Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse
https://religionnews.com/2026/04/01/texas-megachurch-pastor-robert-morris-is-free-after-6-months-in-an-oklahoma-jail-for-child-sex-abuse/
I started an AI simulation last night - two conservatives and two progressives work together to increase the US democracy from a score of 37 out of 100 to something that works better for _all_ people not just the wealthy. They agreed on 7 proposals to bring the score up to 60%. If only it were that easy.
#USPol
An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI contract "unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence", more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/905791/mustafa-s…
Ryanair boss O'Leary happily reports that Europe's jet fuel situation is not so bad, partly thanks to "an increasing supply coming from Russia.”
He also wants an end to the EU CO2 price for European flights, of course. O'Leary used to be an outright climate denier.
https://www.
Y-Y-Youw UwU skiww has wevewed up?!?1
(The UwUifier now translates in both directions... kinda)
https://uwuifier.com/?language=UWU_TO_ORG
Computing’s new deep dive finds that the explosive build‑out of AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in datacentre energy, water and waste use. It investigates opaque ESG reporting, creative accounting on renewable energy, and growing reliance on gas generation. AI is being built at any cost, and the environmental trade‑offs are increasingly hard to ignore.
The conservative Californiacommunity of Huntington Beach -- known for banning the Pride flag from city property and fighting the state over pandemic and housing policy -- could soon be represented by a gay, Democratic congressman.
Robert Garcia, an incumbent two-term Democratic LGBTQ congressman, immigrant and Donald Trump critic,
is considered the leading contender in Tuesday’s primary race for the US House seat.
Thanks to a successful restricting effort that redrew Cali…
An AI Pendant that records everything you do throughout the day. From Meta. Is there any company that is more despised for its user tracking? I'm sure it will fly off the shelves... /s
https://www.engadget.com/2184224/meta-developing-ai-pendant-more-s…
・A new House Judiciary Committee report finds that the "National Resident Matching Program" (NRMP), known as the Match,
operates as a monopoly over the medical residency hiring market,
suppressing resident wages to an average of $66,712 while physicians earn $374,000 and nurse practitioners earn $132,050.
・Medical students graduate with an average of $190,000 in student loan debt,
then enter a system where they cannot negotiate salary,
cannot switch jo…