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Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.– www.nytimes.com

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Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America’s second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on X: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.”

Since then, Mr. Musk has continued to use X, the social network he owns, to boost Mr. Milei. The billionaire has shared videos of the Argentine president attacking “social justice” with his 182 million followers. One doctored image, which implied that watching a speech by Mr. Milei was better than having sex, is among Mr. Musk’s most viewed posts ever.

Mr. Musk has helped turn the pugnacious libertarian into one of the new faces of the modern right. But offline, he has used the relationship to press for benefits to his other businesses, the electric carmaker Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX.

“Elon Musk called me,” Mr. Milei said in a television interview weeks after taking office. “He is extremely interested in the lithium.”

Rudy Guiliani’s radio show has been canceled after he repeatedly discussed false 2020 election conspiracy theories | Consumer Watch– www.wsiltv.com

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(CNN) — Rudy Giuliani was suspended from New York City radio station WABC and his talk show canceled after he flagrantly ignored orders not to discuss false 2020 election conspiracy theories, the station’s owner said Monday.

Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer who has hosted a daily talk show on the AM station for three years, was pulled from the airwaves Friday after he repeated bogus claims of vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election.

In recent months, Giuliani was repeatedly directed to not make claims of electronic voting manipulation surrounding the 2020 election, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire GOP donor and owner of the radio station, said in a statement.

Catsimatidis said the station received a letter in January 2021 from election technology company Dominion Voting Systems, which has been the target of baseless vote rigging claims by right-wing media figures, including Giuliani. WABC instructed its on-air hosts, including Giuliani, to avoid the subject, Catsimatidis said.

NSM-20: ‘Inconsistencies’ plague US assessment on Israel’s Gaza war conduct | Israel War on Gaza News– www.aljazeera.com

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Washington, DC – In a report released on Friday, the United States concluded that it is “reasonable to assess” that the weapons it provided to Israel during its war on Gaza have been used in violation of international humanitarian law.

However, the same report said that Israel’s assurances that it is not using US arms to commit abuses are “credible and reliable” — and that the US can therefore continue to provide those weapons.

Advocates say the apparent contradiction shows that the US is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to continue arming Israel, even at the expense of Washington’s own laws.

“What those inconsistencies show you is that the administration does know what is happening,” said Annie Shiel, the US advocacy director at the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC).

“They absolutely can see that there is devastating civilian harm, that there are apparent violations, that aid is being restricted. And they do not have the political will to do what that means — and end US support and US arms transfers to Israel.”

Stephen Colbert Calls Out Trump’s Weird Hannibal Lecter Obsession– www.politicususa.com

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Colbert said:

Oh, I love “Silence of the Lamb.” It’s one of my favorite movie, right up there with “Star War,” “Dance with Wolf,” and “Jaw.” 

Colbert played Trump saying:

“Silence of the lambs”? The late, great Hannibal Lecter. He’s a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. But Hannibal Lecter, congratulations, the late, great Hannibal Lecter.

Colbert responded,  “Late, great? In none of the stories does Hannibal Lecter die, and Sir Anthony Hopkins is very much still alive. Does Trump just think a character dies when he turns off the TV? “Well, another great episode of Wheel. Rest in peace. The late, great Pat Sajak. We’ll always remember how much you loved the alphabet. Congratulations. You are dead.”

Notice the Glaring Error in This NYT Op-Ed About the War in Gaza?– townhall.com

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I couldn’t even get through this piece by Thomas Friedman. For a man who is supposedly a soothsayer on international affairs, made famous by his 2005 “The World Is Flat” bestseller, he falls into logical fallacies about the conflict. You don’t need to be an expert to know that Hamas is a genocidal terror group that does not wish for a peaceful co-existence with Israel. Hamas is immensely popular among Palestinian civilians, who also supported the heinous October 7 attacks in near-equal numbers. Given what we know, how can this man say Israel needs a Palestinian partner to achieve what he thinks is a legitimate victory in this conflict?

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It is unfortunate that President Biden chose to announce his pause of some weapons sales to Israel while on a political campaign swing through Wisconsin. I use that word — “unfortunate” — not because I don’t understand why Biden did so, but because the move has enabled Benjamin Netanyahu to deflect attention from the fact that the most dangerous leader threatening Israel today is not Biden but Bibi.

Netanyahu’s policies have not and will not produce a sustainable victory in Gaza, cannot secure Israel against its greatest existential threat — Iran — and are endangering world Jewry and undermining America’s broader Middle East strategic needs and goals.

Since Paris, Banks Have Channeled $6.9 Trillion to Fossil Fuel Firms – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7 trillion in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement on carbon emissions, according to research.

