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Fri, 12/06/2026 - 02:51

As tech companies race to automate industries and build massive data centers, leaked government documents reveal growing fears of nationwide anti-A.I. unrest. Federal agencies are responding not with social programs, but with expanded surveillance and monitoring of potential anti-tech activists.

The post DHS Docs: Govt Bracing for Nationwide Anti-AI Riots, Preparing to Crack Down on Dissent appeared first on MintPress News.

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Wed, 10/06/2026 - 06:42

After Iran struck Israeli military targets in response to attacks on Beirut, Yemen reimposed its Red Sea blockade in support of Lebanon. On this segment of The Target, Robert Inlakesh examines whether a new regional deterrence equation is taking shape.

The post The Resistance Responds: Iran, Yemen and Hezbollah Reshape Battlefield in Lebanon Against Israeli attacks appeared first on MintPress News.

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Tue, 09/06/2026 - 20:11

Drupal 12 is coming later this year. As with previous major releases, the contributed ecosystem will require updating for breaking changes . Thousands of modules and themes will need their deprecated API uses updated before they are ready. Doing that by hand, across all of contrib, would cost the community an enormous number of hours.

That is the job the Project Update Bot exists to do. We have refreshed it, and it now targets Drupal 12 readiness: it scans contributed projects automatically and opens issues with patches that fix deprecated API uses for you.

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Tue, 09/06/2026 - 19:25

This blog post summarizes the key insights from the CX Decoded podcast episode featuring Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal and Executive Chairman of Acquia.

CMS Wire podcast

In the fast-moving world of digital experience, few names carry as much weight as Dries Buytaert. As the creator of Drupal, he has spent over two decades navigating the evolution of the web. But in his latest appearance on the CX Decoded podcast, Dries issued a candid warning: AI isn’t just another tool - it is a fundamental disruption that is stress-testing every business model in its path.

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Mon, 08/06/2026 - 22:00

Today’s your lucky day, kid. I’m you from the future. I traveled back to 1955 to give you this sports almanac. It lists all the biggest sports events from now to the end of the century. All you have to do is bet on the winner, and you’ll never lose.

You’re the fifth “me” I’ve visited. I guess sports have changed between 1955 and the twenty-first century, because after the others read a few pages of the almanac, they threw it in my face and called me a “psycho.” One of them called the cops. Another got our dad, who pulled out his shotgun and called me a “dirty red.” So this time, I’m explaining a few things so you don’t freak out.

For starters, horse racing is no longer the biggest thing in America. Yes, “seriously.” I know right now it’s as big as baseball, but in the future most Americans just care about the Kentucky Derby, and only because it involves day drinking. The few people who regularly watch horse races anymore are white folks looking for an excuse to cosplay the Jim Crow–era South, millionaires who broker in horse semen, and degenerate gamblers.

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Sat, 06/06/2026 - 22:34

Iranian authorities claim to have dismantled multiple spy and militant cells tied to foreign intelligence agencies, arresting more than 6,500 people since the war began. The announcement follows reports describing Mossad's largest-ever operation inside Iran and growing scrutiny of covert Western involvement

The post Iran Arrests 6,500 Israeli and U.S.-Linked Agents Amid Expanding Spy Crackdown appeared first on MintPress News.

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Sat, 06/06/2026 - 03:00

“Elon Musk has again weighed in on Christopher Nolan’s upcoming big-budget adaptation of The Odyssey, this time agreeing with a racist comment made by a far-right journalist who criticized the casting of Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.” — The Hollywood Reporter

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Hollywood is once again deliberately undermining Western civilization, this time by desecrating one of the foundational texts of our proud literary canon. Christopher Nolan’s pitiful adaptation of theOdyssey is just the latest in a litany of re-imaginings of beloved works by Tinseltown screenwriters and film directors. The movie is rife with historical inaccuracies, and there’s no greater proof than Matt Damon playing Odysseus. Damon was born and raised outside Boston and isn’t the least bit Greek.

