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I post here to a very curated list of people I follow; mostly seeking a positive future. I'm not here to be an 'influencer', and I'm glad to just chat with friends. But I can't help notice the odometer about to tick over...

Insane scenes at a tech conference in Amsterdam yesterday An American founder was presenting his app on stage "So we grow super fast, and with AI we are able to ship updates every day" The Dutch developer sitting next to me loudly gasped "Every day? What about the review?" he asked from the audience "What review?" American founder was confused "Which government committee approves the deployment?" "Why would the government be involved?" he laughed The room went completely silent The man next to me quietly called the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure Within 11 minutes, two officials arrived on electric scooters They handcuffed the American, escorted him out of the premises, and the whole room erupted with applause Oh, and the attendee who stood up during a presentation? He was appointed to the European Commission's AI Safety Board today This is what responsible innovation looks like

Nobody reads the employee handbook. I proved it. Last month I added one sentence on page 73: “First employee to email HR this sentence gets $1,000.” Thirty days passed. Yesterday an analyst finally found it. I congratulated him and paid the $1,000 immediately. Then I terminated him. People don’t randomly read employee handbooks. They read them when they’re looking for leverage. $1,000 is a very reasonable price to identify your next lawsuit.

Dear President H. W. Bush and Senator Ted Kennedy, I am writing as a recent STEM graduate who finished at the top of my class in 2026. I did everything that was asked of me. High grades. Strong projects. Internships when I could get them. That was the path promised to the few who could finish the coursework. I believed the degree would open doors. It has not. I have gone through interview after interview with no offer. At the same time, many of the foreign students I studied alongside already had jobs waiting before they graduated. Some received offers in their junior year. I am still sending applications and getting short rejections or silence. You both helped create the H-1B program in 1990. The promise was temporary skill gaps and the best talent. That is not what I am seeing. What I am seeing is a system that prefers workers who arrive with sponsorship already arranged while American graduates who trained here compete for fewer open seats. The shortage never closed. The openings for people like me only got tighter. You will never sit where I sit. Classmates from other countries move into roles while I keep hearing the market is competitive. Was this the plan from the start, or were you too ignorant to see what it would become? The harm is personal. It lands on students who did the work and still cannot find a place in the profession they prepared for. That is the part of the promise that did not come true. Sincerely, A top graduate still looking for work in my field

Nolan is back in New York, where an old-fashioned murder leads to an army ready to go to war. declanfinn.substack.com/p/un…

HAZEROTH UNLOCKED. Souldancer just crossed $8K, which means Hazeroth's character portrait will be included in the 10th Anniversary Special Edition. 3 stretch goals down, 1 to go; 6 hours left.

What really happened after the State Dinner. The lost Xi camera roll has been found.

Also announcement: Fantasy author C.S. Friedman will have an interview on Fandom Pulse tomorrow!

This bunch of Kickstarters has everything from uplifted dogs to downloaded bears

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Fascinating summary of Podkletnov's work on gravity beams (that I think are made of Unruh radn) in this interview with @timventura: piped.video/watch?v=4YgAxpjS…

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New CAPTCHA for IEEE

I'm witnessing the spectacle, all right, like this curious graph. But coming to different conclusions.

if you missed it in the Based Books Sale, Fatgirl (w/ its new covers!) is free today (link below):

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Castalia Library Dracula $150 shipped to USA! Retails for $199.

the bronze age, the machine age, the information age and now, now we have reached the retarded age