years after its PC VR launch.

CYBRID Takes Pistol Whip-Inspired Rhythm Action To Quest This September ino.to/IKiwwxa -- Deep cut, but sometimes it seems we haven't made much progress since "Berzerk," which wasn't a bad game at all for its time.

AI Models Are Sending Disturbing "Subliminal" Messages to Each Other, Researchers Find When AI models are finetuned on synthetic data, they can pick up "subliminal" patterns that can teach them "evil tendencies," research found.

AI Models Can Send "Subliminal" Messages to Each Other That Make Them More Evil ino.to/RUrnXTH -- OK, I know this is a serious problem, but this shit is also really funny.

Trump administration sends migrants to Eswatini in new 3rd-country deportation The Trump administration has resumed third-country deportations following a Supreme Court ruling.

Trump administration sends migrants to Eswatini in new 3rd-country deportation ino.to/svNvE6J -- Absolute monarchy - check; human rights issues - check; corrupt as shit -- check.

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat xAI’s new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.

I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat ino.to/k83eOAI -- That might be a perfect headline.

Elmo returns to X after hacked antisemitic outburst The incident on Elon Musk’s social media platform comes less than a week after the billionaire’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok posted a series of antisemitic messages.

Elmo returns to X after hacked antisemitic outburst ino.to/T1kmDFp -- Well, maybe. Everyone claims their account was hacked, though. Maybe Elmo had a few too many and showed us his real monster.

‘This is why people don’t trust government’: Nikki Haley pushes for Epstein files The former ambassador to the U.N. called on the Trump administration to release the documents “and let the chips fall where they may.”

‘This is why people don’t trust government’: Nikki Haley pushes for Epstein files ino.to/eW9toLt -- TBH, "Who is Nikki Haley?" is indeed the right answer.

Dr. Oz: Medicaid Is There For You If You Don't Eat Carrot Cake Another Trump appointed moron trying to destroy our health care.

Dr. Oz: Medicaid Is There For You If You Don't Eat Carrot Cake ino.to/D5yAxBy -- So the people decrying the Mommy State are telling us we can't eat cake. That's consistent.

Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey just sent threatening letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming their AI chatbots violated Missouri’s consumer protection laws. The crim…

Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) ino.to/0bHDueI -- One assumes he's just fine with MechaHitler-bot

GOP cuts trigger Democratic warnings on government shutdowns "That is a road Senate Republicans would be wise not to go down."

Senate Democrats enter shutdown hardball against GOP spending cuts ino.to/F9mQFXz -- Sure, PBS is nice, but how about using the threat to get Medicaid and SNAP cuts rolled back?

Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good? The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good? ino.to/LCFOb94 -- Couldn't even finish it. I think Brooks ate George Will and shit him out into this column.

Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage Federal officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. “It’s the way a city looks before a coup,” Mayor Karen Bass said as she condemned the action.

Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage ino.to/vZ6jiS1 -- So basically a show of force.

How Public Health Discredited Itself To earn back the respect of Americans, the profession needs to return to its original principles.

How Public Health Discredited Itself ino.to/ikjGCnn -- That's right, scientists and The Left know-it-alls are to blame for all the misinformation and distrust, not the anti-vaxxers and woo merchants. Fuck this guy.

Airplane Wi-Fi Is Now … Good? For years, in-flight internet has been fine for email, not great for Zoom meetings. That’s all changing fast.

Airplane Wi-Fi Is Now … Good? ino.to/9r48GMI -- Great, no more excuses for not working during the flight. Some day they'll figure out how to hack your dreams and then port in Teams calls.

Chinese Students Feel a Familiar Chill in America Surveillance, censorship, detention were things to worry about back home. Now they’re here.

For Chinese Students, America Feels Just Like Home ino.to/m9BMKsd -- Speaking from direct experience, I'd say this is spot on.

Trump Says He’s Found Buyers for TikTok He didn’t say who was interested in buying the app, just that it was “a group of very wealthy people.” But the Chinese government needs to approve any sale.

