the 2020s is a make-or-break time 🇺🇦🇵🇸

the 2020s is a make-or-break time. navigating our uncharted brave new world that is defining our civilization and our lifes

[the 2020s is a make-or-break time 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @cryptopunk6969]

Never again for anyone
Peace and dignity for everyone
Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar…

[Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura @arnesa_kustura]

If you don’t believe that there is a genocide in Gaza I would urge you to read this piece which is full of horrifying testimonies by IDF soldiers including the following statement:

“I felt like, like, like a Nazi ... it looked exactly like we were actually the Nazis and they were the Jews.”

https://t.co/wCy0G05b6t

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

#UN Charter: States are prohibited from using force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state; and recognises the inherent right of self-defence in the event of an armed attack
#USA #Israel #Iran #WW3
https://t.co/EJoTRgfta7

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

Another unprovoked assault on #Iran in the midst of negotiations. US jointly opened war on Iran, the second in 8 months. Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, Tabriz and Kermanshah attacked. “Imam #Khamenei is safe and secure”
#USA #Israel #WW3
https://t.co/kbbwH9vY23

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

War
#USA #Israel #Iran #WW3

[Balaji @balajis]

This is the first AI cut.
And it will send shockwaves.

Remember: Jack is one of the greatest founders of all time. He created this platform that we’re all on, and has been early to many technological shifts. And Block was doing very well as a business.

So, for him to cut 40% of headcount in this way is a signal to everyone in tech: get good now. Become indispensable. Work nights and weekends. Learn the AI tools and raise your game. Or you might not make the cut, as an employee or as a company.

I know. That sucks. But capitalism is natural selection. The market is unforgiving, because you are the market. After all, it’s not like you’re buying some random gallon of milk from the store; you’re always buying the best product at the best price.

So too for apps: your customers are always installing the best piece of code they can get. And because AI is going to create new winners, if you aren’t the best in your market, someone may become better with AI. Particularly with the new agentic workflows.

To be clear: Block’s severance is generous by any measure. 20 weeks of pay, six months of health insurance and vested equity, all of that goes far beyond any typical package. Jack did his level best to cushion the disruption. The laid off are a temporarily unfortunate class, as opposed to a permanent underclass.

But had he not leaned into the AI transition, he might have had to lay off more people, slowly, and over time, as faster competitors went after his market share.

How would they do that? Sure, AI isn’t a panacea by any means, but the closer you are to software engineering the more aggressively you need to embrace agentic workflows. The AI companies are already doing that, and places like Stripe, Shopify, Coinbase, and now Block are pushing hard on this area.

There will be overcorrection. But the fundamental technical innovation is real. And you need to either disrupt yourself or get disrupted.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: President Trump orders ALL Federal agencies in the US Government to immediately stop using Anthropic's technology.

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

The #Pentagon is negotiating with #Google and #OpenAI to try to get them to agree to what #Anthropic has refused. Open letter: We Will Not Be Divided
#AI #MassDomesticSurveillance #AutonomousWeapons
https://t.co/iN1j5uG7IB

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

It’s War Dep’s prerogative select contractors most aligned with their vision.But given substantial value that #Anthropic’s tech provides,we hope they reconsider.Should they choose to offboard us, we will work to enable a smooth transition to other provider
https://t.co/BVeayrFHmy

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

However, in a narrow set of cases, we believe #AI can undermine, rather than defend, #democratic values. Some uses are also simply outside the bounds of what today’s technology can safely and reliably do: #MassDomesticSurveillance &Fully #AutonomousWeapons
https://t.co/fN1oRUCv6y

[an overview of our uncharted new world @theoverview_]

#Anthropic understands that Department of War, not private companies, makes #military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner. However…
#AI
https://t.co/wADmldRWxe

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

https://t.co/RinKltmkzN

[Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete]

Happy 3 months anniversary to @openclaw !

Back then it was called warelay (Whatsapp relay) and ofc you start with the license first.
https://t.co/rt5vZMhvms

Thanks to all 839 clawtributors!
You make this project special. 🦞🫶

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

Last Christmas at brunch, my friend Peter showed me the latest version of his little bot he built. A crazy side project. Just for fun.

This Monday he announced he's joining OpenAI. Sam Altman called him a genius.

In between? OpenClaw went from a hobby project to the most talked-about AI agent in the world. Three months. No team. No funding. Just one retired guy from Vienna who rediscovered the joy of building things. ❤️

Last week I flew down to Vienna to sit down with him right in the middle of this madness to talk about everything: how he thinks about agents, why he let OpenClaw write its own soul file, why your mom will understand AI agents before most engineers do, and why open source as we know it might be completely broken.

We are super proud of you, Peter. 🙌

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:02 The mom test moment & Managing 3,000 PRs 04:47 The Soul Markdown file & why OpenClaw feels different
06:58 The agent's personality, humor & OpenClaw's wild week
10:31 Think like the model
12:37 Privacy & security
15:28 Open source burnout & the future of engineering teams
17:32 The end of apps & closing thoughts

[Jared Friedman @snowmaker]

Software engineering changed more in the last 3 months than the preceeding 30 years.

Everything about running a software company needs to be rethought from first principles.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Hamas renewed its call for an independent international investigation into the October 7 attacks in a document published yesterday. Celebrated Israeli-British historian and University of Oxford professor Avi Shlaim notes that Hamas has said it would accept an International Criminal Court or other independent probe and punish violations, while Israel continues to bar international journalists from Gaza and rejects any independent investigation of the events that day or of its conduct in 2+ years of military operations in Gaza.

Source: @PDeepDive

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨A dental clinic operating amid the rubble of Gaza has become a rare source of relief for residents. Dr. Abdel Salam Kuheil reopened his practice inside a building damaged by Israeli bombardment, surrounded by total devastation.

Despite the destruction, patients from across the Strip seek treatment there, trusting the doctor’s skill, resilience, and determination.

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨 Defying Genocide: Gaza’s Medical Students Graduate Amid War on Education

In Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health held a ceremony honoring medical students who managed to complete their studies despite Israel’s genocidal war, amid mass killing, the destruction of all universities, and the targeting of doctors and academics in what has become a war on education itself.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

"I want to exterminate them, every last one of them.. Yes, the Palestinians, all of them" - Israel's Channel 13 News

The language of "extermination" is prime-time news in Israel. They have learned nothing from history except the methods of their own oppressors.

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

“Israelis” are erasing whatever moral evolution humanity mustered in the last 100 years.

[Ori Goldberg @ori_goldberg]

I cannot imagine what it might be like. I have stage 4 cancer. Do everything in your power to help save these people.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

The evidence that Israel is committing GENOCIDE is overwhelming and conclusive https://t.co/rdp2izkKed