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TruthOut 5d ago

New Court Filings Reveal More Details of the Surveillance of Anti-ICE Protesters

by Madison McVan

The documents underscore the feds’ use of undercover agents and electronic surveillance.

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TruthOut 5d ago

40 Democrats Demand Israel Free Sami Safi, US Citizen Detained Without Charges

by Sharon Zhang

Lawmakers warn Rubio that Safi, who has chronic health issues, may die in Israeli prison if he doesn’t take action.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Prairieland Protester: I’m Absolutely Being Imprisoned for a Political Agenda

by Anjali Kamat

Autumn Hill says the Trump administration is making an example out of cases like hers to chill any resistance.

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TruthOut 5d ago

Sailor on Battered USS Lincoln Crew Says ICE Took His Father

by Sharon Zhang

The USS Abraham Lincoln recently made headlines after several sailors reportedly tried to jump overboard.

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Less Wrong 2d ago

My Grantmaking Strategy for Surviving Superintelligence

by A_donor

AI is humanity's first through fifth largest problem, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Between engineered biorisk, autonomous weapons, mass technological…

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Less Wrong 3d ago

Misaligned models rate themselves as more harmful, and realignment reverses it

by Laurène Vaugrante

This post summarizes our paper Emergently Misaligned Language Models Show Behavioral Self-Awareness That Shifts With Subsequent Realignment ( arXiv:2602.14777 ), co-authored with…

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Less Wrong 3d ago

Why does Claude seem to make abstract things into actors?

by redsea

tl;dr There is a unique phenomenon in Claude's (specifically Fable 5's) unique way of writing (known as Claudish or Claudelish) where inanimate, non-agentive things are given the…

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Slashdot 5d ago

New Zealand Introduces Under-16 Social Media, AI Companion Ban

by BeauHD

New Zealand has introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI companion services. "We have protections to keep children safe in the…

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Slashdot 1d ago

Trump Creates a Space Academy and Honors the Artemis Astronauts

by BeauHD

President Trump awarded the four-member Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signed an executive order directing the creation of a new U.S. Space Academy.…

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Slashdot 5d ago

FDA Approves First Wearable Device to Monitor Glucose, Ketone Levels

by BeauHD

The FDA has authorized the first wearable in the U.S. to continuously monitor ketone levels and the first device globally to track both ketones and glucose together in a single…

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Zeteo 3d ago

How Trump Lost the Iran War in Every Way Possible in Less Than 6 Months

by Harrison Mann

We’re witnessing the arrogant, violent end of American dominance in the Middle East, writes former defense intel analyst Harrison Mann.

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Zeteo 2d ago

6 Months of Trump Iran War Lies, In 7 Charts

by Team Zeteo

Debunked! The numbers speak for themselves, six months into Trump’s illegal war.

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Zeteo 2d ago

WATCH: Trump Can’t Decide When the Iran War Will End

by Team Zeteo

First, he said it would be six weeks. Now, six months in... When will it end?

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Techdirt 2d ago

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Move Fast And Settle Things

by Mike Masnick

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts,…

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Kottke 1d ago

Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards , featuring...

by Jason Kottke

Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards , featuring 10 sites that celebrate “the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web”. You have until Sept 25 to vote.

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Techdirt 6d ago

Daily Deal: The Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Training Bundle

by Daily Deal

StreamSkill has combined seven of their best Office 2021/365 courses to create this awesome Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Bundle. Whether you’re a student, an office…

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