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Fire crock with me Today the Senate is scheduled for a cloture vote on a cryptocurrency bill advertised as ethics legislation, yet it’s “riddled with loopholes to protect Trump’s grift.” / NPR, Citation Needed Likewise, the House of Lords still has time to amend a bill removing limits on political donations—just after crypto billionaires gifted millions to Reform UK. / The Guardian As AI leaders ask for regulation to pump the brakes on their models, we might also consider jailing them when their products do harm. / Reuters, The Register See also: When AI companies tell you their agents “went rogue,” it’s essential to remember the bots did exactly what they were designed to do, but were inadequately supervised. / Pluralistic “What does it mean if the A.I. programs in everything from our self-driving cars to the missiles that defend our airspace have been trained to ‘shut up and multiply’?” / The New Yorker The number of Amazon workers on SNAP benefits nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while the company’s annual profits soared from $11.6 to $77.7 billion. / Fortune Unrelated: Uber ceases operations in Nigeria, where subsidies and low demand meant it was often paying drivers more than it was charging passengers. / Semafor If you enjoy these headlines, please join us as a Sustaining Member to support what we do and unlock access to paywalled links. After Driscoll’s expanded its blueberry empire to China, local entrepreneurs plagiarized the company’s growing techniques, sending the market into freefall. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Immigration lawyers say the government is withholding or heavily redacting the documents that prove their clients are in the US legally. / The New York Times [$] “LMAO,” “LOL,” “idk,” and “blah” are among the search justifications cops entered into Flock databases, an investigation finds. / 404 Media The popularity of libraries’ e-books poses a new sort of problem: “When licensing fees go down, so does publisher profit.” / Literary Hub Many viral bodega peptides don’t contain the active ingredients on their labels—or if by chance at one point they did, the ingredients are now “corrupted beyond recognition.” / WIRED A new study proposes the “natural kiln hypothesis,” where humans learned to create pottery by observing how wildfires harden clay. / Gizmodo In our fast-fashion era, a community-led return to clothing repair has become practically transgressive. / Atmos When a small town pays you to move there, they may even throw in free wine. / BBC News A visual history of Wikipedia’s design, logos, and mascots. / It’s Nice That