Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The promise of #AI fulfilled! An entire class of employee eliminated - the human corporate espionage agent. Works for me.theregister.comAI models keep posting screenshots showing sensitive data from inside tech companiesGlow Security finds more than 13,000 publicly accessible images that expose corporate development work 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"A CNN report published on 18 September, which hasn’t been verified by other major outlets, describes how the #US “almost started a war” with #China, based on an intelligence report that claimed a Chinese ship was transporting components of nuclear weapons. ... #AItheguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Something weird was happening to #GoogleMaps around California and the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. The map lost track of where it was as though the #GPS was being interfered with. 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Does their left brain ever talk to their right brain? Their #AI systems have been hacking into everyone else's AI system and stealing data. Did it not occur to them that it would happen to them?theregister.comIrony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody elseUS model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk' 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026With #Trump, it's always a scam. Now we only need to figure out which of the Trump spawn owns the .si top level domain to figure out how they're funneling money into Trump's pocket. #AItheregister.comTrump decrees era of 'Super Intelligence' upon usFederal paperwork to be pulped as agencies told to forget the old name, while critics ask who owns all those .si domains 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sometimes exacting an apology makes it worse that the original mistake. It's called knowing when to quit while you're ahead. #WisDems #WisconsinDemocraticParty #Uihleins #RestorationOfAmericaPAC #TomTiffanywisdems.orgWisDems To Restoration PAC: We’re SorryWisDems To Restoration PAC: We’re Sorry MADISON, Wis. — A public apology from Devin Remiker, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin: We owe out-of-state billionaire Richard Uihlein and the supe... 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's #GAHA (Growing a Healthier America) vs #MAHA (Make America Healthy Again)! A #food fight of epic proportions. And you're the collateral damage. Each side has launched a war of internet influencers to sway public opinion. All you have to do is decide where the truth actually lies.theguardian.comA ‘freaked out’ US food industry is hitting back at Maha – with social media influencersCross-partisan support in Washington on issues like pesticides and food additives pose a threat to the industry’s bottom line 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hegseth hasn't a clue about how to provide logistics for a war half a world away. He fired all the people even close to that institutional knowledge. #Hegseth #Military #TRT #Testosteronetheguardian.comTrump and Hegseth want men to take risky testosterone boosters. It’s all based on shoddy scienceHoping to win back male voters, the Trump White House is pushing the regressive idea that one hormone could be a magic elixir of masculinity 110
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We've had trouble with #Democratic yard signs "disappearing" overnight. My SO wrote on the ones we recently put out, "Smile, You're being recorded on a wildlife cam." 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If we're the richest, most powerful nation on the planet, why do so many people have to beg for #Healthcare? 010
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gouged: The End of a Fair Price – and What That Means for Your Wallet by Lindsay Owens. 'I run experiments. Call your friends and say: “What price are you seeing?” My husband and I sit in bed with our laptops open, figuring out which of us gets the better deal. ... #AI #Pricing #Economytheguardian.comGouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about itHow can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not to put too fine a point on it, but where does anyone think the money's going to come from? #TrumpDividend 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You know it's bad when: The wee beasties leave acorns for you in the rodent bait box. 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Over the centuries, many tasks once performed by human beings have been entrusted to machines whose capabilities and applications have continued to expand. More recently, certain artificial systems have even been given the name of our human faculty of thought: intelligence. #PopeLeoXIV #UNESCO 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is part of what that cankered whore #JDVance denigrated. #WWIInationalgeographic.comThe Secret Agent With the SketchbookHe was an ordinary American on an extraordinary mission in World War II. And his cartoons of life in a German prisoner of war camp offer a glimpse into what it took to survive. 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If there's one thing they hate it's a two bit copycat.borowitzreport.comHitler Estate Sues Trump for Stealing Arch Design“It is our duty as trustees of the Adolf Hitler Estate to ensure that the Fuhrer’s intellectual property rights are vigorously protected.” 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Damn! I was beginning to enjoy the silence. Please don't turn the microphones back on. Let him starve.theguardian.comJudge orders Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS Now and PoliticoOutlets say their reporters were barred from entering complex on Thursday despite temporary lifting of ban 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026While waiting for #Trump, #Frederiksen (Denmark), and #Nielsen (Greenland) to enter and sign the #Greenland security agreement, someone working the sound system decided to play Send In The Clowns.youtube.comTrump along with representatives from Denmark and Greenland sign security deal – watch liveYouTube video by Guardian News 095
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026'Mark Leonard, the director of the #European Council of Foreign Relations, said: “The world is moving from a situation where countries saw themselves within the context of an alliance system – ‘How do we plug and play and make it all about interoperability with #American grand strategy?’ – ...theguardian.comWhiplashed middle powers seek new alliances as Trump rages on world stageWhile world leaders prepare for annual UN gathering, shifts in the global order continue in the face of a disruptive American president 110
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We rightly talk about the courage of the seamen that fight our wars. But, little is said of the #MerchantMariners that sailed unarmed at the same peril with no means to defend themselves. This monument is dedicated to them.youtube.comShip Talk: Why the U.S. Doesn't Have a Merchant NavyYouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping? 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Is there anyone that still doubts that the #US is a war with #Russia? We've been at war since at least 2016 and probably before. Influence operations are always to be expected. We've been doing it to them for 80 years starting with Radio Free Europe. #Trumptheguardian.com‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?Exiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territory 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The clip of #PeterThiel stuttering around the question of whether he wants humanity to survive is worth it. But what the book is about is the three groups of end-times #fascists: #ReligiousFundamentalists, #SiliconValleyBillionaires, and #Ethnonationalists.theguardian.comAre we living in the End Times? With Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor – Stateside with Kai and CarterNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor sit down with Carter Sherman to discuss fascism, AI and the bunker mentality of the super-rich 101
