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Another AI slop on YouTube.....
Rachel Maddow Postcards
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December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Another AI slop on YouTube.....
What is the deal these YouTube accounts full of fake A.I. of Rachel Maddow’s voice talking about Russia and Ukraine (mostly)? We have no idea, but they spring up like mushrooms as quickly as YouTube takes them down
Is that really Rachel?
Spot checking and sometimes debunking quotes, memes and fake news stories about, or ascribed to, Rachel Maddow.
www.ms.now
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What is the deal these YouTube accounts full of fake A.I. of Rachel Maddow’s voice talking about Russia and Ukraine (mostly)? We have no idea, but they spring up like mushrooms as quickly as YouTube takes them down
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the sudden flood of artificial intelligence-generated fake stories on social media.....The lesson is that now, more than ever, it is important to check the source of anything you see or read.
MADDOW DEBUNKS: Weird fake news, A.I. slop stories about her and MSNBC infect social media
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the sudden flood of artificial intelligence-generated fake stories on social media.....The lesson is that now, more than ever, it is important to check the source of anything you see or read.
Then, unexpectedly, Orozco — who lives in Sacramento — received a text from a microchip company. Choco had been found — 2, 300 miles away in Lincoln, Michigan.
In ‘Christmas miracle,’ missing dog is found 5 years later, 2,300 miles away
Choco disappeared in California and was recently found in Michigan.
wapo.st
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Then, unexpectedly, Orozco — who lives in Sacramento — received a text from a microchip company. Choco had been found — 2, 300 miles away in Lincoln, Michigan.
If it had not been detected, “it very likely would have progressed, and she could have lost the entire kidney,” said David Battinelli, dean of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on Long Island, where Moreno is enrolled.
Class demonstration uncovers dangerously large kidney stone in medical student
A 22-year-old medical student was shocked to learn during an in-class ultrasound demonstration that there was a large kidney stone damaging her organ.
wapo.st
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If it had not been detected, “it very likely would have progressed, and she could have lost the entire kidney,” said David Battinelli, dean of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on Long Island, where Moreno is enrolled.
Scanlon was right, Lake didn’t have copies. In fact, Lake thought all of her old family photos and mementos had been lost when her house burned down nearly a year ago in the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.
Ricki Lake lost her home in a fire. Her photos turned up at a flea market.
Actress and television personality Ricki Lake lost her home in the Palisades Fire. A year later, family photos she thought were gone turned up at a flea market.
wapo.st
December 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Scanlon was right, Lake didn’t have copies. In fact, Lake thought all of her old family photos and mementos had been lost when her house burned down nearly a year ago in the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.
A year later, however, the Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper who arrested Slavens received a thank-you card. It was from Slavens, who wrote that her gratitude for the trooper was “unmeasurable.”
Every year, she thanks the trooper for the arrest that led to her sobriety
An Ohio woman has been sober since her 2015 drunk-driving arrest, crediting the trooper who pulled her over for turning her life around.
wapo.st
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A year later, however, the Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper who arrested Slavens received a thank-you card. It was from Slavens, who wrote that her gratitude for the trooper was “unmeasurable.”
For months, Israel stitched together a sordid alliance of convicted felons, former ISIS affiliates, and opportunistic collaborators, presenting them as the embryo of a local governance alternative to Hamas in Gaza, while using them to orchestrate starvation and carry out attacks on Israel’s behalf.
Israel’s Gaza proxy strategy is collapsing
The killing of gang leader Yasser Abu Shabab, a known felon and druglord, by one of his own men has exposed the bankruptcy of Israel’s vision for the Strip.
www.972mag.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For months, Israel stitched together a sordid alliance of convicted felons, former ISIS affiliates, and opportunistic collaborators, presenting them as the embryo of a local governance alternative to Hamas in Gaza, while using them to orchestrate starvation and carry out attacks on Israel’s behalf.
