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the Guardian
Fears AI factcheckers on X could increase promotion of conspiracy theories
Former UK minister says platform, which will use AI to draft community notes, is ‘leaving it to bots to edit the news’
Richard Stallman
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Ex-Twitter will use bullshit generators (LLMs) to write the "community notes" that substitute for fact checking.
Prohibit Members of Congress from Owning Stocks
It’s time to put an end to members of Congress using their positions of power for personal financial gain. Despite the STOCK Act of 2012, which w...
The New Civil Rights Movement
'People Are Really Angry': Fury Over Musk and DOGE Triggers Spike in Calls to Congress
Members of Congress say they are being flooded with calls from angry constituents about President Donald Trump’s Director of the Department o...
The Conversation
I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as str...
the Guardian
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny R...
Richard Stallman will give a talk in Montpellier, France Jan 20 at 18:30 Location: Salle du Conseil de l'Hotel de la Métropole, à Montpellier. Language: En français Streaming: if this is arranged, a URL will be posted here. If you arrange a libre streaming URL for the talk by Monday, please email it to stallman-org@gnu.org. They can post it.
the Guardian
Ladders, noodle stations and K-pop: how the arrest of South Korea’s president unfolded
Police came better prepared than for their first attempt two weeks ago while supporters on both sides of the political divide came out to protest
the Guardian
AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers
Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviour
the Guardian
First came the bots, then came the bosses - we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation | Joan Donovan
Tech leaders’ politics are encoded into their platforms – and with Trump’s ascent, they have direct access to the Oval Office
Oppose the Appointment of a Moms for Liberty Co-Founder as Education Secretary
Trump has proposed dismantling the Department of Education and replacing it with a Moms for Liberty agenda. Their co-founder, Trump’s potential c...
the Guardian
Spain’s deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin
Scientists say violent weather battering Mediterranean is a harbinger of what the rest of Europe can soon expect
Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Health Secretary. OMG. Really?
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Tax Justice Network
No it’s not your money: why taxation isn’t theft - Tax Justice Network
A guest blog by Philip Goff. Many political arguments start from the assumption that taxation is the government taking ‘our money’ off us. When...
the Guardian
Lula and Petro have the chance of a lifetime to save the Amazon. Can they unite idealism and realpolitik to pull it off?
The South American leaders are in the spotlight as they prepare to host this week’s Cop16 biodiversity summit, November’s G20 meeting and next ...
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Rich UK citizens threaten to fully move away from the UK if the UK requires them to pay taxes. Experience shows that few actually follow through on such threats. I have an idea for how make it even less likely they will resist taxation: require them to renounce their UK citizenship in order to avoid being liable for UK taxes. Then make it a crime for a non-citizen to fund or support …
the Guardian
The super-rich claim they’ll flee to escape a Labour ‘tax grab’. Here’s an idea for how to stop them | Polly Toynbee
If the 1% follow through on their threats, an ‘exit tax’ could raise £500m a year – by plucking golden feathers as they take flight, says th...
the Guardian
TikTok videos spread misinformation to new migrant community in New York City
False information spurred these west African migrants to come to the US. Now they receive even more misleading guidance about navigating their new ...
the Guardian
Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows
Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability
Type 2 diabetes: Reducing exposure to night light may reduce risk
Being exposed to bright light during a specific time window at night may heighten the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
[3/3] … nationalization ensures that any additional funds put in will not be frittered away on private investors' profits, the government can put in what is needed and really get publish benefit for it.
Win Without War
Tell Congress: Ban Bullet Vending Machines
Our grocery stores are not gun shops.