In 2016, after talks in Paris, 196 countries signed an agreement to limit global heating as a result of carbon emissions to at most 2°C above preindustrial levels, with an ideal limit of 1.5°C to prevent the worst impacts of a drastically changed climate.

Many countries have since promised to reduce carbon emissions, but the latest research shows private interests continued to funnel money to oil, gas, and coal companies, which have used it to expand their operations.

Eight in 10 of the world’s most eminent climate scientists now foresee at least 2.5°C of global heating, according to the results of a Guardian survey published last week—an outcome expected to lead to devastating consequences for civilization.

Why Biden keeps trailing Trump in polls regardless of the issues– www.latimes.com

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A batch of new polls from the New York Times, Siena College and the Philadelphia Inquirer has very bad news for President Biden: He’s losing. Among registered voters, he’s significantly behind in five of the six battleground states that are most likely to decide the election. He does slightly better among likely voters but remains behind in five key states.

It’s a snapshot, but it’s consistent with the overall trend of this campaign — which is, again, he’s losing.

Biden and many of his supporters seem to think the solution is to get right with the issues — the economy, the Israel-Hamas war, student loans, pot legalization, the threat to democracy and so on. If he can just find the sweet spot on policy, they believe, voters will come home.

That might be true to some extent. But I think focusing on the issues misses Biden’s real weakness: vibes.

“Vibes” is just a trendy word for “mood” or “feelings.” Whatever you call them, the relationship between attitudes and issues is not always as rational as some think.

The new Mar-a-Lago: Republicans show Trump loyalty with pilgrimage to NYC trial– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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For almost a decade, Mar-a-Lago has been the destination for Republicans aligning themselves with former President Donald Trump.

From House speakers to congressional candidates, politicians have made the pilgrimage with the goal of currying favor with the man who will lead the party for a third presidential cycle in a row.

But with Trump stuck in New York City for his hush money trial, Republicans have found a new place to flock: the courtroom where the former president, charged with falsifying business records, will be cooped up for the next several weeks.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who led a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results, appeared there two weeks ago, closer to the start of his trial, while Trump has been joined by congressional allies from Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) over the last few days.

Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: ‘Chaos’ Edition– thefederalist.com

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A recurring theme in The New York Times’ 2024 campaign coverage in recent weeks is that President Biden’s poll numbers suck relative to Donald Trump’s because voters clearly don’t remember the “chaos” of the Trump years.

The paper’s most recent attempt at making “fetch” happen was in an article published Friday, with reference to a new Times survey showing Trump with a substantial lead in all but one of the six swing states that will decide the election.

“Two of the biggest U.S. news events in decades, the Covid pandemic and the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, are seldom the first thing on people’s minds when it comes to their memories of the Trump administration, for example…,” the Times said. “When asked to describe the one thing they remembered most from Donald J. Trump’s presidency, only 5 percent of respondents referred to Jan. 6, and only 4 percent to Covid.”

Dell hacker says they were able to to directly attack company servers to scrape data– www.techradar.com

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A threat actor claiming to be behind the recent Dell data breach has said he managed to steal the data of 49 million customers by brute-forcing a company portal and milking it for almost three weeks.

Dell released a statement saying that there was no “significant risk to our customers”, however the data stolen includes names and postal addresses, alongside other data relating to purchases of Dell products.

The hacker, known as Menelik, told TechCrunch exactly how he managed to extract such a huge amount of data without being detected.

China’s Baidu reveals its first quantum computer called Qianshi– ca.style.yahoo.com

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum computer on Thursday and is ready to make it available to external users, joining the global race to apply the technology to practical uses.

The Baidu-developed quantum computer, dubbed “Qianshi”, has a 10-quantum-bit (qubit) processor, Baidu said in a statement. The Beijing-based company has also developed a 36-qubit quantum chip, it said.

Governments and companies around the world for years have touted the potential of quantum computing, a form of high-speed calculation at extraordinarily cold temperatures that will bring computers to unprecedented processing speeds.

However, current real-world applications in the field are still very basic and limited to a small group of early clients.

The United States, China and the European Union have initiated massively funded projects in quantum computing, hoping to pull ahead in the field, which is often considered as one of the cornerstones on which the new global supremacy will be determined.

More geomagnetic storms remain likely for today as sun continues to erupt X-class flares– www.cbsnews.com

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The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years slammed Earth on Friday, with explosions of plasma and magnetic fields causing some radio blackouts and the northern lights to extend to the southern U.S. On Monday, officials warned the storms aren’t yet over.

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said early Monday that a G3, or “strong,” geomagnetic storm warning was in effect until 2 a.m. ET. While stronger storms are no longer likely and conditions are expected to “gradually wane” throughout the day, the center said in its forecast that moderate to strong geomagnetic storms are “likely” on Monday, as are minor storms on Tuesday.

