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There are some jobs people can still do better than AI. Here's one of the them.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91402088/res...
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91402088/res...
Research shows humans are far superior to AI on this business task
According to a new study, people can still be way more persuasive than artificial intelligence.
www.fastcompany.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There are some jobs people can still do better than AI. Here's one of the them.
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91402088/res...
My latest for @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91402088/res...
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New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
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whoa this is a level of Susan Collinsing that even Susan Collins has never gotten to
After voting to recommend RFK Jr for confirmation, Sen. Tom Tillis clarified that he will be very sad if it turns out that RFK Jr is, in fact, anti-vaccine.
February 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
whoa this is a level of Susan Collinsing that even Susan Collins has never gotten to
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UPDATE: DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury Department data, payment systems
This means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things. Advocacy groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department, calling the data sharing illegal.
This means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things. Advocacy groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department, calling the data sharing illegal.
DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury Department data, payment systems
The news comes after departure of Treasury's acting Deputy Secretary David Lebryk after more than 30 years of service.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
UPDATE: DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury Department data, payment systems
This means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things. Advocacy groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department, calling the data sharing illegal.
This means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things. Advocacy groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department, calling the data sharing illegal.
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Important to remember that just because Trump and the White House claim something about their negotiations with world leaders doesn't mean it's true.
Ukraine is ready to discuss the issue of elections by the end of 2025 if Trump's team raises it, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova said. However, she noted that the U.S. has not discussed the necessity of elections with Ukraine.
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"Це питання не обговорювалось". Маркарова — про заяву Келлога щодо виборів
З українською стороною у США наразі не обговорювали необхідність проведення виборів до кінця 2025 року. Втім, якщо команда Трампа його порушуватиме, Україна готова до обговорення — Cуспільне Новини
suspilne.media
February 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Important to remember that just because Trump and the White House claim something about their negotiations with world leaders doesn't mean it's true.
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Compared to storming USAID and taking control of the payment system, stalling everything at CFPB pending review at least has some precedent. But Scott Bessent, the new acting director, lost his benefit of the doubt within a week. From me:
prospect.org/economy/2025...
prospect.org/economy/2025...
Nothing Normal About This CFPB Takeover
All work at the agency has been shut down indefinitely.
prospect.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Compared to storming USAID and taking control of the payment system, stalling everything at CFPB pending review at least has some precedent. But Scott Bessent, the new acting director, lost his benefit of the doubt within a week. From me:
prospect.org/economy/2025...
prospect.org/economy/2025...
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thinking about how lots of the Wired people currently leaving the nyt et al in the dust used to work at Gawker/Gizmodo Media Group and could have been doing this reporting there as we speak if a series of soulless rich people hadn't deliberately and systematically destroyed the company
"Our reporting speaks for itself. It is rigorously reported and fact checked [and] we look forward to continuing doing the work, trying to figure out exactly what Elon Musk and his team are doing inside of these federal agencies," -- @katie-drummond.bsky.social, head of WIRED
Reporters uncover details about men working for Musk to cut government agencies
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
thinking about how lots of the Wired people currently leaving the nyt et al in the dust used to work at Gawker/Gizmodo Media Group and could have been doing this reporting there as we speak if a series of soulless rich people hadn't deliberately and systematically destroyed the company
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Who were you going to believe, the Treasury Secretary who gave the access, has been there a week, and has no idea what he's unleashed, or the IT professionals who understand the system like nobody else?
EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic"
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Who were you going to believe, the Treasury Secretary who gave the access, has been there a week, and has no idea what he's unleashed, or the IT professionals who understand the system like nobody else?
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Let’s go through it. Where Trump policies and Project 2025 proposals match up
Where Trump policies and Project 2025 proposals match up
Trump may have distanced himself from Project 2025 on the campaign trail, but many of his policies align with those included in the initiative's policy guide.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Let’s go through it. Where Trump policies and Project 2025 proposals match up
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NEW: Deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, Trump's appointee for a top State Dept. job show him praising the violence on January 6th.
Beattie was previously fired from the WH after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference that included white nationalists.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
Beattie was previously fired from the WH after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference that included white nationalists.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role | CNN Politics
Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Departm...
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: Deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, Trump's appointee for a top State Dept. job show him praising the violence on January 6th.
Beattie was previously fired from the WH after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference that included white nationalists.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
Beattie was previously fired from the WH after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference that included white nationalists.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
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New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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AI-generated slop books are now in public libraries and librarians who are already stretched very thin, underfunded, and are under attack are struggling to deal with the onslaught
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI-generated slop books are now in public libraries and librarians who are already stretched very thin, underfunded, and are under attack are struggling to deal with the onslaught
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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AI is taking a toll on society that its wealthy creators don’t bear
New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI is taking a toll on society that its wealthy creators don’t bear
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Here's Bob Kuttner on the various ways in which Trump and Musk are trying to drive bulldozers through the boundaries of the U.S. political system.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Will the Republic Strike Back?
