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REPORT: Palm Beach County Was Threatened With Defunding Unless They Renamed Airport For Trump - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/report-palm-beach-county-was-threatened-with-defunding-unless-they-renamed-airport-for-trump/

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others launch Raise Us, a new non-profit led by ex-Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to help US workers adapt to AI (Lydia DePillis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/business/economy/ai-work-…

Big Companies Aim to Ease A.I. Transition for American Workers
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.

#darkpattern of "remind me la…

During the past 5 months, the armed forces have sent questionnaires about the voluntary military service to 300k 18-year-old Germans.
90% of the men (who are required to fill out the form) answered immediately, further 6% after being reminded (the others are facing fines). ¼ of the replying men were initially interested, and ½ of them remained so after being called.
1500 of them were examined for their fitness for service, and 80% passed. ~530 were finally recruited.
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Wehrdienst: Nur 530 18-Jährige wollen bisher freiwillig zum Bund
Seit Januar lässt Boris Pistorius die 18-Jährigen anschreiben: Kommst Du freiwillig zum Bund? Die ersten Rücklaufzahlen der Fragebogenaktion sind ernüchternd.

Periodic reminder if you're a Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber to go to "manage plan" and then "cancel plan" to save money.
They just refunded me $70 and for the next year it's half price every month. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you saved money with this tip, donate a little to a good cause!
[P.S. I will block you if you reply with any variation of "you're stupid for using Adobe" or "just asking questions, why don't you use gimp" sort of replies.]

I was recently reminded of the time my mom buffer overflowed the POS terminal at the local ShopRite when I was a kid because she was too good at deal hunting.
She handed the cashier a couple of items and some coupons, and the store was running a triple coupon program. The value of the coupons exceeded 1/3 of the price of the items.
The receipt looked something like this
Subtotal: $7.00
Coupons: $7.70
Cash: $0.00
Change: $0.70
You saved $7.70 for110% sav…

Lava fountains rising to 1 000 feet
and an ash plume reaching 16,500 feet
marked the onset of
episode 45 at Kīlauea
on April 23, 2026,
triggering an ashfall advisory for Kaʻū.
Activity remained confined within Halemaʻumaʻu as fountain heights stabilized after an early peak.

Kīlauea eruption episode 45 peaks early with 300 m (1 000 feet) lava fountains and ash advisory for Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi
Lava fountains rising to 300 m (1 000 feet) and an ash plume reaching 5 000 m (16 500 feet) marked the onset of episode 45 at Kīlauea on April 23, 2026, triggering an ashfall advisory for Kaʻū.

RE: https://dice.camp/@realms/116459545804565917
I'd argue that "AI"-based development creates a bigger attack surface on closed source/proprietary software than open source software:
1. It's more likely that internal software development uses LLMs as they're most affordable to companies; leaving them more vulnerable to prompt injection and other types of attacks targeting LLM use.
2. It's more likely that internal commits aren't vetted as much (or even purely vibe-coded) as ones in open source projects.
3. It's more likely that attacks on open source projects are discovered quicker.
Also a reminder that the "Mythos" thing—like all the other doomerist things coming out of "AI" companies—is a marketing stunt to get Anthropic free press coverage.

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat Q2 guidance driven by high demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/texas-instruments-stock-soa…

Texas Instruments' stock jumps 19% for best day since 2000 as AI demand soars
Texas Instruments beat on earnings and revenue and gave upbeat guidance.

A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir
where the site has remained underwater for decades,
prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station.
Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers toiled and died building the railway, a supply route through mainland Southeast Asia for the occupying Japanese forces.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand recently draine…

World War II 'Death Railway' train station resurfaces in Thailand
A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades. Researchers have raced to western Thailand for the unique opportunity to survey the remnants of Nithe Station. The reservoir was drained for maintenance at a hydropower dam in Kanchanaburi province. But time is limited as the reservoir may begin to refill in August. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers died while building the rai…