‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference (www.theguardian.com)
“The peace activists are war activists,” co-founder and CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”...
Quem É Pomba Gira Das Matas? TUDO Que Precisa Saber (estudoumbandaespiritismoecandomble.blogspot.com)
Qatar: melhor época, hotéis, restaurantes, passeios e mais (curitibaeparanaemfotosantigas.blogspot.com)
Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban (www.theguardian.com)
Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie...
A school banned all books with LGBTQ+ parents. Now people are fighting back. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
ABC News: DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden, in a video posted Thursday on X, touted the proposal as “an important move toward reversing longstanding inequities.”...
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
Biden invokes executive privilege on special counsel recording demanded by GOP (thehill.com)
President Biden has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his handling of classified documents....
Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever (www.dw.com)
Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....
Exclusive: Bank of America banker who died had sought to leave, citing long hours, recruiter says (www.reuters.com)
The 35-year-old Bank of America (BAC.N) investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working more than 100 hours a week, according to an executive recruiter who spoke with him about seeking a new job.
Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks (www.cnn.com)
Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by US military, Pentagon says (apnews.com)
Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction (www.lemonde.fr)
Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
The Satanic Temple is known for trolling the religious right, but in its fight for religious pluralism, it’s become a powerful foe....
Mother fatally mauled by pack of dogs in Quitman, Georgia, 3 children taken to hospital (www.usatoday.com)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
Who is Harrison Butker's Wife? All About Isabelle Butker After NFL Star's Controversial Speech Shocks Internet (haor.org)
Isabelle Butker (age 30, born in May 1994) is a former college basketball player. She is widely known as the wife of Harrison Butker, the placekicker for the
University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records (www.theguardian.com)
Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case...
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
Google layoffs: A timeline of the company's job cuts and restructuring into 2024 (www.businessinsider.com)
Google layoffs in 2023 affected about 6% of the company's global workforce, or about 12,000 people, starting in January....
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza (apnews.com)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....