A Quick Catch-Up

Around the void in 5 minutes or less

I’m hard at work on an article that obviously isn’t getting finished tonight, so I’m going to take a (very) quick look at some recent stories that don’t warrant their own articles.

Up first, a settlement for the people of East Palestine:

Thanks to Arne for the tip!

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I am sad to announce that Democrats are not following my advice:

And have still learned nothing at all:

(Fun fact: Rolling Stone proclaimed Kamala Harris lost the 2020 DEMOCRATIC primary due to — you guessed it — racism and sexism.)

In related news:

Good luck, dude. Especially if this guy ends up as your vice chair:

Edit: He won.

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Bond villain and OpenAI Sam Altman has some terrifying views about the effect of AI on society………while continuing to devote his life to AI:

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President Trump’s been busy, too:

Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep those people at the agency so you can spend all day questioning them? Like the rubber room, but with Internal Affairs.

I’m not a huge fan of this, but at least Democrats are admitting taxes are bad.

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Working on this new article I’m not sure when I’m going to get around to watching Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing, so I’m providing a link to the event here:

Back to it!

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