New: The 10th Circuit has proposed a rule requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy. If adopted, it would be a first of its kind rule in the federal appeals courts. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US appeals court rule would require lawyers to certify AI-prepared filings

A federal appeals court in Denver on Friday proposed requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy.

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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Trump regime has been lying about the full number of U.S. service member deaths in Trump’s Iran War, six U.S. officials tell The Washington Post.

More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Roland Klose@rwklose.bsky.social · yesterday

Court documents show considerable concern within Microsoft and its partner OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems. Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the “largest theft of labor in human history.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...

Multiple sightings of a mountain lion confirmed in southern Illinois. What we know

Neither sanctions nor military strikes offer a durable solution. Only a comprehensive framework addressing regional security and peaceful nuclear access can prevent broader conflict. Read the full article in @thebulletin.org:

The next Iran strike: How legal, economic, and diplomatic pressures are priming the region for war

As converging UN sanctions, aggressive economic warfare, and escalating military threats push Tehran into a corner, the nuclear dispute is rapidly transforming into a broader war for regime change. On...

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“.. There will be no deployment of troops or dispatch of military assets to​ be involved in or intervene in this war,” Mr. Lee said in a news conference. @nytimes.com 🇰🇷 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...

Governments in Southeast Asia acted quickly to shield consumers from impacts of the current energy crisis Short-term measures include greater working from home & public transit use, energy subsidies & price caps, and fuel switching: buff.ly/8j5EBcj

"The new federal lawsuit, filed Friday in Washington, D.C., argues the administration's suggestions that federal agents could be deployed to the polls violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which bars intimidating another person from voting." Link to complaint in article.

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation. n.pr/4gYlmvv

"Independent security researchers used Anthropic’s Claude software to gain access to an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account, giving them a way to read and suggest changes to the company’s private cache of software."

Exclusive | Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI

A bug-hunting independent security research team was able to access OpenAI’s internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats.

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"The Marine Corps said manufacturer Belleville Boot Co. agreed to replace the defective boots one for one." Belleville Boot Company. Belleville, IL, USA. www.bellevilleboot.com

Pentagon details ‘enormous’ problems as Marines' boots fall apart in the Arctic

American-made boots issued to U.S. Marines began falling apart within days during training in the Arctic, forcing some troops from the field and leaving commanders scrambling for replacements.The fail...

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Nikki Budzinski@budzinski.house.gov · last yr.

For too long, countries like China have flooded our markets with cheap combat boots that meet the standards for aesthetics, but not for quality. My BOOTS Act would ensure service members are wearing American-made footwear — keeping them safe and supporting jobs here at home.

'Reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran, human rights experts say

UN-backed experts find US strike on Minab school amounts to war crime

A fact-finding mission on Iran, backed by the United Nations, finds Iranian citizens have been caught between crimes against humanity by their own government and deadly conflict with the US and Israel.

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“I’m not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great power rival, only with better manners. “We do not seek power to dominate others."

Targeted by Trump’s trade wars and territorial threats, Canada and the E.U. are building a ‘middle power’ alliance to push back. Here is how they plan to find strength in numbers.

Mark Carney set out hopes for a strength-in-numbers alliance, after European Union leaders floated the idea of Canada becoming the first “associate member” of the bloc.

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Making the likelihood of nuclear war even more possible thebulletin.org/2026/09/pent...

Pentagon's secret plan: Reviving Cold War doctrines to lower the threshold for nuclear war

Drafted behind closed doors by a small group of defense officials, a new Pentagon strategy aims to expand battlefield nuclear options and blur the line between conventional and nuclear warfare—bypassi...

