Enrique Peñalosa, a reforming mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, once said: “An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.” It’s also one where even posh restaurants serve tap water.
@KevinBenSmith@zillukas The outros by DJ are cool. And thanks for confirming there was no way to skip to the next segment except with headphones at least there’s an option for now.
Big Tech Explores Posthumous Social Media Automation 😲
Tremaine notes Meta has a patent leak about technology that continues posting from a deceased person's account by mimicking their past behavior and posting style.
https://t.co/1l5TrwZ844
@nntaleb Oil is about 1/3 as important to global GDP today as it was in 1973. It is also not the dominant fuel it was in 1973, coal and nat gas are large sources of energy now. China has 1.3 billion barrels of oil in storage, the world is much better prepared in 2026 for some oil pain.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Amid reports of Khamenei’s death, Iran unveils its successor: a DeepSeek-powered, YC-backed agentic workflow.
Introducing KhamenAI
Sources familiar say it’s a $666M seed round, with strategic participation from Qatar and Russia.