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Students Show Up to Graduation, Find Commencement Speaker Is an AI Robot (futurism.com)

British passenger dies after severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight (www.theguardian.com)

‘What’s the Problem?’ Zelensky Challenges West Over Hesitations. (www.nytimes.com)

With his army struggling to fend off fierce Russian advances all across the front, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine urged the United States and Europe to do more to defend his nation, dismissing fears of nuclear escalation and proposing that NATO planes shoot down Russian missiles in Ukrainian airspace....

Israel calls on ‘civilised nations’ to boycott ICC arrest warrants against its leaders (www.theguardian.com)

Israel has urged what it called “nations of the civilised world” to refuse to implement any international criminal court arrest warrants issued against its leaders....

Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border (www.theguardian.com)

Russian forces have started military drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to what Moscow deems threats from western officials about increased involvement in the conflict....

2 killed, 3 others injured in shooting at [Philadelphia Suburb] Chester linen company; suspect in custody (www.inquirer.com)

MAGA Lawyer Gets Dismantled by His Own Damning Trump Emails (www.thedailybeast.com)

Who Is Nixel Ortiz? Madison Teacher Arrested After Accusations of Sexual Abuse Involving Student (haor.org)

Nixel Ortiz (age 29, born in 1994) worked as a teacher at Madison High School. She taught English Language to students in grades 6-8 and Enrichment to

Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says (fortune.com)

Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war' (kyivindependent.com)

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine’s partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose,” Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....

Bump stock ruling could trigger booming rapid-fire marketplace [Clayton Vickers | 05/21/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

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AD Sync Manager written in c# - a open source tool to easily monitor and manage your AD to Azure AD sync (programming.dev)

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GSMArena | Sony Xperia 10 VI review (www.gsmarena.com)

After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians (apnews.com)

Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....

Abusing url handling in iTerm2 and Hyper for code execution (vin01.github.io)

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Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says (apnews.com)

Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas flew home from the annual Spring Storm military exercises, pleased to see NATO allies cooperating. But she later said that other types of warfare were on her mind....

Gotta use all those brain cells (sh.itjust.works)

Ireland and Spain have followed Norway in announcing their recognition of a Palestinian state (www.dw.com)

Norway, Spain, and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian state as of May 28....

BT scraps digital landline switch deadline (www.bbc.co.uk)

Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US (www.theguardian.com)

Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted....

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence (www.theguardian.com)

- Adverts containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups***- Adverts contained known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn this vermin” and “Hindu blood is spilling, these invaders must be burned”***- One advert called for the execution of an...