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BREAKING: Trump Axes His Puppy Killer Kristi Noem is out at the Department of Homeland Security, partly for a very silly reason. The department will remain under the control of Stephen Miller.

Trump axes his puppy killer

The race to stop AI’s threats to democracy On this week’s “More To The Story,” tech journalist Karen Hao sounds the alarm about the rising risks to the country—and planet—from the growth of artificial intelligence.

“We are allowing the tech industry to consolidate this extraordinary degree of resources, unlike anything ever before."

Tech journalist Karen Hao sounds the alarm about the rising risks to the country—and planet—from the growth of artificial intelligence.

Fontaines D.C, Kneecap, Nilüfer Yanya and more pledge support to Records For Palestine initiative Records For Palestine has announced two online vinyl raffles to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), with over 200 artists and 27 record labels pledging support through prize donations.

Records For Palestine announce vinyl raffle in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Over 200 artists and labels have contributed, including Fontaines D.C, Kneecap, Nilüfer Yanya, and more.

Shaun Ryder: “This ain’t our planet, it’s an experiment in a zoo.” The Happy Mondays/Black Grape survivor talks drug madness, alien zoos and Mani.

Shaun Ryder: “This ain’t our planet, it’s an experiment in a zoo.”

Following his and Bez’s appearance at the Brits, The Happy Mondays/Black Grape leader talks drug madness, alien zoos and why he had to miss Mani’s funeral...

Tomorrow War Child UK are releasing "HELP(2)," an epic new charity compilation album. In honor of that we have posted to our website our article on the original "HELP" album from 1995.

It was exclusive to our '90s Issue print magazine, but is now online.

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Meta’s Oversight Board races to govern the AI surge As generative AI explodes on social media, the board’s slow, human-led review model faces a breaking point.

Seven in 10 social media images are now AI-generated. That surge is testing whether Meta’s Oversight Board can still function as the “supreme court” of content moderation https://restofworld.org/2026/mmeta-oversight-board-challenges/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

Silent slaughter - josimarfootball.com Enough footballers were killed by the Iranian Islamist regime in the space of forty-eight hours in January to make up two full teams. Fifa’s response? Silence.

New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social. I wish to express thanks and my admiration to Zohreh Abdollahkhani, who found the courage and the strength to write this heart-rending piece, commissioned before Iran was attacked by the US and Israel.

josimarfootball.com/2026/03/05/s...

Of course they will.

Trump and His Soulless Cronies Have Managed to Suck the Joy Out of the World Cup Not even soccer is immune from Trump’s reverse Midas touch.

I wrote something @thenation.com about the 2026 Joyless World Cup. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Silent slaughter - josimarfootball.com Enough footballers were killed by the Iranian Islamist regime in the space of forty-eight hours in January to make up two full teams. Fifa’s response? Silence.

'Silent Slaughter'

By Zohreh Abdollahkhani for @josimarfootball.bsky.social.

* Warning: it's a brutal (but very necessary) read.

josimarfootball.com/2026/03/05/s...

Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals Emphasis on “optional.”

Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals

Data center tax breaks cost Phoenix residents millions, city audit says Statewide tax breaks for data center developers are costing Phoenix taxpayers over $12 million in yearly revenue, a new city-sanctioned audit showed.

Data center tax breaks are costing Phoenix $12 million dollars a year.

A new audit says Arizona’s tax breaks for data center developers are costing Phoenix taxpayers the same amount as the city is spending on arts and culture initiatives and environmental programs put together.

‘There’s no safe place any more’: inside Tehran under attack – photo essay Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski speaks to Iranian photographer Mohammad Mohsenifar, who has been documenting the attacks on the Iranian capital over the past week Iranians woke up on Thursday to a new round of explosions in Tehran, on the sixth day of war since the US and Israel launched attacks that have so far killed more than 1,200 people, including the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The casualties include 168 children who were killed at a school in the southern province of Hormozgan; thousands more people have been injured. People mourn the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei along Enghalab street in Tehran on Sunday Continue reading...

‘There’s no safe place any more’: inside Tehran under attack – photo essay

New poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak Americans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate?

I'll direct your attention to this excellent piece by @gelliottmorris.com about how polling indicates that voters don't think Democrats are "too woke" or too extreme, they think they're too weak.

