We need mire of this here. And not just for kids.

Finland Tries to Protect Children Against Deepfakes, With Russia in Mind (Gift Article)

Finland, wary of misinformation from Moscow and beyond, has a leg up on other nations in spotting fake news. But A.I. is a whole new challenge.

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Donald Trump is the most reckless spender of taxpayer money in US history. 29% of the total national debt accumulated over 250 years occurred during his 5.5 years in power. He is the complete opposite of a fiscal conservative

Spreading lies to stir up fear and hatred. It's long past time that more people saw through the far-right's sickening tactics. Here's a useful burst of truth from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu to help.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d ago

Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

So they may live, Ukrainian defenders target military and strategic objects in the Russian Federation and temporarily-occupied territory. So they may destroy, Russian invaders target civilians in Ukraine. This is as clear a war of good versus evil there has ever been.

Russia's Patriarch Kirill said God created the Soviet nuclear bomb through prayers of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The weapons center was built in 1946 in Sarov on monastery grounds the Bolsheviks shut down. Kirill called the bomb and the saint "parts of one whole." 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/s...

Hundreds of attacks. One target: Ukraine’s stories. Ukrainian books, publishing houses and libraries have become targets in Russia’s broader campaign to erase Ukrainian identity and silence its stories. 📰 ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

Oleksii Yukov, the head of the well-known body recovery group Platsdarm, which conducts dangerous repatriation missions in eastern #Ukraine, has been killed, his wife Yevheniia Kaluhina said on Aug. 5. kyivindependent.com/head-of-body...

Head of body recovery group Platsdarm killed, his wife says

Despite the heightened threat in the current drone-dominated phase of the war, Yukov continued to head on repatriation missions from dangerous places, including the Sloviansk and Izium areas.

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Kyiv claims that a North Korean unit equipped with approximately 120 ballistic missiles is being deployed in Russia. The Allies know what they must do: neutralize the archer rather than attempt, with all the uncertainties that entails, to shoot down the arrow. www.bfmtv.com/internationa...

Kiev affirme qu'une unité nord-coréenne équipée de missiles balistiques se déploie en Russie

Une unité nord-coréenne spécialisée dans le lancement de missiles balistiques a commencé à se déployer dans l'ouest de la Russie et pourrait orienter ses lanceurs en direction de l'Ukraine, a déclaré ...

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A European capital city, in a country that's an ally of NATO, spent this morning retrieving bodies, saving the wounded, grieving, & despairing at the US in particular for giving Russia the green light to murder when it wishes. Day 1624. Is the fight for good vs evil abandoned?

There are a lot of natural resources in Argentina.

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · yesterday

😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/

I’m in a bookstore now. This shelf holds books from publishers affected by the russian attack on August 1, when eight million books were destroyed. The bookstore is asking people to buy their books. I wanted to remember this shelf.

⏰ Two years on, the EU Methane Regulation is under growing pressure just as it starts delivering results. Now is the time for full and timely implementation, not backtracking. 🔍 Through the European Civil Society Observatory on Methane, we'll keep tracking progress: timeforch4nge.org/cso-m/

“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”

How Paris beat the car

Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model

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Bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal: DHS has been tracking down Americans at work and on the road who are critical of immigration policies, spending millions on contractors to surveil First Amendment protected speech and create political dossiers. Outrageous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.

AI-made TV ads. Partisan chatbots. San Francisco is testing what AI does to local democracy — in real time, with real money. missionlocal.org/2026/08/unca...

Uncanny ads and partisan chatbots: AI toys with San Francisco politics

San Francisco’s political experiment with the technology has only just begun. But it’s already permeating civic discourse.

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New Sentinel-2 satellite imagery reveals the extent of damage caused by large scale Israeli detonations overnight on July 30 into July 31st around UNESCO World Heritage site Beaufort Castle in Lebanon.

Your taxpayer $ at work. What the hell is the fuel cost, alone, of these flights?

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

In line with the Kremlin’s standard practice of providing no evidence for its claims, Russian outlets continue to allege that Ukraine is arming nearly every faction in every conflict zone around the world, all while insisting that Ukraine itself has supposedly long since run out of weapons.

The latest poll for Saxony-Anhalt has the far-right at 41%. If some of the smaller parties (SPD, Greens, BSW) don't clear the threshold to enter parliament, the far-right may gain an absolute majority in September.

❗️Moment of Ukrainian strike on a Russian S-400 launcher in occupied Kerch: the system was covering the Crimean Bridge and ferry crossings from UAV and missile attacks.

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Coca-Cola: Prioritise Refillable Bottles to Tackle Plastic Pollution. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...

Coca-Cola: Prioritise Refillable Bottles to Tackle Plastic Pollution

ESPAÑOL Coca-Cola is the world's single largest contributor of branded plastic pollution. Despite repeated public commitments to sustainability – and mounting public concern over plastic pollution’s...

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BREAKING: Todd Blanche—the protector of one of the largest pedophile rings has advanced to a full Senate floor vote for U.S. Attorney General. Tell your Senator: Vote NO on Todd Blanche. secure.now.org/a/tell-your-...

This is so true. Texans you have to turn Texas back to blue. You have to want better.

It’s been 4,5 years of full-scale war, but russia continues to astonish every day with the depth and scope of its brutality against civilians.

Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations #TheGuardian

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Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations

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1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

PM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental Defence

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing

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A single Russian attack destroyed one-third of Ukraine's annual book print volume

A Russian attack on Kharkiv on Aug. 1 caused a large fire at RNK-Ranok’s automated logistics center. The attack destroyed 8 million book copies representing 28,000 titles, including 600,000 school tex...

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More and more Ukrainian publishers are reporting losses after Russia's Aug. 1 strike on RNK-Ranok's logistics center in Kharkiv. As of today, books from at least 15 publishers are known to have been affected

Ukrainian rescuers have been helping their French colleagues fight wildfires for several days. To show appreciation, locals came out to the roadside greeting the rescue convoy and saying thank you.❤️ Mutual support and gratitude is what makes this world a better place 🇺🇦🤝🇫🇷