Wannabe President ICE Barbie’s Fake ‘Cabinet’ Meetings Exposed
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Score: 6846 |
Comments: 221
A Wall Street Journal report reveals that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been referring to internal DHS meetings as her 'cabinet meetings,' which White House officials saw as a sign of her presidential ambitions. The article also details her controversial $200 million ad campaign and her allegedly inappropriate relationship with Trump ally Cory Lewandowski, which have caused tension within the administration.
Key Points:
Kristi Noem referred to internal DHS meetings as 'cabinet meetings,' seen as a troubling sign of her presidential ambitions.
She allocated $200 million from DHS funds for an ad campaign starring herself, annoying President Trump.
Noem's alleged affair with Trump ally Cory Lewandowski is described as the 'worst-kept secret in D.C.'
The report details chaotic incidents at DHS, including Lewandowski trying to fire a Coast Guard pilot over a misplaced blanket.
Noem's chances of becoming vice president were destroyed after she wrote about shooting her dog in her book.
"Trump's aides viewed Noem's labeling of her DHS get-togethers as meetings of her 'cabinet' as a troubling sign that the homeland security secretary was more focused on her own presidential ambitions than on advancing the administration's message, sources told The Wall Street Journal."
New Epstein Email Reveals His Ties to Even More Trump Officials - Jeffrey Epstein was in close contact with officials in President Trump’s first term.
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 5508 |
Comments: 125
The article reports that Jeffrey Epstein was in contact with members of Donald Trump's incoming administration just before the 2017 inauguration, citing a 2016 email from Epstein to Bill Gates. It also details other recent revelations about Trump administration officials' connections to Epstein and a separate whistleblower complaint involving Jared Kushner.
Key Points:
A December 2016 email from Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates mentioned 'new administration people' visiting his island a month before Trump's inauguration.
The article speculates Steve Bannon or Stephen Feinberg could have been among the visitors.
It notes other recent revelations, including Dr. Mehmet Oz inviting Epstein to a party in 2016 and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitting to visiting the island.
A separate section details a whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard related to a conversation about Jared Kushner.
The article frames these connections as evidence of close ties between Trump associates and the disgraced financier.
"This document only publicly reaffirms the connection to the perverted financier that people in both Trump’s first and second term have had—and in some cases lied about."
The biggest bombshells about Kristi Noem and her top aide Corey Lewandowski from the Wall Street Journal’s expose
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Score: 5321 |
Comments: 230
A Wall Street Journal report alleges the Department of Homeland Security is in a state of 'constant chaos' under Secretary Kristi Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski. The article claims Noem has prioritized self-promotion and sidelined dissenters, leading to internal discontent and even calls for their firing.
Key Points:
The DHS is described as being in 'constant chaos' under Noem's leadership.
Noem is accused of seeking to 'burnish her personal stardom' through headline-grabbing actions and TV-ready appearances.
President Trump has reportedly entertained calls to fire Noem and Lewandowski due to management issues.
The report revives long-standing rumors of an extramarital affair between Noem and Lewandowski, which they deny.
A DHS spokesperson dismissed the report as 'salacious, baseless gossip' and defended the department's focus on its mission.
"The Wall Street Journal cites sources within the department who are highly critical of Noem’s reign and paints an unflattering portrait of the secretary as a politician who has sought to 'burnish her personal stardom at every turn.'"
Lindsey Graham saying “who gives a s*** who owns Greenland?” stirs anger
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Score: 3695 |
Comments: 429
Senator Lindsey Graham sparked controversy at the Munich Security Conference by dismissively stating, 'Who gives a s*** who owns Greenland? I don't.' His remarks drew criticism for disrespecting Greenland's sovereignty and came amid renewed U.S. interest, under President Trump, in acquiring the autonomous Danish territory for strategic Arctic defense.
Key Points:
Senator Lindsey Graham's dismissive comment about Greenland's ownership sparked anger and accusations of disrespecting national sovereignty.
