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Packed house at @huntercollege.bsky.social for a conversation on @rweingarten.bsky.social’s new book, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers,” and the importance of strong public education for a healthy democracy and creating opportunities for all kids.

Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions Seven complaints, filed on Thursday, claim the popular chatbot encouraged dangerous discussions and led to mental breakdowns.

Four wrongful death lawsuits were filed against OpenAI on Thursday, as well as cases from three people who say the company’s chatbot led to mental health breakdowns.

Six great reads: a golden age of stupidity, inside the manosphere and Harper Lee’s lost stories Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

Six great reads: a golden age of stupidity, inside the manosphere and Harper Lee’s lost stories

来週は寒気が南下し北日本に冬の気配　西日本はようやく秋らしい気温に - ウェザーニュース 来週は北日本を中心に上空の寒気が流れ込みやすくなります。西日本を覆っていた暖気も南に後退し、ようやく秋らしい気温になる見込みです。

＜全国的に季節が大きく前進＞
来週は北日本を中心に上空の寒気が流れ込みやすくなります。西日本を覆っていた暖気も南に後退し、ようやく秋らしい気温になる見込みです。
weathernews.jp/news/202510/...

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid" We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

How do you do, fellow state senators, GOP attorneys, and balding, 31-year-old Hitler enthusiasts?

メタ、AI精鋭そろえ「超知能」に傾倒　メタバース11兆円損失で焦り
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...

メタバースこそが未来だとし、社名を変更するほど力を入れました。ただメタバースは本格普及には至らず事業赤字は拡大。超知能への傾倒は焦りも背景にあります。

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”

米MITがトランプ氏に反旗、助成優遇案を拒否　「我々の信念と矛盾」 - 日本経済新聞 【ニューヨーク=清水石珠実】米マサチューセッツ工科大（MIT）がトランプ米政権による「懐柔案」を拒否した。政権はMITを含めた有力9大学に、留学生の入学制限など政権の要求に従えば助成金を優遇的に出すと提案していた。提案を拒否する意向を正式に示したのはMITが初とみられる。　MITのサリー・コーンブルース学長は、リンダ・マクマホン米教育長官に宛てた10日付の書簡のなかで、「（米政権の提案は）科学

マサチューセッツ工科大学、トランプ政権に反旗　「懐柔案」を拒否（無料記事）
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...

政権はマサチューセッツ工科大学（MIT）を含めた有力9大学に、留学生の入学制限など政権の要求に従えば助成金を優遇的に出すと提案していました。

サリー・コーンブルース学長は、米教育長官に宛てた書簡のなかで「（米政権の提案は）科学的な資金は科学的価値のみに基づいて配分されるべきだというMITの核心的な信念と矛盾する」と指摘しています。

#ニュース

What is antifa, the ‘terrorist’ group targeted by Donald Trump? The White House says there is a ‘leftwing terror threat’ that could destroy the US but the data may show otherwise

What is antifa, the ‘terrorist’ group targeted by Donald Trump? on.ft.com/47hkb5e

UK workers face growing wealth gap challenge, think tank says Rising asset prices have widened the wealth gap between the most well off 10% of British households and the average, a think tank said on Wednesday, highlighting the country's growing wealth inequality.

UK workers face growing wealth gap challenge, think tank says reut.rs/4q0IziU

Here's what is being affected by the government shutdown across the country The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be impacted and where.

BREAKING: Israel Illegally Boards Humanitarian Flotilla Heading to Gaza Participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla are being detained by the Israeli military and taken into custody.

NEW from Drop Site: Israel Illegally Boards Humanitarian Flotilla Heading to Gaza

Participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla are being detained by the Israeli military and taken into custody. Our full report ⬇️

www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-ill...

「移民政策とらない」のに外国人労働者増　政府の建前が妨げる体制整備
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...

2024年末の在留外国人数は376万人と、23年末比で35万人（約10%）増加しました。

SNS上では外国人コミュニティーと地元住民のトラブルなどが話題に。

在留外国人が日本の社会になじみにくい状態を放置すれば、排外主義的な主張が一層強まる恐れもあります。

JICA scraps Africa ‘hometown’ agreement after migration mixup Persistent online misinformation about the plan being a ploy to ease immigration from Africa led to the initiative being canceled.

Japan’s overseas aid agency is scrapping a plan to boost ties with Africa after it sparked a slew of misinformation about easing immigration from the continent.

