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Elon Musk, US oligarch, instructed Grok to post about the fictitious "White Genocide in South Africa" completely unprompted across Twitter.
The Ai was forced to talk about the racist fantasy across thousands if not millions of unrelated posts in a ridiculous attempt at spreading racist propaganda.
The Ai was forced to talk about the racist fantasy across thousands if not millions of unrelated posts in a ridiculous attempt at spreading racist propaganda.
May 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Elon Musk, US oligarch, instructed Grok to post about the fictitious "White Genocide in South Africa" completely unprompted across Twitter.
The Ai was forced to talk about the racist fantasy across thousands if not millions of unrelated posts in a ridiculous attempt at spreading racist propaganda.
The Ai was forced to talk about the racist fantasy across thousands if not millions of unrelated posts in a ridiculous attempt at spreading racist propaganda.
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Twenty states sue over Trump's push to link grants to immigration enforcement reut.rs/4jWcpBX
Twenty states sue over Trump's push to link grants to immigration enforcement
A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states filed two lawsuits on Tuesday seeking to block President Donald Trump's administration from forcing them to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation, counter-terrorism and emergency preparedness grant funding.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Twenty states sue over Trump's push to link grants to immigration enforcement reut.rs/4jWcpBX
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The U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Syria has been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. government since 1979. Additional U.S. sanctions were imposed on the country in 2004 and again in 2011.
Read more: cnb.cx/4knBIg9
Syria has been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. government since 1979. Additional U.S. sanctions were imposed on the country in 2004 and again in 2011.
Read more: cnb.cx/4knBIg9
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Syria has been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. government since 1979. Additional U.S. sanctions were imposed on the country in 2004 and again in 2011.
Read more: cnb.cx/4knBIg9
Syria has been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the U.S. government since 1979. Additional U.S. sanctions were imposed on the country in 2004 and again in 2011.
Read more: cnb.cx/4knBIg9
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Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
A growing number of Republicans say that you shouldn’t be able to divorce simply because you’ve fallen out of love. It’s an idea with a long history.
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March 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
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"You know, I don't know what the president will decide as far as utilizing it ... He's going to decide exactly which individuals."
Kristi Noem won't rule out sending shoplifters to Guantanamo Bay
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem refused to rule out detaining shoplifters at Guantanamo Bay with other migrants.
During a Sunday interview on CNN, host Dana Bash asked N...
www.rawstory.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"You know, I don't know what the president will decide as far as utilizing it ... He's going to decide exactly which individuals."
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This week, author and journalist Katherine Stewart joins "The State of Belief" to discuss the rise of Christian Nationalism, Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, and the weaponization of faith for political gain. Listen now!
Money, Lies, and God: Katherine Stewart Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
This week, author and journalist Katherine Stewart joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the rise of Christian Nationalism,
religionnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week, author and journalist Katherine Stewart joins "The State of Belief" to discuss the rise of Christian Nationalism, Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, and the weaponization of faith for political gain. Listen now!
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Barcelona's city hall said it would buy an apartment block known as 'Casa Orsola' to prevent the eviction of several tenants, including a teacher who has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis and months of protests against over-tourism reut.rs/4jKFHnl
Barcelona city hall steps in to buy apartment block to prevent evictions
Barcelona's city hall said on Friday it would buy an apartment block known as 'Casa Orsola' to prevent the eviction of several tenants, including a teacher who has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis and months of protests against over-tourism.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Barcelona's city hall said it would buy an apartment block known as 'Casa Orsola' to prevent the eviction of several tenants, including a teacher who has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis and months of protests against over-tourism reut.rs/4jKFHnl
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The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize USAID have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, according to U.S. officials and workers for humanitarian groups funded by the agency.
USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say
Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize USAID have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, according to U.S. officials and workers for humanitarian groups funded by the agency.
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ErinReed [Feb 7] -- Trans protests erupted at U of VA in Charlottesville, D.C.'s Children’s Natl & NYU's Langone over halts of GAC, as new Transexual Menace protests planned in Seattle, Albany.
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Protests Erupt Across US At Hospitals Complying With Trumps Unlawful Under-19 Trans Ban EO
Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ErinReed [Feb 7] -- Trans protests erupted at U of VA in Charlottesville, D.C.'s Children’s Natl & NYU's Langone over halts of GAC, as new Transexual Menace protests planned in Seattle, Albany.
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Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances’ ubiquity in the nation’s food system, and a growing threat to human health. Tom Perkins reports for @theguardian.com:
Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples
The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp
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February 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances’ ubiquity in the nation’s food system, and a growing threat to human health. Tom Perkins reports for @theguardian.com:
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Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire Elon Musk, empowered by President Donald Trump, worked to close the nation’s humanitarian arm.
