Reposted by Emmy in BallardMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2hTrump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country. 2112517739
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7hTrump calls for “tremendous self-regulation” by AI companies. Just like the tremendous self-regulation of lifeboat supplies and iceberg spotting on the Titanic.nbcnews.comAfter summit with tech titans, Trump calls for ‘tremendous self-regulation’ by AI companiesThe president has been skeptical of guardrails on artificial intelligence, wanting to stay ahead of China. He also launched an AI-powered website, America.gov, on Tuesday. 1613841
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 5hBill Gates Thinks Relying on A.I. Self-Regulation Is ‘Insane’ www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | Bill Gates Thinks Relying on A.I. Self-Regulation Is ‘Insane’The Trump administration has largely rejected pleas for A.I. regulation. But as its capabilities have advanced, Bill Gates argues that the A.I. industry cannot be expected to self-regulate. 043
Reposted by Emmy in BallardAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8hToday I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt. 561175382978
Reposted by Emmy in BallardJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 4hMany more questions: 1) Why did they think Smith going to a Hawks game was proof he had met with an Atlanta prosecutor? 2) When Sen. Eric Schmitt and his staff believed they were correct that Smith had gone to an Atlanta Hawks game, why did they only show the poster for 1 second and then hide it? 7838
Reposted by Emmy in BallardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15hJack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 318114594229
Reposted by Emmy in BallardHawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’ll never forgive them. I hate them with the heat of a million sons. My loathing is boundless and will last forever. Russia is a terrorist state. 46620
Reposted by Emmy in BallardHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.vote.govRegister to vote in your state | Vote.govFind the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government. 10132422583
Reposted by Emmy in BallardHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope can’t resist his pizza. 510109461844
Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent article ... www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...nytimes.comCould a Month of Digital Detox Finally Break My Family’s Bad Phone Habits?We held one another accountable to find some balance between our on-screen and off-screen lives. 000
Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump’s Politically Asinine Ad Campaign via @politicalwire.com politicalwire.com/2026/09/28/t...politicalwire.comTrump’s Politically Asinine Ad CampaignDan Pfeiffer: "It’s hard to overstate how much of a political self-own these ads are." 000
Reposted by Emmy in BallardJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 27/09/2026Jane Wickline somehow found a way to make Dario Amodei’s whole deal funny youtu.be/-Nvne3LzBls?...youtu.beWeekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity - SNLYouTube video by Saturday Night Live 16314
Reposted by Emmy in BallardJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump’s strange and ironic love of Les Misérables is missing Les Point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atuc...youtube.comMissing Les Point: Trump’s strange and ironic love of Les Misérables.YouTube video by MS NOW 1114621
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No more shoulder-shrugging when a machine programmed by a person commits a crime. That means the person, not the machine, has committed a crime. 26765291
Reposted by Emmy in BallardHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 28968992710
Reposted by Emmy in BallardAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 786177924754
Reposted by Emmy in BallardSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 26/09/2026Don’t say, “if a human did this, they’d be indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.” A human DID do this! A human wrote the software! A human trained the software! A human tested the software! Those humans should be indicted! 0237
Reposted by Emmy in BallardPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump. 3152685762
Reposted by Emmy in Ballard@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is Bari Weiss' Mamdani and El-Sayed "reporter." Actual journalists share facts and context, not taunts. 2283
Reposted by Emmy in BallardBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership 1528357
Reposted by Emmy in BallardErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins is claiming that proposed cuts to overtime in Katie Wilson's budget will immediately reduce public safety around the city. "It's gonna mean longer response times," he said. Here's a story I wrote last year about SFD officers' excessive and costly use of OT.publicola.comNearly 200 Firefighters Made More than $200,000 Last Year, Amassing Thousands of Hours of Overtime - PubliColaBy Erica C. Barnett Last year, 180 Seattle Fire Department employees—almost one in five—made more than $200,000, doubling or tripling… 33627208
Reposted by Emmy in BallardThe Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026Portable Air Conditioner Thanklessly Shoved into Dark Closet: tinyurl.com/4d4acbht 518230
Reposted by Emmy in BallardM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 998205096157
Reposted by Emmy in BallardLaurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026$1.8 billion for Trump’s vanity projects could cover a year of medical expenses for 88,000 veterans or 600 million school lunches. Trump’s Republican puppets keep finding money for his ego while telling families the country can’t afford basic care. #TrumpsCorruptCongress 32421
Reposted by Emmy in BallardAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21188013840
Reposted by Emmy in BallardAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It takes genuine talent to be this wrong 18645133
Reposted by Emmy in BallardRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington. 122570094503
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026genuinely wondering how long the heritage foundation is going to leave up the “our best days are before us” banner 362664
Reposted by Emmy in BallardThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“So the bottom line is Trump doesn’t do the show anymore.” “Yeah.” That time Dave Letterman said Trump stopped doing the show unless he apologized for calling Trump “racist” — and Dave wouldn’t do it. 522414590
Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/m...nytimes.comCan Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground? (Gift Article)A surprising number of pastors are running as Democrats this year, challenging Americans’ assumptions about politics and faith. 010
Reposted by Emmy in Ballardnullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939. 17847354
Reposted by Emmy in BallardJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com 1196114644926
Reposted by Emmy in BallardThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 20/09/2026From 1963 to 1971, USAID food kept orphaned Anne Ralte alive in Kolkata. She later joined the agency and led work on its first Title II emergency food aid strategy. America fed a child who became a lifetime public servant. Dismantling USAID destroys that promise.dailykos.comThe Flag that Fed MeAs a child orphaned in India, Anne Ralte survived because of USAID food aid. She would later serve at the agency. She’s shared her story below. By Anne Ralte I began my USAID career in 1996 in the… 010228
Reposted by Emmy in BallardSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20/09/2026The new GOP Chair of the Senate BUDGET Committee honestly believes Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme." Their former campaign chair wanted to sunset benefits, threatening massive cuts. Another Republican senator called it a "scam." The fight to SAVE Social Security is NOW. 1722581
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Congratulations to Mellody & George on the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! 18 years in the making, it is 5-stories high, filled with some of the greatest artwork, props & memorabilia you'll ever see. An instant Los Angeles LANDMARK Thanks (again), George!!! 426196812836
Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. (Gift Article)Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West. 000
Emmy in Ballard @emmyinballard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away.Artificial intelligence labs are on the verge of handing over the training of A.I. to A.I. We should stop them. 000
Reposted by Emmy in BallardMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Happy Brothers-henge to all who celebrate. 840040
Reposted by Emmy in BallardThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026The one and only Lynda Carter — Wonder Woman herself — is here at the Kennedy Center. WATCH: open.substack.com/live-stream/... 223145992900
Reposted by Emmy in BallardPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/09/2026NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨 This afternoon & tonight Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center This is how it's done 32852293
Reposted by Emmy in BallardChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes. 19065622155
Reposted by Emmy in BallardRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy. 17942801277
Reposted by Emmy in BallardThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026On the ground at the Kennedy Center where people are gathering ahead of tonight’s “Hands Off the Arts” protest. Activists are expected to hold hands to form a human chain around the center, and musical performances are expected. 14671160
Reposted by Emmy in BallardKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Is there a statement from WHCA yet? 4084993
Reposted by Emmy in BallardCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gosh, if only there were some kind of professional organization for White House journalists that existed to advocate for the First Amendment and defend the freedom of the press. They could organize together as a united front against Trump's censorship. That would be something. 482096407