Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation.

But his company, Boring, has never completed a major public project in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-wesley-hunt-houston-tunnels-boring-co?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#ElonMusk#Musk#Texas#Houston#Flood#Tunnel

My niece (21) tells me she's been chatting with AI every day, discussing her dreams. She says she's been using Grok, which she describes as "iPhone's AI." At some point Grok was installed as part of an update, she assumed it was Apple's own AI. She knew nothing about what Grok is, knew nothing about MechaHitler. How many people found Grok on their phones and just assumed, like she did? How many people have no idea they're being fed Elon Musk's thoughts like truth?

#antiAI#mechaHitler#elonMusk

My niece (21) tells me she's been chatting with AI every day, discussing her dreams. She says she's been using Grok, which she describes as "iPhone's AI." At some point Grok was installed as part of an update, she assumed it was Apple's own AI. She knew nothing about what Grok is, knew nothing about MechaHitler. How many people found Grok on their phones and just assumed, like she did? How many people have no idea they're being fed Elon Musk's thoughts like truth?

#antiAI#mechaHitler#elonMusk

Whistleblower: DOGE hat Daten zu allen Menschen in den USA in die Cloud kopiert

In der US-Sozialkasse haben Angestellte von DOGE laut einer Whistleblower-Beschwerde eine hochsensible Datenbank in die Cloud kopiert. Das Risiko sei enorm.

https://www.heise.de/news/Whistleblower-DOGE-hat-Daten-zu-allen-Menschen-in-den-USA-in-die-Cloud-kopiert-10622689.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Cybersecurity#Datenschutz#Datensicherheit#ElonMusk#IT #news

First, progress is slower than we thought. Between 1980 & 2011, global extreme #poverty declined by only six percentage points, from 23% to 17%. During the same period, the number of people in extreme poverty actually increased, from 1.01 billion to 1.20 billion.

#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump #JDVance#Vance#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#ElonMusk#Musk#Fascism#Fascist