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Introducing the 'Bag' Hall of Fame: Eight NFL stars who got PAID, over and over and over again https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45616308/nfl-hall-fame-bag-highest-paid-contracts-cousins-revis-stafford-…

Stavropol explosion kills Russian official who led attacks on Ukraine's Mariupol: https://benborges.xyz/2025/05/29/stavropol-explosion-kills-russian-official.html

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Steve Reich & Steve Reich:
🎵 Drumming: Part II
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https://open.spotify.com/track/4hJsHaZxYyfUEvNRWKlbDU

I had set up a Gumroad account years ago to experiment with some digital sales and subscription stuff but after reading that the CEO of Gumroad worked for DOGE and Musk I deleted that fucking account.
Most of us don't have a lot of power individually but we can still make choices about the platforms we use (and don't use).
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WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge
Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be coming next.

AI researcher salaries are steadily rising, with total pay packages of $500K to $2M at Big Tech for mid to senior level staffers, up from $400K to $900K in 2022 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d48e7cfe-7b04-4cdd-8769-c88c83522118

AI talent wars lead to superstar salaries for top tech staff
OpenAI says it will review its compensation to high-profile engineers after being targeted by Meta

Enda et eksperiment fra makta for å få flere til å lŸpe i hamsterhjulet! Staten vil «belŸnne» oss for å jobbe mer, men det er fortsatt de samme som tjener på at vi selger livene våre for småpenger. I stedet for å frigjŸre folk fra tvangsarbeid og meningslŸse jobber, skal vi lokkes med små skattefradrag – mens de rikeste og sjefene fortsetter å håve inn.
Hvorfor skal vi godta et system der verdien vår måles i arbeidstid og produktivitet? Kanskje vi heller burde rive ned hele arbeidslinj…

The Stepford Supporters: Inside MAGA's scripted response to literally everything - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/maga-supporters-brainwashed/

Sources: Applied Compute, a pre-launch reinforcement learning startup founded by three former OpenAI staffers, raised $20M at a $100M valuation led by Benchmark (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/ex-openai-applied-compute-raises-20m…

Ex-OpenAI Staffers Raise $20M For New Startup Applied Compute
The reinforcement learning startup founded by Rhythm Garg, Linden Li and Yash Patil was valued by VCs at Benchmark, Sequoia and others at $100 million pre-launch.

Portnov reportedly met controversial Zelensky staffer, Ukraine's investigations chief before being killed in Madrid: https://benborges.xyz/2025/05/29/portnov-reportedly-met-controversial-zelensky.html

Source: the US House's CAO informed congressional staffers that WhatsApp is now banned on their government devices as the app is deemed "a high-risk to users" (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-cong…

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices
The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.