Danelle Burton

All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.

OpenAI now reveals more of its o3-mini model’s thought process In response to pressure from rivals including Chinese AI company DeepSeek, OpenAI is changing the way its newest AI model, o3-mini, communicates its step-by-step “thought” process. On Thursday, OpenAI announced that free and paid users of ChatGPT, the…

OpenAI now reveals more of its o3-mini model’s thought process

That, and it costs the same as putting a child through college for a year…

This is real.

But the eggs!

consolation for the Super Bowl losing team: don't have to go to WH

But the eggs!

The story of this first week is corruption. Billionaires seated on the inaugural stage in front of the cabinet, crypto pump and dump, and the illegal firing of IGs. The media is acting like this is too chaotic and bewildering to interpret, but they are just afraid of sounding shrill. It’s corrupt.

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Trump ousts at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.

Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies.

Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption.

Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025.

Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg

A woman looks at an old desktop computer that is for for sale while talking to a man. She says, “Oh, man, I used to love playing with these things before they got connected to other people.”

A cartoon by Hartley Lin. #NewYorkerCartoons

Natural disasters 📈
And what Makes America Great Again more than absolutely no government assistance when a natural disaster decimates it?! 🤦🏽‍♀️

Wow, this is a nightmare evolution of “Reply All”.

Leopards.

Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick #PeteHegseth is unfit to lead the Department of Defense.

Demand your Senators vote against his confirmation for Secretary of Defense!