Bookmarks Digest — Page 5
1. The Wall Street Journal on X: “From @WSJopinion: Abandoned land? Build a data center. Alabama is doing it with closed coal plants, the Virginias with old strip mines, writes Jay Reed. https://t.co/ePsOvfDZ6K” / X
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2. Elon Musk on X: “USAID engaged in election interference and regime change around the world, causing massive strife” / X
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3. Right-Wing Sweep in Latin America Follows USAID Dismantling / X
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4. Taylor Lorenz on X: “I think these might be the most insufferable people alive” / X
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5. Taylor Lorenz on X: “Asterisk Magazine, which NY Mag partnered with to publish this cover story, is an Effective Altruism org and the writers on this piece have deep ties to EA.” / X
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6. Abandoned Land? Build a Data Center - WSJ
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7. Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police | TechSpot
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8. Pharmakeia: The Oldest Word for “Poisoned, Not Infected”
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 5, 2026, 11:24 AM✍️ **Author Reference:** Sayer Ji
The Greek word behind “pharmacy” meant remedy and poison at the same time.
9. Supreme Court’s new term begins as Trump puts the justices on notice
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10. Karoline Leavitt joining Fox News
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 5, 2026, 10:42 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 5, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** The Hill
Karoline Leavitt, President Trump’s former White House press secretary, is set to join Fox News next month as a contributor. Leavitt, the only person to serve as the president’s top spo…
11. Russian Market on X: “https://t.co/cLTY2QB7z1” / X
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12. EU Piracy Watch List Targets YouTube Downloader and VPNs
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 5, 2026, 08:30 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 2, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Reclaim The Net: Free Speech, Privacy, Digital Rights
✍️ **Author Reference:** Cindy Harper
An open source project maintained by volunteers has found itself under scrutiny from the global music business.
13. Reclaim The Net on X: “The music industry has asked the EU to add yt-dlp, an open source video downloader, to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. IFPI’s submission even names the volunteer developers who maintain it. It also wants Cloudflare, GoDaddy and Verisign on the list, because apparently … / X
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14. Reclaim The Net on X: “Emmanuel Macron says American free speech is “the opposite of free speech.” In his view, freedom only exists inside a “common framework” set by the state. He compared posting an insult online to hitting someone in the street. Those are different things, because one is speech… / X
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15. Taylor Lorenz on X: “He wants people punished for posting “nonsense,” with state-backed fact-checkers deciding what qualifies. He wants a verified identity behind every social media account. He has written to Ursula von der Leyen demanding the DSA be enforced “much faster, much more forcefully.”” / X
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16. Daniel Hannan on X: “I have been trying to work out why the Carlson—Rees-Mogg interview is going viral. I think it’s because because it represents the moment when traditional conservatism, defined by courtesy, self-restraint and truth, visibly overcomes the feverish, conspiracist and bellicose post… / X
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17. Netanyahu: Burnham’s Britain is a ‘rogue state’
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18. Netanyahu accuses UK government of acting ‘like a rogue state,’ says Israel saved British lives | The Times of Israel
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19. Linux 7.3-rc6 Released: Normal For The New “AI Normal” - Phoronix
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20. Dr. Eli David on X: ““If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.” —Jordan Peterson” / X
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21. Taylor Lorenz on X: “Woww that’s a lot of money 😵💫” / X
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22. saila on X: “Since USAID was dismantled, the left has not won a single election in Latin America, by the way.” / X
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23. Right-Leaning Wins Sweep Latin American Elections After USAID Cuts / X
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24. Michael Timothy Bennett on X: “As the possibility of machine consciousness is doing the rounds today, here is my PhD thesis, published last year, about that very topic. TLDR: I am reasonably certain Claude isn’t conscious. https://t.co/IlPHOvT2so” / X
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25. Cliff Pickover on X: “FREE Paper: “Could a Large Language Model be Conscious?” by David J. Chalmers. He writes about augmented LLM systems: “It seems entirely possible that within the next decade, we’ll have robust systems with senses, embodiment, world models and self-models, recurrent process… / X
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26. Vijay S Sharma on X: “The only claim to fame of David Chalmers is inventing the phrase - Hard-problem of consciousness. He knows hardly anything else about it. If he did, he would have known that there was no problem of any kind to begin with. He would have also known that any software - be it LL… / X
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27. Accused flydubai hijacker celebrated beating women, Sharia law in sickening social media posts: ‘Stomp on her head’
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 5, 2026, 12:20 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 4, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** New York Post
The accused flydubai hijacker touted violence against women and expressed hate for Jews and gay people in sickening newly revealed social media posts he made while studying to be a pilot – before he went on to allegedly attack his captain with a crash axe and attempt to down a plane.