Select tickets – Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for an exciting in conversation event between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book Radical Abundance,…

🌱BOOK EVENT🌱

Join Opus Independents for a conversation about Radical Abundance with @kmilb.bsky.social and Debs Grayson

🗓️Thurs, Oct 2
⏰7 pm
📍@theworkstation
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Keir Starmer’s relationship with his chief of staff faces biggest test yet Morgan McSweeney under spotlight over late declarations of donations to thinktank when he was its director

Keir Starmer’s relationship with his chief of staff faces biggest test yet

「以色列或将清退十万中国工人（2025.09.19）」9月19日，一名在以色列特拉维夫做工的中国建筑工人发视频称，当地的多个建筑工地当天遭警察堵门，不让工人进入。这名工人还透露，以色列政府将在2025年底清退所有中国工人。据另一位同在以色列做工的工人透露，目前，以色列已经停止了人力和建筑工程的人员审批。
9月15日，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡曾公开表示：“中国和卡塔尔正策划围困以色列。” 不知“清退所有中国工人”的传言是否与此有关。
据悉，目前有约十万名中国籍工人在以色列从事建筑行业的相关工作，他们中大多数都曾向中介缴纳过高昂的费用，如果被清退，可能会导致他们损失惨重。

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas The Trump administration is targeting a visa widely used by tech companies and other employers to hire foreign workers.

Of all the stupid things that this regime has done, this is right up near the top. Postdoctoral researchers come to the US on H-1B visas. This will further destroy the US science enterprise. Stupid stupid stupid.

Trump’s FCC Goon Threatens Popular Daytime TV Show Brendan Carr revealed the next show he’ll “look into” in an interview with Scott Jennings.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr revealed the next show he’ll “look into” in an interview with Scott Jennings.

Trump is no 'strongman' when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits | Simon Tisdall Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil them, says Guardian commentator Simon Tisdall

Excellent piece on how Trump's utter fecklessness is accelerating the descent into global anarchy - and what Europe, the UK, and others urgently need to do about it. A must read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

米士官学校同窓会、トム・ハンクスさん表彰を中止　トランプ氏が称賛：朝日新聞 トランプ米大統領は8日、陸軍士官学校の同窓会がアカデミー賞俳優トム・ハンクスさんの表彰式を中止したことを「賢明」だと称賛した。数々の名作映画で米軍兵士を演じてきたハンクスさんはトランプ氏に批判的で、…

米士官学校同窓会、トム・ハンクスさん表彰を中止　トランプ氏が称賛

三牧聖子さんの #コメントプラス

《今回のハンクスへの授賞式中止の決定が、陸軍士官学校の同窓会の決定だったということも見逃せない。トランプ政権になってから、軍の政治的な中立性が揺らぎつつある。6月、トランプはノースカロライナ州フォートブラッグ基地を訪問し、演説を行った。演説は前任者バイデンを強く批判する内容だったが、トランプがバイデンを批判するたびに聴衆の兵士たちから歓声があがった》
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

South Korea to send plane for workers detained in US immigration raid Flagship carrier Korean Air says plane could depart for Atlanta, Georgia, as soon as Wednesday.

Flagship carrier Korean Air says plane could depart for Atlanta, Georgia, as soon as Wednesday.

How Trump’s “mass deportation” plan would ruin America It would be brutal, costly, and likely illegal.

As Trump's mass deportation plot is in full swing, we can see that it's everything @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social predicted it would be: Brutal, costly, and likely illegal.

From 2024:

日本は3年連続で史上最も暑い夏　昨年の記録を大幅に更新する見通し - ウェザーニュース 日本の夏(6〜8月)の平均気温が過去最高になることがほぼ確実になっています。これまでの記録だった昨年、一昨年の記録を大幅に更新する見通しです。

＜今年の日本は史上最も暑い夏＞
日本の夏(6〜8月)の平均気温が過去最高になることがほぼ確実になっています。これまでの記録だった昨年、一昨年の記録を大幅に更新する見通しです。
weathernews.jp/news/202508/...

Opinion | What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life

TW: Self-harm

Too many people are using ChatGPT as a therapist - I frequently see people recommend it to others. It can have dangerous consequences

This woman used the Harry "therapist prompt" to talk about suicidal ideations she hid from her real therapist and family. It edited her suicde note

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls

The state/mainstream denial of rights & dehumanisation of migrants + legitimisation of the far right & vigilantism against migrants & those who house, represent or defend them is fascism. We need to go beyond extremism to understand this relationship & these roles
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Texas House just helped Trump rig the midterm elections "This is racial gerrymandering at its worst."

“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst. It is something that Jim Crow would be proud of."

After weeks of delays and threats of arrests, the Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday passed a highly contentious redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.

Can You Buy a Samurai Sword in Japan? Yes, But... - Unseen Japan Can you buy a sword in Japan? Yes, that part's relatively easy. The challenge is getting it OUT of the country.

Can you buy a Japanese sword in Japan? Yes! That's very easy! The problem, however, isn't buying the sword - it's exporting it from Japan. Here's what you need to know before you attempt to live out your dream of becoming a modern-day samurai.