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My men are working in the garden.
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Former Department of Government Efficiency, (or DOGE), employees are working on an artificial intelligence takeover of federal government services for the Trump administration. 
The Washington Sun reports that the staffers are setting up an AI-driven website,
America.gov,
to help Americans with everything from obtaining and renewing passports to potentially preparing and filing taxes for free.
(The latter is still under discussion and would be a reversal from the Whit…

DOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
The DOGE goons who drove federal agencies into the ground last year are back, including that dude who goes by “Big Balls.”

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement https://www.raiders.com/news/joint-practices-raiders-texans-controlled-chaos-fueling-real-improvement-preseason-training-camp

During our vacation recently, I tried to practice more foreground and composition for .. not for documenting our vacation, but to capture more a feeling that I had at this moment.
This is one of the photos. Here it felt "better" to me to set the focus to the red poppies because at this moment, they just drew more attention as we were walking towards the gate.
More of this day:

The NYT filed a motion Wednesday to quash DOJ subpoenas of three of its reporters demanding they disclose their sources, following coverage of Air Force One (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/20…

New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists
The Justice Department is seeking to compel grand jury testimony as part of an investigation into Times reporting on the president’s new Air Force One jet.

Gutierrez: Joint practices are the sweet spot – controlled chaos fueling real improvement https://www.raiders.com/news/joint-practices-raiders-texans-controlled-chaos-fueling-real-improvement-preseason-training-camp

“A Brief History of Donald Trump’s 9/11 Controversies” (2016)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/brief-history-donald-trumps-911-controversies/
“Watch Trump Falsely Suggest He Was Pulled from Ground Zero on 9/11” (this wee…

A brief history of Donald Trump's 9/11 controversies
From claiming that Muslims celebrated the attacks in Jersey City to failing to back an effort to help first responders.

Jackson Powers-Johnson leaves Raiders practice early https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/jackson-powers-johnson-leaves-raiders-practice-early-3865308/

A Laramie Wyoming bartender faces felony charges after pulling a gun downtown.
She says it was self-defense amid a volley of anti-queer slurs.
Ríhanna Kelver, a transgender woman, has been charged with two felonies after drawing on a man who pushed her to the ground.
She said she’ll fight the charges and pursue “genuine justice.”

A Laramie bartender faces felony charges after pulling a gun downtown. She says it was self-defense amid a volley of anti-queer slurs.
Ríhanna Kelver, a transgender woman, has been charged with two felonies after drawing on a man who pushed her to the ground. She said she’ll fight the charges and pursue “genuine justice.”

Zoox, the Amazon-owed autonomous taxi company founded in 2014, will launch its first paid rides in Las Vegas on Monday.
The company’s robotaxis differ from others already on the road because they do not have driver’s controls such as a steering wheel or gas pedal.
The pill-shaped vehicles can drive in either direction and include interior seats facing each other.
Zoox received a first-of-its-kind exemption from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last mont…

Zoox to begin paid rides following regulatory approval
Amazon's robotaxi company Zoox will launch paid rides in Las Vegas on Monday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted it a commercial exemption for purpose-built robotaxis.