Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 'Targeted Real People' in UK Cyber Tests: AISI
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Evolutionary history may help explain why some people develop more severe COVID-19 than others
Iran:
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Politics:
Justice Department Dismisses Oath Keepers Cases
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote that he was ‘reluctantly’ granting the government’s request to dismiss the indictments. Mehta, who had presided over the Oath Keepers cases, explained that although he didn’t have the authority to override the Justice Department’s decision, he ‘strongly’ disagreed with it.
El-Sayed beats Stevens to take on Rogers in battleground Michigan Senate race
———— Bernie Moreno and Max Miller ————
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———— CapitalOne ————
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———— Stark. Raving. Mad. ————
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———— The Epstein Coverup ————
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———— Autocracy R Us ————
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Blanche Pledges to Make Dobbs Abortion Ruling Permanent
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it.
———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————
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———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————
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———— Smoot-Hawley 2.0 ————
———— Hegseth on the Rocks ————
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What could possibly go wrong? Pentagon Drafting a New U.S. Nuclear Strategy
The Defense Department’s policy chief is drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy that emphasizes the possible use of shorter-range tactical weapons in case of a regional war with China or Russia, according to five people familiar with the plans.
The new strategy, which is classified, challenges the approach to nuclear weapons that has been settled policy for decades.
Serendipity:
As it happens, I had not yet read There Will Come Soft Rains so I got to read it on August 4, 2026. 😎
The story is available here.
There’s also a version of the story narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
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