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Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop
Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop
Republicans have reason to worry if this is how Trump campaigns in 2026Sophia Tesfaye (Salon.com)
Revealed: Israel Used Palantir Technologies In Pager Terrorist Attack In Lebanon.
The United Nations at the time noted that the attacks “constitute war crimes of murder, attacking civilians, and launching indiscriminate attacks, in addition to violating the right to life” adding that, “Around 500 people suffered severe eye injuries, including a diplomat. Others suffered grave injuries to their faces, hands and bodies” and that “It is also a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians, including to intimidate or deter them from supporting an adversary, A climate of fear now pervades everyday life in Lebanon”.
At the time, when asked about the attacks, former CIA director Leon Panetta said, “I don’t think there’s any question that it’s a form of terrorism”.
Now, a new book quietly reveals that Israel carried out the terrorist attack with the help of the AI surveillance firm Palantir, led by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel.
Revealed: Israel Used Palantir Technologies In Pager Terrorist Attack In Lebanon.
A New Book Quietly Reveals That Israel Used Palantir In It's Terrorist Attack On Lebanon.The Dissident
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Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too
"I was confused because I have a passport. I've been voting for almost 10 years. Why is this happening now?" Nel recalled in an interview with NPR. "My first thought was something is going on in terms of wanting to adjust and change who is registered to vote."
An election worker raises a U.S. flag while assisting voters at a polling station in Las Vegas on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Other eligible Texas voters received the same notice, though official numbers are not yet known.
Their experience underscores concerns election experts have had about the reliability of SAVE, which the Trump administration has turned into a controversial citizenship lookup tool. While the changes to SAVE have made the tool more accessible to states, the overhauled system has been widely criticized for being rolled out without public notice, congressional input or transparency about its accuracy.
U.S. backs Japan in dispute with China over radar incident
It marks the first time the U.S. criticized China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft as the diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo shows no sign of easing.
The United States has for the first time criticized China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise last week, about which the Asian neighbors have given differing accounts amid escalating tensions.
The run-in near Japan's Okinawa islands comes after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set off a dispute with Beijing last month with her remarks on how Tokyo might react to a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan and has not ruled out using force to take control of the island, which sits just over 62 miles from Japanese territory and is surrounded by sea lanes on which Tokyo relies.
"China's actions are not conducive to regional peace and stability," a State Department spokesperson said late Tuesday, referring to the radar incident.
Two of Trump’s peace deals at risk as fighting surges in Congo and at Cambodia-Thailand border
At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing.The Associated Press (NBC News)
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'I love an underdog': Trump-Zohran Mamdani voters are at the center of an unexpected relationship
Election results live updates: Mamdani beats Cuomo for NYC mayor as Dems win Va., N.J. governor, NBC News projects
Voters across the country are heading to the polls today for a slew of key off-cycle races, including governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the New York City mayoral election.NBC News
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A Democratic mayor for Miami is not just Trump backlash – it’s a seismic shift
Eileen Higgins’s win has reset the city’s political landscape in some ways not seen in 28 years, and in others not at all
Miami's new mayor, Eileen Higgins, hailed it as "a new day" for the city after the Democrat ended three decades of Republican rule on Tuesday night in a stunning election triumph.
In reality, the result is more of a seismic shifting of sands given the magnitude of her victory over the Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate, Emilio González, in the most populous city in Miami-Dade county, which the president won in 2024 by 12%.
Higgins won the run-off with almost 60% of the vote, according to preliminary results reported Wednesday by the Miami Herald. More than just further evidence of a growing national backlash against Trump's policies on the national stage, particularly immigration, her win has reset Miami's political landscape in a manner not seen in some ways in 28 years, and in others not at all.
Eileen Higgins becomes Miami’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years
In stunning upset victory, Higgins also becomes first woman in post and first non-Hispanic candidate since 90sRichard Luscombe (The Guardian)
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chatgpt favored a few articles in its training data that used "its not x – its y" more than others. it was sheer accident and coincidence to begin with, but is now being cemented into the language by chatgpt's relative ubiquity and a feedback mechanism where new training data contains this artifact, increasing its favorability in subsequent models. I'm not saying that the phrase didn't exist before chatgpt. it’s not a seismic shift in language patterns – It's a feedback mechanism. The same feedback mechanism causes it to prefer "it's not" vs "it isn't" despite there being no grammatical distinction between them. "It's not" was presumably slightly more popular among the training data it (or rather, its trainers) happened to favor during initial training.
edit: it now serves as an effective shibboleth.
Price of a 'bot army' revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide
Price of a 'bot army' revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide
The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country has been launched by a team at the University of Cambridge.University of Cambridge
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr’s news-distortion probes.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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"Super secure" MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone's phone number
"Super secure" MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone's phone number
You can be, do, and have whatever you want, except for not spilling user informationEric Daigle
Late night infomercials with high pressure sales tactics are where the real innovation is!
The horrific attack in Australia is a reminder to reject hate, division and anyone co-opting trauma
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Lets put this in perspective, without knowing the motivations of the attack, blaming pro-Palestine sentiment is like blaming pro-Quebec sentiment for a Quebecer shooting up the British Bake Off.
It's just patently absurd to blame an entire group for the actions of a single person acting alone when they're actually connected to a group or movement, let alone just some stranger with a similar background.
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My grandparents built air raid shelters in the NE of France. Hunkered down and basically waited out ww2.
I figure I'll be doing something similar but just a little more prepped than a stock room full of canned goods.
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
Following in Amazon's footsteps, two student projects independently use 'collaborative filtering' to bring recommendations and social networking to online music; soon they will join forces.Richard MacManus (Cybercultural)
Uranus and Neptune might be rock giants
Uranus and Neptune might be rock giants
A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system planets' interior.University of Zurich (Phys.org)
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Iceland joins boycott of Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel’s involvement
Iceland joins boycott of Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel’s involvement
Iceland joins four other nations in a boycott, after the organiser declined to hold a vote over Israel’s involvement.Al Jazeera
Zelensky's Impossible Demands a Roadblock to Peace
Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-seize.html
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He obviously is unaware that oil has to be refined. And the U.S does not do that.
We actually already have a ton of oil. But we sell it. And buy refined from other countries.
It's kinda all stupid but yeah we can't use crude oil.
The infographic show explains.
Not sure why you think the US doesn’t refine oil. The southern coastline in particular refines a lot of crude oil.
scalar.usc.edu/works/petroleum…
Petroleum, Refineries, and the Future: Map of US Oil Refineries
By US Energy Information Administration [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsPetroleum, Refineries, and the Future
Maybe I mis understood that video I linked or they have some wrong information.
My understanding is we get the product we use to make gasoline from other countries and can't create it here.
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