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The AI God That Isn’t - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 13h

Despite the hype, AI lacks lived experience, judgment, and the human context behind real understanding.

Five more years — or 500? There are good reasons the ‘singularity’ promised by artificial intelligence gurus keeps getting postponed.

Greed Is a Hell of a Drug - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 14h

Gilead dropped the price of its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir but only for select countries, excluding many with high infection rates.

Gilead’s price drop for its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir in some countries is a smoke screen for monopoly medicine.

Voices of Resistance - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 15h

Sondos Sabra chronicles a day in the life as a Palestinian living in Gaza in this excerpt from "Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide."

Sondos Sabra chronicles a day in the life as a Palestinian living in Gaza in this excerpt from "Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide."

Letter from France: “Build Your Own Parliamentary Majority” - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 16h

As government coalitions collapse seemingly by the hour, the French pension faces mounting attacks from the center and the right.

As government coalitions collapse seemingly by the hour, the French pension faces mounting attacks from the center and the right.

Justice for All - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 17h

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the Constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

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To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

Large Language Muddle - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 18h

Literature made by machines and owned by corporations can only be fake, an insult to real literature. It should be smashed, and can.

Literature made by machines and owned by corporations can only be fake, an insult to real literature. It should be smashed, and can.

Gaza Deal Can Work: If Trump Keeps Pressure on Israel - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 19h

Trump risks another failure, given that his initial ceasefire agreement collapsed soon after the hostages were released.

If not, he risks another failure as his first ceasefire agreement fell by the wayside shortly after hostages were released.

Justice for All - Truthdig

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 20h

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

Washington Can Still End the War in Ukraine - Truthdig

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 20h

This entire catastrophe could have been avoided by keeping NATO out in the first place.

But doing so would involve recognizing we helped create and sustain this tragedy.

MAGA’s Little Media Helpers - Truthdig

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

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Sinclair, Nexstar and the consolidation of broadcast television.

The consolidation of broadcast television ownership by networks like Sinclair and Nexstar is precisely what Trump is aiming for.

PATCO's 21st Century Sequel - Truthdig

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 21h

The Trump administration has canceled union contracts for over 500,000 federal employees and is preparing more purges.

Why Trump's assault on federal employees could spell disaster for the labor movement.

The Mad King's Unverified Information Hose - Truthdig

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 22h

Trump and his enablers want a violent confrontation in Portland to justify their illegal move.

Trump is ordering federal troops to occupy Portland, in defiance of a federal court, based on video clips from 2020.

Why Trump Won’t Get Bagram Back - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 23h

In Trump’s view, reclaiming Bagram would reestablish American dominance in a region he believes is drifting into Beijing’s orbit.

While the Taliban have of course objected to handing over the former U.S. base, Russia and China would also have something to say.

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A Lovely Day for a Loyalty Test - Truthdig

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Trending Story - A Lovely Day for a Loyalty Test.

Pete Hegseth’s speech to U.S. military leaders may have been fake toughness, but the threat to America is very real.

Ice Fears Put Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies at Risk - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Some patients are opting to give birth at home with the help of midwives because of the possible presence of ICE at hospitals.

Fear of deportation is deterring pregnant immigrants from seeking critical care. Doctors are worried for their health.

Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies To Safeguard Against RFK Jr. - Truthdig

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

The changes represent a significant shift in public health authority from the federal government to the states.

Amid concerns that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is undermining trust in vaccines and public health science, some states are changing how they regulate insurance…

As Trump Champions Fossil Fuels, the World Bets on Renewable Energy - Truthdig

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Despite the U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.

Despite the U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.

MAGA’s Little Media Helpers - Truthdig

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Sinclair, Nexstar and the consolidation of broadcast television.

The consolidation of broadcast television ownership by networks like Sinclair and Nexstar is precisely what Trump is aiming for.

Why Isn’t the EPA Releasing Toxicity Reports on Forever Chemicals? - Truthdig

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Agency scientists determined in April that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. But the Trump administration has yet to release the findings.

Agency scientists determined in April that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. But the Trump administration has yet to release the findings.

The U.S. Congress: Your Go-To Source for UFO Theater - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

How a few congressionally sanctioned crank UFOlogists laid waste to the minimal standards of adult government oversight.

How a few congressionally sanctioned crank UFOlogists laid waste to the minimal standards of adult government oversight.

Washington Can Still End the War in Ukraine - Truthdig

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Moscow and Kyiv reached for conciliation after just two weeks of war? We ignored that in our media — you never heard about it.

But doing so would involve recognizing we helped create and sustain this tragedy.

Shutdown Sows Confusion Across the U.S. Forest Service - Truthdig

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With the federal government in a shutdown, the U.S. Forest Service has paused much of the wildfire preparation and prevention work it does on its 193 million acres of national forestlands.

Prescribed burns that help prevent bigger fires are on hold during shutdown while logging on federal lands continues.