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Beth Macy hosting ‘AI and the Workforce’ town hall in Staunton on Oct. 4
The big thing about AI, to me, isn’t so much the supposed 10 percent chance that it will kill us all by the end of the decade, as it is the 90 percent chance that the oligarchs haven’t thought through that it will take all of our jobs, and how we’re supposed to make ends meet thereafter.
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Staunton Police Chief issues nothingburger statement on Sept. 22 officer-involved shooting
Staunton Police Chief Jim Williams released a lengthy public statement today on the Sept. 22 officer-involved shooting of a Black man at the Staunton Walmart.
Augusta County sheriff reverses course on Flock cameras, takes them down
Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith has done a 180 on his Flock cameras, confirming on Monday that he had directed his department to remove the two automatic license plate readers that had been tracking vehicles on Jefferson Highway.
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Reese Bull | Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline is lost in the woods, again
We are fortunate in the Sixth District to have some of the largest areas of public forest land in the East. We have a responsibility to cherish and protect this resource.
Denver Riggleman leads (Former) Republicans for Perriello rollout
Denver Riggleman is leading a new effort called Republicans for Tom Perriello, though, not trying to be cheeky here, Riggleman is about as much a Republican today as I am.
Virginia Politics
FAA rolls out AI air traffic control in DC: NoVa congressman fights back
The FAA launched its $875 million AI air traffic control system on Monday with a rollout that has the system, given the acronym SMART, beginning its work at the three major airports serving the Washington, D.C, region.
Spanberger rolls out Data Center Accountability Framework: ‘Step in the right direction’
Abigail Spanberger obviously took the “Data Center Diva” pejorative from State Sen. Louise Lucas not just personally, but also as a motivation.
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Kaine comments on Senate passage of Making America’s Food Safer Act
More evidence that most of us agree on 95 percent of things: Tim Kaine is touting passage of a Senate bill that he is working up along with Tommy Tuberville.
Yvonne Surette | Trump fetes Chinese president, while feigning to fight communism
Hypocrisy was on full display last week when President Xi of communist China visited Donald J. Trump (who got to worship another dictator).
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