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Fri, 05/06/2026 - 22:00

“Several women who dated Graham Platner recall ‘unsettling’ behavior. The Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine could be charming, women said in interviews, but some found his actions intimidating and disturbing.”
The New York Times

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I must apologize.

You see, right now Graham Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the Maine Senate seat. If he wins, he will go head-to-head with Susan Collins this fall to try to take her seat. And if early polling is any indication, he has a decent chance of winning.

He’s also one of the most scandal-plagued candidates in Senate history.

So, yeah, my bad.

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Fri, 05/06/2026 - 07:31

Following retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, Iran has frozen contacts with American negotiators and expanded threats against both Washington and Tel Aviv. The developments raise fresh doubts about the future of a fragile ceasefire already strained by repeated violations.

The post Iran Inflicts U.S. Casualties, Halts Talks and Challenges Trump’s Authority in the Gulf appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 05/06/2026 - 06:03

The UAE, Morocco, Azerbaijan, and European governments are helping drive Israel's record-breaking weapons boom despite publicly critiquing its wars. New figures show Israeli arms exports reached $19.2 billion in 2025, as battle-tested weapons from Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran generated unprecedented profits.

The post Israel’s Genocide Economy: Record Weapons Profits Driven by Muslim and European Buyers appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 05/06/2026 - 03:08

Hey, thanks for reaching out. I get that you are having an existential crisis of self, facing the realities of aging, and accepting your social and economic circumstances, but listen, there is nothing I can do; I’m just a cat stretching in a bodega.

And no, it doesn’t matter that it’s a BIG stretch either.

I can’t do anything about your unaffordable rent or exorbitant student loans; I have no expenses in my life. I live in a potato chip display and sleep twenty-three hours a day. I can’t fix your general lack of purpose. The most I can offer is startling you as you reach for a bag of Sun Chips, but that’ll only make you feel alive for a split second. Then it’s back to pondering the pointlessness of everything.

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Fri, 05/06/2026 - 01:24

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s largest financial backers — more than Miriam Adelson — while pouring tens of millions into shaping U.S. policy and fighting A.I. regulation. As OpenAI pushes the Pentagon toward a future of A.I.-powered surveillance, targeting systems, and automated warfare, technologies already deployed by Israel during its assault on Gaza are becoming a blueprint for America’s next generation of military operations.

The post Greg Brockman: Meet the ChatGPT Billionaire Funding Trump, Pushing A.I. and Designing Hi-Tech Weapons appeared first on MintPress News.

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Thu, 04/06/2026 - 22:00

PRETEND: “We want diverse stories that push boundaries!”
ACTUAL: “Just make sure your ‘diversity’ doesn’t make our straight white readers uncomfortable. Gay but not too gay. Brown, but relatable. If your trauma can’t be solved by brunch, it’s a pass.”

PRETEND: “Literature should make you uncomfortable.”
ACTUAL: “But not in a way that makes me, a straight white agent, reflect on my privilege. I meant uncomfortable like, ‘Oh no, she wore mismatched socks to the book club!’”

PRETEND: “We’re hungry for authentic queer voices!”
ACTUAL: “But can you make it, you know, more like a straight person’s coming-of-age? We want RuPaul energy, but in a Love, Simon package—nothing that’ll make Becky from Vermont question her marriage.”

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Thu, 04/06/2026 - 16:43
On May 19, 2026, Oxfam Australia’s media release – Australian billionaires’ wealth grows by $50,000 per minute – informed us of the growing inequality in Australia, a country that promotes a ‘legend’ that egalitarianism is at its core. I will discuss their research in detail at another time but the results are stunning. In a…
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Thu, 04/06/2026 - 09:30

“‘The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable,’ Scott Pelley said late Tuesday, just hours after being fired from CBS News after almost 40 years at the network. ‘The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.’”
Variety

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Previously, in the Animal Newsroom.

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TO: NEWSROOM
FROM: ANIMAL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
SUBJECT: NEWS MAN TOO ANIMAL

NEWS TEAM,