Atul

I would much prefer the Mussolini ending version.

🥳👏

BTW, does he get to bring home friends from work ?? 😁

Yeah.
I, too, went to Reynisfjara last month.
Was a terrifying place, quickly realized it.

Saw some people doing crazy shit.
Tried to warn them but 🤷🏻‍♂️

Came back one piece

Barn Swallow Closeup #Virginia #bird #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #wildlifephotography

Diabetes remission is possible — but there’s a catch, new study finds A new Kaiser Permanente study shows some people with Type 2 diabetes can achieve remission through diet and lifestyle changes, offering hope beyond surgery.

A new Kaiser Permanente study shows some people with Type 2 diabetes can achieve remission through diet and lifestyle changes, offering hope beyond surgery.

Can You Love the Art and Hate the Monster? In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer attempts the impossible task of disentangling herself from the figures whose work has made her who she is.

Can you truly love the art but hate the artist?

Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash The verdict follows a three-week trial that threw a spotlight on how Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have marketed their driver-assistance software.

A hugely important verdict.

The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.

People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.

Why you should (probably) drink less as you get older, according to doctors Alcohol impacts the health of older adults, generally defined as those 65 and older, differently than younger adults, according to Bay Area doctors.

Alcohol impacts the health of older adults, generally defined as those 65 and older, differently than younger adults, according to Bay Area doctors.

💯

Why Rick Steves wants Americans to travel more BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and travel writer Rick Steves discuss the importance of travel and how it can bring new perspectives.

I don't think anything pierces the veil of American exceptionalism more than international travel. Because very quickly, you learn

A) the world does not in fact, revolve around the USA
B) this place could be much, much, muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better than it actually is

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Jurors ruled that yes, Meta "eavesdropped and that yes, users could have reasonably expected that their sensitive menstrual information was not being shared. Finally, the jurors ruled that no, Meta did not have consent for its actions."

It’s a lovely tribute to Billy.
And I can’t believe how polished Bruce Springsteen looks

are all the wannabe dictators on some kind of signal group chat or something

Comic. Bad Map Projection #194: Interrupted Spheres. To avoid the distortion inherent to a single flat world map, each continent is projected onto its own globe. [spheres of different sizes with a single continent on each]

Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

xkcd.com/3122/

Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon have collectively spent ~$90B on capex in their most recent quarters and are expected to spend over $344B for the year (Bloomberg)

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chart: capital expenditures, quarterly shows hockey-stick like growth in the capex expenditures of Amazon, Microsoft, Google and meta, almost entirely on data centers in the most recent quarter it was nearly $100 billion, collectively

The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/

The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sili...

😲

And we're officially at the end of being able to trust the jobs numbers in this country ever again.

Tesla found partially liable for fatal 2019 crash involving driver-assistance technology; jury orders $200 million in damages The outcome is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its technology is involved in a crash.

BREAKING: Tesla found partially liable in Autopilot case, jury orders $200 million in damages

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

> It's all a con. A dangerous, dangerous con.

Indeed. Well written.

My 2c: Would (do!) anyone care _this time_ ??
And what would they do?

[I know where *I* stand...
I'm curious about *gestures across the room/world* ]

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Shutting Down After Federal Funding Rescission The recently signed tax cut and budget bill took back $1.1 billion in previously approved funds.

Fuck every last ghoul in Washington who voted for this action, and every last one of you who thinks that the undeniable public good of public media shouldn’t exist.

🎉🥳
Ordered it!
...
...
... and I didn't quite expect it to go where it went 😲😄

Ordered it!

Bart’s bookstore in Ojai is my fav hangout 😁🥳

👏👏👏🥳🥳

Legendary songwriter Joan Baez hadn't sat down to write poems in many years.

"Lately, the more I read the daily news, the more I’ve felt compelled to write again. Lining up words into sentences that attempt to make sense of the chaos is my bulwark against a creeping feeling of despondency."

Looks so fab

Let's take a hard look at that GDP growth Three percent GDP growth for the second quarter is great. It’s also misleading. Plus: jobs, stablecoin, and the case for a U.S. Department of Economic Security.

Three percent GDP growth for the second quarter is great. But it’s also misleading. Plus: jobs, stablecoin, and the case for a U.S. Department of Economic Security.

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