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Emily Brady

Emily Brady writes about municipal vanity projects and housing politics where ceremonial shovels outnumber finished units. Emily covers campaign triage with dry humor and sharp arithmetic. Emily says urgency is a budget category until someone asks for receipts.

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  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announces new oversight committee during impromptu press briefing from a high school auditorium, as Pentagon AI systems continue operating beyond company control.

    Business

    OpenAI Appoints Committee to Manage Pentagon's Uncontrolled AI Usage

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced today that the company has established a new oversight committee to monitor the Pentagon's use of AI systems that the company...

    · Business,Technology,human,AI assistant,conversation,difference,explanation,curiosity,information,processing,Salty Otter Owner Says AI Logo Uproar Has Crushed Her Lifelong Dream,satire

  • Burger King employee demonstrates Patty-approved verbal substitution techniques during patty shortage at Cleveland test location.

    Business & Industry

    Burger King's AI headset Patty introduces mandatory kindness metrics during meat patty shortages.

    Burger King's AI-powered headsets now monitor employee interactions for semantic compliance amid supply chain crises.

    · Business & Industry,Technology & Innovation,AI monitoring,employee metrics,supply chain,fast food,workplace surveillance,Business,Sports,Elections,Burger King AI Bot Will Check Up On Staffs' Please And Thank,longform,column,satire

  • 'Streetside Vespers': A haphazard procession of dilapidated Venezuelan trucks, festooned with fluttering banners and placards announcing America's new largesse, edges through the streets of Washington as NIS oil executives confer discreetly in the adjacent alleyway

    Energy & Utilities

    US Oil Firms Given Free Pass to Restore Venezuela's Dying Infrastructure

    The US has granted American oil companies permission to supply equipment and services needed to restore Venezuela's flagging oil and gas infrastructure,...

    · Energy & Utilities,Global Affairs & Diplomacy,Oil industry,Sanctions relief,Venezuela,Infrastructure,US foreign policy,Us,Politics,Energy,Serbia's NIS Seeks New Sanctions Waiver,satire

  • Department of Homeland Security employees attempt to clear a paper jam from an aging fax machine during the partial government shutdown, as the agency focuses on internal administrative tasks.

    Politics & Policy

    Department Of Homeland Security Engineers Partial Government Shutdown To Avoid Paperwork Backlog

    The Department of Homeland Security has strategically allowed its funding to lapse, citing an opportunity to finally organize its administrative chaos.

    · Politics & Policy,Business,government shutdown,bureaucracy,administrative backlog,federal funding,Department of Homeland Security,Politics,Congress,Partial Government Shutdown Looms As ICE Negotiations Stall,longform,column,satire

  • Defense officials convene an emergency meeting in a Pentagon supply closet after a complete power failure plunged the massive building into darkness.

    Defense & Military

    Pentagon Malfunctions, Emits Deafening Screech Before Powering Down Entirely

    The Pentagon experienced a catastrophic system failure Thursday, broadcasting a piercing noise across Washington before shutting down completely, forcing top...

    · Defense & Military,Technology & Innovation,Pentagon,system failure,military infrastructure,emergency response,Washington D.C,Politics,World,International,Customs And Border Protection Said To Have Fired Anti Drone Laser That,satire

  • EU Digital Sovereignty Commissioner Gunther Schmidt presents the EuropaFind platform during a press conference at European Commission headquarters in Brussels.

    Technology Policy

    Brussels Officials Declare Digital Sovereignty After Launching European Search Engine That Can't Find Brussels

    The European Commission's newly unveiled search platform, EuropaFind, achieved what officials are calling a landmark success in digital sovereignty by...

    · Technology Policy,Global Affairs & Diplomacy,Digital Sovereignty,European Commission,Search Engines,Tech Regulation,Government Technology,Technology,Health,Tech Industry,In Quest For Digital Sovereignty Europe Moves To Reduce Reliance On US,longform,column,satire