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Wild Pigs (Boar and sow), 1913 #expressionism #franzmarc

Mostly just hurt feelings.

Something of a trend has emerged this year, with the major AI labs going all-out to tell the world how

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A National Park Service engineer warned the Trump administration in early June that the floor of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was already peeling because of the renovation process and the materials being used.

If Fox News hadn't been caught in their lie, would they have admitted this massive error?

FOX: Yesterday, we aired a graphic that showed gas prices incorrectly last year were $4.13 a gallon. They were $3.13 a gallon. pic.twitter.com/WzhgugTli4

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 18, 2026

How embarrassing.

How could any TV producer make such an error? When Joe Biden left office, gas prices averaged around $3.10 to $3.12 per gallon. In contrast, current prices under Donald Trump's second term hover around $4.00 to $4.16 per gallon.

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“Many Federal Reserve officials believed that the central bank would have to raise interest rates if inflation did not ease, according to the minutes released on Wednesday from the Fed’s July 28-29 policy meeting,” Axios reports. Bloomberg: Fed minutes show many officials said rate hikes may be needed.

Mike Rogers took thousands from AT&T, pushed to let telecoms share private customer data without a warrant, then joined the company as a security adviser.

Meetings With Murdoch and Sinclair Chief I’ve been making the case in Where Things Stand for some time now that...

I think ultimately it's all going to shake down to a common language across all the open platforms, and if it's not RSS, it'll be something just like RSS.

What do you think would happen?

“The Trump administration is poised to reduce tariffs on automobiles imported from Canada to 15% from 25% as part of a broader deal that would see the U.S. neighbor drop retaliatory trade measures,” Bloomberg reports.

“A U.S. National Park Service engineer warned the Trump administration about the floor of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool peeling in early June due to the renovation process and the materials used for the job, court filings revealed Wednesday,” NBC News reports. “Despite that warning, President Donald Trump accused multiple people of ‘destroying’ the pool once […]

Continuing to improve the Logs page in Micro.blog. I think the color for different tasks helps. Still a little nerdy, but it’s a very useful page to understand what Micro.blog is doing.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Blue and Green Music, 1919 #georgiaokeeffe #artinstituteofchicago

Democrat Brandon Dukes has won the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th state House District.

Trump won the district by 18 points in 2024.

What do you think would happen?

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