‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Heads for $875 Million Opening at Global Box Office (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Minecraft Is Helping Kids Redesign Their Cities (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Carmakers Go Back to the ’80s With Turbo Engines (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Trevor Larnach, Twins deal with fallout after report details failed trade with Houston Astros (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Ceuta migrant surge blamed on videos and ‘hybrid war’ (thetimes.com)
Roy Lichtenstein, Reverie from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II, 1965, published 1966 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive
Otto Dix, Leuchtkugel erhellt die Monacu-ferme (A Rocket Flare Lights Up the Monacu-ferme), plate 17 from Der Krieg (The War), 1924 #minneapolisinstituteofart #ottodix
Josh Betz
• Josh
Did OpenAI hack Hugging Face or didn’t they?
Laurie Voss, regarding OpenAI hacking Hugging Face: All the news coverage of this seems to have boiled down to: wow, models are clever these days! And that confuses the hell out of me. Models are capable of autonomously committing crimes is the thing we should be learning here, and we need some kind of legal framework to […]
Nevermind. Looks like I hallucinated.
Rex Sox interested in De La Cruz, Greene (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
The Race to Build an American Alternative to Cheap AI From China (wsj.com)
wsj.com/tech/ai/the-race-to-build-an-american-alternative-to-cheap-ai-from-china-2e99a28a
Shooting at In-and-Out Burger in Idaho Leaves at Least 3 Dead and 2 Injured, Official Says (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Alberta is allowing patients to self-refer for some diagnostic tests. What’s the end game? (theglobeandmail.com)
Vicki Wickham, Behind-the-Scenes Force in Pop Music, Dies at 87 (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Saudis Raise Concerns Over Trump’s Plans for Iran Strikes
“Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: Trump is seriously considering attacking Iranian energy targets in the coming days in response to Iran’s missile strike on a U.S. base in Jordan and its […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
The Democrats’ Biggest Donors Have Gone On Strike
Wall Street Journal: “While many Democratic elites still feel bullish about taking back the House and are willing to throw big money at their favorite candidates, institutional fatigue—and in some cases, full-on drama—has set in among a number of the party’s biggest donors. Like voters, donors say they feel disillusioned with Washington and the party […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Loomer Says Russian Propaganda Influenced the GOP
“Conservative activist Laura Loomer believes parts of the GOP have been influenced by Russian and other foreign propaganda,” NewsNation reports. “Loomer’s remarks come after a recent trip to Ukraine, where she said seeing the effects of the war firsthand changed her views on the conflict. She said her perspective shifted after experiencing an air raid […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Darline Graham Makes Her Political Debut
“Sen. Darline Graham made her political debut before hundreds of Republican voters in South Carolina on Saturday, saying that she never envisioned a life in politics for herself until after the death of her brother Lindsey Graham, and now wants to work hard to promote the state and President Donald Trump’s policy priorities,” the Associated […]