28. Google Japan shows off wild conveyor-belt keyboard with keys that move to your fingers — 3D-printable Gboard features four belts with 29 keys each, built to make one-hand typing ‘easier’
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 5, 2026, 12:18 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 4, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Tom
✍️ **Author Reference:** https://www.tomshardware.com/author/jowi-morales
There are no plans to release this keyboard, but you can make one yourself from official blueprints.
29. The Origins of Humans May Have Begun by the Sea 70,000 Years Ago - GreekReporter.com
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30. Gideon Miller on X: “@direct_instrctn @Martin_Kramer Gadi Taub seems to me to be the Tucker Carlson of Israel. Very similar conspiracy theories presented with very similar propaganda techniques. Would not be surprised if they also share the same small gulf country sponsor.” / X
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31. Gideon Miller on X: “@ElliotKaufman6 @IraStoll @nypost Is Netanyahu some kind of culture war thing in the US? I keep coming across conservatives like Stoll who are smart and knowledgeable about everything else in the Middle East but dogmatically adulatory of Bibi and insistently blind to the guy’… / X
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32. Genocide Hypocrites
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 4, 2026, 11:53 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 1, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** VDH’s Blade of Perseus
✍️ **Author Reference:** Victor Hanson
The Left’s cries of “genocide” against Israel ring hollow when many of its loudest critics ignore the far bloodier histories of their own ancestral homelands.
33. The White House on X: “The real cost of socialism.” / X
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34. White House Warns of $355,000 Socialism Cost Per Household / X
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35. Claire Lehmann on X: “Leaving a tight knit religious community can cause trauma, so it makes sense people would gravitate to other faith-based communities which offer purpose and camaraderie https://t.co/KeATDBydLI” / X
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36. Claire Lehmann on X: “Wow. Pew surveyed Americans in 2022 and found that 39% believed they were living in the End Times The Rationalist/EA cult is just an elite version of a very normal American phenomenon. https://t.co/35RIr5VupH” / X
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37. Claire Lehmann on X: “Cybersecurity specialists rocking up to Anthropic HQ https://t.co/sTTmh0FpX3” / X
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38. Claire Lehmann on X: “The most powerful new technology in the world is being developed by an insular group of fanatics suffering from a pseudo-religious saviour complex https://t.co/wdTHQhELgF” / X
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39. Claire Lehmann on X: “Principal research scientist at Google’s Deep Mind 👇 https://t.co/gJDZoYg9eR” / X
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40. Claire Lehmann on X: “If Anthropic’s IPO is successful there’s going to be billions in funding flowing to organisations that focus on protecting the ‘psychological safety’ of sentient machines, shrimp welfare, & other anti-human projects. We’re not ready for this.” / X
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41. These Linux tools increased my command-line productivity: Here’s how
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 4, 2026, 11:38 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 3, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** How-To Geek
✍️ **Author Reference:** Haroon Javed
Get ready to transform your terminal experience.
42. Gunther Eagleman™ on X: “🚨 JUST IN: They will now be called “Artificial News”” / X
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43. As Found on X: “🚨 ELON MUSK JOKES THAT HE IS AN ALIEN I am an alien. I keep telling people I’m an alien but nobody believes me. Elon drops this line with perfect timing and a straight face. In the middle of changing the world with rockets, cars, and AI, he still finds time for this kind of humo… / X
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44. Lord Of The Rings Film Paused During Paramount’s Takeover Of Warner Bros.
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Oct 4, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** ScreenRant
✍️ **Author Reference:** Rianna de Bono-Smith
The Lord of the Rings is delaying its next quest, as Paramount’s hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery already has its first victim.