The Zapatistas have gotten rid of the autonomous municipalities and are undergoing a change in organization (enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx)
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‘Despair’: UN deplores Gaza conditions, child casualties amid Israeli war (www.aljazeera.com)
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Paul Bristow: Ministerial aide sacked after call for Israel-Gaza ceasefire (www.bbc.com)
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Why Did Netanyahu Want to Strengthen Hamas? (archive.md)
Astronomy society revises harassment policy after outcry (www.nature.com)
The International Astronomical Union clarified changes to its code of conduct after researchers voiced concern that it protected harassers.
Widow of driver killed in Troy collision files negligence suit (www.timesunion.com)
Sabeeh Alalkawi, 30, died after his Honda was broadsided by a police SUV traveling at high speed through a red light
Why Summers May Never Be the Same (news.yahoo.com)
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The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse (www.wired.com)
Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol....
Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup (themarkup.org)
A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time
After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents (apnews.com)
A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree branches....
U.S. probing prosecutions of migrants from Muslim-majority countries exposed by Times investigation (web.archive.org)
The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into the federal government’s use of a little-known law to disproportionately prosecute and imprison migrants from Muslim-majority countries....
In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots (www.reuters.com)
To meet the demand of a rising China, the Australian Navy is taking two very different deep dives into advanced submarine technology....
Lawsuit accuses University of Minnesota of not doing enough to prevent data breach (apnews.com)
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach....
Super Blue Moon (August 30th 2023) (earthsky.org)
U.S. Steel Rejects Offer From Cleveland-Cliffs (www.wsj.com)
Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion (www.theguardian.com)
NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment (www.nih.gov)
Today, the National Institutes of Health launched and is opening enrollment for phase 2 clinical trials that will evaluate at least four potential treatments for long COVID, with additional clinical trials to test at least seven more treatments expected in the coming months. Treatments will include drugs, biologics, medical...
U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations (www.nytimes.com)
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during a Chinese move against Taiwan....
Researchers find multiple ways to bypass AI chatbot safety rules (thehill.com)
Preventing artificial intelligence chatbots from creating harmful content may be more difficult than initially believed, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University which reveals new methods to bypass safety protocols.
S Korea tunnel tragedy: Officials ignored multiple warnings (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Supreme Court clears path for Mountain Valley Pipeline construction to resume (www.politico.com)
The order was handed down while the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was in the midst of a hearing on the matter.
Spanish election: Sánchez holds off right surge (www.politico.eu)
Russia's Prigozhin: no more fighting in Ukraine but prepare for Africa - video (www.reuters.com)
Investigation finds no fraud by Texas prison contractor that was paid despite cutting inmate therapy services (www.texastribune.org)
Months after one of the country’s largest private prison companies was accused of defrauding Texas by collecting millions of dollars for in-person therapy it didn’t provide to prisoners, a state investigation found there was no fraud because prison officials sanctioned the practice....
Pressure grows for Sunak to sack Braverman (www.theguardian.com)
Suella Braverman appears set to remain as home secretary over a weekend of remembrance ceremonies and protests, although her fate is still deeply uncertain after Jeremy Hunt joined the ministerial voices distancing themselves from her views....
