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Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have published detailed memos in recent weeks, basically agreeing on the need for a US-led AI regulatory framework (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/ai-regulations-openai-anthropic-google

Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulations
The CEOs of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic all agree the frontier needs to be regulated ASAP.

RE: https://agora-thinktanks.social/@agoraverkehr/116928910683363101
It might be a good idea to constantly give Germans the impression that a subsidy scheme is about to be scrapped, so that EV sales continue to rise steadily

The Georgia Trust for Local News purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from McClatchy; The Macon Melody will merge with The Telegraph (GTLN)
https://www.gtln.org/post/georgia-trust-for-local-new…

Georgia Trust for Local News partners with local supporters to acquire two historic newspapers
Deal will revitalize local journalism in Middle, West and South GeorgiaDublin, Ga. – The Georgia Trust for Local News today purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in a landmark transaction that puts two storied papers under local control and nonprofit ownership.The Telegraph has operated as a journalistic mainstay in Middle Georgia for 200 years and has a legacy of community-changing investigative journalism, including a Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting. The L…

Von Miller, Cowboys agree to terms on deal https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/von-miller-cowboys-agree-to-terms-on-deal

US attorney general Todd Blancheon Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump.
“No, I’m not going to pledge that,” he said when asked about the topic by NBC’s Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. “And no attorney general should ever pledge that.”
Blanche also claimed Trump would never ask him to do something that crosses an ethical or legal line
– after the president dismissed his…

Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House
US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ

@… (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…

Uber agrees to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food delivery company at ~$14.8B, offering €41.50 per share and buying out Prosus' stake (Edwin Chan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Biologists drove 19 burrowing owls evicted by a Phoenix housing project
50 miles into a 10,000-acre solar complex
and lowered them into 40 plastic burrows
— every female laid eggs within a month,
and 29 chicks fledged the first summer,
because any predator stands out on open ground under panels

Biologists drove 19 burrowing owls evicted by a Phoenix housing project 50 miles into a 10,000-acre solar complex and lowered them into 40 plastic burrows — every female laid eggs within a month, and 29 chicks fledged the first summer, because open ground under panels hides no predator from an owl
A solar farm designed to fight climate change became an unexpected refuge for an endangered owl when scientists discovered that panels cast the perfect shadow for ground-nesting predators to hunt.

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media.
The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general,
the Writers Guild of America
and Paramount subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.
A fourth lawsuit has been filed looking to block Paramount‘s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
-- this t…

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media. The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general, the Writers Guild of America and Paramount+ subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.

The United States and Iran on Monday
missed their 60-day deadline to reach a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program
under the terms of the cease-fire they agreed to in June,
-- underlining the breakdown of a truce that Trump promised would end the war.
https://www.

U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.