Bobbie Brinegar

Why are experts sounding the alarm on AI risks?

Why are experts sounding the alarm on AI risks? https://aje.news/1a8wwg

“which won't work for up to 69M women whose last names don't match their birth certificates”

The Pulitzer-Winning Musician Telling the World to ‘Fix It’ Nature has long been a favored topic for composers.

Julia Wolfe, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, has written an oratorio which deals with the damage being done to nature, and how to repair it

Missing Epstein files | Andrew scandal | Cuba blockade | Social media harms Your Week In 4: Hand-picked insightful, inspiring and compelling reports from Channel 4 News this week.

In today's Your Week In 4, analysis by Channel 4 News has identified emails in the latest Epstein files that suggest the information released could amount to just 2% of the information that the FBI retrieved from his homes.

📩 Read the full newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/missing-ep...

Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.

Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows

The labor market essentially stalled in 2025. US employers added just 181,000 jobs in all of last year, according to the latest BLS statistics, 69% fewer positions than the initial estimate of 584,000. @bencasselman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...

It’s the Epstein Administration.

No wonder Bondi spent the entire hearing screeching and deflecting.

H/T: @aaronparnas.bsky.social

Software engineers are facing a reality the rest of us have dealt with for years: Your job getting disrupted by tech. A software veteran predicts that AI will eventually lead Big Tech companies to cut 50% of their engineers.

A software veteran predicts that AI will eventually lead Big Tech companies to cut 50% of their engineers.

Shock Poll: Americans Miss Joe Biden’s Economy Here’s what they’re worried about.

In 2023, under Joe Biden, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs.

You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.

‘The Trust Has Been Absolutely Destroyed’ Some state election officials say they no longer trust their federal partners.

White House is going to interfere.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

If Miami Could Speak: A Love Letter to the Super Bowl Halftime Show - Miamism If Miami could speak, this is what it would say about the Super Bowl halftime show, culture, immigration, joy, and why it all felt like home.

If Miami Could Speak...

"A reminder that this place we call America is made up of many countries, islands, and cultures, all moving to different rhythms. I’ve been living that truth since the beginning, and seeing it danced, sung, and shared with the world felt like home."

This is good...

Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History

Bad Bunny: So uplifting. And the words in English on the billboard: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” Right on.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.

Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d

superb

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Re-upping this because it's a huge scandal.

What are Susan Wiles and Gabbard covering up?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tues...

Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/poland...

It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.

Jeffrey Epstein told people like Landon Thomas, Jr. specific and detailed info about Donald Trump.

Info that Epstein didn’t want to put in writing.

Trump Posts Vile Video of Obamas in Manic Late-Night Rampage The 79-year-old president spent the night spewing out conspiracy theories.

President Donald Trump shared a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama as part of a manic late-night Truth Social posting spree.

Wetlands vs. development: Miami-Dade’s battle for environmental integrity continues | Opinion Levine Cava says she has a responsibility to protect wetlands and the fragile South Florida environment. She does. So do the commissioners. | Opinion

Levine Cava says she has a responsibility to protect wetlands and the fragile South Florida environment. She does. So do the commissioners. | Opinion

Dems need to demand a ban on ICE at polling places and no ICE operations in run up to election before agreeing to any DHS funding

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

“.. Florida had highest foreclosure rate out of any state in 2025 ... reasons cited included affordability issues due to insurance premiums, property taxes, and general ownership costs ..”

(via Schwab)

Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But:

Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.

The Epstein files show Epstein making significant payments to foreign government officials through their spouses. In addition to Lord Mandelson, he also paid the wife of German defense minister Karl zu Guttenberg. And others.

New gift link

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Trump's Base Is Tiring of Him at a Bad Time Cracks are opening in the foundation of President Donald Trump’s coalition: working-class White voters. That could be crucial in November’s midterm elections. For Democrats, improving their performance among those voters is the key to expanding their map of opportunities in both the House and Senate.

Cracks are opening in the foundation of President Donald Trump’s coalition: working-class White voters