Trump DOJ Probes 36 Illinois School Districts For Secretly Transitioning Kids Behind Parents' Backs

Military Contractor's Spy Aircraft Quietly Flying Southern Border On Mysterious Mission The Pentagon says it does not discuss contractor support to particular missions. The gear aboard mimics cell towers. Private military contractor Metrea has spent months quietly operating two surveillance-equipped aircraft along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Arizona Mirror. Via the Arizona Mirror The planes have traversed Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, circling at high altitude over border cities including Bisbee and Douglas in Arizona, and Laredo and El Paso in Texas. Metrea holds multiple contracts with the U.S. military, including a $5.7...

Was Amazon's Tokenmaxxing Fiasco Behind Claude's $500M Mystery Bill? Axios reported this week that an unnamed Anthropic enterprise client managed to run up roughly $500 million in Claude charges in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee licenses. The company was not named, but we suspect Blue Origin might not be the only thing that blew up for Jeff Bezos this month. Just as the Axios report landed with the $500M tidbit, Amazon was shutting down an internal AI-usage leaderboard after employees reportedly began “tokenmaxxing” - routing unnecessary work through...

How A 24 Mile Fence Once Divided California's North Coast And Sparked A Four Year Political Fight For two weeks in 1976, a white nylon fence ran across the hills of Sonoma and Marin counties and disappeared into the Pacific Ocean, according to SF Gate.  Called “Running Fence,” the installation stretched 24 miles and stood 18 feet high, supported by more than 2,000 steel poles. It was created by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude after four years of planning, permitting and construction. The fence crossed private ranchland, coastal hills and highways before ending...