Anthropic frantically and mindlessly speed-building massive new polluting fossil fuel infrastructure but then also buying carbon removal offsets to "help address emissions" is such as perfect demonstration of why silicon valley has failed so spectacularly to actually help tackle climate change.

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I'm of a different generation. The first time I saw people discoursing about "body counts," I thought dude was saying, "She's cute, but she's killed ten men, so idk."

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“The borrowing let Ellison keep his stock and avoid locking in taxable gains, and highlighted how billionaires often employ a strategy called ‘buy, borrow and die’ to retain their wealth without selling assets.”

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Really interesting camouflage on a Japanese ship in WW1. Imagine the convo: Admiral: paint my ship in dazzle camo Sailor: what’s that sir? Adm: the camo where you cannot tell which way it’s going S: aye sir … Adm: Forward or back, not up or down S: aye, but they won’t know we’re sinking

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Palestinian child Salem al-Najjar has died just hours after being evacuated from Gaza, after spending six months on a ventilator. The 2-year-old child fell nine meters following an Israeli airstrike, leaving him critically injured and in need of prolonged life support.

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