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Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference.

"Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation" People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference.
By Manvir Singh

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”

SCOOP: AI scientists partnering with the government are now being told to remove ‘ideological bias’ from powerful models. “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” are no longer required skills.

Trump Is Still Trying to Undermine Elections Now that Trump has installed election deniers throughout his Administration, he has been busy dismantling the guardrails protecting voting and voters.

The Trump administration has made recent moves to gut the federal government’s ability to help state and local election officials fight foreign interference, defend against cyberattacks to elections, and more. @larrynorden.bsky.social worries it’s just the beginning. More in the New Yorker.

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A study shows cutting phone use by just three days changes brain activity - similar to breaking an addiction.

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For years, Craig Spencer has fought infectious diseases around the world. In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea, he survived Ebola himself.

“I know how lethal Donald Trump’s assault on America’s outbreak preparedness could be,” he writes. “We are sure to regret it.” theatln.tc/wJk69wgA

Trump Admin to Remaining USAID Staff: Start Shredding Docs One national security lawyer said the “slash and burn mode” could destroy key evidence in anti-Trump lawsuits.

"A top official with USAID has alarmed the organization’s remaining employees with a request to immediately start shredding classified documents—and if the agency’s shredders become overburdened, to burn them instead."

There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.

Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."

Trump administration slashes division in charge of 26,000 U.S. artworks The fate of artworks dating to before the Civil War is uncertain after the dismissal of most workers in the General Service Administration’s fine arts and preservation units.

Exclusive: The future of a vast collection of public artwork is in doubt as the Trump administration plans to fire workers who preserve and maintain over 26,000 pieces owned by the U.S. government, including paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.

Texas Republican bill would make simply being transgender a felony If you’re trans and out in the state, you could be jailed for filling out paperwork under this proposal.

A Texas bill introduced by Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson would criminalize transgender people for identifying as anything other than their sex assigned at birth on official documents.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Hotline

Trump and Musk have cut vital programs at the VA, leaving many veterans in crisis abandoned. Our veterans answered the call, but now nobody will answer theirs. youtu.be/dNkPuZ0gRdI?...

House Republicans’ shutdown bill slashes billions from VA healthcare, hurting Veterans suffering from toxic exposure, burn pits, and Agent Orange.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: “It’s an attack on Veterans, an attack on families, an attack on seniors.”

From today’s Prof G Markets. If this trend continues, it could be the end of Musk in politics. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6m66...

The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

Elon Musk's daughter said he hates that she's trans because he chose her sex at birth - LGBTQ Nation This may explain how his first five children were all assigned male at birth...

"Elon Musk’s daughter said he hates that she’s trans because he chose her sex at birth...
This may explain how his first five children were all assigned male at birth..."

Murdoch’s Paper Sounds Alarm on ‘Trump Recession’ The Wall Street Journal condemned Trump’s tariffs as “willy-nilly” in a scathing editorial.

"Following the Nasdaq's worst day since 2022, Rupert Murdoch’s 'WSJ' editorial board ripped Trump’s handling of the economy."

What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.

Manufactured pretext for future action?

"Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works."

Republican former Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan's opinion piece in the Altanta Journal-Constitution.

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

"The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties worldwide."

YouTube video by VoteVets 🔥"We'll Take the Fight to Them" – Disabled Iraq War Veteran & Union Steward Fights Back on VA Cuts

🚨Disabled Iraq War Veteran Eric Rodriguez isn’t mincing words:

“They’re slashing staff, crushing unions, and selling out the VA—for what? So billionaires can make more money while Veterans sit on a waitlist. Or worse, get no treatment.”

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News 'I Don't Think That Was The Question I Asked': Merkley Has Tense Questioning Of NATO Rep Nominee

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) asks State Department nominees if Trump is a Russian asset in confirmation hearings.

“It feels like an intentional dismantling,” says David Kligerman, an attorney who represents whistleblowers for the nonprofit group Whistleblower Aid. cbsn.ws/3DtSQRy

YouTube video by CNN 'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns Amanpour

Canada's Foreign Minister, in an interview with Christian Amanpour, says Trump's tariffs are intended to weaken Canada's economy, making it easier to be annexed to the U.S., not because they've defaulted on their agreements of reducing fentanyl.

“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison (Letter to W. T. Barry, 1822)