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You.com appoints Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann left to Anthropic; You.com, which began in consumer search, is targeting enterprise more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
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AI Startup You.com Appoints New CTO After Co-Founder Joins Anthropic
AI startup You.com, valued at $1.5 billion after a funding round in September, is changing its senior leadership as it focuses on helping businesses adopt AI. Bryan McCann, You.com’s CTO and co-founder, recently left to join Anthropic as a member of technical staff, according to his LinkedIn profile. Saahil Jain, one of the startup’s early engineering hires, has been promoted to CTO, said

The Avant-Garde Never Left: Robert Hughes Described the Revolution and Then Declared It Over
Robert Hughes wanted it both ways. In the final moments of "The Shock of the New," his landmark 1980 BBC series on modern art, he declared the avant-garde dead and then, in the same breath, described its beating heart. He told us that the radical project of art was finished, that the market had swallowed it whole, that the institutions had filed its teeth down to nothing.

The Avant-Garde Never Left: Robert Hughes Described the Revolution and Then Declared It Over | David Boles, Blogs
Robert Hughes wanted it both ways. In the final moments of “The Shock of the New,” his landmark 1980 BBC series on modern art, he declared the avant-garde dead and then, in the same bre…

A federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights movement,
delaying a closely watched case in which the Trump administration is accusing a group of protesters of being terrorists and says they are part of a “North-Texas antifa cell”.
US district judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of Donald Trump, declared a mistrial only hours after jury selection began at the federal courthouse in downtown Fort W…

"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran”
"A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran."
“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation"

‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war
A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the Iran war.

Heute habe ich's dank Garmin am Abend noch mit Mr. #Winterbrompton #rausgeschafft, trotz Sommerpneu, im Gesicht pieksendem Schneeregen und #frostpendeln-würdigen 0℃. Ziel war einerseits, he…

Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala's attempt to oust the agency's Chief Information Officer Robert Costello (John Sakellariadis/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/a

Jared Kushner, one of the most evil and corrupt persons in the Trump administration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/jared-kushner-affinity-mideast-funds.html?unlocke…

Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy
President Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise $5 billion or more from foreign governments and others for his private equity firm.

In his first term, Trump appointed a record-setting 54 federal appellate judges.
Circuit judges are nominated by presidents and, if confirmed by the Senate, serve lifetime appointments.
This analysis provides an early look at how those appointments will likely reverberate nationwide in terms of dismantling or failing to uphold environmental laws and policy, legal scholars said.
“Long term, it’s going to set a lot of precedent that pushes the law away from environmental pr…

Man v. Nature: Trump Appointees Are Shredding Environmental Protections
Federal appellate courts are enacting an anti-environment agenda—especially in the ultraconservative 5th Circuit, new analysis shows.

‘It’s still a great year for wildflowers’: Where to catch colorful blooms around SoCal
For 43 years, the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Wildflower Hotline has compiled reports of wildflower hot spots, sharing weekly findings from March through May. The free service, narrated by podcaster Tom Henschel, lists publicly accessible wildflower viewing points in Southern and Central California.

Where to find wildflowers near and around Los Angeles
It wasn't a superbloom year, and that's OK. Here are the best spots to see an abundance of colorful wildflowers in Southern California.

‘It’s still a great year for wildflowers’: Where to catch colorful blooms around SoCal
Untimely spring weather brought hordes of wildflowers to the hills and mountains around Los Angeles.
Blooms in lower elevations are fading fast, but outside of the desert, particularly in canyons and higher elevations, flowers are expected to last through May

Where to find wildflowers near and around Los Angeles
It wasn't a superbloom year, and that's OK. Here are the best spots to see an abundance of colorful wildflowers in Southern California.