ICE is swiftly expanding its sprawling surveillance apparatus.
After Trump’s win, ICE sought out contractors to grow the agency’s ability to track, monitor, and surveil noncitizens
No survivors found in crash between military helicopter and jet over Potomac River near DC.
> An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of Columbia, plunging both aircraft into the Potomac River.
Millions of livestock die each year while being transported. Those cases are rarely investigated by the USDA.
On Aug. 24, 2024, a semi-trailer truck owned by Demaree Trucking, LLC, was hit by another semi on Interstate 57 in eastern Illinois, causing the truck and its cargo of 67 cows to flip over onto the highway shoulder. Twenty of the cows on board were killed, while another 20 got loose, scattering acro...
> Animal welfare advocates believe antiquated laws and truck driver exemptions lead to millions of farm animal deaths.
Finnish Car sales fall to '90s recession levels.
Economic uncertainty is reflected in cautiousness about investing in new cars, according to Outi Ampuja of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom).
> Economic uncertainty is reflected in cautiousness about investing in new cars, according to Outi Ampuja of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom).
Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions.
Abstract
> Counter-speech is considered a promising tool to address hate speech online, notably, by promoting bystander reactions that could attenuate the prevalence or further dissemination of hate. However, it remains unclear which types of counter-speech are most effective in attaining these goals and which might backfire. Advancing the literature, we examined the effect of four types of counter-speech (i.e., educating the perpetrator, calling on others to intervene, diverting the conversation, and abusing the perpetrator) on a range of bystander behavioral intentions in an experimental study (N = 250, UK-based adults). Overall, counter-speech did not affect bystanders’ subsequent responses to hate speech. Having said this, as expected, diversionary counter-speech increased intentions to ignore hate speech, which suggests unintended consequences. The study illustrates that counter-speech may not be sufficiently impactful in regulating bystanders’ reactions to hate speech online.
Air pollution may make it harder to get pregnant.
“Based on our study, and other studies, air pollution is certainly [a] concern for those who are seeking to reproduce and conceive."
> Having difficulty getting pregnant? A new study shows air pollution may play a role.
Morning coffee drinkers have lower risk of dying of heart disease.
"...it's not just whether you drink coffee or how much you drink, but the time of day when you drink coffee that's important."
> A new study finds that those who limit coffee drinking to the morning have a lower risk of dying of heart disease and a lower overall mortality risk than those who drink coffee throughout the day.
DeepSeek’s Emergence Shows the Power Sector’s AI Dreams May Not Proceed as Expected.
The Chinese AI company roiled financial markets and showed the road to growth in electricity demand may be bumpy.
> The Chinese AI company roiled financial markets and showed the road to growth in electricity demand may be bumpy.
International AI Safety Report 2025.
A report on the state of advanced AI capabilities and risks – written by 100 AI experts including representatives nominated by 33 countries and intergovernmental organisations.
> A report on the state of advanced AI capabilities and risks – written by 100 AI experts including representatives nominated by 33 countries and intergovernmental organisations.
The “pandemic of abandonment”: Navigating friendships five years into COVID-19.
Over the last five years of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people have experienced significant changes and ruptures to their personal relationships. People with Long COVID and people taking COVID-19 precautions have lost many friends as they are not able or willing to return to “pre-pandemic” b...
Key points you should know
> - It is very common for people with Long COVID and those taking COVID-19 precautions to experience grief over lost intimacy with friends. In a Sick Times survey of 2,586 people, 81% reported having lost friends over differences in COVID-19 precautions. > - Disability studies scholars say there have always been people who were not able to risk going out in public, but COVID-19 is leading many more people to experience the ableism of our social world. > - Being hurt by friends who do not take COVID-19 seriously has made many people afraid of the emotional risks of making new friends, leading to even more loneliness. > - Making friends with other disabled people can be one powerful way of combating isolation. “Access intimacy” refers to the support that comes from having another person understand access needs on a deep, nonjudgmental level. > - Letting go of friends that do not share values (around COVID-19 or other things) and focusing on specific relationships where COVID-19 practices are aligned can lead to overall better relationships. One way to do this is to join a local clean air collective or mask bloc.
In the blink of an AI.
> DeepSeek, an open-source artificial intelligence app founded by a tech entrepreneur with close ties to the Chinese government, knocked a US$1 trillion-sized hole in an AI-fueled rally on global stock markets this week when it topped app charts ahead of U.S.-rival ChatGPT. > > The fresh challenge to U.S. dominance in the sector comes from a firm at the core of the Chinese government’s vision for an economic recovery driven by high-tech innovation.
Protect Your Privacy on Bumble.
