Scripting News: Sunday, January 26, 2025

Sunday, January 26, 2025
Isn't it funny how the two political forces we thought we completely defeated in the 90s are coming back for their revenge. #

Linkblog items for the day.

Trump is everywhere again. politico.com
Perplexity Tiktok revised merger proposal. cnbc.com
The leading AI models are now very good historians. substack.com
Cory Doctorow on Bluesky's conundrum. They are in a tight spot. I don't think accepting AT Proto as an open protocol is a good bet for users and other devs. The only good bet is still RSS. And forget about federation, only the really shitty features need it. pluralistic.net
Trump starts fight with Colombia over nothing. Important info about world banking system. jabberwocking.com
Marc Andreessen sees: "A world in which human wages crash from AI." He's a Silicon Valley VC and a close adviser of the new president. x.com
I believe this is part of the archive of the DOJ website for their Jan 6 work. archive.org
Isn't it funny how the two political forces we thought we completely defeated in the 90s are coming back for their revenge. scripting.com
"In a few days, there will be no one in prison or facing any sort of criminal penalty for their actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." politicalwire.com
How Trump's "black box" limits outside influences. axios.com
How the roots of the 'PayPal mafia' extend to apartheid South Africa. theguardian.com
Trump wiped January 6 convicts' records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters' crimes from the internet. cnn.com
Founding Fathers Cold Open. youtube.com
Ex-Democratic Strategist James Carville Says Better to Let Donald Trump 'Punch Himself Out.' thedailybeast.com
Donald Trump says he believes the US will 'get Greenland.' bbc.com
They left out AOC, of course. washingtonpost.com
This may be the actual moment when you need to change the name of The New York Times to something like The New York Junkies. Put the old grey lady out of her misery. nytimes.com
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