California governor signs laws to protect actors against unauthorized use of AI apnews.com/article/califo…

California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI apnews.com/article/califo…

As the world’s attention has focused on the deadly war in Gaza less than 80 miles away, a stepped-up military crackdown in the West Bank has put Palestinian teens in the crosshairs.

Somebody makes a claim. You go see if it’s true. In this case it is not. It’s tempting just to accept a claim when it fits your side’s narrative. It’s also tempting just to reject a claim when it doesn’t fit! Better to check. The The Wall Street Journal is particularly good at this.

BREAKING: Lebanon's health ministry says one person was killed and over 100 wounded by exploding electronic devices in a second wave of attacks. apnews.com/article/lebano…

Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death apnews.com/article/sean-c…

A veteran CIA officer was given a 30-year prison sentence for drugging, photographing and sexually assaulting more than two dozen women in his postings around the world, one of the most egregious acts of misconduct in the history of the spy agency. apnews.com/article/cia-sp…

A privilege of doing of my job with its bad hours for so long is you eventually meet almost everyone. Including, in my case, six presidents. Here, Jimmy Carter’s grandson mentions a book Carter wrote in 2007—and I remember we’d discussed it on NPR. npr.org/2024/09/19/nx-…

BREAKING: Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes along the border, as the leader of Hezbollah vows retaliation for attacks on the group's devices. apnews.com/article/israel…

HOLY SMOKES! Rep. Jasmine Crockett just demolished Republicans during today's "US House Hearing on Biden/Harris Policies". This is viral material. This woman is going places in US politics.

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thank you Richard N. Ojeda

BREAKING: Brand new reporting explains how Teamsters unions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania have rebuffed their national organization and are now endorsing Kamala Harris. This is huge. Retweet so all Americans see this.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. #PeaceDay2024

Holy shit! This is the Kamala Harris rally in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday. 🙌🙏👏👊🌊🇺🇸

Ntozake Shange and ⁦Patricia S. wantsbetterworld Jones⁩ in the broadside exhibit ⁦Furious Flower⁩.

I applaud the signmaker.

I feel for any Black and Brown people at that rally. They must wear body armor.

As long as Greta Thunberg was protesting against climate change, she was all over the news all the time. The day, she started protesting against Israeli war on Gaza, she has disappeared in the news cycle.

This is immoral. Shame on the IDF. Shame on Nethanyahu.