The Onion
What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace
President Donald Trump signed the charter for his “Board of Peace” Thursday, establishing himself as presiding chairman of a new international ...
Board of Peace - Wikipedia
 (satire) *What To Know About [the bully]'s Board Of Peace.* Almost all the 21 countries that signed up for the persecutor's "Board of Peace" are authoritarian. Paraguay is arguably democratic. I don't know about Armenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Mongolia; perhaps they are democratic. Indonesia was democratic but is heading towards military domination.
Task & Purpose
What is a loot box and why is there one at the Pentagon?
The company that makes the machines announced on Christmas Eve that a Lucky Box is now inside the Pentagon
 A friend pointed out that the "loot box" gambling machine in the Pentagon could introduce things that shouldn't be inside the Pentagon - including surveillance devices and poison traps.
the Guardian
Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers
2025: September - December Political Notes
 ChatGPT is worse than lacking in intelligence - its store of text comes from Grok, which spouts Nazi propaganda.
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the Guardian
Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens claim
Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community
2025: January - April Political Notes
 *Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offense under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens warn.* An expert said, *It seems that the implication is criticism of Israel, and the Israeli government, and suggesting it is
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Tell Congress: Oppose All Funding for ICE Without Systemic Reforms
ICE has operated for years with extraordinary power and almost no accountability. The result has been predictable and devastating: excessive force,...
Online Letter Campaign, no JavaScript
 US citizens: call on your elected officials to oppose all funding for the deportation thugs in the absence of systemic reforms. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code-not trivial, but not hard. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about
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Ars Technica
Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans
Police finally come clean about botched use of AI tools.
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
 A UK official banned the fans of an Israeli team from a football match, believing that they had got involved in fights with fans of another team in a previous match. It turns out that previous match had never taken
the Guardian
Excessive screen time could limit vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn
Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research finds
 *Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research finds.* This is adding to the evidence that using computers tends to be bad for young children.
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the Guardian
Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss
Jamie Dimon warns of civil unrest but Nvidia’s Jensen Huang argues tech will create rather than destroy jobs
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
 A megabankster concedes that the use of artificial "intelligence" may need to be slowed in order to reduce the rate of disruption. However, he continues to insist on the PR claim that those systems are "intelligence" and that they provide a benefit to society. The main "benefit" of Pretend
Tell the Media: Stop calling it a ceasefire. Report on what is really happening in Gaza and the West Bank
In Gaza, Palestinians remain under total siege. Food is restricted. Aid is blocked. Hospitals barely function. Families are starving. People are st...
Online Letter Campaign, no JavaScript
 US citizens: call on US mass media to Stop calling it a ceasefire. Report on what is really happening in Gaza and the West Bank. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.