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"When Abu Bilal built a secret wall in his home to protect his precious books from Syria’s former Assad regime, he didn’t know if he’d see them again. 15 years later, with the help of a hammer, he was able to recover them." #Bibliophile

Bernadette Foley @fivefingers.bsky.social · 2d ago

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"Fueled by a stockpile of reactor-grade plutonium separated from India’s 1st-gen power reactors, the new reactor irradiates a 'blanket' of uranium or thorium to produce Pu239 and U233." Th-rich. U-poor. Th reactors would allow India to reduce need for imported U for its nuclear weapons program. ☢️💣

@bharatpedia.bsky.social · 2d ago

India’s Huge Thorium Reserves: Could Thorium Power the Country for Centuries? India has one of the world's largest known thorium resources, making the radioactive element an important part of the country's long-term nuclear-energy strategy. Claims circulating online sometimes suggest that India's…

We are just 46 days away from the general election. The best day to get involved was yesterday — the next best day to get involved is today. Help shape the future of Missouri! We will be counting down each day & asking you to sign-up to volunteer today! www.missouridemocrats.org/volunteer

Sentry: Do you want the padre? Harry Morant: No, thank you. I'm a pagan. S: And you? Peter Handcock (to Harry): What's a pagan? HM: Well... it's somebody who doesn't believe there's a divine being dispensing justice to mankind. PH (to S): I'm a pagan, too. —"Breaker Morant," 1980

"Things fell apart when House Transportation Committee Chair Sam Graves (R-MO), whose committee actually oversees gas tax policy, surfaced an old Harris [Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD)] tweet from 2022 criticizing former President Joe Biden for floating the exact same idea."

Late-night GOP meeting implodes into a heated shouting match: 'Disrespectful fool!'

A late-night sit-down in the office of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) devolved into shouting and a stormed-out exit Tuesday, in what multiple sources call one of the most heated internal clashes Ho...

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The federal law prohibiting federal armed agents from polling places has been on the books since the Civil War. If ICE shows up to the polls, voters should report it to their local election officials or call 866-OUR-VOTE if they have any issues. bit.ly/4s3UQDe

Sending ICE to Polling Places Is Illegal

Armed federal agents have absolutely no business near election sites. 

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'African Americans were among the first US citizens to protest bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. 'From early on blacks in America saw atomic bombs as a racial issue, asking why enormous resources were being spent building nuclear arms instead of on improving impoverished communities.'

African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement - Vincent J. Intondi

Well before Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against nuclear weapons, African Americans were protesting the Bomb. Historians have generally ignored African Americans when studying the anti-n...

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The very lovely people at @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social have been working on the climate impact of NVIDIA's supply chain (the shockingly energy intensive process of manufacturing chips) for some time. We expanded their timeframe back to 2020. This impact has increased 8x in 7yrs (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Yesterday, the House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act – a win for public safety. AM radio, powered by our local broadcasters, is a critical part of our Emergency Alert System. When disasters strike and other communications fail, people tune into AM radio to stay safe and informed.

Estimating the Cost of Combat Operations Against Iran. Congressional Budget Office. September 15, 2026. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Iran war driving up inflation for Americans, CBO report says

The Congressional Budget Office estimates inflation will continue to rise in the first quarter of next year.

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BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."

The guardrails don't work. Again and again and again www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...

NEWS: Houthis just shot down a Saudi F-15 and struck a major oil facility. CENTCOM got caught LYING about an Iranian strike on a tanker full of US troops. And now the Fed's could hike rates because of it. And that's just the start.

Wednesday Updates: Trump's War Chaos Deepens as Houthis Shoot Down Saudi F-15, Fed Weighs a Rate Hike, and MAGA Sends Congress Home to Dodge Accountability – 9/16/26

Important Wednesday updates. Paywall free.

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Last night, Ann Wagner once again had the chance to exercise Congress’s constitutional responsibility, ask the hard questions and demand a clear mission in this ongoing war in Iran. She had a choice. “She chose the White House.” Again. #MO02

Surging new solar capacity jumped 43% in Q2 & lifted install levels equivalent to power for 1/3 of all U.S. households! Inspiring milestone: “Solar and storage have grown to a scale most Americans have yet to fully realize ..." https://bit.ly/4rl3HSo

US solar can now power 50M homes – and red states led the boom

US solar can now power 50 million homes after a 45% year-over-year Q2 2026 surge – and Trump-won states accounted for 71% of additions.

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953