Y’all.
TEXAS: “Plans are advancing for an enormous seawater desalination plant — one of the largest water infrastructure developments in the country.
Unlike other projects, this one wouldn't belong to the public, but to a private, foreign (Israeli) water supplier.”
tpr.org/economy-and-labor/20…
😳
BREAKING NEWS: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said that it had halted withdrawals after hackers stole more than $6 billion. nyti.ms/4ieku6y
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A Republican women's group is behind a fake Texas transgender student union that sent text messages and brochures to as many as three million voters this month.
The Republican Women’s Caucus Fund and someone named John Braun were identified as those responsible for the scheme that riled up voters just as early voting began, according to legal filings made public late Thursday. The identities were ordered to be revealed by a Travis County judge. bit.ly/48q1oVa
They’re scared
🚨BREAKING: A Texas county Republican Party is asking a federal court to stop certification of the state’s upcoming election results unless officials first hand count every paper ballot in the state. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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Heartbreaking story of a Chinese immigrant engineer, who, after getting laid off from Amazon, reduced epilepsy medication on ChatGPT’s advice so she could perform better at job interviews and apply for a green card. She died because of all these.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/…
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Comptroller Don Huffines omitted on disclosure forms that he's manager of a venture capital firm that invests in SpaceX.
His ofc administers tax breaks worth >$1B dollars to SpaceX, awarded prior to Huffines' tenure. But his ofc still oversees compliance.
texastribune.org/2026/10/28/…
JFC. My poor Mavs.
Mavs owner Miriam Adelson has spent $67M on the U.S. midterms, more than any owner in sports.
The Israeli-born billionaire spent $100M helping Trump return to the White House in 2024, and he joked last year she offered him $250M to run for a third term.
frontofficesports.com/articl…
LETS GO
On the day a sitting president landed in Lubbock, Texas, for the first time in 34 years, people waited for hours in lines stretching for blocks in this reliably red city. But the crowd wasn't waiting for President Trump. They were waiting for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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🚨 ONE DAY after reporting Greg Abbott team had secret Big Tech meeting to "remove roadblocks" for more data centers in Texas, @politico now reports he's accepted millions more in donations from data center interests, including $5 million from Elon Musk.
politico.com/news/2026/10/27…
Insane - my favorite chili crisp oil
Rumors that chili maker Lao Gan Ma laid off 500+ workers due to AI have gone viral in China.
Beneath Beijing’s positive messaging, many ordinary Chinese people are worried about AI and jobs.
Lao Gan Ma recently touted a new AI-powered chili inspection system that uses high-speed industrial cameras that significantly outperform manual inspection.
A stat about the company using this AI system to reduce human inspectors from 600 to 48 went viral on Chinese social media. The iconic, family-run company pushed back.
But if you look at the data, the company has reduced headcount from 2,912 to 740 in the past few years while earning record revenues.
Original story: m.jiemian.com/article/152425…
HERE THEY GO
🚨 BREAKING from @politico >>>
Senior @GregAbbott_TX staff held secret closed door meeting with Big Tech to "remove roadblocks" for bringing more data centers to Texas.
Two days later, ERCOT announced plan to get them connected to state grid even faster.
politico.com/news/2026/10/27…
Oh here we go…
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4imQyUu
IM SURE!
🚨 BREAKING from @politico >>>
Senior @GregAbbott_TX staff held secret closed door meeting with Big Tech to "remove roadblocks" for bringing more data centers to Texas.
Two days later, ERCOT announced plan to get them connected to state grid even faster.
politico.com/news/2026/10/27…
Not surprised in the slightest
NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/mu…
Wow
News: Trump is bringing three football stars — Johnny Manziel, Colt McCoy and Danny Amendola — onto the campaign trail in Texas tomorrow
The play: Turn football fans into midterm voters — especially the young men who helped Trump win in '24
axios.com/2026/10/26/trump-s…
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Microsoft layoffs, last four years—
Jan '23: 10,000
Jul '23: 1,000
Jan '24: 1,900
Jun '24: 1,000
May '25: 6,000
Jul '25: 9,000
Apr '26 - Retirement offer to 7% of US staff
Jul '26: 4,800
Oct '26 - Buyout offer to 60,000 employees
