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Justice Department directs states to hold on to 2024 election records as it seeks their voter data apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-...?...

Uhoh! THIS IS NOT GOING TO END WELL 💥🤯 "....The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 account for 40% of the index’s market cap. Since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, AI-related stocks have registered 75% of S&P 500 returns, 80% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending growth..."

Anthropic couldn't tell if the research was actually intended for weapons dev. That distinction is particularly difficult in biology, where the same research can have legitimate medical applications, such as in the case of vaccine development, while also potentially making pathogens more dangerous.

UK and Belgian police to share intelligence autonomously and in real time, enabling faster action against organised criminal gangs, including people smugglers.

After finding Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in civil contempt after he initially directed election officials to ignore a court order, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that he purged the violation by conceding to their order. (1/2)

The New York Times got a rare window into the scale of Israel’s bombing and demolition of southern Lebanon’s Muslim villages in its campaign against Hezbollah, and visited a largely untouched Christian village.

Oh my. Fujitsu and Palantir are palling up, particularly over AI. Doesn’t bode well for the future prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...

"Mass surveillance of Gaza, where the entire telecommunications network is monitored by Israel, to identify targets based on their phone calls, movements and interactions" - www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Pentagon is considering a $5 billion loan to Fluidstack, which also owes Hut 8 $7 billion under an AI data center lease. Hut 8 is majority owner and infrastructure partner of American Bitcoin, a company in which Eric Trump has personal ownership and Don Jr. is involved. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/pent...

Midterm forecast 9/10 Majority chances: - House: Dem 58% - Senate: GOP 79% Expected seats with 90% CI: - House: Dem 221 seats (199-253), GOP 213 seats (182-236) - Senate: GOP 52 seats (48-56), Dem 48 seats (44-52) Full forecast: electionstatsheet.com

Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland

A parade of ladies sport a selection of swimming costumes at the open air pool in Blackpool, UK. Photo by Nick Yapp, 1936

Does the Republican Party have an Islamophobia problem? Muslims in the US say they are facing levels of Islamophobia worse than directly after 9/11 - and blame Republican politicians for driving anti-Islam sentiment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOV0...

📢 Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, in Dnipropetrovks region, there were two attacks by the russian fascist invaders towards Berezove and Kalynivs'ke. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 10 September 2026 regarding the russian invasion 1/3

Texas State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, said Wednesday his opponent, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, is "lying to the people of Texas" with a new AI advertisement that Talarico said puts "words in my mouth.” www.cbsnews.com/news/james-t...

Muslim children should be able to learn about 9/11 without being made to feel responsible for it. They did not carry out the attacks. They should not have to carry the burden of someone else’s crimes simply because they share a faith with the perpetrators. Read the full op-ed: tinyurl.com/3dsfwwyy

Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation Crude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says part of the new military deal includes sending drones ‘immediately’ to Ukraine to help with the war against Russia. youtu.be/SbNddlsW20g?...

Excellent analysis of the situation, conceding that definitive information is unavailable. I was struck by how much of the speculation about a new Russian mobilization has actually been sparked by Ukraine! I remain unconvinced that there is much either side can do at the moment to tilt the balance

📢 Soaring interest rates on government debt is now threatening the global economy, with fears it could plunge the world into a recession.

The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity is at 4.03% in Scotland, 6.66% (adjusted) in England. There have been some quite large regional shifts, and I think testing is starting to increase. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7

🟥 Russia launches retaliatory missile and drone barrage against Kyiv 📍 Ukraine · Source: Sky News Live: warheatmap.app news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-t...?...

“The chatty, the catty, the boring, adoring The cold and official and the heart’s outpouring, Clever, stupid, short and long, The typed and the printed and spelt all wrong.” – W.H. Auden poem in 1936 documentary “Night Mail” about a train taking letters from London to Scotland. youtu.be/qLkvPG-iYHM

The Governing Council decided to raise interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. Inflation is set to remain well above target for an extended period, says President Lagarde. We are committed to ensuring that inflation stabilises at 2%. Watch here link.europa.eu/KByWRW @president.ecb.europa.eu