Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/indian-creek-surfside-billionaire-sewage.html

Without the paywall: https://archive.li/HrE38

Alternative: https://gizmodo.com/billionaire-island-where-bezos-lives-lobbies-state-gov-to-flush-its-poop-down-neighbor-towns-pipes-2000615795

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While the news is concerning, it seems Daily Galaxy had all the hallmarks of a content mill aping more legit sources. I had no idea because I follow a lot of RSS feeds and this had been sitting there for a while now. I choose it for the science stuff. Sorry. I honestly wasn't aware.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/31077406

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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/cnydox on 2025-07-28 12:26:13+00:00.

....You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for. Gee, I read a book, I'm supposed to pay somebody. And we appreciate that, but you just can't do it because it's not doable. And if you're going to try and do that, you're not going to have a successful program.

I think most of the people in the room know what I mean. When a person reads a book or an article, you've gained great knowledge. That does not mean that you're violating copyright laws or have to make deals with every content provider. And that's a big thing that you're working on right now. I know, but you just can't do it. China is not doing it. And if you're going to be beating China, and right now we're leading China very substantially in AI, very, very substantially. And nobody's seen the amount of work that's going to be bursting upon the scene, but you have to be able to play by the same set of rules....

Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency’s record

Two high-ranking officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were placed on administrative leave on Friday, fueling speculation that the Trump administration was retaliating against them for actions taken during the president’s first term.

Jeff Dillen, who was serving as deputy general counsel, and Stephen Volz, who heads the agency’s satellites division, led the investigation into whether agency administrators abdicated their scientific ethics when they altered the forecast of a deadly hurricane to match statements made by the president.

First reported by CNN, the two were placed on leave just days before Neil Jacobs – the former NOAA chief at the center of the scandal – returns for a confirmation hearing as Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency once again.

OC by @terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com

After a five-year drought and decades of mismanagement, Tehran is at risk of running out of water in several weeks, the government warned.

Are they just casually having a professional game whenever their cat gets bored?

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Manila (AFP) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos blasted "useless and crumbling" flood control projects in a state of the nation address Monday that focused on domestic issues after a months-long feud with his vice president.

Addressing a joint session of Congress after days of rain that left at least 31 dead, Marcos repeated his recent warning that the nation faced a climate change-driven "new normal", while pledging to investigate publicly funded projects that had failed.

"Let's not pretend, the people know that these projects can breed corruption. Kickbacks... for the boys," he said, citing houses that were "swept away" by the floods.

"Someone has to pay for the grave damage and corruption," he said, adding he would demand a full list of failed flood control projects and make it public.

After months dominated by a feud with his vice president that left many voters disillusioned, Marcos's speech leaned heavily into bread-and-butter concerns.

"The people feel a sense of defeat and dismay at the government, especially when it concerns basic services," he said, referencing disappointing mid-term election results in May.

"The lesson for us is very simple. We need to do better. We need to work faster."

Marcos spent much of his 70-minute speech unveiling promises for the second half of his six-year term -- from 40,000 more classrooms to new power plants and free dialysis treatments -- though he offered little by way of detail.

Notably absent was any explicit mention of the rising tensions with China over disputed areas of the South China Sea that figured heavily into last year's address.

After 12 months marked by violent clashes at sea and an increasingly close military relationship with the United States, Marcos said only that the country faced "new threats" to its sovereignty while adding "more allies who can help us in our time of need".

Numerous high-profile allies of Vice President Sara Duterte, whose would-be impeachment trial was scrapped by the Supreme Court on Friday, skipped Monday's address, including the president's senator sister Imee Marcos.

The feud between the Marcos and Duterte political dynasties loomed large over the May mid-terms that saw the vice president's camp outperform expectations.

The duo swept to power in 2022 in an alliance that began crumbling almost immediately.

Their feud exploded into open warfare this year with her impeachment and the subsequent arrest and transfer of her father, ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, to face charges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague over his deadly drug war.

The timelines of those two events coincided with a sharp dip in the president's polling numbers.

Marcos had publicly stated that he was against the impeachment while consistently maintaining he was powerless to intervene.

Last week, the Philippine president for the first time blamed climate change for storms which are hitting the country harder and more frequently, saying Filipinos would need to learn how to adapt.

"This is not an extraordinary situation anymore... This will be our lives no matter what we do," he told a cabinet briefing, adding the country should plan for the long-term in addressing natural disasters.

"This is the way it's going to be as far as we know for... many decades to come, so let's just prepare," he said.

Michael Henry Yusingco, a senior research fellow at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government, on Monday praised Marcos's pledge to tackle corruption around flood control projects but warned that follow-through would be everything.

"(To) have a really significant effect on his legacy," Marcos will need to put people in charge that will "not be afraid to go after these politicians", he said.

You fucked with squirrels, Morty!

From Amel Nour

Camouflage of the Eastern Screech Owl

I never would have found this guy in a million years! 😒