Late last year, Bumble finally rolled out its updated privacy policy after a coalition of twelve digital rights, LGBTQ+, human rights, and gender justice civil society organizations launched a campaign demanding stronger data protections.Unfortunately, the company, like other dating apps, has not...
‘Canada has destroyed me’: Labour exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.
An Amnesty International report finds Canada's temporary foreign workers are underpaid and suffer verbal, physical, sexual and psychological abuse.
Cities need to get ahead of autonomous delivery robots.
Before problems escalate, a pre-emptive framework must prioritize safety and the concerns of pedestrians, cyclists, and people with disabilities.
> Before problems escalate, a pre-emptive framework must prioritize safety and the concerns of pedestrians, cyclists, and people with disabilities.
Why America's Democrats aren't as wounded as you might think.
> Donald Trump has wasted no time making his mark in his first week back in office, signing executive orders, delivering speeches and outlining his plans. Meanwhile, the Democrats are still absorbing their election loss in November and trying to chart a path forward. But despite the prevailing view that they are in trouble, their situation may not be as dire as it seems.
I cannot change it on jerboa for Android. I will delete it then, for the best and will stop posting in Arabic, till they add that to the app.
You can already follow the journals you want via RSS.
What does "instance" in this case refer to?
Does he mean something along the lines of advanced search filter/engine? because it can be done now, using the usual tools.
There is no way that I could think about his comment and make sense of it.
I saw a good amount of the posts here and they all are either about health or climate😅
I find the whole setup unfunctional in the long-term as at a certain stages this community might lean towards public health news only.
I just wanted a place to be able to post my “general news about the US” stuff, and it seemed like the consensus talking to people was that allowing political news also would basically mean it got taken over by politics, and then it’s 10% other US news but basically a politics place, of which there already are some good ones so why make another.
If that is the case then why don't you post at climate community and the public health community?
I am not arguing about the rule here, but I am suggesting combining efforts to not split the small community to even smaller communities, especially since those communities are not hosted on the main .world instance.
What do you mean exactly by federated in this context?
What is getting federated in your ideal scenario?
I am confused, do you mean no news about anything involving Trump, Biden, USA goverment or congress?
Or do you mean any thing with political nature?
I am asking because it seems kind of weird really, but I would fully respect it, if that is the case.
Here is a interesting quote from the article:
"How The Hell Is This So Much Cheaper?
That's a bloody good question, and because I'm me, I have a hypothesis: I do not believe that the companies making foundation models (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) have been incentivized to do more with less, and because their chummy relationships with hyperscalers were focused almost entirely on "make the biggest, most hugest models possible, using the biggest, most hugest chips," and because the absence of profitability didn’t stop them from raising more money, efficiency was never a major problem for them.
Let me put it in simpler terms: imagine living on $1,500 a month, and then imagine how you'd live on $150,000 a month, and you have to, Brewster's Millions style, spend as much of it as you can to complete the mission of "live your life." In the former example, your concern is survival — you have a limited amount of money and must make it go as far as possible, with real sacrifices to be made with every dollar you spend. In the latter, you're incentivized to splurge, to lean into excess, to pursue a vague remit of "living" your life. Your actions are dictated not by any existential threats — or indeed future planning — but by whatever you perceive to be an opportunity to "live."
OpenAI and Anthropic are emblematic of what happens when survival takes a backseat to “living.” They have been incentivized by frothy venture capital and public markets desperate for the next big growth market to build bigger models and sell even bigger dreams, like Dario Amodei of Anthropic saying that your AI "could surpass almost all humans at almost everything" "shortly after 2027." Both OpenAI and Anthropic have effectively lived their existence with the infinite money cheat from The Sims, with both companies bleeding billions of dollars a year after revenue and still operating as if the money will never run out. If they were worried about it, they would have certainly tried to do what DeepSeek has done, except they didn't have to, because both of them had endless cash and access to GPUs from either Microsoft, Amazon or Google.
OpenAI and Anthropic have never been made to sweat, receiving endless amounts of free marketing from a tech and business media happy to print whatever vapid bullshit they spout, raising money at will (Anthropic is currently raising another $2 billion, valuing the company at $60 billion), all off of a narrative of "we need more money than any company has ever needed before because the things we're doing have to cost this much.""
Ahh, how many zeros can you count?
I am super confused about the whole thing.
This is literally a perfect fit for this community.
As I said on my other comment:
Cromite, Brave(with privacy setup), DuckDuckGo browser, Vivaldi.
Cromite, Brave(with privacy setup), DuckDuckGo browser or even Vivaldi might work out for your use case.
My English communication skills sucks also. 😅
Hopefully, both of us improve. 😄
I believe they are least biased and very reliable.
Bias: Middle
Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting
AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Center
- MBFC:
Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED (-0.8)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (1.0)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Radio Station
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY