Simon Willison

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24 April 2026 09:44

DeepSeek V4 just dropped - two models, Flash and Pro, both benchmarking well, decent pelicans and prices that put them both as the cheapest in their respective categories by a solid margin simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/...

Tech Policy Press

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24 April 2026 09:44

Public Citizen’s Rick Claypool documents how Big Tech firms have engaged in deliberate campaigns to ingratiate themselves with the Trump administration, heaping excessive praise on the President while going along with his unpopular and authoritarian policies.

Nikki McCann Ramírez

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24 April 2026 09:43

The difference between the Iraq war days when Jon Stewart warned a youngish CNN host that the reckoning was coming, and today, is that this time around Tucker Carlson cannot claim ignorance, youth, or inexperience.  My take on Tucker’s “apology” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ryan Bort

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24 April 2026 09:43

Trump read a Bible verse last night about asking God for forgiveness. Trump in 2015 on whether he has ever asked God for forgiveness: "I don't think so ... I don't bring God into that picture." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Emily Atkin

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24 April 2026 09:43

Ted Cruz is the #1 lifetime recipient of fossil fuel money in the entire U.S. senate, receiving over $1 million from the oil and gas industry in the 2024 cycle alone Now he's proposed a bill to give the fossil fuel industry lifetime legal immunity from climate lawsuits