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In Los Angeles, police cornered and opened fire on protesters, then arrested journalists covering it. This is what a panicked empire looks like.
The post Free Speech Ends Here: What I Saw During the LAPD Crackdown appeared first on MintPress News.
Look, I get it. I’ve been in this game a long time, okay? I managed political campaigns on both sides of the aisle, and very nearly won some of them. I get paid more than the combined salaries of an entire elementary school’s faculty to write a weekly diary entry for a nationally syndicated newspaper with minimal AI input. I’ve been on all the major nightly roundtable shows. One time I even found myself smoking cigars with Thomas Friedman, Tom Nichols, and the Krassenstein brothers—but that’s beside the point.
Yesterday’s long-awaited Spending Review matched up to Labour’s many leaks and previews over the last few weeks. There were significant increases in health and military spending and some much needed money for housing and big infrastructure projects. But these are matched to further cuts in critical departments like agriculture and the environment, and the money […]

- by Aeon Video

A heartfelt animation portrays the evolving relationship between a daughter and her father, who lives with bipolar disorder
- Directed by Susi Haaning

- by Greg Eghigian

What are we really doing when we sit in a room with our patients and exchange some words?
- by Jordan Osserman
Cognitive neuroscientist Chris Summerfield argues that we don’t understand the technology we’re so eager to deploy
The post AI Has Already Run Us Over the Cliff appeared first on Nautilus.
A 10-year-old study finally comes into the light
The post Clergy Blown Away by Psilocybin appeared first on Nautilus.
The judge in Asif William Rahman’s case disregarded pleas from the Trump administration to go well beyond sentencing guidelines.
The post Trump Appointee Wanted to Lock Up CIA Leaker for a Decade. The Judge Ignored Him. appeared first on The Intercept.
Leaked files reviewed by The Grayzone expose the covert war waged by British intelligence against Russia in the Black Sea, outlining Ukrainian “honey trap” plots along with blueprints for blowing up the Kerch Bridge. Sensitive documents reviewed by The Grayzone indicate that the United Kingdom is the central architect behind Ukrainian military operations targeting Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Among other explosive findings, the files reveal high-ranking British military and intelligence figures drew up detailed plans to “maximize attrition of [Moscow’s] […]
The post Secret British plans to ‘defeat entire Russian Black Fleet’ revealed in leaks first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Secret British plans to ‘defeat entire Russian Black Fleet’ revealed in leaks appeared first on The Grayzone.