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Leaked documents: Meta is training custom AI chatbots to message users unprompted, following up on past chats to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-studio-…

Leaked docs show Meta training custom AI chatbots to be more proactive
Leaked guidelines show how Meta's custom AI chatbots are trained to get more proactive, following up with users to increase retention.

Cardinals WR Wilson in concussion protocol https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45887547/cardinals-michael-wilson-concussion-protocol-colliding-practice-budda-baker

Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction

“Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, a stubborn MORON, must substantially lower interest rates, NOW,”
Trump wrote on social media,
one week after telling reporters the Fed chief was “a very good man.”

The president has repeatedly mused about a near-unprecedented firing of Powell for refusing to cut rates to levels normally seen during profound economic weakness.
This week, the Fed’s monetary policy com…

Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction
President Donald Trump’s economic policies have sparked controversy and uncertainty, with a recent jobs report fueling concerns about the economy’s health.

Having 21 capitalists following you is quite an achievement!
#Capitalism

“These numbers are put together by teams of literally hundreds of people following detailed procedures that are in manuals. There’s no conceivable way that the head of the BLS could have manipulated this number.”
White House Doubles Down on Baseless “Rigged” Claims About Poor Jobs Data – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/trump-jobs-data-bls-commissioner-fired-conspiracy-theory/

Just added 18 new names to my 45 Names bot that posts a nickname of potus every hour:
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Follow the bot on Mastodon:
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45 Name an Hour (@45names@mastodon.social)
4.7K Posts, 820 Following, 210 Followers · 45 names, one an hour. Created by @davidaugust@mastodon.online https://www.davidaugust.com Collection of names for the 45th President. Thanks to the writers, comedians, late night shows, internet folk and more who made these up. If I've gone missing, please come find me. Thanks to @boodoo@mastodon.social for helping this run. searchable on tootfinder.ch and #fedi22 For entertainment purposes only: please don't ruin my life. #satire #potus45 #potu…

Microsoft's FY 2025 report excludes the names of rivals, breaking from a common industry practice; its last report designated 25 companies as competitors (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/microsoft-competitors-filings.html

Microsoft ends tradition of naming competitors in regulatory filings
Apple, Meta and Nvidia still mention their rivals in annual reports. It's a practice that Alphabet, Amazon and Tesla gave up years ago.

The US is set to raise the number of military vessels deployed near Venezuela to eight this week,
which Maduro described as
“the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years.”
Following an authorization by Trump to use military force against Latin American drug cartels,
the Associated Press and CBS News report that “the US Navy now has two Aegis guided-missile destroyers — the USS Gravelyand the USS Jason Dunham — in the Caribbean,
a…

Maduro Says US Pointing '1,200 Missiles' at Venezuela After Trump Sends More Warships | Common Dreams
In a press conference on Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the US has "1,200 missiles" pointed at the country after Trump sent more warships. One US defense official said Trump is gearing up for "Noriega part two," suggesting regime change.

President Trump, flanked by sports stars, signs executive order to bring back Presidential Fitness Test https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6528412/2025/07/31/trump-executive-order-presidential-fitness-test/

Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction
Friday’s disappointing jobs report revealed a labor market that is much weaker than either the White House or Federal Reserve understood.
Inflation, the voter irritant that helped return Trump to the Oval Office, is proving newly stubborn.
And consumers are growing more cautious with their spending.

Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction
President Donald Trump’s economic policies have sparked controversy and uncertainty, with a recent jobs report fueling concerns about the economy’s health.