I really don't want to cheer or fanboy for a large AI corporation, but I'm quite pleased to see @anthropic.com resisting the Pentagon. I'm sure I'll be disappointed later, but for now I'll enjoy it.

Speaker Mike Johnson is threatening to pay the bills we promised we’d pay to own the libs and stick it to California. Um, OK. www.politico.com/live-updates...

"Bug" is an interesting way to describe a feature they so obviously intended.

Assume he converts all his 💰 to T bills. That’s passive income of $20B/year (4.3%). Spending $1M/day won’t be enough draw down principal. He would need to spend $55M/day, or $2.2M/hr, before it begins to affect his wealth.

To make this much 💰, you must kill so much of the empathy & connection that makes you human in the first place. It’s emotional suicide.

Anyone else still struggling to light candles this Hanukkah? “On Finding Our Temple Covered In Blood” by Joelle Novey jewschool.com/on-finding-o...

Does anyone else find it odd that the elevator pitch version of capitalism isn't capitalist? The butcher, baker, and furniture maker are all sole proprietors, meaning there is no separation between the working class and owning class. When the workers are the owners, that's socialism.

Where do we go when the local reform synagogue is too conservative?

Did you know if you Bing "bluesky", the direct link to the bsky.app is not in the first page of results? Instead, we get Wikipedia, news, YouTube videos, etc. Seems like a miss by @microsoft.com

Serious ?: Does this mean the next UHC CEO is gonna get paid more than the last one? One dead exec doesn’t change a broken system. The next guy will be exactly the same and claim the position carries more risk than before. If there’s anything insurance understands, it’s modeling risk.