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Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/poli

California Crypto Billionaires Plan to Spend Tens of Millions on Moderate Candidates
Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, two outspoken Silicon Valley leaders, are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to elect moderate state lawmakers this year.

OK- So what are the "moderate" values espoused by the Grow-ists?
Tech billionaires funding Grow California | | sfexaminer.com
https://www.sfexaminer.com/crypto-billiona…

Crypto billionaires try to build a moderate 'counterforce' in California politics
Two influential tech billionaires, Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, to spend millions in support of moderate state legislators in California through their initiative, Grow California.

OK- So what are the "moderate" values espoused by the Grow-ists?
Tech billionaires funding Grow California | | sfexaminer.com
https://www.sfexaminer.com/crypto-billiona…

Crypto billionaires try to build a moderate 'counterforce' in California politics
Two influential tech billionaires, Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, to spend millions in support of moderate state legislators in California through their initiative, Grow California.

Ongoing human folly of the month #137: As Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They’re Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable - Futurism (Did you guess #datacenters?)
https://apple.news/A1BN__QkbShO1wTTylv

As Saudi Arabia’s 100-Mile Skyscraper Crumbles, They’re Replacing It With the Most Desperate Thing Imaginable — Futurism
How original. No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster. Its centerpiece was supposed to be a towering skyscraper called The Line, over 100 miles in length, that could accommodate millions of people, something that the laws of reality always suggested would be impossible to pull off. But, according to new reporting from the Finan…

"What Lin and Cursor achieved was to show that an AI agent can generate millions of lines of code that’s lifted from other projects, and that don’t compile, let alone work."
(Original title: Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI)
https://pivot-to-ai.c…

Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI
Here’s an awesome tweet from Michael Truell, CEO of Anysphere, who make vibe code editor Cursor: [Twitter, archive] We built a browser with GPT-5.2 in Cursor. It ran uninterrupted for one week. It&…

Dick is dead.
#deadDick

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands
Cheney’s legacy more than outlives him; he reshaped the very structures of war and authoritarianism at home and abroad.

No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future! #environment

No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future!
2026 should be the year we transition away from oil, coal and gas – not launch conflicts to drill for them. Clinging to fossil fuels locks us into a cycle of violence, volatility, and authoritarianism. Every new fossil fuel project adds fuel to a climate crisis already displacing millions. True security doesn't come from controlling pipelines; it comes from renewable energy that serves communities, not billionaires. Over 80 countries are committed to a roadmap for a fossil-free future. Let’…

Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries,
the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior
that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects.
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
The …

Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. The Associated Press has found that the predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched, and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going, …

Good Morning #Canada
Canadians should reflect back on the glorious past few weeks and the excitement provided by the Toronto #BlueJays. A team not expected to contend for any title when the season began, they surprised the experts, the fans, and the teams that stood in their way. Some Canadians had flashbacks to previous World's Series Championships, some younger fans built their own memories, and millions jumped on board the bandwagon. We celebrated every pitch, every swing of the bat, every win that brought us closer to a championship, and each other. If you can't change the situation you're in - or the final score in a game 7 - you can always change your perspective. Don't be sad for our Blue Jays. Remember the joy they brought us individually and collectively.
#CanadaIsAwesome #LetsGoBlueJays
https://youtu.be/ENBX_v1Po1Y?si=lSY-cNmBiNozxOvM

Sources: Richard Socher's Recursive is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $4B pre-money valuation to build self-improving superintelligent AI (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/ai-startup…