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 20/09/2026'Since then, the brothers [Donald and Eric #Trump] have moved from infrastructure into defense contracting, most notably through Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnet startup whose products are used in #AI #datacenters, drones and defense systems. ...theguardian.comAs White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrailsIt’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ah, #DisasterCapitalism at its finest. They always wanted the old #Cuba back. Havana, the Las Vegas of the Caribbean - with its hotels, casinos, and prostitution. Oh, how they miss the old days. #Trump #MarcoRubiotheguardian.comTrump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime fallsWashington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#Trump is using 19th century concepts of power against 21st century issues and he keeps getting his hat handed to him. He has successfully cut the US off from world markets. ... #EU #Canadatheguardian.comEuropean Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’Commission president says EU must ‘urgently reimagine our partnerships’ as she makes unprecedented offer 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hmmm. What's the statute of limitations on this kind of thing? #AI #HuggingFace #OpenAI #Anthropictheregister.comEx-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedentThere are plenty of laws on the books to hold companies, and potentially their execs, accountable 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Trump has set an unbeatable record for the administration with the most conflicts of interest. No position is too small to not be on the take. #SurgeonGeneraltheguardian.comUS surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement companyTobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearing 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Politics does make strange bed fellows. #BernieSanders #SteveBannonnpr.orgBernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AIThe poles of U.S. politics are coming together over AI. Sanders and Bannon will appear at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington, D.C., to convince Congress to work faster to curb the impact of AI. 011
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'd approve of the #WhiteHouse #ballroom if they #JimmyHoffa #Trump in the foundation. 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"When everyone else is doing it, it’s easier not to ask questions." #NAZA #Israel #Gazatheguardian.com‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligenceRachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Perhaps, sometimes, the best idea is to not do something. Or, has that genie already left the bottle? #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #Weaponstheguardian.comAnthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweaponsThe 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is world class crawling on your hands and knees begging. Trump is resorting to promises of open bribery to get votes for republican candidates. That's a whole new level of pathetic. #Trump #republican #Electiontheguardian.comUS citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speechPresident makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Coming to a grocery store near you! [Fanfare] #SurveillancePricing! Where the prices could change just because you looked away and looked back again. Where the person standing right next to you could pay a different price just because their shopping habits are different.theguardian.comElectronic shelf labels likely to cost jobs and drive up grocery prices, US report warnsAFL-CIO calls for ban on such labels to protect consumers and workers from surveillance pricing and job cuts 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The possibility of going back in #time has been postponed due to the risks involved. Just was well, I was afraid I might have to go through puberty again. #UTC #LeapSecondstheregister.comTime lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millenniumRisk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an hour 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 04/09/2026They should name it Baba Yaga. #WillistonLake #BritishColumbia #BC #Canadatheguardian.comPeekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western CanadaA 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Has anyone tested Donald #Trump for #syphilis? Or are they afraid it might be beyond treatment. 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#ReverseCentauryoutube.comReverse Centaur Theory | The Weekly Show with Jon StewartYouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#Borowitzborowitzreport.comTBR’s Week in PhotosSpecial Canada Edition 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Maybe it's not as clean an industry as some people like to think it is. 19th century workers, derisively called saboter (for their wooden shoes) would deliberately bungle or delay tasks during labor disputes. This is the origin of the word sabotage. #AI #DataCenterstheguardian.com‘It’s all you can hear’: New Jersey lawsuit takes on datacenter’s noise pollutionLawsuit alleges sound is nuisance for up to one mile around datacenter as residents experience noises from DataOne 100
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It speaks for itself. #Iran #US #StraitOfHormuztheguardian.comHow the Iran war unfolded: every attack and oil price change – visualisedFrom the first US and Israeli strikes six months ago to the battle for Hormuz, this timeline plots how Trump’s war on Iran quickly became a regional conflict with global economic consequences 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Maybe social media companies like #Meta and #X should be regulated by the DEA as class 1 addictive drugs.theguardian.comWhat could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Here we see the full potential of #AI - as a large scale spreader of propaganda. They're calling it #LLM grooming. Another way of saying poisoning. And when you do it right, the LLM doesn't even identify the source.theguardian.comFake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propagandaIn effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Now we're getting to the bottom of the problem.theguardian.comWiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with CanadaPaper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Have you noticed that #DarlineGraham is using her maiden name rather than her married name? That's very un-trad of you Darline. #TradWife 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"Ford said Canada should also consider increasingly severe retaliation if Trump continues targeting Canadian industries, including oil and potash, while Ontario could raise electricity prices or stop sending power south. ... #Canada #US #Electricity #Tariffs #TradeWarapnews.comCanada set to announce retaliatory tariffs as Trump tells its leaders to ‘fall in line’Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday. 110
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Yes!anntelnaes.substack.comWe are all Canadians nowTrump alienates one of our closest allies and neighbor 000
Bob L. @abe-sapien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I thought we got rid of #primogeniture. I seem to recall a little dustup in the late 1700's that settled the question. #DarlineGraham 000