Ina Fried

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“Americans must try to better understand what freedom demands of them. One requirement of self-governance is the relentless pursuit of truth, which necessarily involves questioning people in positions of power in order to prevent tyranny” theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

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BREAKING: Brands Begin Rolling Out Soccer Ball Next To Product Social Posts

Teddy put it well previously. "The whole point of having an executive or founder donate to politics in a 'personal capacity' is that you can have it both ways."

Turns out @HuskerSoftball had 10 on the field in the #WCWS! The @USASoftball National Player of the Year, Jordy Frahm, announced she’s expecting with a due date in December 2026.

Jordy Frahm really pitched in the #wcws pregnant. Epic doesn’t begin to describe her performance. Congrats Momma❤️ @jordybahl

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons claimed that Wendy Hernandez Reyes “abandoned” her son to a “violent murderer.” She said she begged ICE to deport her with her toddler. Instead, her sister’s estranged partner, Samuel Maldonado, was given custody of him. wapo.st/3RPGKc4

@Jessicalessin Did you try now importing into otter. It can import .wav/voice files

Mind-numbing AI task of the day. My otter wasn't working so I have an audio file and need a transcript. Gemini, Claude and OpenAI are giving me problems. I swear this was easy in the olden days. What should I use?

NEW statement from OpenAI distancing itself from Leading the Future, the super PAC backed by OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman. "As they’ve stated before, any engagement with that organization has been in a personal capacity, not on behalf of the company. OpenAI does not direct the activities of LTF, or have visibility into their operations." "We want to be explicit: No outside political group speaks for OpenAI or represents our company’s views."

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱"You're fucking crazy": Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon. @MarcACaputo and I write for @axios axios.com/2026/06/01/tru…

Alphabet seeks $80 billion to fund AI buildout axios.com/2026/06/01/alp…

Alphabet generated over $160b in operating cash flow last year… yet it’s still issuing $40b+ in equity to fund AI compute (including a private placement to berkshire) One of the biggest cash generators in tech is diluting to keep up

“What the fuck are you doing?!” Trump lit into Netanyahu over the Lebanon bombing: “You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this." @BarakRavid & I axios.com/2026/06/01/tru…

OpenAI frontier models and Codex are now generally available on AWS, giving enterprises a new way to build on Amazon Bedrock with OpenAI through the security, compliance, and governance workflows they already use. This is also the beginning of a broader expansion of OpenAI capabilities on AWS, including future availability for cybersecurity capabilities like Daybreak. openai.com/index/openai-f…

DOJ lawyers once met high standards But a Chicago judge recently said grand jury transcripts were altered to hide misconduct by a US Atty office Other judges have heatedly ruled gov't lawyers are misleading or false as the DOJ advances Trump's agenda nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/…

In the past two weeks, the president has lied that he’d have won California with an honest vote count, that California doesn’t allow people to vote in person, and that California mails out 15 million excess ballots. All absolute nonsense. cnn.com/2026/06/01/pol…

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Wow, Berkshire Hathaway investing $10 billion into $GOOGL in a private placement as part of a broader $80 billion equity capital raise by the company to expand its AI infrastructure

@MikeIsaac But you ate more of the bread

get ready to get even more annoyed by your cheapest friends

BREAKING: Divided appeals court panel rules Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service. apnews.com/live/trump-adm…