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When Congress pressed CBP for a report on Pretti’s killing, it offered answers to a list of questions. CBP also supplied the questions itself.

The post Read the Report on Alex Pretti’s Killing — and the Bizarre Q&A CBP Gave Congress First appeared first on The Intercept.

Newly-leaked emails show ex-leftist journalist-turned-snitch Paul Mason attempted a legal crusade to silence his critics and censor The Grayzone’s reporting. While Mason blames “Russian intelligence” for a blacklist he created, he privately admitted to creating what he called “the network graphic” in talks with the elite legal team he enlisted to target this outlet. Once a well-known British broadcast pundit and columnist who fashioned himself as a voice of the movement behind former Leader leader Jeremy Corbyn, Paul Mason is […]

The post Paul Mason plotted to sue The Grayzone over factual reporting, new leaks show first appeared on The Grayzone.

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“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo

Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a serious issue, and it’s time for me to speak out. There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society. This slander is totally unwarranted, and I would really appreciate it if everyone would stop being so mean about this thing I just invested a billion dollars in.

As someone who desperately needs this technology to work out, I can honestly say it is the most essential tool ever created in all of human history. Don’t mercilessly ridicule it just because it steals the joy out of your hobbies and creates sexually explicit images of women without their consent. Seriously, please stop! It really hurts my feelings.

A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean.

The post Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings appeared first on The Intercept.

Jawn (/jôn/)

A term used by New York transplants to pander to locals and/or cynically promote their recently opened boutique, restaurant, or bakery.

“Come celebrate the grand opening of our new French-Belgian infusion café on Shunk. We’re calling it Merde Jawn.”

Parking Space (/ˈpärkiNG/ /spās/)

Any spot in a bike lane, sidewalk, or even a turning lane, apparently.

“Whaddaya mean I can’t stop my car in the middle of a one-way street? I got my hazards on, just go around.”

Philly Native (/ˈfilē/ /ˈnādiv/)

How people born and raised in South Jersey or Delaware County describe themselves.

“Well, I grew up about an hour outside of Philly. But my Mom-mom lived in Rhawnhurst once, so I’m pretty much a Philly native.”

Cheesesteak (/ˈCHēzˌstāk/)

An honestly pretty basic sandwich that locals insist is only worth getting from one particular, out-of-the-way restaurant that just so happens to be in the neighborhood where they grew up.

The decision by Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) officers’ group to block Andy Burnham from even applying to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election is an appalling act of political misjudgement. It risks damaging the party at precisely the moment when it should be focused on winning arguments with voters, rather than intervening to […]

An off-the-cuff choral collaboration between Bobby McFerrin and his audience gestures to the universal language of music

- Video by World Science Festival

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In therapy with people from immigrant families, I’ve seen the side effects of adaptation – and what it takes to break free

- by Dennis Portnoy

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The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)

- by Toby Green

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