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Rumor that SAG-AFTRA is seeking expanding their control of automation, which is a good thing. Here’s why/how from the last negotiations: https://stuff.davidaugust.com/dominion-over-the-machines/

Dominion Over the Machines
all humans may have more control of how machines are used

Image depitching Trump as Christ-like savior removed from president's social media page following backlash (Megan Lebowitz/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/image-depitching-trump-christ-savior-removed-presidents-social-media-p-rcna331554
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p76#a260413p76

WordPress debuts my.WordPress.net, which lets users run WordPress entirely in the browser to set up a private workspace not accessible from the public internet (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/word

WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net | TechCrunch
WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signup, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools.

In a War of Words, Trump Always Defeats Himself - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/in-a-war-of-words-trump-always-defeats-himself-bdf6a71e?st=5GqDik&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Free link.

I just wrote this to my Senators about DHS/ICE/CBP needing firm, engineering, restraints.
You can read it and maybe write yours too.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/mandate-safety-interlocks-with-penalties-for-dhs-equipment/

Mandate Safety Interlocks With Penalties for DHS Equipment
Federal law enforcement must use safety tech, and disabling it should mean prison.

Inside Israel,👉 “there is no room for any question marks or doubts about this war,”
says journalist Gideon Levy,
a columnist for Haaretz and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board.
He says war fever has taken over the country, 🔸with polls showing 93% support for the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Lebanon and beyond
— at least among the Jewish public.
“Israel is doing as much as it can,” he says.
🔥“As long as the American support is so massive, so blind and…

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Will Not Stop Wars & Occupation Until U.S. Pulls Support
Inside Israel, “there is no room for any question marks or doubts about this war,” says journalist Gideon Levy, a columnist for Haaretz and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board. He says war fever has taken over the country, with polls showing 93% support for the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Lebanon and beyond — at least among the Jewish public. “Israel is doing as much as it can,” he says. “As long as the American support is so massive, so blind and so automatic, this will go …

Trump boasts about striking Kharg Island. There is no doubt the US can almost completely destroy everything in Iran, but still Iran will have the capability to strike back in some way, somewhere, that is what asymmetrical warfare is all about. Trump doesn't seem to realize that. Also just flattening and destroying the whole of Iran is not a strategy...
#iran

Wie erkennt man schadstofffreie #Naturkosmetik? 🌿
#Zertifizierungssiegel sind der Schlüssel. Sie sollen garantieren, dass Produkte frei von künstlichen Farb- und #Duftstoffe…

Zertifizierungssiegel für Naturkosmetik: So erkennt man schadstofffreie Kosmetik
Naturkosmetik: Wie Sie sicherstellen, dass Ihre Kosmetik schadstofffrei ist

Changed the hosting on my site and also changed the registrar for the domain, and it seems it is loading alright.
(It is just a simple text-only page right now. Someday I may make it look cooler and/or be bigger.)
https://www.davidaugust.com/

In my Threadless store: $13 tees, everything else is up to 40% off (sale ends 3/16/26 at 10 AM CT).
https://davidaugust.threadless.com/

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