A federal judge has blocked Trump’s bid to slap a $100,000 fee on employers who seek to hire foreign workers for specialized roles.
It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the fee had damaged their ability to hire workers.
If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists:
X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
www.yahoo.com
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
The comment I submitted, in a personal capacity, on the proposed OMB rule (Duke University is submitting one on behalf of the university, and individuals are encouraged to submit their own as well)
I wrote about how the shift to AI search is sparking strange new forms forms of spammy web content as companies try to game the chatbots. Welcome to the era of sloptimization: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
I have written to the Prime Minister and Bridget Phillipson, calling for the cruel and confusing EHRC Code of Practice to be rejected.
Legislative action must be taken to create an equalities framework that protects trans people’s safety, dignity and humanity.
H1B visas were historically key for postdocs and research scientists (and future PIs and professors) - and the fee threatened to totally derail that pipeline. This is good news.
Red alert: The OMB regulations could disable science permanently
open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...
A federal judge has blocked Trump’s bid to slap a $100,000 fee on employers who seek to hire foreign workers for specialized roles.
It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the fee had damaged their ability to hire workers.
Politico
It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the $100,000 fee had damaged their ability to hire workers
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
www.agri-pulse.com
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
From the Axios Energy newsletter this morning:
Solar vs. coal in the U.S. electicity market,
comparing May 2026 to May 2016.
Coal is expensive and dirty.
Solar is cheap and clean.
Excellent summary!
Gavin Schmidt
ICYMI If you're wondering what to make of new "AI models" for weather forecast or climate science, I've got you covered.
I talked to a number of researchers and found that the story is pretty different between the two fields, but in both cases it's more complex than it looks on the surface.
Scott K. Johnson
Ars Technica
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Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?
