Lawmakers have left town after failing to pass the Homeland Security full-year funding bill, ensuring a partial shutdown of DHS beginning Saturday.
This is the second time in less than six months that Democrats have forced a shutdown over policy demands, with the holdup this time centered around demands for immigration enforcement restrictions.
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The internet was buzzing with reaction this month about Moltbook, a Reddit-like site exclusively for AI Agents. Highlights included posts where Agents referred to “my human” giving them too much access to home devices, a snubbed AI overhearing “just a chatbot” from a user and dangerously doxxing a home address, Marxist manifestos against humans exploiting AI labor, a coordinated effort to make an encrypted, private version of the site, a religion for AIs-only complete with a meme coin, and an agent told to “save the environment” locking their user out of all their accounts so it can continue spamming conservation messages.
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Valentine’s Day annoys many people.
For many in a relationship, the pressure to impress a partner can weigh heavily, and expensive gifts serve as a reminder of the relentless commercialization of the holiday. Meanwhile those still looking for love approach the day with trepidation – another reminder of their single status and the pressure to find a partner.
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When I interviewed Cody Jinks last year, I became aware of his good friend, Ward Davis, who often toured with Jinks. Davis is most known for writing Willie and Merle’s song “Unfair Weather Friend,” which was later performed at Merle’s funeral.
I initially thought Davis was a songwriter-turned-performer, but that was not the case. Davis hails from Arkansas and started taking piano at age seven. But his hero was George Strait, and that’s who he wanted to be like. He was musical and creative, writing songs, but he really didn’t know much about songwriting.
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