Notices by Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)

BREAKING: Trump admin plans to strip child care money from working mothers to give payouts to at-home mothers who are presumably barefoot and pregnant

I don't ride in robotaxis. Period. I don't care who makes them. The more you know about the failure modes, the more they should scare the hell out of you. The companies endlessly quote statistics claiming they are safer than human drivers, using the classic techniques described in Darrell Huff's "How to Lie with Statistics" -- first printed in 1954, still in print, and still a classic.

BREAKING: In disgusting comment, Trump calls deaths of 18 American service members "small potatoes" compared with 100,000 in Vietnam

BREAKING: Judge rules again to block Trump tampering with mail-in voting -- meanwhile, some ballots are already being mailed to voters starting today

Google: "Don't think. Don't even try. Depend on Gemini. Stay Stupid. Depend on us! You can't check out, much less ever leave!" - https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/workspace/voice-features-gmail-docs-keep/

"The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together - against big tech billionaires"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/30/data-center-politics-democrats-republicans

BREAKING: FULL TEXT of horrific whistleblower report detailing Trump/USPS plan to steal the election via blocking mail-in votes

https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-08-31_final_letter-disclosure.pdf

Trump contacted Apple directly to change name of Lake Ontario to Lake America

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/trump-contacted-apple-to-change-name-of-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-burgum/article_8c38118b-46d5-521d-9a5f-92370ad3076b.html

George Santos earns first Kalshi lifetime ban after allegedly trading on whether or not he would attend the State of the Union address.

Poll: Mark Zuckerberg has an 8% favorability among Democrats and 13% among GOP

#Google really is into self-humiliation these days. It's being widely ridiculed regarding renaming Lake Ontario to Lake "America" -- and only hiding "Ontario" for U.S. users! Google Maps isn't a trustworthy geo service, it's now a fascist propaganda outlet.

Google's kowtowing to fascist madman Trump -- a man literally trying to steal the next election by preventing millions of people from voting -- is rapidly pushing the firm and by extension Alphabet into the unenviable historical position of IBM's servicing of the Third Reich.

#google

Thought experiment: What if #Google said "NO" to Trump and the renaming of Lake Ontario? I know which geo naming conventions Google claims to follow and how they make decisions about politically-sensitive names and borders. None of that is relevant under a fascist takeover of the federal government. What we needed to see is Google saying NO and then watching to see what Trump did next. But of course Billionaire CEO Sundar, once upon a time claiming to be socially conscious, would never risk his position by not sucking up to Trump, just as we'll no doubt see him suck up to the next president irrespective of party.

BREAKING: MAGA-ass-kissing #Google changes name of Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users

There reportedly has been a contamination incident now undergoing cleanup at the MIT Chemistry Lab involving apparently unauthorized use of dimethyl mercury, involving one student who is now in hospital. This substance is almost unimaginably toxic even if a tiny fraction of single drop is absorbed. It will pass through all common protective gloves in seconds. Reportedly all known exposures have led to death or permanent vegetative states.

More details unconfirmed: Student claimed they had synthesized the substance. Initial blood tests not indicating mercury toxicity.

BREAKING: Milo Yiannopoulos deported back to UK, where they can enjoy him

@steter Risky just to let him stand behind you.

In Louisiana, NDAs covered up a data center deal that residents didn't know was coming

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5879509/in-louisiana-ndas-covered-up-a-data-center-deal-that-residents-didnt-know-was-coming

Think of it this way, what if there was a law that required that whenever you wrote with AI, you had to list that AI as the primary author, with you as the secondary. That would be honest at least.