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The US Needs a New Suicide Prevention Plan That Tackles Social Media and AI | TechPolicy.Press Our national suicide prevention largely treats technology as a tool to be managed, not a threat to be confronted, Erich Mische writes.

The US national strategy to prevent suicide failed to address the risks posed by social media and AI, Erich Mische writes. That's why he's come to regret signing it — and calling for a new plan.

The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.

NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

Black Media in Crisis: Teen Vogue, CBS, and NBC Layoffs Signal Alarming Setback Under Trump’s America | Black Girl Nerds Against the backdrop of Trump’s return to power, the pressures on Black media and Black journalists have only grown sharper.

remember when promising and popular telecom and media reformer Gigi Sohn (a big fan of media ownership diversity requirements) had her nomination to the FCC scuttled because of a handful of Democrats like Mark Kelly and Joe Manchin?

Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’ Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?

Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.

Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%

Concerns over charter school for autistic students w/ the University of Auckland's Missy Morton: 3 November, 2025 Recently, the government announced that a charter school specifically catering to secondary students with autism would be started up. The school, the Autism NZ Education Hub, would operate from Wellin...

Excellent criticism of Autism New Zealand's bizarre "charter school for autists" proposal by Professor Missy Morton. Congrats also to 95bFM for devoting the air time to the issue.

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YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Does Mike Johnson Know...Anything? Anything At All?

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

A United States that is disintegrating and no longer a leader in Asia As Trump 2.0 hollows out US state capacity, the Asia Pacific must prepare for a world without US leadership

Want to read what I really think about the Trump administration and the Asia Pacific? Here you go. It’s a goddamn catastrophe for U.S. national interests and for the regional economic and diplomatic order.

When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America Scotland’s largest city reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland, or Montreal do a double take.

“In May 2025, Scotland’s largest city [Glasgow] reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland or Montreal do a double take: during the morning rush hour, there were more bicycles than cars traveling along Victoria Road, a major artery…” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

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The updated UnderstandingWar.org better organizes our full library of analysis, maps, and daily updates so you can explore ISW insights by conflict region, topic, date range, and much more.

Amazon: "continue these series you've started!!!"

"The Stranger: Reckoning" by Chris Striker (book 2 of 2 of "The Stranger")

Wtf did I start reading? When did I buy this?

[Clicks book 1]

"The Stranger" by Albert Camus

This is brilliant

What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯

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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

O'Donnell: "And to people that say they're struggling with the cost of living expenses, what could you do about that?"

Trump: "Well, let me just say, cashless bail is a disaster. It's gotta be changed. Sanctuary cities really have to be changed."

US pushes for wider global dollar adoption Officials in Washington explore how to encourage more countries to adopt greenback as their primary currency

I'd be a little skeptical While there may indeed be "a group high up within the administration that was interested in bolstering the international role of the dollar," there are also those who understand the relationship between dollar dominance and US deindustrialization.
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How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...

I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.

And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street

Venezuela being Americas Poland and the historic echos we are seeing should be a moment for people to focus on what the hard realities are in this moment.

America is going to war without a Congress,while the dictator disappears people at home and solidifies the apparatus to kill those in opposition

The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.

America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.

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A Halloween parade float with the gates of Auschwitz

Evidently there was an Auschwitz-themed float in a Halloween parade in Pennsylvania.

The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.

Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.

Bradford is nearly 1/3rd Muslim, Hindu or Sikh.

Question Time picked an audience that was more than 90% White.

That tells you everything.

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The Media warning you of the dangers.

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Dirt poor immigrants, Disabled People and pensioners ✔️

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)