Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Headlines Today

POSTS:

  • Pentagon leak traced to video game chat group users arguing over war in Ukraine (Guardian)

  • Leaker of damaging U.S. intelligence files was reportedly administrator of a Discord chat room (Yahoo)

  • Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says (WP)

  • Behind the Political Expulsions in Tennessee — How Republican super-majorities in state legislatures are undermining the democratic process. (New Yorker)

  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation (CNBC)

  • Congressional 'Gang of 8' gains access to Trump, Biden and Pence documents (NBC)

  • Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say (WP)

  • Drug Company Leaders Condemn Ruling Invalidating F.D.A.’s Approval of Abortion Pill (NYT)

  • The decision of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a former anti-abortion activist, to invalidate the federal approval of abortion pill mifepristone contains two arguments that could lay the groundwork for a nationwide ban on the medical procedure. Top Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, celebrated the controversial ruling, which over 400 of the pharmaceutical industry’s top executives said ignores science. [HuffPost]

  • Anti-abortion advocates are using junk science to usurp the will of the American people (CNN)

  • The Democrats Need to Destroy Clarence Thomas’s Reputation (TNR)

  • Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee urged Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate the bombshell ProPublica report that Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted and failed to disclose 20 years’ worth of lavish gifts and luxury travel from a billionaire GOP megadonor. "If the Court does not resolve this issue on its own, the Committee will consider legislation to resolve it," the letter states. [HuffPost]

  • How AI Will Revolutionize Warfare —The new arms race in technology has no rules and few guardrails. (Foreign Policy)

  • 4 ways that AI can help students (The Conversation)

  • Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT (WSJ)

  • How ride-hail companies use data to pay drivers less (Marketplace)

  • Uber Accused of Charging People More If Their Phone Battery Is Low (Vice)

  • Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to delay imprisonment; judge recommends Texas prison (SJMN)

  • Taliban Release 2 Afghan Activists Amid Growing Concern Over 'Arbitrary Arrests' (VoA)

  • ‘Screw the Rules’ — An American State Department official risked his life and career to save Afghan lives. (Atlantic)

  • UN food agency says $800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan, warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ (France24)

  • Russian forces pressed attacks in eastern Ukraine with air strikes and artillery attacks, with several cities in the Donetsk region under bombardment. Ukrainian forces repelled several attacks, Kyiv said, as the Russian military kept up its effort to take control of Bakhmut. (Reuters)

  • Utah’s Great Salt Lake is bouncing back after record lows. As of last week, the lake had risen three feet in a little more than five months and will probably continue to rise as snow melts. (WP)

  • Wordle players should try this new daily puzzle from the New York Times (PC Gamer)

  • Boss Encourages Employees To Take Short Mental Breakdowns For Every Hour Of Work (The Onion)

 

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