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Incredible scoop by my @WSJ colleagues: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration. wsj.com/world/ukraine-starliโฆ
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spacex earnings beat expectations, as the compute crunch keeps shitting gold for the company cautiousoptimism.news/spacexโฆ
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The @FloridaGOP should know news outlets cannot be punished for publishing information from whistleblowers.
The Supreme Court case that says itโs not the job of journalists to maintain the governmentโs confidences literally has Florida in the name.
More:
freedom.press/issues/floridaโฆ
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New - Zelensky says that U.S. intel sharing with Ukraine has been restored: โIโm speaking about early warning. What is very important for our people, for children, adults, civilians, because we can hear when (a) ballistic (missile) is coming. So we are thankful to American side. Now it works. Itโs great,โ
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wait until you get a load of what the vcs thought of the idea bgnes.com/economy/forty-inveโฆ
Amazon.Con
Earth's Biggest Bookstore"? Pshaw. Cheaper, faster, and more convenient? Pshaw again.
By Stephen Glass and Jonathan Chait
January 1997
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Saudi Arabian (and other gulf state) money is everywhere in the tech industry. Venture funds listed on Sanabilโs (part of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund) website:
From the US government's detention memo arguing that the former OpenAI engineer accused in the office bugging case should remain in custody:
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This is such an insane way to govern the country
Trump: "With Roger Marshall in the Senate, we will make year-round E15 permanent. But if Adam Hamilton is in, I'm not going it. That's it. I'm only doing it for him. That's a big deal for Kansas."
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These are not transfers from the US, but from other countries. The US is now actively sabotaging Ukrainian defense of civilians.
Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. wapo.st/4yCb7T7
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The White House has blocked the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, US officials have said.
The transfer of interceptor missiles from countries friendly to Ukraine requires the approval of Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary โคต๏ธ
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New: Amazonโs AI buildout is testing its old playbook at scale.
AWS infra VP Prasad Kalyanaraman said internally that Amazonโs AI business was โhugely free cash flow negativeโ and he expects overall FCF to stay negative for โthe next couple of years.โ
businessinsider.com/amazon-2โฆ
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gratz to trump for giving eu tech a massive booster shot cautiousoptimism.news/free-aโฆ
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Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
Community note
Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
kyivindependent.com/what-russias-dโฆ
kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-โฆ
kyivindependent.com/russia-strikesโฆ
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Some media reporter on media reporter violence here from @maxwelltani
semafor.com/article/10/18/20โฆ
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) & Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have alarming readout of their conversation with Vlodymyr Zelenskyy:
โPres. Zelenskyy confirmed that critical Starlink services remain degraded, including on systems traveling at speeds above 100 miles per hour, impeding Ukraineโs ability to intercept Russian drones. He also reported disruptions to U.S. intelligence sharing concerning early warning of Russian ballistic missile launches. As a result of these disruptions, civilians โ children โ are dying"
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this post has gotten this student, who has an american accent and has ostensibly never lived outside of the US, bullied so hard she deleted her linkedin account.
ethnonationalism is a scourge.
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"When the election is over there needs to be a bipartisan reckoning for Mr. Trumpโs budding alliance with the Kremlin against Ukraine, Europe and American interests."
-WSJ Editorial Board
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