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- Glenn Reynolds: Life today under Late Democracy. He's not wrong.

-  Kevin Kelly: A proposal for universal national service. How is this different than a draft? Against the draft and compulsorily service.

- Anthropic bought Mithril, a one-man biotech startup built by an anonymous X user. I would so watch a doc on Professor Oak.

- Europe's share of tech R&D isn't collapsing - it has collapsed.

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- The secret engine powering Anthropic's growth. 

- CERN is powering down the Large Hadron Collider for upgrades. It will reopen in 2030.

- Many a truth is said in jest.

- Kevin Kelly: The Forever Book. An idea that will stick with you.

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Anthropic files a potentially $1 trillion IPO.

- American Nuclear Renaissance. Faster please!

- Trump names housing director Bill Pulte acting intelligence director replacing Tulsi Gabbard. This was surprising - not sure what to think about it.

- DataRepublican: Which NGO's are organizing the Newark protests and how.

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- Emil Michael's "holy cow!" moment regarding AI. Was the Maduro raid when they government woke up to the danger of someone like Anthropic?

- Interesting theory why Kristi Noem was dismissed.

- Netflix acquires AI start-up founded by Ben Affleck.

- Battleships with fricken lasers (Austin Powers reference). This could be a game changer.

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Secretary of War Pete Hesgeth on the US Government purge of Anthropic.

- Jonathan Turley: Jack Smith had secret orders targeting Kash Patel and Susie Wiles. Jack Smith should face charges.

- From the archives: 5 misconceptions about colonial American history.

- Sam Altman on OpenAI and ChatGPT reaching an agreement with the DoW.