Members of Congress refused entry to USAID agency shuttered by Trump administration • Ohio Capital Journal
Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire Elon Musk, empowered by President Donald Trump, worked to close the…
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Democratic members of Congress were denied entry Monday to the U.S. Agency for International Development, after billionaire Elon Musk, empowered by President Donald Trump, worked to close the nation’s humanitarian arm.
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years: cnn.it/4aGX4kU
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years. | CNN
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history.
cnn.it
February 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years: cnn.it/4aGX4kU
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If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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⚡️Trump launches trade war with steep tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico.
Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, with only a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. He also imposed a 10% tariff on goods from China.
Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, with only a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. He also imposed a 10% tariff on goods from China.
Trump launches trade war with steep tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico
Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, with only a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. He also imposed a 10% tariff on goods from China.
kyivindependent.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
⚡️Trump launches trade war with steep tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico.
Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, with only a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. He also imposed a 10% tariff on goods from China.
Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, with only a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. He also imposed a 10% tariff on goods from China.
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Russian officials plan to send 4,500 children — including orphans, children in state care, children with disabilities, and “gifted and socially active children” — to resorts in Anapa on the polluted shore of the Black Sea.
Russian authorities sign contracts to send orphans and disabled children to oil-polluted Black Sea beaches — Meduza
Authorities in Russia’s Volgograd region and the Republic of Tatarstan have signed at least 14 government contracts for organizing “health and recreation” trips for children to the Black Sea resort…
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Russian officials plan to send 4,500 children — including orphans, children in state care, children with disabilities, and “gifted and socially active children” — to resorts in Anapa on the polluted shore of the Black Sea.
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As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go
The federal webpage for an observatory named for the late astronomer Vera Rubin was edited to omit any recognition of the fact that science remains a male-dominated field or that the observatory was…
propub.li
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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...check up on yo strong friends...
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
...check up on yo strong friends...
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19th News [Jan 19] -- New 592-page anthology, “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States,” took its 40 editors more than a decade to compile. It documents how GAC is not experimental, not new, and not even confined to trans people. Available Feb 1.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
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Gender-affirming care isn’t new. An upcoming book sheds light on its history.
More than 40 authors contributed to “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States,” which took its expert editors more than a decade to compile.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
19th News [Jan 19] -- New 592-page anthology, “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States,” took its 40 editors more than a decade to compile. It documents how GAC is not experimental, not new, and not even confined to trans people. Available Feb 1.
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Exclusive: A small US security firm is hiring nearly 100 US special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world's most violent conflict zones reut.rs/40FpcA2
Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world's most violent conflict zones.
reut.rs
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Exclusive: A small US security firm is hiring nearly 100 US special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world's most violent conflict zones reut.rs/40FpcA2
Just tried to download a few banned books and audible wouldn’t let me 🤦🏼♀️
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just tried to download a few banned books and audible wouldn’t let me 🤦🏼♀️
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Marco Rubio tried to clarify the foreign aid freeze, only to spread even more chaos among groups offering international assistance.
Marco Rubio Issues New Foreign Aid Order—Causing Mass Confusion
Trump’s secretary of state tried to clarify the foreign aid freeze, only to spread even more chaos among groups offering international assistance.
newrepublic.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Marco Rubio tried to clarify the foreign aid freeze, only to spread even more chaos among groups offering international assistance.
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House GOP members are figuring out which of Trump's promised tax cuts to propose into law and how to pay for them. Among their targets: slashing benefits for single mothers and the poor who rely on government health care.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
House GOP members are figuring out which of Trump's promised tax cuts to propose into law and how to pay for them. Among their targets: slashing benefits for single mothers and the poor who rely on government health care.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
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A workforce discombobulated by chaotic recent events receives an email with the subject line "Fork in the Road." Inside, a deadline to quit or commit to the new mission.
That's the scenario Twitter employees faced in Nov. 2022 — and the one now confronting some 2.3 million government workers.
That's the scenario Twitter employees faced in Nov. 2022 — and the one now confronting some 2.3 million government workers.
The Elon-ification of the federal government
If Musk's takeover of Washington is anything like his takeover of Twitter, federal workers had better buckle up.
www.axios.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A workforce discombobulated by chaotic recent events receives an email with the subject line "Fork in the Road." Inside, a deadline to quit or commit to the new mission.
That's the scenario Twitter employees faced in Nov. 2022 — and the one now confronting some 2.3 million government workers.
That's the scenario Twitter employees faced in Nov. 2022 — and the one now confronting some 2.3 million government workers.
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Breaking News: Officials said they believed no one had survived the midair collision between a plane carrying 64 people and an Army helicopter carrying three.
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No Survivors in Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington D.C., Officials Say: Live Updates
An American Airlines jet plunged into the Potomac River after colliding with an Army helicopter. Sixty-four people were aboard, including U.S. and Russian figure skaters returning from a camp in Kansa...
nyti.ms
January 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Breaking News: Officials said they believed no one had survived the midair collision between a plane carrying 64 people and an Army helicopter carrying three.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.