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Sectoral Financial Balances for the UK as a % of GDP, smoothed over a year

Immigration officials will spend $12.2 million to deploy Project SAFE HAVEN, an AI geotracking tool that “transforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.”

The former representative’s rapid collapse over sexual assault allegations signals that Democrats have gotten the message: Voters see accountability for abuse as a key electoral issue.

The post Swift Swalwell Fallout Suggests the Democrats Have Finally Learned From Epstein appeared first on The Intercept.

Grassroots opposition to renewing Section 702 of FISA is building, thanks in part to fears about AI used to sort Americans’ data.

The post Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against Trump Domestic Spying Powers appeared first on The Intercept.

The Trump administration has hit a grim milestone with its 50th strike on a civilian boat in the waters off Latin America.

The post The U.S. Is Still Routinely Killing Civilians in Boats appeared first on The Intercept.

States and localities are hiding how much they’re spending on data center tax breaks, while publicly available information indicates a potential money pit.

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

The post Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” appeared first on The Intercept.

Always, but always, plot your data. Remember that data quality is at least as important as data quantity. Always ask yourself, “Do these results make economic/common sense”? Check whether your “statistically significant” results are also “numerically/economically significant”. Be sure that you know exactly what assumptions are used/needed to obtain the results relating to the properties […]

For all that Iran has been mopping the floor with the U.S., Israel, and the Gulf States, things have come to a precarious point. While Iran has been mopping the floor strategically with the U.S., Israel, and the Gulf States, a Saudi-Pakistani military alliance could enter the fray on the U.S. side and make a […]

Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi on the "intense" pressure of playing the Twelfth Doctor and having to "become cheerful all the time."

Before I depart this world, I would like to visit St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, and see the Jenny Geddes memorial.  I’m told it’s open to the public. Why? What’s interesting about a stool? Well, it’s probably impossible to point to a single moment, or a single object, and say “The Enlightenment began here.”.  […]