IMF chief visits Kyiv for the first time since 2023 amid deepening energy crisis: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/15/imf-chief-visits-kyiv-for.html
More than 30 staffers from OpenAI and Google, including DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its fight with DOD (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
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The general election will likely pit Talarico, a seminarian, against Ken Paxton, a philandering crook.
In Texas-adjusted terms, I like Talarico’s odds.
But a known scumbag has no reputation to maintain,
whereas the shine can come off a golden boy in one news cycle.
This is a risk that polling can’t capture.
By contrast, if Crockett’s defining quality is partisanship, what really matters is Trump’s popularity,
and the trajectory of his polling.
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Sent to my Congressional Representative, Nick LaLota (NY District 1).
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Representative LaLota:
You and your colleagues will have the chance over the next two weeks to craft a new budget for DHS and especially ICE and CBP.
I am aware that you cannot, in the current climate, simply disband these agencies.
I urge you strongly to add to the resolution a rider defining their roles.
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While global attention is divided, the largest displacement crisis in Europe is deepening: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/while-global-attention-is-divided.html