"All you had to do was pay us enough to live"

The White House warned staff not to place well-timed bets on prediction or futures markets after suspicious trades occurred just before Trump paused Iran strikes.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-warns-staff-not-to-place-bets-on-prediction-markets-amid-iran-war-3780668f

Mfw they more or less admit that many staffers are doing insider trading (and there will be 0 consequences for this)

Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
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Look, say what you will about the place of violence in politics, the backlash against the ultra-wealthy grows larger and more vocal every day

Very much a you-reap-what-you-sow situation

Violence is the natural consequence of illiberalism and authoritarianism. I think the mistake that the illiberal forces make is believing that they'll always be the directors of violence, not the recipients.

France plans to replace some Microsoft Windows systems in government with Linux to reduce reliance on U.S. tech and gain more control over its data.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

Topical, I switched to Linux yesterday

MXLinux if you're curious about the distro

Ayo, if any of my subs are Virginia gang: There's a hold up between the state House and Senate where the House doesn't want to end data center tax exemptions and the Senate does. Call your VA House Representative and tell them to support ending the data center tax exemption.

Important question:

How good does a nugget have to be for you to eat it without sauce?

Chicago Transit Authority's marketing team woke up and chose violence

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