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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn - Inside Climate News A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in the river as negotiations over its future stall.

On the Colorado River, there is no more water.

That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.

My latest:

insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor • Virginia Mercury Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears built her political brand on transparency and accountability. But a closer look at her public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and i...

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...

Ashleigh Brilliant, Prolific ‘Pot-Shots’ Phrasemaker, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

Customers in 7 PJM states paid $4.4B for data center transmission in 2024: report Transmission lines built for data centers fall into a "regulatory gap,” with utility customers on the hook for the costs, the Union of Concerned Scientists said.

Union of Concerned Scientists report out with some nice recommendations for how to avoid captive residential customers paying for the infrastructure needs of data centers owned by tech giants (which is currently happening):

Va. could show how to manage data center growth. So far, it’s a case study in stalling legislation • Virginia Mercury The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth.

Va. could show how to manage data center growth. So far, it’s a case study in stalling legislation virginiamercury.com/2025/10/06/v...

Opinion | Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

more important than ever to understand how with minimal energy people (and now things!) can easily persuade you to act against your own interests, if you aren’t familiar with their tactics and how your own damn brain works.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Is Trump’s TV Lying to Him? If it is, then everything falls apart.

the world is a piñata that he is smashing, blindfolded

Health systems forecast pain from Medicaid cuts - Virginia Business Virginia hospitals face closures as Medicaid cuts hit budgets; Augusta Health closes clinics, warns of $40M loss by 2034.

My latest on the forthcoming healthcare mess.
virginiabusiness.com/health-medic...

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money.

The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts.

grist.org/extreme-weat...

#NewOrleans #Louisiana #LA #Katrina #Policy #Climate #50501 #livingwithwater

Norfolk schools will consider another new closure option at special meeting The Norfolk School Board will consider a facilities closure plan that was publicly outlined less than a week before the vote, but fulfills more of the city council’s directive.

My latest on the Norfolk School Board. It may vote tonight on yet another last-minute closing plan with no public comment.
www.whro.org/education-ne...

you are about to see the nation’s beer distributors—aka “the toughest lobby you’ve never heard of”—lose their fucking minds

Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups

The US conservative movement has organized & funded a massive anti-wind power campaign, based on lies & bullying. Researchers at Brown University have been investigating & revealing that campaign.

Now cons are pressuring the university to shut the investigators down.

As a journalist who gets fed this kind of garbage too often, I have to admire the deeply delusional spin of this announcement. We got nothing we wanted, but all is good. That white flag we're waving is a mirage.

The Comey Indictment and its Aftermath New strategies are needed to defend against the systematic politicization of federal law enforcement.

"The Comey indictment appears to be the opening phase of a program of presidentially directed political prosecutions." -- Bob Bauer
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-comey-...

RAJU: Are you personally okay with Trump telling the AG to go after his political opponents?


MIKE ROUNDS: We need to stay in our lane, and our lane is doing our job


(That's a yes)

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Raised $389 Million—Including $13.1 Million From This Texas Foundation IRS filings show the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation was Turning Point USA’s largest direct donor, surpassing contributions from foundations linked to billionaires like Bernie Marcus, Charles Johnson and ...

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DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.

NEW: CBP has been funneling DNA from US citizens—including kids—into the FBI’s crime database. Nearly 2,000 Americans swabbed, many with no charges. Once for violent offenders, CODIS is becoming a mass-surveillance archive.

analysis by @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Fight Erupts Over Fate of U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes

Fight Erupts Over Fate of U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Column | Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.

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