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If we could stop living in interesting times, that would be great, thanks
"Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal
Or: How the AI Bubble, Panic, and Unpreparedness Stole Christmas"
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal

Time for a social experiment. I have 5 questions:
- What should we work towards as a society?
- What's one thing that doesn't exist now in your community but should?
- What's one action you could take in the coming year to align your life with that goal?
- What's one thing you could achieve in the coming year to get closer to making that thing exist?
- Imagine that we changed everything and you're living in the world you want to see exist. What does the world look like?
I've asked variations of these already (and am still getting great responses), but this time there's a catch. Get together some of your friends (3-5 people) and ask these questions of the group. Come up with *one* answer that everyone in the group agrees on and post it here, then write a bit about your experience.
If you don't know people locally (or otherwise can't do this in person), tag some folks in here or wherever your people are at digitally. Just add some info on if it's online or in person.
For anyone bold enough to actually do this, let me know if you'd be OK with me putting this in an upcoming entry (https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/).

Trump went rogue on Truth Social on Tuesday,
contradicting his own administration’s decision a day earlier to fund SNAP benefits during the shutdown
—and potentially violating a court order in the process.
Trump’s announcement caught members of his own team off guard,
with four people with knowledge of the matter telling Politico they aren’t clear whether his post means that USDA now won’t abide by the court order.
If Trump follows through on his threat,
it…

Trump Shocks His Own Team With Decision to Defy Courts on Funding SNAP
Donald Trump says he won’t fund the food aid program until the shutdown ends—leaving members of his own administration in the dark about what happens next.

State of Local News report: in the past four years, monthly pageviews at the 100 largest newspapers fell by 45% , and only 11 experienced any readership growth (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-medil

In Medill’s latest State of Local News report, a “festering, 20-year-old problem” looms larger than ever
“Digital news sites don’t come close to replacing the number of newspapers and journalism jobs being lost. And the digital news providers are almost entirely concentrated in metro areas, leaving vast swaths of the country with little to no access to local news.”

Trump's rally in tiny Rocky Mount, North Carolina, an economically distressed region,
drew a smaller than expected crowd,
leaving merchandise vendors and supporters disheartened.
According to interviews conducted by the Washington Post, the presidential visit was marked by a sense of disappointment and disillusionment
as Trump touted economic growth claims that contrasted sharply with the visible hardship surrounding the Rocky Mount Events Center.
One Trump m…