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Reporter at @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11

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Matt Novak·Apr 3

Billionaire Tom Steyer wants to tax AI companies and create a sovereign wealth fund for California. If that sounds familiar, it’s because the CEO of Anthropic proposed the same idea. I went to Steyer’s town hall in San Diego to hear about it.

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Matt Novak·Sep 13

Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today. "You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."

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Matt Novak·Sep 13

I won't quote-tweet our main character of the day, but if your complaint is that Charlie Kirk's words are being taken out of context, I'd encourage you to skim through the Media Matters tag for his name. They have hundreds of posts about Kirk and most have longer clips that give the full context.

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Matt Novak·Sep 14

I think you made a bigger mess for someone else to clean up, dude.

Ted Cruz: Some deranged bastard put this graffiti on the 59 freeway in Houston.
TXDOT has been notified & I'm sure sure they will remove it expeditiously.
But, in the meantime, Texans don't have to look at this hateful garbage anymore.
Graffiti that reads:
FucK
CHARLIE
Kirk

[photos of Cruz painting over the graffiti himself.]
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“It is understood the individual climbed onto the wing of the aircraft and caused damage to the fuselage with an implement, possibly an axe.” www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

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“The drones represent a loss of about $720 million. Depending on the variant, a single Reaper drone can cost about $30 million or more.”

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Matt Novak·23h

People make fun of government agencies for still being on Flickr but photos produced by the government are copyright-free and I have yet to see a better photo-centric platform for delivering higher resolution photos that anyone can easily download.

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“And even when the location was recorded, some mines were placed in a way that allowed them to drift or move…”

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Figures that a lady would contaminate our computers with all her lady stuff

Elon Musk: @elonmusk: Figures
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The founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation vs the current executive director of the Electronic Freedom Foundation. x.com/EFF/status/204...
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"She also claimed that Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice when she was intoxicated, the paper said."

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“RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, and every single Alaskan should support the effort to repeal it once and for all.”

Trump: The Wonderful People of Alaska desperately want to restore Free, Fair, and Honest Elections in their Great State, and get rid of their disastrous, and very fraudulent, "Ranked-Choice Voting" and, accordingly, will vote to Repeal Ranked-Choice Voting in the November 3, 2026
Election! I want to congratulate the many hardworking America First Patriots in Alaska, including my friends, Governor Mike Dunleavy, Senator Dan Sullivan, Congressman Nick Begich, and Alaska GOP Chair Carmela Warfield, who are working tirelessly to restore TRUE "Democracy" to Alaska Elections — They have my Complete and Total Support! RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, and every single Alaskan should support the effort to repeal it once and for all.
MAKE ALASKA, AND AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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"...Trump said he would host a news conference and announce mass pardons before he left office..."

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Musk previously promised to build a 16-passenger electric vehicle system that drove autonomously at 155 mph. In reality, he built a short tunnel in Vegas where humans drive regular Teslas 35 mph. But sure….

Elon Musk: The @BoringCompany could build a Hyperloop tunnel from downtown SF to downtown LA for <5% of this cost and it would be a technological marvel exceeding any high speed rail on Earth
Hans Mahncke @@HansMahncke •2d
If you gave away $126 billion to subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels, you could fund roughly 150 to 200 years of travel before the money runs out. x.com/KTLA/ status/20...
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It's going to be fitting if Trump eventually negotiates all the way to "the Obama Deal but gas is now $10 a gallon"

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