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...
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Science-Based Medicine
Via podcasts, Fox News interviews, and "leaked" memos, our FDA leaders are teasing "profound revelations" about dead ...
There is an entire industry catering to people who, as Webb once famously said on the hilarious Homeopathic A&E s...
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
Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man with type 1 diabetes—a...
An oil tanker seized by the U.S. this week reportedly used a technique that scrambled its location, but new advanced ...
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
A rare wildlife incident is under investigation in Marinette County after a deer attacked an elderly married couple i...
Lightning has killed 14 people in Malawi during the past two weeks, while 8,000 homes have been destroyed as the Sout...
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
Bicyclist killed when motorist hits his rear tire in Rancho Peasquitos
Drug trafficker gets life in prison for killing U.S. teen in Tijuana
Sky
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the prestigious honour in 2023 for her work defending wo...
Donald Trump is being sued by a preservation group which wants a federal court to halt the construction of a new ball...
The Slavland Chronicles
Was Boris Yeltsin even Russian?
Was he deliberately trying to mess things up?
SMAS de Mafra (Mafra water company)
Snopes
Posts shared testimony from Retes, who claimed ICE agents violently detained him despite his statements that he was a...
As of Dec. 12, 2025, her music remained on Amazon streaming platforms.
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)
Health secretary Wes Streeting is using the flu outbreak to pressure doctors to end their pay and jobs dispute—and to...
Over 300 workers at the British Library were on strike every day this week over pay and conditions. The strikers, who...
Software Freedom Conservancy
South China Morning Post
A top official warned against moves to revive Japanese militarism as China held its annual national commemoration of ...
Exhibitors at one of Hong Kong’s largest annual bazaars expect sales to rise by up to 20 per cent from last year, cit...
SouthFront
Russian assault groups crossed the Haichur River from the «Bochany» district and advanced into Huliaipole`s central q...
On December 12, several videos documenting some of the Russian military’s recent operations against Kiev forces surfa...
Space.com
Up to 150 shooting stars may brighten the night sky each hour during the Dec. 13 peak.
A satellite that rode to space Dec. 9 on a Chinese rocket nearly slammed into one of SpaceX`s Starlink internet space...
Sputnik News
Russian military launched mass precision strikes at Ukrainian defense industry and related energy industry targets ov...
On December 1, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the complete liberation of the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk).
The Straits Times
KYIV, Dec 13 - Ukraine`s southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday ...
ISTANBUL, Dec 13 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from a meeting with Russia`s Vladimir Putin, said he hopes...
Strategic Culture
Una divisione del mondo secondo linee multipolari – una nuova Yalta – guidata dagli Stati Uniti rappresenterebbe solo...
Mentre si celebra il 75º anniversario delle relazioni diplomatiche, il rapporto tra Vietnam e Russia si rafforza su p...
Sydney Morning Herald
Coles and Woolworths will face penalties of up to $10 million under the new rules, which will begin in July 2026.
The Hobart Hurricanes have won their maiden WBBL title with a comprehensive win over the Perth Scorchers thanks to an...
Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Donald Trump will acht Kriege beendet oder verhindert haben. Doch viele der Konflikte gehen weiter – selbst nach Frie...
Die Kämpfe zwischen Thailand und Kambodscha haben zahlreichen Menschen das Leben gekostet und Hunderttausende in die ...
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)
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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
Breaking down the whodunnit at the center of Rian Johnson`s new `Knives Out` movie.
With the tax credits` end-of-year expiration date looming, some Republicans are defying party leadership and supporti...
The Times of Israel
Mohammadi`s attorney says rights activist was arrested after denouncing suspicious death of lawyer at a memorial cere...
Move unanimously approved, US was notified ahead of time, report says; PA slams `annexation, apartheid and complete J...
TomDispatch
As more of the Epstein files are released, reminding us of Donald Trump’s close association with Jeffrey Epstein and ...
What self-destructive creatures we turn out to be! Can you even believe it? Only recently, the United Nations Climate...
Tony Greenstein blog
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TruthOut.org
AIPAC spent $2 million to oppose progressive Nida Allam from being elected in North Carolina in 2022.
"I stand before you as a free man, and I want you to remember me this way," Abrego Garcia said.