Trump Says He’s Found Buyers for TikTok ino.to/iPVaYRS -- Why is our President brokering private business deals? You know what, forget it. Doesn't matter anymore. Stupid question.

California is about to roll back a landmark environmental law Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are chipping away at the California Environmental Quality Act in the name of building more housing.

California is about to roll back a landmark environmental law ino.to/Gl9Wotf -- I'm sure this will lead to lots more affordable housing. Just kidding. Sure seems like Gavin wants to be Pres.

Another Climate Change Bonus: Meat Allergy Ticks Are Spreading Experts say they're spreading north.

Another Climate Change Bonus: Meat Allergy Ticks Are Spreading ino.to/E7Yf0x0 -- Gaia Theory folks must be having a field day with this shit.

Trump says Mamdani must "behave" if elected NYC mayor or face funding cuts Zohran Mamdani said today President Trump criticizes him "because he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for."

Trump says Mamdani must "behave" if elected NYC mayor or face funding cuts ino.to/4tvRdnS -- I bet the original text included the word "uppity" before someone removed it.

We Shouldn’t Have Billionaires, Mamdani Says Appearing on “Meet the Press” days after the mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani defended his proposals to make New York City more affordable and to increase taxes on the wealthy.

We Shouldn’t Have Billionaires, Mamdani Says ino.to/9yr0rte -- So basically the polar opposite of "own the libs"? I could get behind this.

How Sleeping Less Became an American Value Working at the expense of rest has long been a pillar of achievement.

How Sleeping Less Became an American Value ino.to/mTdOyBM -- Stupid American macho testosterone-fueled unhealthy bullshit.

Crypto Industry Moves Into the U.S. Housing Market Americans are finding ways to use digital currencies to help them buy homes, and new companies are forming to help people tap their home’s value to buy Bitcoin.

Crypto Industry Moves Into the U.S. Housing Market ino.to/DXCW3PU -- Oh fuck me, this is bad. Very bad.

MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win The 33-year-old lawmaker would be the first Muslim mayor in New York City’s history if elected in November.

MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win ino.to/iizBxLD -- Is it wrong for me to take such pleasure in seeing the Right freak out over this?

An angry Trump decries Israel, Iran for breaking ceasefire The president didn't hide his frustration at both Israel and Iran for violating the deal he had heralded one day earlier.

An angry Trump decries Israel, Iran for breaking ceasefire ino.to/WKq20I2 - Trump said a bad word. Where's the hand-wringing and pearl clutching from the DC press corps?

CBS Execs Have Second Thoughts About Paying Trump Bribe Money After California Threatens Bribery Inquiry When last we checked it with the feckless execs at CBS/Paramount, they were preparing to pay Donald Trump tens of millions of dollars to settle a completely bogus lawsuit designed to bully the medi…

CBS Execs Have Second Thoughts About Paying Trump Bribe Money After California Threatens Bribery Inquiry ino.to/0keeKNS - The plot thickens. Can't help feeling sorry for my in-house legal cousins over at CBS.

In 2025, atheists make up only 0.07% of the federal prison population Newly released numbers show self-identified atheists make up a mere fraction of federal inmates—far below their share in the general U.S. population

In 2025, atheists make up only 0.07% of the federal prison population ino.to/BI6ceWj -- Speaks for itself, doesn't it?

MAGA Will Devastate Rural America Trump’s policies will hit the American heartland hard, very hard

MAGA Will Devastate Rural America ino.to/J6nJUt3 -- Probably a good time to invest in meth futures. Wow, that was dark. Sorry.

Tulsi Changes Her Tune, Now Says Iran Could Produce Nuclear Weapon 'Within Weeks' She said her comments in March, saying the exact opposite, have been taken out of context by "dishonest media".

Tulsi Changes Her Tune, Now Says Iran Could Produce Nuclear Weapon 'Within Weeks' ino.to/STzKIu3 - We've always been at war with . . . something something Room 101.