The remark came in the context of renewed U.S. interest, articulated by President Trump, in acquiring Greenland for strategic Arctic defense.
Greenland and Denmark have consistently stated the island is not for sale and any discussions must respect sovereignty and international law.
A poll shows only 24% of Americans support Trump's handling of the Greenland issue, with 72% disapproving.
The incident highlights ongoing diplomatic tensions, with discussions on Greenland's defense role continuing at the Munich Security Conference.
"Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement last month, 'NATO is fully aware of the position of the Kingdom of Denmark. We can negotiate about everything politically—security, investments, the economy. But we cannot negotiate about our sovereignty.'"
Slop pull request is rejected, so slop author instructs slop AI agent to write a slop blog post criticising it as unfair
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 2203 |
Comments: 306
This pull request proposes a performance optimization in the matplotlib library by replacing specific uses of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T. The change is applied only in verified safe cases where both inputs are 1D arrays of the same length or 2D arrays of the same shape, resulting in performance improvements of 24-36% according to benchmarks. The modification is a targeted, non-functional optimization affecting three files in the production code.
Key Points:
Replaces np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for performance gains (24-36% faster)
Transformation is only applied where verified safe: when both inputs are 1D arrays of same length or 2D arrays of same shape
Performance improvement comes from np.vstack().T doing contiguous memory copies and returning a view
Modified three files: lines.py, path.py, and patches.py
Maintains exact same behavior - a pure performance optimization with no functional changes
"The improvement comes from np.vstack().T doing contiguous memory copies and returning a view, whereas np.column_stack has to interleave elements in memory."
Anthropic Released 32 Page Detailed Guide on Building Claude Skills
Posted on r/ClaudeAI |
Score: 906 |
Comments: 86
The article is a guide from Anthropic on building skills for Claude, their AI assistant. It appears to be a PDF document containing technical instructions and best practices for developers to effectively train and utilize Claude's capabilities.
Key Points:
The document is a technical guide for developers working with Claude.
It focuses on methodologies for building and enhancing Claude's skills.
It is published by Anthropic, the creator of Claude.
The content is structured as a formal guide, likely containing step-by-step instructions.
Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 609 |
Comments: 530
Spotify's co-CEO announced that the company's best developers have not written code since December 2025, thanks to an internal AI system called 'Honk' that uses Claude Code. This system allows engineers to deploy code remotely and has accelerated feature development, with over 50 new features shipped in 2025. The company is also building a unique, non-commoditizable dataset based on music preferences to improve its AI models.
Key Points:
Spotify's top developers have not manually written code since December 2025 due to AI integration.
The internal AI system 'Honk' uses Claude Code for remote, real-time code deployment and bug fixes.
AI has accelerated development, enabling over 50 new app features in 2025 and recent launches like AI-powered Prompted Playlists.
Spotify is building a proprietary dataset of music preferences that other LLMs cannot easily replicate.
The company sees this as just the beginning of AI's impact on its development processes.
""As a concrete example, an engineer at Spotify on their morning commute from Slack on their cell phone can tell Claude to fix a bug or add a new feature to the iOS app," Söderström said. "And once Claude finishes that work, the engineer then gets a new version of the app, pushed to them on Slack on their phone, so that he can then merge it to production, all before they even arrive at the office.""
I built Aeterna: A self-hosted dead man’s switch for final messages and emergency automations.
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 289 |
Comments: 66
The author introduces Aeterna, a self-hosted dead man's switch they built to maintain control over their digital legacy. The system sends pre-written emails and triggers webhook automations if the user fails to send a periodic heartbeat within a set timeframe.
Key Points:
Aeterna is a self-hosted solution, avoiding reliance on third-party SaaS providers for privacy.
It works by sending a periodic heartbeat; if missed, it triggers final messages and automations.
It is designed to give users control over their final digital communications and actions.
