World Issues & Politics: 8 of 10
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New York just installed its first offshore wind turbine
The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State's first offshore wind farm, is complete.
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Tech for Palestine
Press Release: https://techforpalestine.org/press-release "we don’t have the right to show humanity towards Palestinians without being silenced or cancelled" - venture backed tech founder, in personal message to me Tech For Palestine (Twitter, Github) is a collection of over 40 tech founders, engineers, marketers, community builders, and
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Colts' Ogletree jailed on domestic violence counts
Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested on Friday, and charged with two level six felonies: domestic violence committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, according to records.
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Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday
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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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Hind Rajab, 6, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help
Hind was last heard from trapped in a car under fire, surrounded by bodies of her relatives, 12 days ago.
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One of The Biggest Hunter-Gatherers Myths Is Finally Getting Debunked
The enduring idea that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is a relatively baseless assumption that is facing greater academic resistance than ever before.
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The Copia Institute Tells The Copyright Office Again That Copyright Law Has No Business Obstructing AI Training
A little over a month ago we told the Copyright Office in a comment that there was no role for copyright law to play when it comes to training AI systems. In fact, on the whole there’s little for c…
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Thousands of U.S. copyrighted works from 1928 are entering the public domain
D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Virginia Woolf's Orlando and W.E.B. Du Bois' Dark Princess are among the works entering the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024.
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Israeli media discussing ‘horrifying’ mass ‘friendly fire’ killings by IDF – but UK media stay silent
Mass murder of Israeli citizens by country’s own military during Hamas raid has been a topic of discussion in Israeli papers and TV for some time – now it is an acknowledged fact, yet U…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained At Munich Airport Over Luxury Watch
The action star told German newspaper Bild that he was baffled by the ordeal.
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AI won’t kill crime writing, but crime writers will kill anyone
Crime writers have been out and about discussing the challenges of AI and the things they will and won’t do in their fiction
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Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?
Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places
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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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Marty Krofft Dies: ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’, ‘Brady Bunch Hour’ & ‘Land Of The Lost’ Producer Was 86
Marty Krofft, producer of shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, The Brady Bunch Hour, The Banana Splits and Land of the Lost, has died. He was 86. Krofft, who produced many classic shows for children alongside…
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IIHF extends ban of Russia, Belarus from worlds
Russia and Belarus will be excluded from the hockey world championships through the 2024-25 season, the sport's governing body said Monday.
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Google agrees to pay publishers in Canada and drops plans for blocking news
One report says it will pay $100 million annually.
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Ukraine war: The frontline city Russia could seize again
People in Kupiansk say they "live in fear of death" as Ukrainian troops run low on ammunition.
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Check out the NDA Jeff Bezos' housekeeper was forced to sign before she could clean his toilets
A lawsuit has uncovered the non-disclosure agreement required to to clean Bezos' properties — and his obsession with privacy.
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NY Mayor Adams disputes his own memoir over schoolyard gun incident — "What book is this?"
Mayor Eric Adams confronts controversy over his memoir, claiming a schoolyard gun story is fictitious and blaming an uncredited co-author for the mix-up.