Mike Todman

Where is Israel's operation heading? As the military confrontation between Iran and Israel intensifies, what is Israel’s real endgame?

When did we accept Putin's definition of the word 'operation' into the general lexicon?

It's a war right? Regardless of your position, you can see acts of war as acts of war, right?

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I'm curious. If the Israel's military had the capacity to strike a specific target through their bedroom wall, what the eff happened in Gaza?

So the removal of non-essential personnel from the US Embassy in Baghdad was what, a coincidence?

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

At the start of the year, WIRED made a commitment to stop paywalling articles primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act @freedom.press. This includes this critical piece here.

The US Is storing migrant children’s DNA in a criminal database:

'European nations sought to prevent future catastrophes by creating supranational structures that would bind nations closer together and allow for more substantial diplomatic and economic engagements'...

... the leading voice being that well known European, Woodrow Wilson..... Oh, and FDR.

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation.

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In a past life, when my brain got involved more, I wrote the attached.

Obviously, perceived exceptionality is subjective, but it cautions that this week's furious tempest is simply a precursor to the moderate storm in the next.

But, if the storm came first, it would seem an aberration.

US resisting including reference to ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 Ukraine anniversary statement | CNN Politics A diplomatic back-and-forth is underway among Group of Seven members over a joint statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the United States resisting a reference ...

'Rewriting History' is an overused phrase. Often it is used to simply devalue a differing perspective...

But we all watched this happen. Trump watched this happen. In this case 'rewriting History' is entirely appropriate, as is 'rewriting the present'.

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AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are

This article asks the question of when and how AI reductions of news stories will cause real world harm.

I find it inconcievable that we have not already passed that point.

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Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users Meta says its platforms will instead rely on

Thus rendering the original to appear as if fact, and any challenge to appear as comment/conjecture.

It probably isn't new, for the narrative to be dictated by they who can tell the most convincing tale. But more than 40 years ago, this scale of reach was unimaginable

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Very sorry to read this Simon. I hope you are finding peace in this New Year

I am intrigued to know whether it is staff or a bot that controls Elon Musk Twitter feed.

If it is an AI Bot, then it is an apt demonstration of such technology's capacity to steer an international discourse/narrative.

Apple falsely claims Luke Littler won darts championship The AI-generated notification said the teenager had won the tournament before the final had been played.

Fortunate that it's only about darts.

But what if it is about the outcome of a trial or an incorrectly named suspect in our febrile political climate?

There's enough intentional misinformation out there, without benign systems spewing it involuntarily.

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Israel's manipulation and restructure of the water supply has been a feature of its deprivation and control strategy towards Palestinians for decades.

It's refreshing to see these acts being highlighted, but it's not clear why they are treated in discussions as new behaviours.