The project is open source, inviting community feedback and collaboration.
"I built it because I believe some messages should outlive us, but they should also stay under our own control until the very last moment."
Contributed to an open source project… then realized core features are paywalled. Feeling dumb
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Score: 183 |
Comments: 61
A developer made their first contribution to an open source project, only to later discover the project owner had introduced a paid 'Plus' tier, paywalling some features. They feel foolish and somewhat betrayed, though acknowledge the oversight was their own, and plan to seek an alternative project.
Key Points:
The author successfully made their first open source contribution (a merged PR).
They later discovered the project had introduced a paid 'Plus' tier, restricting some features.
The author takes personal responsibility for not noticing the change.
They express feelings of foolishness and a sense of betrayal.
They intend to find an alternative project aligned with their open source principles.
"Still… I can’t help but feel a bit dumb and betrayed"
LLMs fail at automating remote work, Opus 4.5 is the best and scores 3.75% automation rate
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 46 |
Comments: 8
The Remote Labor Index (RLI) is a benchmark designed to measure AI's ability to automate real-world, economically valuable remote work projects, such as game development and data analysis. The research finds that even state-of-the-art AI agents perform near the floor on these complex tasks, automating a very low percentage of projects that represent over 6,000 hours and $140,000 of human work.
Key Points:
The RLI is a multi-sector benchmark of real freelance projects, representing over 6,000 hours and $140,000 in human labor costs.
Current frontier AI agents perform very poorly on the RLI, achieving near-zero automation rates on complex, end-to-end projects.
The benchmark provides empirical evidence to ground discussions about AI-driven labor automation and track progress.
Projects are sourced from real professionals and reflect the true complexity, cost, and duration of remote work.
Despite low current performance, progress on these tasks is measurable, offering a basis for stakeholders to anticipate impacts.
"While AI systems have saturated many existing benchmarks, we find that state-of-the-art AI agents perform near the floor on RLI. This demonstrates that contemporary AI systems fail to complete the vast majority of projects at a quality level that would be accepted as commissioned work."
Fintech security architectures: where they break and why
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Score: 20 |
Comments: 7
The article argues that fintech security failures often stem from overly broad access and insufficient authorization controls, not just sophisticated attacks. It outlines common risks like compromised credentials, over-privileged accounts, and broken access control, emphasizing that these vulnerabilities are amplified by the interconnected and regulated nature of fintech systems.
Key Points:
Fintech breaches often start with overly broad access or insufficient validation of integrations, not sophisticated attacks.
The industry is structurally exposed due to multi-tenant architectures and the real-time financial impact of vulnerabilities.
Common risks include compromised credentials, over-privileged users/service accounts, and broken access control (ranked #1 by OWASP).
The introduction of AI agents with broad permissions can automate and scale the impact of a security compromise.
Authorization must be consistently enforced across all systems and identity types, especially in regulated environments.
"The initial vulnerability created entry, but the authorization model determined the scale of the breach."
Quote from article: “Alaska is by far the most progressive state, thanks to annual cash dividends all Alaskans receive from natural resource revenues”
Posted on r/georgism |
Score: 17 |
Comments: 5
A new study from the Minneapolis Fed measures the overall progressivity of federal and state tax and transfer systems. It finds the federal government is significantly progressive, while most states are regressive, taxing poorer households at higher rates than richer ones even after accounting for government transfers.
Key Points:
The federal government is considerably more fiscally progressive than any single state.
Roughly two-thirds of states are regressive, with Illinois being the most regressive and Alaska the most progressive.
Tax structure is key: income taxes tend to be progressive, while property and consumption taxes are regressive.
The analysis provides the most comprehensive view of American policy progressivity to date by including a full array of taxes and transfers at all levels.
Americans of all incomes, especially the top 1%, were more likely to migrate to more regressive states.
"Roughly two-thirds of states are regressive—taxing poorer households at higher rates than richer ones, even after transfers."