Daily Dispatch - 15 March 2023

The Ides Of March

TOP STORIES

1. Microsoft-backed OpenAI starts release of powerful AI known as GPT-4 | Reuters 

2. Moscow warns U.S. aircraft away from its air space after drone crash | Reuters 

3. Fed to consider tougher rules for midsize banks after SVB collapse, source says | Reuters 

4. Black Lives Matter Received Nearly $83 Billion from Corporations 

5. Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom | Pollution | The Guardian 

COVID

1. Trump's COVID-19 response coordinator saw lockdowns as 'science experiment', DeSantis says | Just The News 

2. Official UK Gov. data suggests most COVID Vaccinated Brits developed Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in 2022 – The Expose 

UKRAINE WAR

1. (4) AFP News Agency on Twitter: "MQ-9 Reaper drone. #AFPGraphics diagram of the MQ-9 Reaper drone, used for intelligence, surveillance and attack missions. A Russian fighter jet on Tuesday dumped fuel on an American drone over the Black Sea and then collided with it, causing the drone to crash, US military says https://t.co/3jdUmjcvdF" / Twitter 

2. Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest - The New York Times 

POLITICS

1. Treasury gives House GOP access to Hunter Biden bank records 

2. John Fetterman could remain hospitalized for 2 more weeks: report 

3. US Intel Agencies Need To Focus Intensely On 'Diversity, Equity, Inclusion,' Intelligence Chief Says | ZeroHedge 

4. Exclusive: The hidden security clauses of the Iran-Saudi deal 

BANKING

1. (6) David Sacks on Twitter: "It’s painful for me to watch so many smart pundits and politicians on both the right and the left buy into a media narrative that seeks to blame “wealthy speculators” or “tech bros” or VCs for a banking crisis that ultimately started in Washington. Let me explain. 🧵" / Twitter 

2. Signature Bank Faced Criminal Probe Ahead of Firm’s Collapse - Bloomberg 

ACADEMIA

1. (6) Matt Gabriele on Twitter: "I fucking hate that people are defending Amy Wax because she has tenure. Tenure means you can proceed in your research without fearing administrative retribution. it doesn't fucking mean you can say that some of your students are sub-human without consequences." / Twitter 

2. (4) Doug Ponder on Twitter: "A friend of mine, who works in a public university, sent this to me earlier this week 👇🏻 It's p. 1 of the DEI training his department is forced to take, starting w/ an exercise that asks which intersectional identities you'd save and which you'd leave to die. This is demonic. https://t.co/tfjDFFiOQX" / Twitter 

3. Charlie Kirk on Twitter: "UPDATE: SacBee has pulled down the original column and removed references to "Fascist" and "Lynching" and included a a notation of changes. Despite this, SacBee reporter @SacBeeNightCops is still parroting this lie. If anyone gets hurt tonight Sacbee played a prominent role https://t.co/8JNVwB0bKs" / Twitter 

4. Richard W. Painter on Twitter: "A white professor who says that "on average, Blacks have lower cognitive ability than whites" proves only one thing: that she is on the very low end of the range for the cognitive ability of whites." / Twitter 

5. Bo Winegard on Twitter: "One of my hypotheses is that many professors are troubled so much by IQ disparities because they have such seething disdain for unintelligent people. Amy Wax never once claimed that anybody was "sub-human." An IQ of 100 or 90 or 80 does not make a person inferior. https://t.co/Qn66uku4tS" / Twitter 

6. Student Activists Target Stanford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apology 

7. (1) Aaron Sibarium on Twitter: "NEW: Hundreds of Stanford students lined the halls yesterday to protest the law school’s dean, Jenny Martinez, for apologizing to Kyle Duncan, the judge shouted down last week. The students effectively subjected Martinez to an intimidating walk of shame.🧵https://t.co/6gEj2A0j4z" / Twitter 

8. UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired? - The New York Times 

LGBTQP

1. WATCH: Parents outraged after students mandated to watch drag performance, school doubles down 

2. (6) Ashley St. Clair on Twitter: "The New York Attorney General is hosting a drag queen story hour for children https://t.co/PwxkHew2e9" / Twitter 

3. Mid Vermont Christian School banned after forfeiting to team with trans player 

4. (6) Frog Capital on Twitter: "Florida House Bill 1223 expanding Parental Rights in Education Just made it out of committee. Pronoun brigade is gonna love this one.. 🤣 https://t.co/JVtj7lAbfC" / Twitter 

5. Survey: Gen Z, Millennials Say Women’s Rights ’Have Gone Far Enough’ 

TECH

1. Amazon targets 2024 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites | Reuters 

2. (4) Ethan Mollick on Twitter: "🤯🤯Well this is something else. GPT-4 passes basically every exam. And doesn't just pass... The Bar Exam: 90% LSAT: 88% GRE Quantitative: 80%, Verbal: 99% Every AP, the SAT... https://t.co/zQW3k6uM6Z" / Twitter 

3. Yosarian2 on Twitter: "Holy shit. GPT-4, on it's own; was able to hire a human TaskRabbit worker to solve a CAPACHA for it and convinced the human to go along with it. https://t.co/xVuQnyUUry" / Twitter 

OTHER

1. Tyson To Close 2 Chicken Plants, Cutting 1700 Jobs - Breaking911 

2. Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment 

3. U.S. proposes limits for cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water | Reuters