Schneier on Security
I have no context for –it`s from Reddit–but one of the commenters adds some context:
The promise of personal AI assistants rests on a dangerous assumption: that we can trust systems we haven’t made trus...
Science Alert
SpongeBall DeathPants.
Incredible!
Science-Based Medicine
Via podcasts, Fox News interviews, and "leaked" memos, our FDA leaders are teasing "profound revelations" about dead ...
ScienceNews
A mosquito proboscis repurposed as a 3-D printing nozzle can print filaments around 20 micrometers wide, half the wid...
In the aftermath of slavery, white psychiatrists diagnosed Black people with “religious excitement” and claimed they ...
Scientific American
General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can`t give machines the physical i...
Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man with type 1 diabetes—a...
SCOTUSblog
This morning, Friday, Dec. 12, the justices are gathering for their final regularly scheduled private conference of t...
As we regularly note, we read a lot of legal news as we prepare this newsletter. Here`s the most memorable headline w...
Signs of the Times
What is now unfolding in France may soon drag the entire Eurozone into deep turmoil. The country is staggering throug...
President Joe Biden`s decision to limit his Supreme Court nominees to black women was widely criticized as a product ...
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver)
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump – and all presidents since Truman.
Silver Bulletin favorability ratings for the world`s richest man.
Singapore Star
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 13 (ANI): The ASEAN-India Tourism Professionals Exchange Programme 2025 began in G...
Analysis-Musk`s Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
Sky
A senior Hamas commander who was one of the architects of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel has been killed in a s...
Belarus has pardoned 123 prisoners, including a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a key opposition figure who challenged...
The Slavland Chronicles
Was Boris Yeltsin even Russian?
Was he deliberately trying to mess things up?
SMAS de Mafra (Mafra water company)
Snopes
A similar false story about actor Bette Midler investing millions into Netflix also circulated on social media around...
Social media users often make up posts to satirize the president`s real posts and views.
Social Europe
The Next Generation EU programme, despite sluggish implementation and limited coverage, reveals how industrial policy...
Kaja Kallas is not the problem; the EU`s dysfunctional institutional architecture is crippling its global influence.
Socialist Worker (UK)
Why do we still get excited about Jane Austen? This December marks 250 years since the author’s birth, prompting docu...
“Move fast and break things,” a phrase popularised by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, has been the mantra of big tech for...
Software Freedom Conservancy
South China Morning Post
From sold-out stadium tours in the US, Europe and Asia to history-making Grammy nominations, K-pop has never stood ta...
A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University on the second day of final exams left at least two people ...
SouthFront
Russian forces are still on the offensive, pushing Ukrainian troops toward Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. In the Siversk s...
Two United States Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed and three other soldiers were wounded on Decem...
Space.com
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com`s biggest headlines.
As `The War Between the Land and the Sea` rages on, we look back at the previous TV shows to explode out of the Whoni...
Sputnik News
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held a meeting with military correspondents, discussing t...
“It’s obvious that he’s trying to evade Trump’s demands to sign an agreement by December 25 ceding certain territorie...
The Straits Times
An alert warned students and faculty of an active shooter near an engineering building on campus.
While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 14, 2025
Strategic Culture
La NATO è impantanata nella corruzione, ma continua ostinatamente a non rendersene conto, perché la propria corruzion...
No frigir dos ovos, a candidatura de Flávio Bolsonaro pôs a nu o fato de que o “centro democrático” só clama por “uni...
Sydney Morning Herald
Cole Palmer scores his first goal in three months during Chelsea`s win over Everton.
A bushfire emergency has been declared in WA as temperatures hit 40 degrees in Perth.
Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Eifersucht, sinkende Umfragewerte, steigende Preise und Israel spalten Trumps Anhänger. Die Maga-Gemeinde ist nach de...
Mit der Rückkehr zur knapp hundertjährigen Times New Roman soll im State Department alles besser werden. Bidens Admin...
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation
Taki's Magazine
The Week’s Most Illegal Refugee Jesus Born, Racist White Colors Worn, and Disney Festive Animal Porn Headlines OPERAT...
No doubt the principle that one should speak nothing except good of the recently dead is a decent and civilized one, ...
Tap News (Alternative Media)
Techrights
Google News is really hopeless, even on weekends
Good luck starting legal battles with a company that has almost as many lawyers (including aggressive patent lawyers)...
TheAltWorld
Social programs, formally called welfare programs, administered in Minnesota under governor Tim Waltz, former Democra...
▪️This confirms this was never about "drugs," and is instead just another neocon regime change operation against [...
Time
A Pentagon official told TIME that an initial assessment found the attack was likely carried out by ISIS.
Bruna Ferreira revealed the details of her arrest by ICE agents in early November, hitting out at the Press Secretary...
The Times of Israel
Gantz scolds former party member, says chance of such an alliance `unrealistic after Oct. 7`; Likud slams opposition ...
In separate incident, military says two Palestinians arrested outside settlement found with knives and axe in their v...
TomDispatch
As more of the Epstein files are released, reminding us of Donald Trump’s close association with Jeffrey Epstein and ...
Tony Greenstein blog
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TruthOut.org
A new study found exposure to the chemicals increases likelihood of extremely low-weight and extremely preterm births.
This comes just days after a DOJ memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people.