MAGA Built The Censorship Machine It Spent Years Falsely Accusing Democrats Of Building - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/14/maga-built-the-censorship-machine-it-spent-years-falsely-accusing-democrats-of-building/ funny how that works
Jeezus, NYTimes, aren't you getting a little ahead of yourselves here?
Leo XIV’s Cancer Diagnosis Tests the Assumption of a Long Papacy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/world/europe/pope-leo-health-cancer.html?smid=tw-share
In July, scientists announced the creation of SpudCell, a synthetic cell with a lot of the hallmarks of life. I recently went to a meeting where they talked about their next steps--including making sure SpudCell doesn't get used for evil. Here's my dispatch. (Gift link) https://nyti.ms/4yTzTiw
Watching “those texts were AI generated” replace “my phone was hacked” as the stupid person’s excuse of choice
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kimberly-guilfoyle-greece-ambassador-resignation-dbd7551c
"7 Things to Know About the New Insane White House Press Secretary"
From lying about being a lawyer to promoting QAnon conspiracy theories, here’s what you need to know about Donald Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia.
https://zeteo.com/p/7-things-to-know-about-the-new-insane
AI agents are being given increasing access to data, systems and online services.
In July, OpenAI’s agents found ways around testing restrictions and accessed Hugging Face’s systems,
What happens when AI agents act outside their intended remit - and who is accountable?
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5871/when-ai-agents-act-outside-their-remit
Incredible image of the Lion Nebula by the JWST. “The death of the oxygen-rich central star has left behind a white dwarf that is ‘cooking' everything from the inside and producing a bubble of ionized gas...destroying dust that is in its path." https://kottke.org/26/10/whoa-the-lion-nebula
RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mxtc7zvxok2g
more like this, please...
Ukraine says new Starlink restrictions disrupt their military
L: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ukraine-starlink-restrictions-military-intel-trump-zelenskyy-russia-rcna603412
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088501
posted on 2026.10.14 at 10:44:30 (c=0, p=15)
Ukraine has named five Russian archaeologists as war crimes suspects over excavations in annexed Crimea, BBC Russia reports.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/14/ukraine-charges-five-russian-scientists-with-war-crimes-over-excavations-in-annexed-crimea
RE: https://waag.social/@henk/117439380643444735
outrageous bullying and interference
Serbia Today Does Not Need A New Wall, But A Bridge – OpEd By Bogoljub J. Karić Serbia today faces a choice that matters more than any political slogan or electoral outcome: what kind https://www.eurasiareview.com/10102026-serbia-today-does-not-need-a-new-wall-but-a-bridge-oped/
I’ve read today a contributor to an open source project says, in substance: "If generated code is accepted in the project, I will stop contributing because I don’t want to spend time trying to understand the code in order to contribute just to see it changed the next generated commit".
Accepting generated code, even with mild rail guards, is a Pandora box way scarier than you think.
It is not a question of purity, it is a question of keeping your project alive.
"There will be good decisions in support of Ukraine this week. We are preparing them right now. I continue to stay in touch with all our partners who can help us and who are always effective. Today, I’ll speak with Denmark, and I’ll speak with Lithuania – with the prime ministers. We have important negotiations in the United Kingdom."
- President Zelensky
TRAITOR TRUMP
Trump provides Putin a lifeline so he can continue killing Ukrainians in Ukraine!
Putin's envoy Dmitriev said that the agreement to supply Russian diesel to the U.S. "opens the door to new joint projects."
Moscow is already discussing other areas of economic cooperation with Washington, he said.
#AureFreePress #News #uspol #uspolitics #BreakingNews
New from #SPARC (@sparc): "For the first time, researchers can count the investment that goes into a research article before a publisher ever sees it, and it shows who really pays for knowledge: the public. Set against independent estimates of publishing costs, more than 95% of the total investment in a published article is typically made by the public before submission to a publisher."
https://sparcopen.org/news/2026/sparc-releases-cost-of-knowledge-accounting-analysis-profitability-report/
PM Meloni:
We must be aware that the surge in fuel prices is driven primarily by the war involving Iran, not the conflict in Ukraine.
Legitimacy for Moscow while its bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, new revenue to finance the war, and an implicit weakening of the leverage provided by sanctions - these are factors we cannot ignore, and they contradict the actions taken thus far by Western nations, including the US, to press Putin to come to the negotiating table
#AureFreePress
Reports are increasingly appearing from Ukrainian military and experts that Starlink has been turned off/limited for Ukrainian Defenders.
Starlink is used in the most effective Ukrainian interceptor against Russia's jet-powered drones. So if it's not functioning properly, it's about making Ukrainians and Ukrainian infrastructure defenseless against increasing Russian drone attacks.
If Starlink limitations continue, Russians will kill more Ukrainian children.
#AureFreePress #uspol #Breaking
Ukraine kritisiert fehlende US-Unterstützung - NATO und EU widersprechen
Die Ukraine ist beim Abwehrkampf gegen Russland auf Geheimdienstinformationen der USA angewiesen - doch die sollen vor neuen russischen Angriffen ausgeblieben sein. Präsident Selenskyj übt Kritik. EU und NATO beschwichtigen.
Pakistan’s Punitive Gamble In Afghanistan: An Open War With No End In Sight – OpEd In the early hours of September 24, Pakistan carried out air and drone strikes on ten locations inside Afghanistan. Subsequently, Afghan media identified Kandahar https://www.eurasiareview.com/11102026-pakistans-punitive-gamble-in-afghanistan-an-open-war-with-no-end-in-sight-oped/