Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/alaskan-whaling-captains-score-special-tax-cut-in-gop-megabill-00431077
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p37#a250628p37
i'm finna hike up to the used record store and see if i can sell some records
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“US signals a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war”
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/06/22/us-signals-a-willingness-to-renew-talks-with-iran-and-avoid-a-prolonged-war/
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune is about to force GOP holdouts to decide if they're willing to torpedo Trump's signature legislative agenda ahead of his arbitrary July 4 deadline.
What to watch: There is a growing possibility of floor fights — with senators seeking to strike unpopular parts of the bill via amendments.
Why it matters: Each hard-fought deal at this point risks blowing up another.
The Senate wants to start voting on the "big, beautiful bill&…
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personnel devices." You probably call them bombs.
«the idea of LLMs as a technology that's largely parasitic on status games in a crumbling society does a great deal to explain the recent spate of AI use mandates in businesses. While they're obviously, transparently bad for materially getting work done, they're amazing status boosters, and if people are willing to take on material harm in order to improve their relative status, this behaviour actually makes considerable sense.»
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/keeping_up_appearances
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«the idea of LLMs as a technology that's largely parasitic on status games in a crumbling society does a great deal to explain the recent spate of AI use mandates in businesses. While they're obviously, transparently bad for materially getting work done, they're amazing status boosters, and if people are willing to take on material harm in order to improve their relative status, this behaviour actually makes considerable sense.»
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/keeping_up_appearances