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"We’re witnessing, in real-time, a profound consolidation of power & collusion among political & tech elites... wherein the tools and technologies that this industry has built... can now be deployed in service of an authoritarian regime" — @katie-drummond.bsky.social www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
WIRED for the Moment
In a conversation with Status, WIRED’s Katie Drummond argues that Silicon Valley is no longer just innovating new technology—it’s actively shaping American democracy.
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76% of Texas’s $2.4 trillion GDP comes from the blue parts.
- DFW: $709.0 B (29.5%)
- Houston: $642.1 B (26.7%)
- Austin: $229.2 B (9.5%)
- San Antonio: $201.2 B (8.4%)
- El Paso: $49.3 B (1.9%)
Blue: $1.83 T (76%) Red: $0.57 T (24%) #EconSky #Gerrymandering
comptroller.texas.gov/economy/econ...
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the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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The thing with governance by bigotry and vendetta is it is an insane waste of resources.
A Florida Department of Transportation crew early Sunday painted the Pulse crosswalk back to black and white for a second time as supporters continued to try to restore the rainbow-colored crossing.
Now, law enforcement agencies are monitoring the site.
DOT repaints Pulse crosswalk for a second time. FHP and OPD watching site
A squad of Florida Highway Patrol and Orlando Police Department officers surveilled the dozen people who were using chalk on the rainbow crosswalk on Sunday. Advocates said it was an intimidation t…
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My fam did all but the last stop of the #zcavengerHunt because they ran out of sticker cards but we had so much fun seeing a little bit of our amazing city. It was the perfect way to spend the last day of summer vacation before my eldest goes back to school.
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On Ukraine’s Independence Day, the Ukrainian Navy raised a giant national flag on the Odessa lighthouse
“Under this flag, we go into battle and fight for our freedom,” the Ukrainian Navy said
📹 The Ukrainian Navy
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Honestly surprised we're not seeing more incidents like this -- both the masked men impersonating cops and the intended victim shooting masked men.
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, bulletproof vests claiming to be police, HPD says
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, bulletproof vests claiming to be police, HPD says
Two men are dead after police say they were impersonating officers at a southeast Houston home overnight.
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According to a new report: "The U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to prevent large fossil-fuel power plants from retiring could cost ratepayers about $3.1 billion a year in 2028."
$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire
One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.
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This has bothered me ever since Joe Scarborough said it last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it.
Yes, it’s true—many Black people want a police presence in their communities to help keep them safe. He even singled out Black women in particular.
But safety is complicated. Black women w/sons,