The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.
prospect.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Here's Bob Kuttner on the various ways in which Trump and Musk are trying to drive bulldozers through the boundaries of the U.S. political system.
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
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The conservative movement wants to replace public school systems with government-subsidized private & religious schools. Voters hate this; even Kentucky & Nebraska voted against them. But the GOP trifecta can use DC schools as an experiment for this effort. @hassankanu.bsky.social reports:
Conservatives Have Big Plans for D.C. Public Schools
Making vouchers universal in D.C. would be universally unpopular, but there’s nothing to stop the GOP.
prospect.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The conservative movement wants to replace public school systems with government-subsidized private & religious schools. Voters hate this; even Kentucky & Nebraska voted against them. But the GOP trifecta can use DC schools as an experiment for this effort. @hassankanu.bsky.social reports:
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The news that DOGE has read and write access to critical aspects of the federal payment system makes the lawsuit filed yesterday seeking an injunction against this even more important.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
Lawsuit Takes On Musk Payment System Takeover on Privacy Grounds
Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
prospect.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The news that DOGE has read and write access to critical aspects of the federal payment system makes the lawsuit filed yesterday seeking an injunction against this even more important.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
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"The changes that have been made all seem to relate to creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked. ... [T]he described changed are not being tested in a dev environment (i.e., not live) but have already been pushed into production. "
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The changes that have been made all seem to relate to creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked. ... [T]he described changed are not being tested in a dev environment (i.e., not live) but have already been pushed into production. "
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In GOOD journalism news:
A Brazilian publication by @obsclima.bsky.social is tackling climate news avoidance by employing the language and urgency of soccer to help readers understand the stakes of climate policy ahead of COP 30.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/a-ne...
A Brazilian publication by @obsclima.bsky.social is tackling climate news avoidance by employing the language and urgency of soccer to help readers understand the stakes of climate policy ahead of COP 30.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/a-ne...
A new outlet covers climate policy in the language Brazil knows best: Soccer.
With quippy headlines, a "betting" portal, a tournament bracket, and more, Central da COP is pulling out all the stops to inform Brazilians ahead of the next U.N. Climate Change Conference.
www.niemanlab.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In GOOD journalism news:
A Brazilian publication by @obsclima.bsky.social is tackling climate news avoidance by employing the language and urgency of soccer to help readers understand the stakes of climate policy ahead of COP 30.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/a-ne...
A Brazilian publication by @obsclima.bsky.social is tackling climate news avoidance by employing the language and urgency of soccer to help readers understand the stakes of climate policy ahead of COP 30.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/a-ne...
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the idea of some arrogant 25-year-old techbro dickhead mucking around in the old and highly arcane codebase running $5 trillion in federal payments is indescribably nightmarish www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
the idea of some arrogant 25-year-old techbro dickhead mucking around in the old and highly arcane codebase running $5 trillion in federal payments is indescribably nightmarish www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
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In an email to staff shared with me, the LA Times says it’s offering voluntary buyouts to all staff who have been there for more than two years.
February 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
In an email to staff shared with me, the LA Times says it’s offering voluntary buyouts to all staff who have been there for more than two years.
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Bill Cassidy (R) is a YES on RFK for HHS.
As a doctor, he had expressed serious concerns at the hearing that RFK’s anti-vaccine rhetoric would cause preventable deaths if he’s in a position of power.
As a doctor, he had expressed serious concerns at the hearing that RFK’s anti-vaccine rhetoric would cause preventable deaths if he’s in a position of power.
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Bill Cassidy (R) is a YES on RFK for HHS.
As a doctor, he had expressed serious concerns at the hearing that RFK’s anti-vaccine rhetoric would cause preventable deaths if he’s in a position of power.
As a doctor, he had expressed serious concerns at the hearing that RFK’s anti-vaccine rhetoric would cause preventable deaths if he’s in a position of power.
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now that Trump is back in office, we have NASA HQ sending directives like this to people who surely have better things to do www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
now that Trump is back in office, we have NASA HQ sending directives like this to people who surely have better things to do www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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"One of the most important lawsuits in the history of the United States has been filed by one advocacy group and two unions, seeking to halt Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Lawsuit Takes On Musk Payment System Takeover on Privacy Grounds
Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
prospect.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"One of the most important lawsuits in the history of the United States has been filed by one advocacy group and two unions, seeking to halt Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system." prospect.org/justice/2025...
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“I do not use this term lightly, but it feels very fascist.”
- A federal employee at the Interior Department
- A federal employee at the Interior Department
NEW: I heard from federal employees across various agencies about the internal chaos they're experiencing because of Trump and how they feel going forward in their jobs.
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight.
"Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
‘Fuck That’: Federal Workers Say They’re Scared But ‘Digging In’ Amid Trump’s Chaos
“Ironically for the Trumpies, bringing us back to the office will make us stronger morale-wise,” said one EPA employee as Trump vowed to purge civil servants.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“I do not use this term lightly, but it feels very fascist.”
- A federal employee at the Interior Department
- A federal employee at the Interior Department