Ironweeds

Charlie Kirk’s new statue gets a makeover. Troy City Council votes to put mild guardrails on police use of Flock. DHS has a secret pre-crime unit. AS is soooo super dangerous ohmigosh. Trump bans press from the White House. And the Kakapo is making a big comeback.   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/13/charlie-kirk-statue-vandalized-tpusa-arizona   https://www.troyrecord.com/2026/09/18/troy-city-council-moves-to-amend-flock-legislation/   https://newrepublic.com/post/215177/secret-dhs-unit-predictive-policiing-people-based-financial-data // https://www.404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/    https://www.techtimes.co.uk/former-google-deepmind-engineer-ai-safety-warning-1808696   https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-hacked-three-companies-first-known-breakout-by-google-ai-wsj-reports-2026-09-18/   https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-military-ai-false-intelligence-china-ship   https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-hacked-three-companies-first-known-breakout-by-google-ai-wsj-reports-2026-09-18/   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/16/macklemore-ed-sheeran-tour-salary-palestine   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html   https://abcnews.com/Health/parasitic-outbreak-linked-iceberg-lettuce-cdc/story?id=136373833   https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/kakapo-parrot-baby-boom-worlds-heaviest-bird-rise-new-zealand-rcna595479

Bibi is in hot water. The Pentagon is thinking hard about its future in the Middle East. Electronic shelf labels are coming for your wallet. An Albany County sheriff commits some serious time theft. And a handful a wildflowers, because we love you.   https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/netanyahu-got-an-explicit-warning-before-oct-7-he-didnt-brief-security-chiefs/000001a0-7a3b-d7d5-a9fc-7eff3d0f0000   https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-warnings-to-netanyahu-ahead-of-oct-7-massacre-shatter-his-core-political-defense/   https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/in-cod-we-trust/   https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-are-extremely-popular-56-million-workers-would-join-a-union-if-they-could/    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/electronic-shelf-labels-grocery   https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/sheriff-albany-county-investigator-charged-22424123.php // https://www.reddit.com/r/Albany/s/S8wUZFdmoa    https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/politics/us-military-intelligence-bases-troops-middle-east   https://nysfocus.com/2026/09/09/upstate-new-york-bike-lanes-cycling-infrastructure

We take the bait on dysgenics. HHS cancels post-partum and infant mortality grants in favor of getting swole and hard. Troy City Council puts limits on the mayor’s emergency powers. Kyrsten Sinema came in like a home wrecking ball. And solar panels in California are making irrigation more efficient.   https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility   https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/donald-says-transgender-people-will-end-if-gop-keeps-congress-in-midterms/   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/un-admits-exceeding-paris-agreements-1-5-degrees-c-warming-target-is-unavoidable/    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-lawsuit-kyrsten-sinema-north-carolina-homewrecker-law-rcna596205   https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-council-installs-new-rules-mayoral-emergency-22414983.php    https://www.troyrecord.com/2026/09/04/rpi-announces-partnership-with-israels-ben-gurion-university-for-joint-research-programs/    https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-panels-built-working-irrigation-canals/33890/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

A man travels cross country with a self-defense guillotine. The Tate Brothers are, according to their attorney, only fake rich. A fake pro-Israel think tank is out to game LLMs. A Florida deputy of the year has done some very unsavory stuff. And Detroit makes city buses free to all K-12 students.   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/   https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/politics/guillotine-near-us-capitol-philan-tam-duy-le?cid=ios_app   https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/teacher-creates-fart-corner-students-1999192   https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/25/tate-brothers-lied-online-about-being-uberwealthy-lawyers-claim-they-are-playing-a-role/   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda    https://www.404media.co/florida-deputy-of-the-year-used-flock-to-stalk-ex-held-gun-in-her-mouth-did-a-nazi-salute/ https://www.youtube.com/live/WhRNarPJxP4?is=4V8MAoCTtFpxKUfk    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/milo-yiannopoulos-detained-ice   https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2026/08/14/sheffield-makes-free-ddot-transit-for-students-permanent/91306496007/ 

Albany Teamsters president has been a naughty boy. A local woman was entrapped by the FBI in a terrorism plot. NY mental health courts need more love. A plastics packaging bill has been killed under suspicious, romantic circumstances. Palantir co-founder is weirdly obsessed with criminalizing homelessness. And a river otter was spotted in the Bronx River!   https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-teamsters-head-accused-funneling-union-22396227.php    https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/woman-charged-plotting-terror-attack-ny-capitol-22396206.php    https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/jessica-bowie-capitol-bombing-plot-mental-health-22398534.php    https://nypost.com/2026/08/22/us-news/isis-plotter-jessica-bowie-threatened-to-blow-up-house-roommates/    https://nysfocus.com/2026/08/04/mental-health-courts-new-york    https://nysfocus.com/2026/06/11/heastie-new-york-plastics-packaging-reduction-recycling-bill-vote    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/otter-bronx-river-new-york-city    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/joe-londsdale-cicero-institute-homelessness/