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The wait for Rivian’s first electric bike just got a little bit shorter. After months of delays, ALSO has informed reservation holders that they’ll finally be able to place pre-orders for the company’s highly anticipated TM-B electric bike starting August 18.

It’s welcome news for the unknown number of people who put down reservations, though it’s hard to ignore just how far the timeline has slipped.

DOJ has offered the extremists behind Unite the Right a gift for the event's anniversary in the indictment of former SPLC staffer Heidi Beirich. As they're doing that, they're refusing to share evidence of how useful SPLC was for the FBI to investigate the event.

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Open Channels News discusses OpenWALDO's launch, promoting true AI openness through transparent data sourcing, and AT&T's shift to open models for cost savings and AI sovereignty.

Mike Allen: “The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman tells me 70% of President Trump’s mindshare (‘maybe plus or minus 5%’) goes to his gilding, construction, renovation, renaming and tribute projects.” Said Habermn: “He is spending a huge amount of energy, mental and otherwise, on these renovation projects, beautification projects around Washington, and then monuments to […]

Wall Street Journal: “What’s remarkable about this election is how spending cuts initially were such a centerpiece of Trump’s agenda (see, RIP DOGE) and now…crickets.” “Total government debt is barreling toward $40 trillion. The deficit—or gap between revenue and spending—is projected to be $1.887 trillion this year, and then breach $2 trillion next year, according […]

It’s no wonder that journalists show up so often in fiction. They are the truth-seekers, the villain-uncoverers, the ones willing to put themselves on the line for the sake of […]

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Punchbowl News: “Republicans and Democrats have the same new bogeyman.” ”Data centers have emerged as a fixation in races across the country, and both parties are struggling to answer voter angst over the nearly $600 billion artificial intelligence buildout.” ”That’s given populists of all stripes a huge opening. Candidates are running on fears of rising […]

The editorial dissonance of 'MALE.'

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This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in Tech Policy Press.

AI represents the first time we humans can do cognitive work outside of our bodies at scale. The only comparable moment is the early years of the industrial revolution, when new technologies like the steam engine provided a quantum leap in our ability to do mechanical work outside of our bodies at scale. If AI’s cognitive capabilities become integrated into our lives, businesses, and governments—a process that will take years if not decades—society will be as unrecognizable as the modern world would be to a preindustrial farmer. And yet, Americans—by a wide margin—...

A familiar Fishkill restaurant has closed its doors, but the building won't be sitting empty for long. Continue reading…

An Upstate NY school bus driver faces charges after police say he attempted to kiss a child under 17 he met through his work. Continue reading…

"An interview with the author of 'Strangers to Ourselves'—and now, 'You Won’t Get Free of It.'"

Yawning Man (disputed attribution), 1563 #bruegel #northernrenaissance