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Sources: DHS officials asked CISA to hack a voting machine to report vulnerabilities to the White House without telling the vendor; the request wasn't acted on (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump

This Cybersecurity Agency Is Supposed to Protect U.S. Elections. Officials Fear It’s Been Compromised by Trump.
DHS appointees made an unusual request of its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it. Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the agency for its own ends.

@aiappsapi@mastodon.social I agree that per-query values have limited meaning given all the variability in the context of how they're used.
That said, although I don't know an empirical study of this, I think there are many contexts in which a cheaper model has a much lower footprint. In fact, a recent study out of Stanford et al. found re-reading context was one of the reasons agentic tasks blew up compute

Amazing how governments can agree that something is a major problem, and something needs to be done, and the proceed to do nothing significant. Why? The corrupting influence of ¢£¥€₹₱?
It seems the #ecoosystem #COP fares no better than

Can countries deliver on a deal to save the world’s plants and animals?
Four years ago nearly every government on Earth agreed to protect nature. Now, as countries gather for Cop17, the pressure is on to follow through on those commitments

Foxconn agrees to acquire a 50% stake in Mitsubishi's automotive components unit for ~$727M; Mitsubishi will provide autonomous tech for Foxconn's EV platforms (Reed Stevenson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#FotoVorschlag "Jedes Schild hat seine Bewandtnis", hier: Schlechte Wahlverlierer, nachdem 2011 in #BadenWürttemberg die CDU nach 58 Jahren in die Opposition musste, weil sie zusammen mit der FDP keine Mehrheit mehr hatte und eine Koalition aus

@… (I think we agree on this but) if we view capitalism and the market economy as inherently toxic (as I do), is work to make it less unequal not counter productive? We need to be building the new structures, not trying to shore up the wanton excess of the old.
Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast: Podcasters Unite! Thinking about systemic change with Tim Log…

A Manual for How the Left Can Fail to Agree:
Why parties that share 90% of a programme still can’t share a ticket, and why the problem starts with all of us.
https://agarzon.substack.com/p/a-manual-for-how-the-left-can-fail

A Manual for How the Left Can Fail to Agree
Why parties that share 90% of a programme still can’t share a ticket, and why the problem starts with all of us

British Birds - “Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas“ (2026)
Latest from this new-to-me band. Out of Chorley, Lancashire (UK). I like the guy’s voice. Cool guitar centric sound. Not sure I agree with the label, but they’re considered “psych rock”. I just like that it’s generally upbeat and the guitar parts noisy and crunchy.
#music

Two ports denied request to land 120 migrants in RNLI boats - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm27v3743mno

Two ports denied request to land 120 migrants in RNLI boats
The King's Harbour Master and Southampton Port both declined to allow migrants ashore on Sunday.

The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft agree on AI privacy standards for schools, with legal protections that hold Microsoft liable for breaches (Madina Touré/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/09/aft-union-microsoft-ai-deal-01068544