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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions against Anthropic have serious legal issues, and its designation exceeds what the statute authorizes (Lawfare)
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pentagon…

Pentagon’s Anthropic Designation Won’t Survive First Contact with Legal System
This is designation as political theater: a show of force that will not stick.

I quite enjoyed Mrs President at the Charing Cross Theatre tonight https://charingcrosstheatre.co.uk/theatre/mrs-president
But my goodness, some audiences are awkward post-lockdowns

Mrs President at Charing Cross Theatre
Art Pond Foundation presentsMRS PRESIDENTWritten by John Ransom PhillipsDirected by Bronagh LaganIn Mrs President, Mary Lincoln is a woman at war—with her grief, her detractors, and herself. Vilified by an envious elite and accused of treason, she strives to rebuild her public image to win the hearts of the American people. She turns to the world’s first celebrity photographer, Matthew Brady, who helped her husband, Abraham Lincoln, win the presidency. But their partnership unravels into a …

I wonder if Wallace Shawn’s political views were shaped by his role as The Nagus on DS9.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/wallace-shawn-socialism-theater-class

Wallace Shawn’s Road to Socialism
The left-wing actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, currently in two plays in New York, describes a harsh midlife conversion to class politics — transforming from a disengaged liberal to someone who sees himself as “a participant in the world struggle.”

Wallace Shawn’s Road to Socialism https://jacobin.com/2026/04/wallace-shawn-socialism-theater-class/

Wallace Shawn’s Road to Socialism
The left-wing actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, currently in two plays in New York, describes a harsh midlife conversion to class politics — transforming from a disengaged liberal to someone who sees himself as “a participant in the world struggle.”

First time I see #Mastodon mentioned in my French journal #LeMonde, with a link to a Mastodon post like they normally do for twitter!
In this case they link to this post from @…

I really don't understand how anybody can justify continuing to use twitter.
"The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography."
#Twitter

Från SCB för den som är intresserad av arbetsmarknad
"Undersysselsättningen, det vill säga att vilja jobba mer än man gör, har blivit vanligare i Sverige. Till exempel innebar pandemin att vi jobbade mindre och inflationen att vi behöver mer pengar. Samtidigt har kvinnor börjat arbeta mer än tidigare, vilket har minskat könsskillnaderna."

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says initial plans to raise $15B to $20B were a "misconception"; sources say Tether's advisers have floated raising as little as $5B (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3f7f0306-4bc2-43e1-8370-ea251229e5b6…

Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, was born today (March 2) in 1904. Growing up in the 80s, Seuss books were huge for me. I'm still a massive fan, and have a decent amount of Seuss collectibles 😂
My wife asked the other day what my favorites of his are, and I'd never thought about it. I love all of em from Cats to Fish, but for me, it's these two. I read these CONSTANTLY as a kid.
#Seuss

Leaked Friday memo: Dario Amodei called OpenAI's DOD deal "safety theater", said DOD dislikes Anthropic in part for not giving "dictator-style praise to Trump" (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/an

Anthropic CEO Memo: Trump Disliked Company For Not Giving ‘Dictator-Style Praise’
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday told employees that a deal OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman struck to provide AI to the Department of Defense was “safety theater,” adding that the Trump Administration didn’t like Anthropic in part because the company hadn’t “given dictator-style praise to ...