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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls
FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:14 AM
“The cartels also have a more ambitious goal: to synthesize the chemical compounds, known as precursors, that are essential to making fentanyl, freeing them from having to import those raw materials from China.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...
Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl
Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Good stuff from @bflanagannj.bsky.social
Nancy Warner and her team at The Last Resort Rescue and Wildlife Refuge in West Milford have been working around the clock to help animals that managed to escape NJ's recent wildfires.
Wildlife refuge caring for NJ forest fire survivors | Video | NJ Spotlight News
A NJ refuge is helping animals that managed to escape wildfires
www.njspotlightnews.org
November 29, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Good start! Hope @bsky.app continues to grow beyond just reporters posting links to their work. Worth remembering the value of original Twitter was not in it being a huge traffic driver for publishers. Seems that deprioritizing links is a trend on major platforms now.
NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”

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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
search.app
November 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Who are the rebels seizing control of Syria's second largest city?

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Syria: Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebels seizing control of Aleppo?
The Islamist militant group HTS has a long and involved history in the Syrian conflict.
t.co
November 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
November 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Giving back to the community this holiday season 🦃

Along with the Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation, acmemarkets, and Youth Mentoring Partnership, Saquon provided Thanksgiving meals to 150 families!
November 26, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM