We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

After being sold to Clickout Media, sites like GamesHub, The Escapist, Videogamer, and others have added gambling and casino stories and AI content

Only the total abolition of the DHS can restore freedom.

Fighter jets down: Three US fighter jets were accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses in an apparent “friendly fire incident,” according to the US military. All crews have been recovered and are in a stable condition. Videos geolocated by CNN showed a fighter jet crashing in Kuwait and a pilot parachuting to the ground.

AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.

Everything is gambling now, even human suffering.

As the United States takes new steps against the regime that has ruled the island since 1959, the Cuban people face 20-hour blackouts, decreased internet access, and shortages of basic supplies.

U.S. Central Command said Sunday that three American service members were killed and five others were seriously wounded as part of the military operation in Iran.

...The future will belong to people with a very specific combination of personality traits and psychosexual neuroses. An AI might be able to code faster than you, but there is one advantage that humans still have. It’s called agency, or being highly agentic. The highly agentic are people who just do things. They don’t timidly wait for permission or consensus; they drive like bulldozers through whatever’s in their way. When they see something that could be changed in the world, they don’t write a lengthy critique—they change it. AIs are not capable of accessing whatever unpleasant childhood experience it is that gives you this hunger. Agency is now the most valuable commodity in Silicon Valley. In tech interviews, it’s common for candidates to be asked whether they’re “mimetic” or “agentic.” You do not want to say mimetic. Once, San Francisco drew in runaway children, artists, and freaks; today it’s an enormous magnet for highly agentic young men. I set out to meet them. (...)

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Israeli attacks, with U.S. support, on Saturday. He was 86 years old. President Trump announced the Iranian leader's death on social media, saying Khamenei could not avoid U.S. intelligence and surveillance. A source briefed on the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran told NPR earlier Saturday that an Israeli airstrike killed Khamenei. During his 36-year rule, Khamenei was unwavering in his steadfast antipathy to the U.S. and Israel and to any efforts to reform and bring Iran into the 21st century.

Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot

Multiple explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel and US launches attacks; Iran retaliates by targeting Israel.

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

“The most important part of this entire story is that the baby is okay,” Lio Cundiff told The Advocate.

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

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Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.

Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over its storied Hollywood rival.

GEO Group prison staff falsified records on the morning a detainee died in ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley detention center in Pennsylvania.

The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.