Behind the Blog: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Flamin' Hot Slop
This week, we discuss cool old books, new toys for ICE, and a boardwalk slop invasion.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
The executive order directs the Department of the Interior to update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to change Lake Ontario to “Lake
How do I know whether my work is worth it?
I am working on a fairly large (or large-seeming to me) project in the AI space. I've been soft launching it for a little bit but I've been working on a hard announcement post for…
AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
Millions of Cars Recalled Over Danger of Bursting Into Flames. But They're Not EVs.
The Washington Post shares this tip for car buyers. Electric vehicles "are not driving the recent growth in recalls warning that vehicles could erupt into flames at any time, even…
Dilley ICE Jail Is “Commodification of Child Imprisonment,” says Joaquin Castro
Calls to shut down the facility grow following the detention and deportation of a 5-year-old and his father.
Important Update: Trump ‘Renames’ Lake Ontario, DeSantis Misappropriate Millions, USPS Implements Election Order, Major AI Hack
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Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote — now that “inflated” number is falling apart
Right-wing media ran with unsubstantiated claims from the Trump administration that the Department of Homeland Security found hundreds of thousands of noncitizens registered to…
Emptying the Tabs…
Ok, we’re gonna go a little old school today. I’m talking the late 1990s and early 2000s, back before permalinks (sorry), RSS, and social media turned blog posts & tweets into…
Is there only one FairBot?
The FairBot from the MIRI prisoner's dilemma tournament is defined by a theorem of Peano arithmetic (PA) that holds for each opponent: mjx-container[jax="CHTML"] { line-height: 0;…
RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn
Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.
Will Midterm Campaigns Return to Decency?
Is Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand (D) practicing a different kind of politics? The candidate recently said "keep in mind this is a debate between
A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block Trump’s Border Wall
A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding. The post A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block…
The AI Hater's Manifesto
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year , $18 a quarter , or $7 a month , and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually…
Pete Hegseth And His Department Of Unconstitutional Revenge Lose Again In California
When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn’t agree to his dangerously unethical demands for what Claude should be able to do, Anthropic sued…
August 27, 2026
This morning, a headline in the Guardian read: “RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate.” The story by Michelle R.