«"When given suitable resources the Civil Service can often outperform private companies like Palantir," the former government technology advisor said. Eden added MHCLG had created a "better, easier to use, and cheaper" system.»

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

The Gavin Show probably isn’t getting picked up

"We have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. Today, we are proud to announce that we are taking that same spirit of wonder and pointing it at our geo-political adversaries."

Boundary Waters Canoe Area 2 million acres of roadless, motorless wilderness. The darkest skies, the cleanest water Sold out for now by the Senate and House Republicans to Ivanka’s Chilean billionaire DC landlord for copper sulfide mining

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

This is is disgusting. No other word for it. The "review" hastily rustled up to contradict the NHS taskforce findings, this headline, the lot. 🤢

Except that Nixon is now known to have colluded to spike the 68 peace talks to win, and Reagan illegally traded arms to revolutionary Iran in a deal to US get hostages released only after that election was won.

JFC let me off

Who is this for? Who does it help?

‘NY Times’ Columnists Hold Roundtable To Determine What’s Wrong With Them https://theonion.com/ny-times-columnists-hold-roundtable-to-determine-whats-wrong-with-them/

Spoiler Alert

I hate to do this to the English language. But this politruk, политический руководитель has done worse

I’m not proud that I’m that easily triggered by a profile I should ignore. But

The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades

Operation Zaslav. I’m intrigued

Incredible

This is abundance, in practice. Nothing fancy, no grand ideological disputes, just ... get the fucking snow off the sidewalks in a reasonable amount of time.

I experience actual awe watching this.

From the expert

It’s rare to see a single chart that shows us exactly when and how the rot set in 😡

The Atlantic, man. Just.

Don’t worry, your friends are on their way to making it a place nobody wants to move to. People will leave

Happy International Clash Day! Shoutout to KEXP radio. Which album or tracks are you listening to on repeat today? #TheClash

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

Hear me out: can we have Gordon back

And in Britain, unrestrained gift of health and other data to the very same people

Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Sometimes you read the news and think, I will just focus on some tacos al pastor. Even though it’s a rainy February day in Britain

1. Voyages of scientific discovery (history and philosophy of science department) 2 American Diplomatic History (with Joan Hoff) 3 British Politics (with a visit to Bloomington from Sir Michael Foot!) 4 American literature 1800-1865 5 Economics Honors seminar in experimental economics

“And that’s why we’ve decided to hire David Brooks”

"The war on terror has become a war against ourselves. That forever war must come to an end. Enough with the military gear. Enough with the mass surveillance. Enough with the constant fear of an ever-shifting Other." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

Congratulations to CBS News, heirs to Murrow and Conkrite’s legacy

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld … welcome to the resistance.

This guy knows what’s up

This always ends up cool and fine

What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

Everything you need to know about Gavin Newsom is contained in his claiming stolen valour over a D1 baseball roster spot he never really had www.kqed.org/news/1198210...

“Riding in a Stutz Bear Cat, Jim. You know, those were different times”

Loser energy too strong to bottle

In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is... www.ft.com/content/a23c...