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My official website is live. It’s honest about who I was, what happened, and where things stand. Nothing more, nothing less. michaelavenatti.com
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Letting @TroyAikman walk out the door is bad for @espn, bad for @nfl, and a terrible look for @Buck (who should have had his back). There is no doubt that if the tables were turned, Aikman would have remained loyal and made it a package deal.
Cowboys Hall of Famer @TroyAikman joined The Musers this morning, and the guys gave let him have the floor to address the headlines over the last 24 hours about his situation over at ESPN, regarding his contract status.
@georgedunham @junior_miller @gordonkeith
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Read today’s post by @DarioAmodei (the founder of Anthropic) linked below. We can’t continue to whistle past the graveyard.
“Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all.”
“Given the accelerating rate of AI capability development, it’s my worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage), and that the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails.”
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.
You can read the full post here: darioamodei.com/post/we-must…
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It is time to start taking this threat seriously. This moment calls for immediate unprecedented leadership and cooperation among world leaders. Nothing is more critical than addressing this risk. Nothing.
This is no longer fictional. The time to act is now.
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Hartog saved this man’s life today. You either run to it or away from it. Pure instinct. Respect 🙏
This is the onboard from the Phantom Global Porsche, showing Loek Hartog rescuing Ollie Millroy. Just a warning that these images are pretty harrowing.
A statement of the Xiaomi China GT Championship reads among others that "rescue workers arrived at the scene of the accident at the earliest time".
It's clear though that Hartog was at the burning Ferrari for a full minute already, before the first marshal even shows up. The time between the impact and the marshals starting to extinguish the flames, is almost eighty seconds.
China GT do praise Hartog in their statement... But if eighty seconds is "the earliest time" for marshals to reach a burning car, that's not something to be thankful for, but it's something to be incredibly worried about. Especially, considering Millroy's Ferrari was really not that far away from a marshals' post.
🎥 Phantom Global | #ChinaGT
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All these people talk a big game about “love of country”, “higher calling”, etc. and love to ride the attention wave until the time comes to actually put their bag at risk. And then they immediately pull the rip cord once they realize that they might have to actually risk their own careers, money, etc. for the greater good. SMFH.
Stephen A. Smith won’t run for president in 2028, saying the reason is he “would be taken off the air.”
“If I could return to work the next day, I would do it in a heartbeat,” he told @DashaBurns on #TheConversation. “But I'm not giving up my job to campaign for it.”
🎧politi.co/4x2yGU8
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.@tonyromo should not get favorable treatment because of who he is @dallascowboys @CBSSports. He also shouldn’t face additional criminal charges and be singled out because of who he is! And that’s exactly what is happening.
😬 Tony Romo hit with 3 new citations over OWI arrest in Wisconsin.
Exclusive details: tmz.com/2026/08/27/tony-romo…
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There has never been a professional sports league that has done more collateral damage to itself in a short period of time than the @WNBA. Instead of experiencing explosive growth and upside (think the 60s and 70s for the NFL) for the collective benefit of all, it is allowing certain selfish players to act only in their individual interests.
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The idea that @tonyromo would be demoted or terminated from @CBS @nfl as a result of his DUI is wrong. He doesn’t have a track record of misbehavior. The guy made a mistake and showed a lack of judgement - he’s human. We have to get away from this pattern & practice of demonizing people when they screw-up. Because everyone will.
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Fauci is in an extremely precarious situation right now. And if he thinks the Dems and his “friends” in the media are growing to have his back when he gets charged, he’s naive. He is less than 90 days away from not being able to even get a call or text returned.
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Michael Avenatti retweeted
A must-read message from Brendan Lemieux, posted on his Instagram 15 minutes ago:
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That building has numerous doctor’s offices within it. There are likely 3O such offices in the building of all types of specialties. I’ve been in the building many times as my main office was a block away. The pain clinic simply has signage on the building. This proves nothing.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Conor McGregor was seen walking into “Newport Pain Management Clinic” just 4 days before UFC 329
He is seen limping on his right leg when walking in😳
(Via The Hollywood Fix YT)
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This is what true loyalty, friendship and character looks like. Instead of Saban worrying about his own reputation and the public fallout from the letter, he immediately stepped up for his friend. Everyone wants to ride in the limousine with you, very few will ever ride with you on the bus.
Terrion Arnold's college coach, Nick Saban, sent a letter to the judge who presided over the pre-trial detention hearing vouching for Arnold's character. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…
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Worth a read. 👇
Josh Smith spent five years behind bars, turned his life around. Now he is trying to deliver on Trump’s criminal-justice reforms, reports P.G. Sittenfeld. thefp.com/p/he-went-to-priso…
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While I was doing time with Sam Bankman-Fried at FCI Terminal Island, one moment told me exactly who he is:
Sam and I are walking the track when another prisoner, “Sal,” comes up to close a deal — Sam was trying to buy something, nothing shady, just commissary type stuff. Sal asks if Sam can have “his people” CashApp the money, a common way many people do business inside.
Sam’s answer: “No. My parents don’t like dealing with convicts.” Sal walked off. I turned to Sam: “You do know you’re a fucking convict too, right?”
That was the moment I understood him. In his mind, he was never actually one of us. The rules, the labels, the consequences — those were for us little people.
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