So it reads to me as if Hegseth is bluffing with absolutely no cards and it's chud dominance politics versus genuine principal and the nerds have a straight flush.
Techmeme
Sources: DoD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a "supply chain risk", if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday (Axios) axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon… | techmeme.com/260224/p38#a260224p38
Feb 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth is being an absolute crayon again
Hegseth may be the biggest crayon alive, and somehow America’s nuclear codes are in his hands — apparently, “bro-science” is policy now
My school had a democracy experiment. Someone broke it
Against False Indulgences in LLM Alignment
Unnecessary moral concern, and the false indulgences that drive it.
Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”
While testifying to Congress on Wednesday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth lobbed threats and brushed off queries about civilian harm.
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a conversation with Parth Agrawal about play, ritual, and the weird edges of LLM interactions
Deceptive Alignment is
Thanks to Wil Perkins, Grant Fleming, Thomas Larsen, Declan Nishiyama, and Frank McBride for feedback on this post. Thanks also to Paul Christiano, D…
If You Read This You Are Gay | Will Harrison
Terminally online young men are increasingly inclined to assemble their politics à la carte.
Arvind Narayanan on Twitter / X
This week I had the honor of speaking to Princeton’s entire incoming undergraduate class to address their AI anxieties. I had three messages for them — good news, bad news, and a note of optimism. Here’s a condensed version.The good newsWe have enough evidence now to conclude…— Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) August 27, 2026
Polly Wants a Better Argument
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What does it mean to be valued, have I found the right room?
Norms of behavior? Shielding proven misconduct? Just because you burry it @maastrichtu.bsky.social, does not change the truth! Well, he (the dean) partly succeeded with his threats because my UK university indeed dismissed me.
zick is studiously thinking through the atproto+ucan combo here: discourse.atprotocol.community/t/musing-ucans-groups-communi… @expede.wtf (ucan editor & maintainer) chiming in 💖 @dholms.at also co-authored UCANs so his input here would be greatly appreciated!
Zicklag
I'm pretty sure UCANs are awesome. They're not the easiest thing to understand how to apply, and I need to see how they work out in practice, but I'm excited about the cool things that you can do with them. They've got some cool capabilities. 😉