And THE core reason they're weak is their unwillingness to challenge corporate power.

‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds Exclusive: Survey suggests journalists from minority ethnic backgrounds feel excluded from influential posts and seen as ‘diversity hires’ Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms. While there has been a sustained focus on racial diversity among Britain’s biggest broadcasters in recent years, the study concluded it had been “performed rather than embedded”, leaving minority ethnic journalists feeling excluded from influential posts and resented by colleagues. Continue reading...

‘Apartheid newsroom’: minority ethnic journalists still locked out of top jobs, report finds

Thank you to the kind souls who pointed out that I didn't imagine this - but had missed that the hip/pelvis was the USA and the torso Canada. It looks even worse now.

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

Beirut residents: 'We are very tired of wars' <article data-history-node-id="434609" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/beirut-residents-we-are-very-tired-wars" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/beirut-residents-we-are-very-tired-wars" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Beirut residents: 'We are very tired of wars'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Residents in Beirut's southern suburbs have talked to Middle East Eye about fleeing Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital overnight.</p> <p>After Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 31 people. "Everyone was screaming, in the streets, fleeing," one mother in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, said.&nbsp;</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We are very tired of wars, we are really tired. We want safety, we really want safety,”<br><br>Fleeing overnight Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, families headed for the seaside.<br><br>Strikes on Lebanon killed at least 31 people, after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel. <a href="https://t.co/sQKEfQGqQI">pic.twitter.com/sQKEfQGqQI</a></p>— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2028468768653922625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p>Multiple residents described fleeing their homes and heading to the seaside.&nbsp;“We are very tired of wars, we are really tired. We want safety, we really want safety," one said.</p> <p>"I grabbed the children quickly and ran," a father said. "We headed towards the airport road. There were so many people, it felt like judgement day."</p> </div> </div> </article>

Beirut residents: 'We are very tired of wars' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/beirut-residents-we-are-very-tired-wars

We live in a world in which its entirely possible that Iran negotiations failed because people involved bet the under.

College Campuses Are in Upheaval Over Faculty Ties to Epstein From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier’s influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability.

From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier’s influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability.

Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need A new season of what haters have called a "capitalist-hating, Trump-hating, NFL protest-loving group of far-Left women."

Our @burnitalldownpod.com
Kickstarter is still going for 3 more days!!!!! The support has been overwhelming but is still needed -- help us secure a better future for the podcast and for sports media!!

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Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Trump’s war on Iran: grave dangers and, at best, limited benefits As with the 2003 Iraq war, the path to conflict with Iran has been paved with false statements. Pandora’s box is now open: The consequences of the US and Israeli attack on Iran will be lasting but…

"President Trump may get lucky and find that his attacks achieve some outcomes that serve US interests. But it is hard to envision that the net result will be an improvement in US or world security."

Girls are innocent victims here, start to finish: launched to distract from Epstein's abuse to killing students in their school in Iran.

Please, media, don’t turn the war into entertainment 8 things for journalists to keep in mind as they cover Trump’s military moves

I wrote this plea for media responsibility last June when Trump ordered air strikes against Iran. It remains relevant as Trump launches an even wider war against Iran.
American news outlets must resist the impulse to treat war as entertainment.

Index RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.

In case you're wondering about getting reliable information about Trump's latest war ...

Iran ranks 176 out of 180 countries in @rsf.org World Press Freedom Index.

Israel ranks 112.

US ranks 57, and I bet will fall in May update.

Main thing these regimes have in common is thought control.

it’s already hitting 90s here and i’m not coping well

Opting out at the Intuit Dome Steve Ballmer, AECOM, and the architecture of data extraction; “I wish there was a 0 rating”

"Even if you don’t agree to join GameFace ID, the Intuit Dome may still know an alarming amount abt your mvmts + behavior. It can reportedly see the photos you take inside the arena... It can tell how loudly you’re cheering [+] reward enthusiastic fans by giving them discounts on concessions."

How the 2026 World Cup got caught up in a U.S. government funding fight Public rhetoric over a government shutdown has put the World Cup in focus, with security funding U.S. host cities need being held up

The World Cup has been dragged into a U.S. government funding fight.

@theathletic.com:

The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel “To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.”

"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight."

Wonderful read from a wonderful mind: www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/27/e...