This initiative, blessed by the late Pope Francis prior to his passing, is spearheaded by the Catholic organization Caritas, longing to bring much-needed medical attention to an area still recovering from conflict.
Francis' Popemobile Transformed Into Mobile Clinic For Gaza Children | DailyGood
The spirit of compassion lives on through a remarkable transformation of Pope Francis' former vehicle into a mobile health clinic for the children of Gaza. Once
www.dailygood.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This initiative, blessed by the late Pope Francis prior to his passing, is spearheaded by the Catholic organization Caritas, longing to bring much-needed medical attention to an area still recovering from conflict.
Scientists have made a discovery that could change both woolly mammoth biology and our understanding of how RNA evolved in the first place. They have found mostly intact RNA from a Siberian mammoth they've named Yuka that can be dated to around 40,000 years old.
Scientists Successfully Extract 40,000-Year-Old RNA From Woolly Mammoth | DailyGood
Scientists have made a discovery that could change both woolly mammoth biology and our understanding of how RNA evolved in the first place. They have found most
www.dailygood.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scientists have made a discovery that could change both woolly mammoth biology and our understanding of how RNA evolved in the first place. They have found mostly intact RNA from a Siberian mammoth they've named Yuka that can be dated to around 40,000 years old.
Today, in a special bonus episode, we bring you a panel Francis Dearnley recently moderated at the Frontline Club in London – a renowned meeting place for anyone passionate about foreign affairs, hosting regular events with guests from think tanks, journalism, the humanitarian sector, and many more.
‘Russia fears one thing above all’, with Christopher Miller, Dr Jack Watling & Orysia Lutsevych OBE
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today, in a special bonus episode, we bring you a panel Francis Dearnley recently moderated at the Frontline Club in London – a renowned meeting place for anyone passionate about foreign affairs, hosting regular events with guests from think tanks, journalism, the humanitarian sector, and many more.
Since 2018, there’s been a sustained effort to redefine anything that moderately inconveniences a right-wing populist as “censorship”. ... The term has proven to be a very effective thought-terminating cliché, so the ref-workers keep applying it ever more expansively.
Transparency is Censorship
The EU fined X for transparency violations. Guess what happened next.
agentsofinfluence.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Since 2018, there’s been a sustained effort to redefine anything that moderately inconveniences a right-wing populist as “censorship”. ... The term has proven to be a very effective thought-terminating cliché, so the ref-workers keep applying it ever more expansively.
Will it be a winter of standing up to Trump, the bully?
💥Putin’s oil convoy BLOWN UP! Russian fleet BADLY DAMAGED. Oil revenues went DOWN
YouTube video by War & Politics 24
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Will it be a winter of standing up to Trump, the bully?
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
Russian Bombs Plunge Odesa Into Darkness Amid Peace Talks
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. "Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. "Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine."
“There are many people living with schizophrenia, but, because of the stigma around it, they don’t want to talk about it, and then as a society we don’t get to see the success stories and then we don’t have a chance to diminish the stigma around it,” Brandigampola says.
archive.ph
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“There are many people living with schizophrenia, but, because of the stigma around it, they don’t want to talk about it, and then as a society we don’t get to see the success stories and then we don’t have a chance to diminish the stigma around it,” Brandigampola says.
The government has now invoked the Disaster Management Act to classify gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster. Previously, the country has used this legislation to respond to natural and public health emergencies like droughts, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Africa declared gender-based violence a national disaster. But how will frontline workers be kept safe?
Social workers are often female and often arrive first on the scene, but have little protection.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The government has now invoked the Disaster Management Act to classify gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster. Previously, the country has used this legislation to respond to natural and public health emergencies like droughts, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Putin’s true motivation is not difficult to discern. The unoccupied portion of the Donbas that he now so openly covets may seem relatively inconspicuous on the map, but... this fortress belt represents a formidable obstacle to Moscow’s invasion.
