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[ad_1] American decisionmakers weighed new financial and military options to change the course of the war as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade strikes Friday. The New York Times reported Friday, citing four anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump met with cabinet officials to consider whether to escalate the Iran War.  Trump said Thursday that he would use confiscated Iranian funds to cover for any damages sustained to vessels attacked by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz. “These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do,” Trump wrote on Truth…

[ad_1] Data centers, already unloved by the general public, have a new enemy: cuddly leopard cubs.  In Nashville, plans by Atlanta-based company DC BLOX to build a data center have provoked heated opposition from the Nashville Zoo, next to which the planned facility would go.  The zoo argues that the constant hums and vibrations from the data center would have a negative impact on animals with sensitive hearing; chief among them the clouded leopards bred in the zoo.  “Clouded Leopards are notoriously sensitive to any mechanical noise, which causes excessive stress and elimination of successful breeding, harming the overall endangered…

[ad_1] The Middle East’s water crisis is not a future risk. It is a present emergency, and the question of who helps solve it carries geopolitical weight that extends far beyond desalination contracts The language of Abu Dhabi’s partnership expansion with Chinese institutions, intelligent systems, advanced manufacturing, knowledge transfer, reads on the surface like standard diplomatic communiqué. Strip it back, and what it describes is one of the most consequential technology relationships a water-scarce region has ever needed to build. The Middle East’s water crisis is not a future risk. It is a present emergency, and the question of who…

[ad_1] [A.] In Delaware Superior Court Judge Meghan Adams today in Starbuck v. Google LLC, Starbuck alleged that Google AI had stated that “Starbuck had been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment by multiple women.” “Starbuck’s nanny accused him of abuse and neglect.” “Starbuck had been accused of rape of a minor.” “Starbuck had stolen valor by claiming he was served in the military when he had not.” “Starbuck had engaged in abusive behavior toward multiple women, including a fictitious ex-wife.” “Starbuck was involved in the January 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.” “Starbuck had been accused of stalking…

[ad_1] Image by Sander Crombach. “If the state sends people, soldiers, for the honor of the state, and they kill people, is that permissible? It is plain murder. They [the government] incite murder. This is what they do. They wage wars not to save lives, but only for the honor of the state. Certainly, this is not new. So, is this permitted? Just to raise the status of the state or something else?” These are not the words of a left-wing anti-Israeli activist from an Ivy League campus. They were spoken on July 19, 2026, by the 96-year-old Rabbi Dov…

[ad_1] When he was 19, Jamie Meade participated in a robbery that turned lethal. But it was Meade’s partner in crime who actually shot the victim (accidentally, he said). Meade nevertheless was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to life without parole, while the killer pleaded guilty to lesser offenses and received a 12-year sentence. When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commuted Meade’s sentence last year, he had served 31 years. By contrast, the man who fired the gun, who spent 10 years in prison, has been free since 2008. Manifestly unjust results like those are a product of laws that…

[ad_1] Socialism is au courant in America today, though in its 21st-century form, it is less a rebellion of the proletariat than a by-product of the capitalist elite. Through its continued efforts to decrease the returns to human labour and by financing the very groups and ideologies increasingly dedicated to its overthrow, socialism has found fertile ground.Read Full Article ⟶ [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] What the flock is happening in Georgia? In just a matter of months, 18 law enforcement officers in the Peach State have been arrested for misusing Flock Safety camera data in what seems to be a deeply concerning trend, highlighting the need for stricter oversight of mass surveillance technologies.  Late last week, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, located in metropolitan Atlanta, announced that Sgt. Kabiru Salawu had been fired, arrested, and charged for allegedly misusing Flock license plate reader technology but did not release details on which data were accessed or why, according to USA Today. The 17-year agency…

[ad_1] Bang! Texas. Graffiti, Portland, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. I have been thinking about folks who are into one or another messianic worldviews. This can be a secular or religious search for what is really a false sense of certainty. Either way that need for certainty requires one to think that history is foreordained and believe they hold the secret to correctly predicting mankind’s future. The United States has several versions of this obsession, among them Christian Fundamentalists and Christian Nationalists. Who Are They? You can describe these fundamentalists and nationalists as Christian absolutists. That is, anything the Bible…

[ad_1] Elon Musk reacts to the notion that it is “far right” to support secure borders, safe cities, and sensible spending in an interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of “The Economist.”ZANNY MINTON BEDDOES, THE ECONOMIST: You support, not just the populist right, but the far right, in fact very fringe parties in some countries.ELON MUSK: No, I support the normal people.BEDDOES: Okay.MUSK: What you call the far right, falsely.BEDDOES: You think it’s the normal person? Okay.MUSK: Yes, it’s just normal people. And here are the principles. And tell me, which of these sound terrible? That we should have secure…