Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The U.S. Conservative Aggrieved Mindset, Explained
Jason Pargin is — well, to my tastes — a master of the TikTok video format. This one is so good, and ends with a mic-drop closing line.
Mamdani Takes Health Fund Audit ‘Seriously’ as Insolvency Reverberates
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday he takes “seriously” an audit that determined a key fund that pays insurance premiums for city workers, retirees and their dependents is insolvent. He also sought to reassure city workers concerned about what the bombshell findings by Comptroller Brad Lander may mean for their health care. Lander’s probe, released […]
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The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024 (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024 — The Treasury Department on Tuesday took three people closely affiliated with the holding company behind Predator spyware off of a sanctions list …
Elon Musk says xAI bought a third building called "MACROHARDRR", reportedly adjacent to Colossus 2, that will take the company's training compute to almost 2GW (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk says xAI bought a third building called “MACROHARDRR”, reportedly adjacent to Colossus 2, that will take the company's training compute to almost 2GW — Elon Musk's xAI is planning an expansion of its massive data center complex in Memphis, and has purchased a third building …
A reflection on AI advances in the past decade and how scaling and time-horizon trends might point to far greater capabilities in the decade ahead (Zhengdong Wang)
Zhengdong Wang:
A reflection on AI advances in the past decade and how scaling and time-horizon trends might point to far greater capabilities in the decade ahead — People love to predict the future. Back in June, Peter Thiel recounted a conversation he had with Elon Musk.