frozen snapshot — 2026-09-05 · see today →

What's on Mark Zuckerberg's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

33%16%11%8%32%

the call that killed the AI watchdog 33% the private line to the president 16% the op-eds asking him to quit 11% the Waterford castle 8% everything else 32%

One Phone Call, One Stalled Federal AI Regulator

He told Trump privately that a single national AI regulator was a flawed idea, and the White House proposal stalled.

Zuckerberg told Trump in call that a national AI regulator was a flawed idea

Business Insider · 2026-09-03

our translation

he doesn't want zero rules, he wants fifty sets of them — a patchwork he can lobby state by state beats one agency with a phone number, a docket, and a memory

Twenty-plus outlets on the Trump callvery sure · 4 sources

'AI Is for Everyone,' Says Man Lobbying Behind a Closed Door

Politico and Salon press the secrecy anglepretty sure · 3 sources

The Guardian Prints the Quiet Part: Resign

Guardian op-ed plus Commonweal warningpretty sure · 2 sources

Confirmed: 20 Million Euro, 440 Acres, One Irish Castle

Confirmed purchase still running todaypretty sure · 2 sources

saturday, september 5

Keep the AI regulator argument on the phone, never in email(safe bet)

Read the Guardian column calling for his resignation. Twice.(reported)

Get briefed on the glasses training-data lawsuit before it spreads(reported)

Ask someone what it costs to heat 440 acres of Ireland(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Keep the AI regulator argument on the phone, never in email

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