SKH Roundup: Irish Unrest and Blockades on Blockades
Protests in Ireland against the fuel prices spiking in part due to the Iranian oil blockade will surely be alleviated when the US starts blockading more oil
Protests in Ireland against the fuel prices spiking in part due to the Iranian oil blockade will surely be alleviated when the US starts blockading more oil
The US is increasingly unable to fly aerial operations over EU airspace, so instead we launched a rocket to the moon
One of the biggest tech companies in the world seems convinced that we just aren't seeing Copilot the right way and we'd love it if we just had one more feature...
All of the tech companies are racing to be in the most precarious position imaginable
Google and Meta scrolled a bit too close to the sun.
Boots on the ground doesn't mean boots on the ground, you see. Also, Valve texts back.
Taxpayer dollars are for bombs and makeup exclusively
While the military wants unfettered access to AI systems, presumably to ask it if loot boxes are gambling or not.
Again
Big Man is Big Mad at the Big Court
The disgraced not-prince Andrew has been arrested by British police on suspicion of obviously being terrible
A very normal few weeks for the United States federal government
Weekly Roundup
It's cold outside, both in terms of snow and fash
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Terrorrists, Pedophiles, and Pam Bondi
United States
I assumed there were a lot, but my goodness
United States
The GOP is being a bit too on the nose with the whole "projection" thing
ICE
Minnesota workers are participating in one of the first city-wide general strikes the United States has seen in many decades
Weekly Roundup
SAVE US, VERONIKA.
Environment
xAI has been powering their massive Memphis data center with illegal gas turbines. Local activists didn't back down.
Tech
Apple's flagship mixed reality headset faces a very non-mixed, very real, reality
AI
After weeks of worldwide outrage over a Grok feature that allowed Twitter users to request AI-generated "revealing images" of basically anyone, Twitter has promised they Super Totally Fixed It
United States
A country is using lethal force against civilians protesting the current regime. One of those countries is cheering on the civilians of the other.
ICE
A woman is dead after an ICE agent shot her point-blank in her car. The US government has already called her a terrorist.
War
I feel like it goes without saying, but Stuff Still Happened.