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A dad to Newsom over the weekend: “Wouldn’t it be good if the blue states would do a DOGE?” Governor Gavin Newsom tried to explain DOGE is not the only-or first-way to streamline government, but the man’s eyes glazed over. “He wants to see the chainsaw.” kqed.org/news/12038029/… KQED News

“This ends up being a world potentially where consumers are captured even more than they are now, and are subject to higher prices and deceptive conduct that they aren’t even seeing, because they’re no longer the one making the decision.” kqed.org/news/12038439/… KQED News

Humans respond AS IF #AI companion chatbots are, too - maybe better - because human relationships are complicated. “The oxytocin is firing in the way that it feels relational.” kqed.org/news/12038874/… via KQED News

“Defunding public media, of course, doesn't just hurt the left because public media doesn't just serve the left.” vanityfair.com/news/story/tru… via VANITY FAIR

Lyrical? Elegant? Thanks, Nick Roman! 😍Also, after you hit the subscribe button 🔄 to his new #podcast listen to the pitch about local public radio 📻 stations in dire need, and subscribe 💸 to one of yours! ⭐️ 🙌🏼 open.spotify.com/episode/0fZkO7…

This slow rolling moral crisis continues to smolder. Who smells the smoke? Who will fight the fire? kqed.org/news/12041698/… via KQED News @AfghanEvac JFCS East Bay

Tensions between DC and #cybersecurity lions have been running high lately, in large part because of staffing cuts at #CISA. But at Stanford University, a surprisingly collegial House Homeland Security Field Hearing revealed broad agreement. kqed.org/news/12041830/… via KQED News

A picture of Verdun, France, still showing an insane amount of damage from WWI

Historic Vids Parts of Verdun are within the "Zone Rouge" (Red Zone), areas deemed too dangerous for human activity due to unexploded ordnance and pollution. Nine villages near Verdun were completely destroyed during the battle and were never rebuilt. They are known as "villages that died for

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Yikes, Saul please stay safe! 🙏🏼

Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? kqed.org/news/11676561/… via KQED News Andy Mariani

“Who are in the middle?” said Pantea Karimi an artist living in San Jose. “Governments are not in the middle. People [are]. They are squeezed,” to their cores, she said, shattering innocent lives. “It’s just so, so, so devastating.” kqed.org/news/12044919/… via KQED News

🎉🥳🎊 #sothishappened First Place in the Public Media Journalists Association's 2025 annual awards for its Continuing Coverage category. The work? You know the story. “How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Everything.” via KQED News

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