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TruthOut 2d ago

Poll Demonstrates Nearly Half of Young Americans Back Democratic Socialism

by Chris Walker

Nearly 4 out of 5 young voters described the US economy using negative terms.

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TruthOut 4d ago

Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns

by Paul Messersmith-Glavin

Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.

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Media Matters 6d ago

Patrick Bet-David on Tucker Carlson's manifesto: "I actually am disappointed that he didn't put a better plan together"

by Media Matters for America

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Less Wrong 3d ago

How to Answer a Question Without Answering The Question

by Kabir Kumar

Basics: Answering something other than the question , Either making something up that they want to answer instead or going back to an easier to answer question. Or back to a…

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Less Wrong 3d ago

Some problems in decision theory incorrectly precondition on policy.

by Canaletto

Some problem statements in decision theory can be non universal. Like, they are possible as situations that can happen, but they are invalid as problems to ask what would you do…

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Less Wrong 3d ago

Measuring Eval Awareness: The Realism Win Rate is Fragile

by Achu Menon

TL;DR One way to assess an evaluation’s realism is by testing a model’s ability to tell its transcripts apart from deployment transcripts. This is the idea behind the realism win…

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Slashdot 4d ago

China-Linked Hackers Used AI To Run First-Ever 'Autonomous' Cyberattack On Taiwan

by BeauHD

Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm Dream say suspected China-linked hackers used an open-source AI-agent system to conduct what may be the first observed end-to-end…

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Slashdot 4d ago

Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter

by BeauHD

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would…

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Kottke 6d ago

Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People...

by Jason Kottke

Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People (and don’t just treat them like ATMs). “The best of them are running campaigns that acknowledge that to win, Democrats are…

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Slashdot 4d ago

Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says

by BeauHD

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and…

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Techdirt 5h ago

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

by Leigh Beadon

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about Fauci’s Senate hearing and the weaponization of conspiracy theories: The MAGA audience…

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Ars Technica 2d ago

State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers

by Jon Brodkin

Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.

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Techdirt 2d ago

Daily Deal: The Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle

by Daily Deal

The Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle has 44+ hourse of video training designed for aspiring developers. Dive deep into Unity Engine and C# fundamentals, master player…

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404 Media 4d ago

Podcast: Mark Zuckerberg’s 'Superintelligent' AI Future That No One Wants

by Joseph Cox

Zuckerberg's anti-social future; a company offering human writing that is actually just AI; and the big switch from Flock to Axon.

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Zeteo 6d ago

Why Do People Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Keep Mysteriously Dying?

by Team Zeteo

Nine deaths, some of them weird, across more than a decade, and the unanswered questions they have left behind.

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Techdirt 3d ago

Daily Deal: The AWS Certification Paths Bundle

by Daily Deal

If you’re looking for a career in cloud computing, there’s no better place to start than with the AWS certification. Whether you want to be an Architect or a Developer, these…

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