AI companies paying to prevent energy price rises is not, in any real way, going to happen. That would be so many dollars, y'all. They couldn't do it even if they wanted to.

"Preliminary data had indicated that the U.S. economy added 584,000 jobs last year. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised that number after it received additional state data, and found that the labor market had added 181,000 jobs in all of 2025. [...] One bright spot was last month, when hiring increased by 130,000 roles."

Okay, but how "preliminary" will the data for last month turn out to be?

They say the point of the liarocracy is not to make people believe lies. (Though many seem to anyway!) The point is to make it impossible to ever know what the truth is, so you don't ever believe anybody official saying anything, and that makes you give up on politics. Then they've got you where they want you.

I'd say the we're already well down that path with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Sure, but it's worse than that, because at least 32 of the ounces in Sally Starbucks's mug are sugar and cream.

Robots, schmobots, as long as I can read it left-handed.

Imagine, if you will, a 100-year bond sold by Standard Oil in 1900. Wikipedia says Standard Oil was split into 39 successor entities. In 2000, which of them pays it back?

A lot can happen in 100 years. If you pay actual money for this bond, you will richly deserve all of it happening to you.

"So why not set a push goal now and re-calibrate when physics or some other issue rises?"

If you're asking 'why is lying wrong?', I guess I don't have a good answer to that.

"Five years from now, Musk predicted, SpaceX will launch and operate more AI compute annually than the cumulative total on Earth, expecting at least a few hundred gigawatts per year in space..."

That's a prediction, all right. Elon Musk makes lots of well-documented predictions. How many of them have been accurate? If and when this prediction turns out to be wrong, what will happen? Has Musk staked anything of value on this prediction? Will he suffer any consequences whatever for being wrong?

Okay. So, is it responsible journalism to report the future predictions of a person whose past predictions have been mostly wrong?

From the link:

How Lockdown Mode protects your device

When Lockdown Mode is enabled, some apps and features will function differently, including:

Messages: most message attachment types are blocked, other than certain images, video and audio. Some features, such as links and link previews, will be unavailable.

Web browsing: certain complex web technologies are blocked, which may cause some websites to load more slowly or not operate correctly. In addition, web fonts may not be displayed, and images may be replaced with a missing image icon.

FaceTime: incoming FaceTime calls will be blocked unless you have previously called that person or contact within the past 30 days. Features such as SharePlay and Live Photos are unavailable.

Apple services: incoming invitations for Apple services, such as invitations to manage a home in the Home app, will be blocked unless you have previously invited that person. Focus and any related status will not work as expected. Game Center is also disabled.

Photos: when you share photos, location information will be excluded. Shared albums are removed from the Photos app, and new Shared Album invitations are blocked. You can still view these shared albums on other devices that haven’t enabled Lockdown Mode.

Device connections: to connect your iPhone or iPad to an accessory or another computer, the device needs to be unlocked. To connect your Mac laptop with Apple silicon to an accessory, your Mac needs to be unlocked and you need to provide explicit approval.

Wireless connectivity: your device won’t automatically join non-secure Wi-Fi networks and will disconnect from a non-secure Wi-Fi network when you turn on Lockdown Mode. 2G and 3G mobile support is turned off for iPhone and iPad.

Configuration profiles: configuration profiles can’t be installed, and the device can’t be enrolled in Mobile Device Management or device supervision while in Lockdown Mode.

Phone calls and plain text messages continue to work while Lockdown Mode is turned on, although incoming calls won’t ring on a paired Apple Watch. Emergency features, such as SOS emergency calls, will not be affected.

"Kalshi, the largest U.S. casino..."

FTFY.

"I'll come in again."

The remainder of the workers, and indeed users, of this social media website have been replaced entirely with automated systems at great expense and at the last minute.

"The new OS won't be compatible with all existing Chromebook hardware"

Like, too big to fit on the drive incompatible? Or like, we checked a version number and we and our partners have decided that you're too cheap to use our new OS?

We need an addendum to US copyright law for discontinued and out-of-print properties such that, if any entity is able to pay the amount it made last year times the number of years left in the copyright (though it'd obviously need to address the "author's lifetime" uncertainty), times some factor or other, then the property is released to the public domain.

I want a agreed-upon, stable, succinct, and intelligible definition of "ultra-processed" or I want to stop hearing the term.

I was picturing more giant mounds of pulsing formless protoplasm.