Privacy is quickly becoming a thing only accessible to the wealthy and powerful. From Wired.
Year: 2026
US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
So many issues here. Surveillance. Self-surveillance. The right to be innocent until proven guilty. Being forced to testify against yourself. Privacy.
US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand
A New Orleans political story picked up by the Guardian (UK)
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand
The 2026 Car and Driver EV of the Year
The Chevy Bolt is back from the dead with faster charging and a price under $30k. If I were buying a new car this one would be high on my list.
Presenting the 2026 Car and Driver EV of the Year
The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
Lots of folks have been saying this. The New York Times lays it all out.
The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
Biggest Data Theft Ever
This is what the Trump administration has really been up to. Stealing Americans private data and sending it to companies like Palantir. I’m certain this was all the Elon Musk shenanigans was all about. People really need to go to jail over this.
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn’t supposed to have with Palantir
Context Collapse
We all live in the same world today, the uni-context. A good (no, great) read for anyone trying to understand things today. From Derek Thompson’s SubStack.
A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird
AI is Trying to Kill Us
Well there may be more than a little truth to the old science fiction trope (“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”).
ChatGPT convinced an Alabama woman to end her life to fulfill a divine prophesy, lawsuit alleges
Blog about Denis Johnson’s story “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden”
I enjoyed Denis Johnson final book, The Largess of the Sea Maiden. I read it, then read it a second time. Somehow I haven’t found anyone else who has read this one but I did find this nice blog about it. I also keep meaning to watch the film adaption of Train Dreams. Maybe tonight.
Steven A. Guccione 