Compuguy 😺😷

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[Compuguy 😺😷 @compuguy]

I'm not going to be checking the Birdsite as much. I'm using https://t.co/5nBr3x7HqQ to mirror some Twitter accounts. You can reach me here:
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[Motor1 @Motor1com]

Scion is back... and will sell kei trucks in America.

The brand has released the KEI-01, a 660-cc mini truck that will be built and sold in the US.

Yes, you read all of that correctly.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This is amazing. Legendary actor Bill Murray just WIPED the smile off Trump official Kevin Hassett’s face, who bizarrely grins while discussing America’s struggling economy.

“Tell me your dog died. I want to see what happens to your smile…” Brutal.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Since Alina Habba burst into the Oval Office accusing Ric Grenell of stealing funds her husband had allocated for a donation to the Kennedy Center, here’s what we’ve learned.

— That the funds weren’t from her husband but from the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and they were sent to Texas Armament & Technology, a Houston defense company, not the Kennedy Center.

— That Habba had signed a contract worth more than $50 million — $10 million a year plus bonuses over four years — with Concord Partners, a newly formed company set up by the daughter of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini. She signed it while serving as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, days after the company was registered.

Herrera had been facing a U.S. felony bribery case, struck a plea deal in August 2025, and later received a pardon from President Trump.

— That Habba’s husband, Turhan Mildon, has a history of claiming close ties to world leaders that people around those governments say he has exaggerated. He has also likely lied about his age: he has said he is 29, while his passport, U.S. visa, and classmates put him at 25. Other claims about his background and marriages are also disputed.

Habba was also on the receiving end of a harsh attack by President Trump yesterday, in which he called her deal unacceptable and said he wants the family paying her to stop.

One has to wonder if any of this would have been revealed had she not done what she did.

Talk about an unforced error.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Per Drop Site (and Grok), the staffer who ran the presser for Rogers and Stevens today “is a registered foreign agent for the state of Israel—one of two foreign agents working on the Rogers campaign”

She’s a subcontractor for Clocktower X, run by former Trump campaign chief Brad Parscale… which has registered as a foreign agent for Israel, taking in millions to push their agenda.

The rest of the media will ignore this.

More: https://t.co/yab9BfzIhX

[David Colon @Colon_David]

A ce jour, j'ai pu identifier en sources ouvertes 27 comptes d'influenceurs Maga affiliés à Storm-1516 qui ont primo-diffusé du contenu ciblant la France depuis juin 2026, et 1/3 de ces comptes ont été suspendus hier par X. Il ne faut pas perdre de vue que ce que l'on appelle en France "Magasphère" est bien souvent, et de longue date, une "Poutinosphère".

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

You will be shocked, shocked to discover that Russia's Storm-1516 influence operation has MAGA accounts, some of which have now been suspended by X. Others are still active, with a collective 2.7 million followers. See David's thread below. More on Storm-1516 and its role in Russian election interference in the U.S. in 2024: https://t.co/iO2sjiv7yP

[Karen Piper @PiperK]

According to the book, Kushner got Tillerson fired for a $50 million UAE payment because Tillerson supported Qatar. This panicked Qatar because they realized Kushner was a pay-to-play operative, so they bought Kushner's New York City apartments, which were in the red, hoping this would help.

[Karen Piper @PiperK]

This book is really damning for Kushner. It claims the UAE paid Kushner $50 million to get Rex Tillerson fired as Secretary of State.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

UPDATE: Judge Carter ends his hearing with a warning to DOJ:

"This court believes it would be wise that any threats to state and county elected employees cease immediately. Good night."

He will issue a formal ruling tomorrow but appears to be rejecting DOJ's emergency efforts.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

That blurred map on Trump's desk appears to be East Potomac Park — the golf course where the trees are being cut. Katie Zacharia may have just handed the federal judge evidence of exactly where the order came from.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Nine FBI agents who were fired for their work on the Trump classified documents case are suing the bureau and director Kash Patel for what they say was unlawful retribution. https://t.co/DB6fiA9wSY

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

What the hell did I just scroll into ?!

[Dan Fessler @DanFessler]

My post blew up and lots of similar comments, so I'll just reply to this one.

My point was narrow and simple: Care begets quality, and the way these clones are vibe-coded circumvents care.

In my limited testing, there were many usability issues, but the first that stood out to me is the interface itself was entirely static - you can't recompose tabs/window layouts which has been a stable of adobe software for decades and critical to actual workflows. It's also something I care deeply about (see my recent work on https://t.co/zIVL4nLVtU)

Does that mean agents can't solve things like this? Of course it can, but only with the prerequisite that someone cared to notice and guide it.

My point is software that interfaces with the user directly (rather than something, say, objectively verifiable) is full of thousands of choices like this which take time and testing to fully understand - there aren't shortcuts to UX.

Does open source change this equation? Very possibly could, and my OP doesn't make an argument against it. Though two potential issues I see with it:

- If the maintainer evidently doesn't care enough about the UX, then how are they to weed through the PRs to ensure improvements remain holistic rather than a further mess

- Likewise, if everyone is patching without a holistic vision or care for UX, how will it hold architecturally - as good design goes hand-in-hand with the architecture that complements it.

But even setting those aside, will people even *care* to maintain a repo that doesn't have good maintainer vision or guidance - it not, any benefits from it being OS is moot. In this case, given the disdain for adobe maybe they will, but likely on a fork from someone who cares more.

We will see.

[Dan Fessler @DanFessler]

I just tried the photoshop clone, and it's completely unusable.

The thing people don't understand about software development is the bottle neck wasn't ever the implementation, but rather the care and consideration behind every choice.

[AdImpact Politics @AdImpact_Pol]

"Together we will defeat communism, socialism, and Marxism in America. America will never be a communist country."

President Trump is front and center in this new ad airing nationally.

The ad's disclaimer reads, "Paid for by the U.S. Government."

[AdImpact Politics @AdImpact_Pol]

"This is only the beginning of the golden age of America"

President Trump narrates this new ad, paid for by the U.S. Government.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

North Korean shit

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

This is the most ridiculous White House ever.

They are claiming the state propaganda they are running glorifying Donald Trump are “public service announcements.”

Seriously.

What is the public service in telling Americans to love Donald Trump?

https://t.co/ZIEhmeqv8W

[Compuguy 😺😷 @compuguy]

@LizardKing1893 @rothschildmd Yeah its neither a TU-22 or a TU-22M
https://t.co/yCHkRrCCng

[Compuguy 😺😷 @compuguy]

@rothschildmd Of all the issues of AI slop here... the bomber is probably not a TU-22M bomber. But a B1B. NGL, the rest of this AI slop is terrible and I hate it...

[Compuguy 😺😷 @compuguy]

@rothschildmd Of all the issues of AI slop here... the bomber is probably not a TU-22M bomber. But a B1B. NGL, the rest of this AI slop is terrible and I hate it...