Russia’s insistence on a defenseless Ukraine betrays Putin’s true intentions
Russia's key demands during US-led peace talks all appear designed to leave Ukraine disarmed and defenseless. This is a clear indication of Vladimir Putin's intention to continue his invasion and comp...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Putin’s true motivation is not difficult to discern. The unoccupied portion of the Donbas that he now so openly covets may seem relatively inconspicuous on the map, but... this fortress belt represents a formidable obstacle to Moscow’s invasion.
First lady Melania Trump and Ukraine's Olena Zelenska have joined a campaign exposing Russia’s billion-dollar operation to abduct and indoctrinate Ukrainian children, its spokesperson said.
Melania Trump, Olena Zelenska spotlight billion-dollar Russian plot to abduct, indoctrinate Ukrainian kids
Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.
www.foxnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
First lady Melania Trump and Ukraine's Olena Zelenska have joined a campaign exposing Russia’s billion-dollar operation to abduct and indoctrinate Ukrainian children, its spokesperson said.
"This is one of the largest refineries of the occupiers, which is capable of processing from 15 million tons of oil and oil condensate per year. It is involved in providing the armed forces of the Russian invaders," it added.
Ukraine confirms drone strike on major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl
Russia’s Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, one of the country’s five largest, is reportedly on fire after being struck in an overnight drone attack on Dec. 12, officials and local Telegram cha...
kyivindependent.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"This is one of the largest refineries of the occupiers, which is capable of processing from 15 million tons of oil and oil condensate per year. It is involved in providing the armed forces of the Russian invaders," it added.
Long-range drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit the Filanovsky platform and nearby Korchagin platform, the source told the Kyiv Independent on condition of anonymity.
Both of the impacted facilities are operated by oil giant Lukoil in Russia's sector of the Caspian Sea.
Both of the impacted facilities are operated by oil giant Lukoil in Russia's sector of the Caspian Sea.
Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities in Caspian Sea again, SBU source says
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) carried out a second drone strike this week on Russia's Vladimir Filanovsky oil production platform in the Caspian Sea, also hitting the nearby Korchagin platform, an ...
kyivindependent.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Long-range drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit the Filanovsky platform and nearby Korchagin platform, the source told the Kyiv Independent on condition of anonymity.
Both of the impacted facilities are operated by oil giant Lukoil in Russia's sector of the Caspian Sea.
Both of the impacted facilities are operated by oil giant Lukoil in Russia's sector of the Caspian Sea.
The Saratov refinery is located in southwestern Russia, about 150 kilometers from the border with Kazakhstan and nearly 600 kilometers east of the front line in Ukraine. The facility is owned by Russian state oil giant Rosneft and has a processing capacity of about 140,000 barrels of crude per day..
Explosions reported at Russian oil refinery amid drone attack
Explosions were reported in Russia's Saratov Oblast overnight on Dec. 13 as officials warned of a possible drone attack, with unverified local reports indicating the Saratov oil refinery had been targ...
kyivindependent.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Saratov refinery is located in southwestern Russia, about 150 kilometers from the border with Kazakhstan and nearly 600 kilometers east of the front line in Ukraine. The facility is owned by Russian state oil giant Rosneft and has a processing capacity of about 140,000 barrels of crude per day..
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations is lauding a Court of King’s Bench ruling in a court case which has struck a blow to Alberta separatists referendum efforts.
Alberta Judge rules referendum on separation unconstitutional
Justice Colin Feasby’s decision affirmed a referendum would violate Treaty Rights, Section 35 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
www.aptnnews.ca
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations is lauding a Court of King’s Bench ruling in a court case which has struck a blow to Alberta separatists referendum efforts.
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
wapo.st
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
Indeed, peering into a large index fund is like taking a tour of a hot-dog factory. Once you see everything that goes into the product — the good, the bad, the bizarre — it’s hard to unsee.
Opinion | What I Learned When I Dug Into My Retirement Account
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Indeed, peering into a large index fund is like taking a tour of a hot-dog factory. Once you see everything that goes into the product — the good, the bad, the bizarre — it’s hard to unsee.