California Sent Us To the Moon. Now It Can’t Even Build a Train.

Hey there friends! Below are some resources I referenced in preparation for this week’s video commentary. Enjoy!

• Gavin Newsom to spend $19M in taxpayer funds on New York PR firm to polish California’s image - NY Post

• Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud - City Journal

• California Dem lawmaker proposes bill to decriminalize welfare fraud below $25K over administrative errors - Fox News

• Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail humiliation deepens — as aide admits blunder and $126B line dubbed ‘Stonehenge’ - NY Post

• Other countries have 200 mph passenger trains. Why has high-speed rail not tracked here? - CBS News

• Funny or Die Closes Shop in New York Year After Layoffs, Relocates Staffers to LA - The Wrap

• Anthropic says new AI model too dangerous for public release - The Hill

• Behind the Curtain: AI’s scary phase - Axios

• Digital hygiene - Andrej Karpathy

• Log Book With Computer Bug - National Museum of American History

• HHS Replaces Legacy COBOL Payroll System, Delivering Faster, More Reliable Services - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Obama’s devastating Nasa cuts - The Guardian

• NASA’s Artemis II Mission Around the Moon - NASA

• Artemis II Journey to the Moon - NASA

• Image of the Day - NASA