I understand that people like computer and want computer to be real, but you cannot convince me that anything computer provides is worth submitting to fascism and a free flow of CSAM.

Matt Burgess (WIRED)@mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1h ago

NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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About €1.4bn in interest from more than €210bn in frozen Russian central bank assets will be channelled to finance Ukraine's war effort and economy, after a deadly Russian missile attack on Kyiv.

EU hands Ukraine €1.4bn in interest from frozen Russian assets following deadly attack on Kyiv

About €1.4bn in interest from more than €210bn in frozen Russian central bank assets will be channelled to finance Ukraine's war effort and economy, after a deadly Russian missile attack on Kyiv.

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Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps, according to various sources. Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday

BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs

Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation

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Raids and arrests come as Defense Minister Katz announced last week that he had instructed the IDF to prepare for the takeover of another refugee camp in the West Bank and the expulsion of its Palestinian residents

IDF launches 'large-scale operation' in Palestinian refugee camp

Raids and arrests come as Defense Minister Katz announced last week that he had instructed the IDF to prepare for the takeover of another refugee camp in the West Bank and the expulsion of its Palesti...

haaretz.com

Just what those migrant kids need: a law firm that, atop its home page, boasts about its expertise in advising “companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters.”

Politico@politico.com · 19h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Relatedly, vinyl prices are reaching absurd levels of insanity

A pressing issue: why are vinyl albums becoming so different from their digital versions?

They’re expensive, elaborate – and may not contain all the music. After Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx and more sent out incomplete or unfinished vinyl versions, fans are feeling shortchanged

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Governo Trump revoga visto de embaixadora do Brasil nos Estados Unidos

"US military were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors"

A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.

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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

"Mass layoffs" expected at EA, as $55 billion buyout by Saudi Arabia's PIF and Donald Trump's son-in-law officially goes through www.eurogamer.net/ea-aquisitio...

Buzz Osborne & JD Pinkus Launch New Supergroup Gatta Morta With Surprise EP Burn Witch Burn

Buzz Osborne & JD Pinkus Launch New Supergroup Gatta Morta

It’s always cool when underground rock lifers join forces. Between the two of them, Buzz Osborne and Jeff Pinkus have been making bugged-out noise rock for roughly ten thousand years. Osborne has been...

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BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

bloomberg.com

MBS spent $55B on EA so he could pump up the ratings of the Saudi Pro League guys in Ultimate Team. I'm barely even joking I think this was a non-trivial motivation for the purchase

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 21h ago

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

You would think that all of these people pushing for social media bans for kids would be interested in whether or not these bans actually work...but no, I guarantee we will keep on seeing age-gating bills. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

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I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The US host cities for the 2026 men's World Cup claim that they were *verbally* promised $1 million each by Gianni Infantino and that FIFA hasn't paid up. Truly incredible stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

HUGE NEWS: @noahshachtman.bsky.social reports that the US military is poised to finally award a contract for its first-ever directed energy program of record after more than 50 years of laser weapon research and development www.wired.com/story/landma...

Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal

Facing a growing drone threat, the Pentagon is poised to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers”—and make directed energy weapons an official part of the Army’s kit.

wired.com

Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab and Islamic world over what it says is an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the most important Muslim site in Jerusalem, with the potential to “trigger a religious conflict”.

Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan

Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’

theguardian.com

Ondas Inc. has selected former Mossad Director David Barnea to help steer its expanding defense technology firm after spending the past year raising billions of dollars and acquiring security companies.

Former Mossad chief appointed to lead U.S. defense technology company

Barnea's appointment comes as Ondas Inc. seeks to build a significant defense technology group through acquisitions of companies in the sector. The Nasdaq-listed company has a market value of more tha...

haaretz.com

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, ​raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts.

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, ​raising concerns about th...

reuters.com

Today is the day on which Ray Bradbury's “There Will Come Soft Rains” (pub'd 1950) takes place. It’s a short elegaic story about a smart home slowly dying after its owners are wiped out in a nuclear extinction event. Re-reading it now, I’m feeling softly sucker-punched by what it has to offer us.

The United States may use Syria’s removal from the terrorism sponsor sanctions list to press for reduced oil import from Russia. Interesting, but if so Syria will need an economically viable alternative. Maya Gebeily, Feras Dalatey, and Gram Slattery – @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/business/ene...

EXCLUSIVE: Syria tells US it is willing to drastically drop Russian oil imports, sources say

Damascus has agreed to drastically reduce imports of Russian oil as part of its ongoing discussions with the United States on lifting the last major ​sanctions designation on Syria, three sources fami...

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🇷🇺 Russie: sept personnes, dont trois enfants, ont été tuées lundi par la chute d'un drone ukrainien à Arkhipo-Ossipovka, localité touristique située sur la côte de la mer Noire ⤵️

"I’ve often wondered what it was like to be alive in 1914, much less in 1938 and 1939. When did people start to realize that the world was on the brink of catastrophe? Speak up too soon or too frequently, and you look ridiculous. Speak up too late, and you live (if you live) with bitter regret."

Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World

Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.

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Reuters finds that judges have ruled Trump abridged speech in 75 cases. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it

President Donald Trump repeatedly campaigned for his second term as a champion of free expression, vowing in his January 2025 inaugural address to stop what he described as years of "government censor...

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Russia is weighing support for retailers after Ukrainian strikes caused billions of dollars of estimated losses at warehouses owned by Wildberries, the country’s answer to Amazon.

Russia Weighs Aid to Sellers After Ukraine Hits E-Commerce Giant

Russia is weighing support for retailers after Ukrainian strikes caused billions of dollars of estimated losses at warehouses owned by Wildberries, the country’s answer to Amazon.

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GRRM needs to tell the world the new book is forthcoming this year to distract everyone from the utter shambles that House of The Dragon is making of Westeros

He's right. apple.news/AjLmxBYyWQ3C...

Christopher Nolan Says There Is a 'Fundamental Flaw' With Amateur Film Criticism: 'To Identify the Mechanism Does Not Invalidate the Mechanism' — Variety

Critics have said their piece about Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," and now he is saying his piece about them.

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"Por detalhar ficaram os recursos humanos que estarão nesta USF C, embora tenham de ser médicos especialistas de medicina geral e familiar, enfermeiros e assistentes técnicos. Assim, a equipa de profissionais de saúde que agora faz parte deste centro de saúde terá de ser realocada"

Quem é a Knok, a empresa que vai gerir o primeiro centro de saúde privado em Portugal?

Empresa de Matosinhos especializada em teleconsultas assinou contrato de cinco anos com o Estado, no valor de 2,4 milhões de euros, para ficar a gerir uma Unidade de Saúde Familiar em Torres Vedras.

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