The center also said “solar activity is expected to be at high levels” with a possibility of more solar flares, or bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the sun.

The update came as another X-class solar flare was recorded. X-class flares are the strongest class of these solar bursts, and the latest was recorded as “moderate.”

“Flares of this magnitude are not frequent,” the center said. “…Users of high frequency (HF) radio signals may experience temporary degradation or complete loss of signal on much of the sunlit side of Earth.”

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies lobby for state funds | Health & Science– www.journalgazette.net

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TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures, and the schools must meet specific criteria.

The AI software must be patented, “designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology,” in compliance with certain security industry standards, already in use in at least 30 states and capable of detecting “three broad firearm classifications with a minimum of 300 subclassifications” and “at least 2,000 permutations,” among other things.

Only one company currently meets all those criteria: the same organization that touted them to Kansas lawmakers crafting the state budget. That company, ZeroEyes, is a rapidly growing firm founded by military veterans after the fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Elon Musk’s X Isn’t Female Friendly: Tech Billionaire Takes Note As Users Complain About Algorithm Needing Some ‘Serious Adjustments’– www.benzinga.com

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter in October 2022 and subsequently rebranded it as X, is now getting complaints about the lack of female-friendliness on his social media platform.

What Happened: Over the weekend, a user on X shared a video of Johnny McEntee, Donald Trump loyalist and former staffer, saying that he should start posting on X. This prompted a discussion about the platform’s female user base, or lack thereof.

One user pointed out that X needs video integration to make it easier to upload TikTok videos. In response, Ashley St Clair, a right-wing commentator and an X user, noted that the platform’s demographic is primarily male.

NYPD social media use under investigation by NYC agency – NBC New York– www.nbcnewyork.com

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  • New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into allegations that the New York City Police Department has improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens
  • The city’s Department of Investigation confirmed the probe in a statement Wednesday. It was prompted by recent requests from City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Legal Aid Society asking to look into the NYPD’s social media policies and practices
  • The Legal Aid Society accused the police department of using social media “unprofessionally and unethically” to discredit pro-Palestinian protesters at local colleges

Navigating the future of work: A case for a robot tax in the age of AI– www.brookings.edu

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In an era characterized by declining birthrates and the urgent need for enhanced productivity, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics stands as a dual-edged sword, promising unprecedented efficiency while posing challenges to the economic and social structure through the potential displacement of human workers across both manual and professional fields. As we navigate this new technological revolution, the integration of automation into our workforce and economy moves to an imminent and practical concern.

At this pivotal moment, the proposal of a robot tax is introduced not merely as a knee-jerk governmental response to tax new and unknown technologies, but as a deliberate strategy aimed at enhancing the equity and fairness of technological advances. This approach seeks to sustain humanity and needed social services in this newly automated landscape, aiming to ensure the benefits of technological progress are broadly shared, thus facilitating a smoother, less disruptive transition for society and the economy. As the capabilities of AI continue to advance, the time is approaching to define the appropriate relationship between humans and AI/robots—a critical step towards harmonizing our coexistence.

Do aliens exist? NASA to send missions to investigate life in outer space– m.economictimes.com

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Though the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, called Seti, began in the mid-20th Century, researchers could not get anything substantial as they failed to get radio signals from other planets. But it did not deter them. Now, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to send spacecraft on groundbreaking missions to uncover evidence of extraterrestrial life.

According to ‘The US Sun’, the US space agency will launch Europa Clipper on October 10, 2024, which will place a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter. Jupiter’s Europa is a moon roughly the same size as Earth’s own. The spacecraft will study the environment of the place and study its similarity with those of the Earth, if any.

 

AI robot gives commencement speech at D’Youville University – WFTV– www.wftv.com

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From comedian Jerry Seinfeld to President Joe Biden to author Brad Meltzer, each year, universities across the country make headlines because of their commencement speakers. But one university in Buffalo, New York may have taken the tradition into the future.

A robot took the stage at D’Youville University and used artificial intelligence to deliver the graduation presentation.

Sophia also explained what, or who, she is, “I am Sophia, a humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics. I was designed to interact with humans and engage in conversations learning and adapting through artificial intelligence algorithms,” WGRZ reported.

SA government pushes social media ban for children, but one expert says platforms need to be more accountable– amp.abc.net.au

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Legislation to hold major technology companies accountable would be better than a push to block children from having social media accounts, a communications expert says.

The South Australian government has announced what it says is an “ambitious” first step to protect children from social media and its harmful impacts on their mental health.

Former High Court Chief Justice Robert French has been appointed, at no cost to the state, to examine the legal pathways for the SA government to impose the ban on children under the age of 14.

SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida tonight– www.space.com

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SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink satellites tonight (May 12), adding to its huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight during a roughly three-hour window that opens at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 GMT on May 13).

SpaceX will webcast the launch via its X account, beginning about five minutes before the window opens.

Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing – ABC4 Utah– www.abc4.com

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge Monday lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church.

The temporary ban was put in place April 22, but the judge rejected the application from Australia’s eSafety Commission to extend the court order that would have expired Monday.

Australian Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett said he would publish his reasons for imposing and lifting the order later.

The decision was a win for the company rebranded by billionaire Elon Musk when he bought Twitter l ast year. X was alone among social media platforms in refusing to remove video of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed. Musk has argued that he is standing up for a freedom of speech principle. Australian lawmakers have accused him of arrogance and of lacking a sense of social responsibility.

“Not trying to win anything. I just don’t think we should be suppressing Australian’s rights to free speech,” Musk posted on X after the ruling.

Trans track star sexually harassed female opponent, telling her what his boy parts were gonna do to her girl parts: lawsuit– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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Middle school girls’ track in West Virginia has been embroiled in controversy. Now a lawsuit alleges that a trans competitor, one who was born a boy but now claims to be a girl, has been sexually harassing his/her female opponents, making crude and sexual comments. Things that would get her/him run out of school if they had been said by a boy who still claims to be a boy.

Before we go any further, Joe Biden, who critics say took steps to destroy girls’ sports by amending Title IX to include boys who claim they are girls, tells you all to support girls’ sports.

Last month, five middle school athletes took a brave stance when they refused to compete against Becky Pepper-Jackson, the boy who claims to be a girl at the center of this story. They were rewarded for this brave stance by being BANNED from future competitions by an activist coach who, and this conjecture, we are assuming gets liberal with accusing others of “transphobia.”

IBM Tells U.S. Staff to Get Vaccine by Dec. 8 or Face Suspension– uk.news.yahoo.com

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(Bloomberg) — International Business Machines Corp. said all of its U.S.-based employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 or be put on unpaid suspension.

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The Armonk, New York-based company told workers that because it’s a government contractor, it’s required to adhere to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

IBM said the new mandate will apply to all U.S. employees regardless of where they work or how often they go into a company office and will offer “limited” medical or religious exemptions. The decision was prompted by “the continued spread of Covid-19, local clinical conditions around IBM sites, and the reality that vaccines are readily available nationwide,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. “As we’ve said throughout the pandemic, IBM’s health and safety practices are driven by science.”

‘Gender Equality Dean’ Caught on Camera Running Interference for Terror-Supporting Groups on Campus– www.westernjournal.com

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In a stunning display of irony and contradiction that borders on the absurd, an associate dean tasked with upholding gender equality at Columbia University cut off and muted a fellow professor during a faculty senate meeting earlier this month when the latter professor warned her colleagues that the Ivy League school had been infiltrated by outsiders with “known ties to terrorist organizations.”

And yes, these are groups that literally support terrorists and who are known for their oppressive attitudes towards women.

The irony of a gender equality dean silencing warnings about groups with known oppressive attitudes towards women was not lost on anyone who observed the incident, which took place via Zoom on May 3, mere hours after Hamilton Hall was overrun by a mob of Hamas-supporting students.

British MPs Want to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth– www.lifenews.com

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Diana Johnson and Stella Creasy have tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill that would make extreme changes to our abortion laws.

How would they change the law?

Both amendments would make it more likely that healthy babies are aborted at home for any reason, up to birth.

Diana Johnson’s amendment (NC1) would remove offences that make it illegal for a woman to perform her own abortion at any point right through to birth.

Stella Creasy’s amendment (NC40) would remove key deterrents against performing an abortion at any point right through to birth.

Pro-Abortion States Are Blocking Others From Protecting Babies– thefederalist.com

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Since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, pro-abortion states have begun devising measures to shelter abortionists whose operations were hampered by states that chose to protect unborn life. These so-called “abortion shield laws” — many of which are likely unconstitutional — will defeat any ability for pro-life states and their citizens to hold abortionists accountable for violating their health and safety standards. Diligently enforced, shield laws invite a new war between the states over not just the lives of unborn children, but also our system of government.

The extradition clause of the Constitution requires that “[a] Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.” In short, a state cannot turn down another state’s request to extradite fugitives within its borders.

Shield laws, such as those in New York and Massachusetts, hug the edges of the extradition clause by prohibiting the surrender of non-fugitives. Accordingly, a person who promotes abortions while physically present within a pro-abortion state cannot be handed over to a pro-life state in which the abortion has occurred. After all, he has not actually fled from the pro-life state. As The New York Times points out, such laws de facto protect those who prescribe abortion pills through telemedicine to women out-of-state.