World Issues & Politics: 8 of 10
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An Age of Hyperabundance
At the conversational AI conference. By Laura Preston
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Cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as FCC bans digital discrimination
FCC will investigate ISP practices that discriminate by income level or race.
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Are We The Baddies?
As uncomfortable as it may be to find flaws in your home country, wherever that may be, it's an important part of being an informed citizen. While it's good to call the US out on individual failures, it's becoming increasingly important to help people understand that the US as a whole is the problem. In this episode, we'll take a brief stroll through the bloody history of the US empire and answer that age old question...are we the baddies?
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Assange’s final British appeal against extradition set for February
The WikiLeaks publisher is perilously close to being extradited to the US, where he would face life imprisonment for exposing US-led war crimes, human rights abuses and diplomatic conspiracies.
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“If there is a God, then anything is permitted”: On Dostoevsky, freedom, and religious violence
Most people today are spontaneously moral, and the idea of torturing or killing another human being is repulsive to them — in order to make them do it, some “sacred” Cause is needed which makes their concerns about violence seem trivial.
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European Super League ban unlawful, says court
Uefa and Fifa rules banning clubs joining breakaway competitions like the European Super League are unlawful, the European Court of Justice rules.
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Evan Ellingson, former child star in 'CSI: Miami' and 'My Sister's Keeper,' dies at 35
Ellingson was found dead Sunday at a home in Fontana, California. His manner of death is pending.
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CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes, Misinformation
CBS' news-and-stations unit will launch a new effort to probe deepfakes and misinformation.
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Google Maps sleuths think they've found a massive door in Antarctica
Jules Verne would have a field day with this.
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Standing with the Palestinian resistance:
A response to Matan Kaminer. By Andreas Malm
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Wayne Kramer, Co-Founder of Revolutionary Rock Band the MC5, Dies at 75
The musician died from pancreatic cancer, according to his close friend, Jason Heath.
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We smashed the windows of a major bank. A jury acquitted us. This is why | Gully Bujak
I think people everywhere, even on juries, have had enough of our leaders’ failure to tackle the climate crisis, says activist Gully Bujak
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Debra Byrd Dies: ‘American Idol’ And ‘The Voice’ Vocal Coach Was 72
Vocalist Debra Byrd is dead at age 72 in L.A.
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Senator says NSA is buying up Americans' browser habits
If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great
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Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
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David Lynch's Wife Emily Stofle Files for Divorce After 14 Years of Marriage
David Lynch's wife Emily Stofle filed for divorce from the director and is asking for sole legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old daughter.
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Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end
Governments all over the world are propping up overfishing. Now scientists have penned an open letter calling on trade ministers to implement stricter regulations against harmful fisheries subsidies.
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This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia | CNN
Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week.
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Death and Destruction in Gaza
I do not believe that anything I say about what is happening in Gaza will affect Israeli or American policy in that conflict. But I want to be on record so that when historians look back on this moral calamity, they will see that some Americans were on the right side of history.
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Submission of the League of Arab States on Palestine, International Court of Justice
Dr Ralph Wilde