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Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to “accelerate” AI investment
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/cybersecurity-firm-deepwatch-lays-off-dozens-citing-move-to-accelerate-ai-investment/

Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to "accelerate" AI investment | TechCrunch
Deepwatch’s CEO told TechCrunch that the layoffs allow the company to accelerate investments in “AI and automation.”

ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-is-functioning-like-an-occupying-army-i-know-because-i-served-in-one/?utm_campaign=davidaugust.co…

ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that
Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data 💥in an abortion investigation,
contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and the Johnson County Sheriff that she was
“being searched for as a missing person,” and that“it was about her safety.” 
The new information shows that deputies had initiated a "death investigation" of a "non-viable fetus," logged evidence of a woman’…

Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and the Johnson County Sheriff that she was “being searched for as a missing person,” and that “it was about her safety.” The new information shows that deputies had initiated a "death investigation" of a "non-viable fetus," collected evidence of a woman’s self-managed abortion, and consulted…

Google launches Disco, a Gemini 3-powered experiment that suggests and creates GenTabs, web apps based on the user's open browser tabs and Gemini chat history (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/goog

Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs | TechCrunch
Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.

#DavidHasselhoff #DavidChokachi
Season 9 Episode 3 "Sharks, Lies & Videotape"
#RandomBaywatch

The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-washington-post-debu…

The Washington Post debuts AI-personalized podcasts to hook younger listeners
The Washington Post used AI to build a pick-your-own-format news podcast, letting listeners choose the topics, hosts and duration.

What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-poll-approval-government-shutdown-apnorc-9daa3f130fedc9cf9b5acf3de31e93f4
http://www.memeorandum.com/251112/p67#a251112p67

I wrote a story. It starts:
He woke up, looking forward to finally fishing. He’s retired, even though he feels like he could keep doing the work, and now, finally, he has the chance to go out on his boat, with a beer and his rod to catch something. Maybe if he catches enough he can fill the whole freezer set up in the basement. Fresh frozen fish for months.
The rest of it:

To Sea
He woke up, looking forward to finally fishing. He’s retired, even though he feels like he could keep doing the work, and now, finally, he has the chance to go out on his boat, with a beer and his rod to catch something. Maybe if he catches enough he

On Sep 2, 2023 I watched
𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 3x4 “𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿” 5 Oct 92 #DavidHasselhoff #PamelaAnderson #NicoleEggert

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