Up First from NPR - ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants, Senate Border Bill, Scarlett Johansson ChatGPT

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for top leaders of Hamas and Israel, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Democratic-led Senate will hold a second vote on bipartisan border legislation that failed to pass earlier this year. And Scarlett Johansson says the maker of ChatGPT copied her voice for its new AI personal assistant.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Crimes seen: The ICC chases Israel and Hamas

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has caused outrage by requesting arrest warrants for both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leaders. China’s young people, on the lookout for safe ways to invest modest sums, have settled on collecting little gold beans (13:20). And Hawaii may soon have the first official state gesture (17:04).  


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On Our Watch - BONUS: The Whistleblower Playbook | S2: New Folsom

Sukey sits down with Mary Inman and Poppy Alexander, two whistleblower attorneys who talk about the cost of speaking up, and unpack the playbook that employers use to keep people quiet. They also discuss a shift in thinking that can protect both whistleblowers and their organizations.


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Mary Inman was profiled in the New Yorker piece, "The Personal Toll of Whistleblowing."

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The Daily Signal - Iran’s President Is Dead. Experts Explains What Happens Now

Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, questions remain over the future of Iran and stability in an already unstable region. Raisi, Iran’s highest elected official since August 2021, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday. 


Now, Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed as acting president.


What does Raisi’s death mean for the future of Iran and how could this affect growing tensions in the Middle East? The director of the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation, Robert Greenway, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain.


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.21.24

Alabama

  • Sen. Britt to offer bill that address in Vitro Fertilization on national level
  • Sen. Britt also weighs in on NYC trial against Donald Trump
  • The failed unionization effort in Vance gets response by editorial board at WSJ
  • SoS office looking into claims by woman of receiving vote registration in mail
  • CNN commentator dies suddenly at age 58, started career in Dothan AL
  • 11 students banned from walking stage for diplomas, due to high school prank

National

  • Federal judge puts halt to ATFE rule regarding firearm dealers at gun shows
  • Largest organization of homosexuals to spend $15M to help Biden in swing states
  • Trump campaign calling on drug testing for Joe Biden ahead of any debates
  • House GOP says bill passed in Senate re: border is dead on arrival
  • Michael Cohen admits to taking money from Trump organization for himself
  • The International Criminal court issues arrest warrants for leaders in Middle East

The City - Introducing Murder on Music Row | S E1

From The Tennessean, Murder on Music Row is an eight-part true crime investigative podcast and an eight-part narrative series that will be released each Tuesday beginning May 21. Each installment brings you new insight into the crime that took place 35 years ago.

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NBN Book of the Day - Jason A. Kerr, “Milton’s Theological Process: Reading de Doctrina Christiana and Paradise Lost” (Oxford UP, 2023)

This volume proposes a method for reading Milton's De Doctrina Christiana as an artifact of his process of theological thinking rather than as a repository of his doctrinal views. Jason A. Kerr argues that reading in this way involves attention to the complex material state of the manuscript along with Milton's varying modes of engagement with scripture and various theological interlocutors, and reveals that Milton's approach to theology underwent significant change in the course of his work on the treatise. Initially, Milton set out to use Ramist logic to organize scripture in a way that drew out its intrinsic doctrinal structure. This method had two unintended consequences: it drove Milton to an antitrinitarian understanding of the Son of God, and it obliged him to reflect on his own authority as an interpreter and to develop an ecclesiology capable of sifting divine truth from human error.

Consequently, Milton's Theological Process: Reading de Doctrina Christiana and Paradise Lost (Oxford UP, 2023) explores the complex interplay between Milton's preconceived theological ideas and his willingness to change his mind as it develops through the layers of revision in the manuscript. Kerr concludes by considering Paradise Lost as a vehicle for Milton's further reflection on the foundations of theology--and by showing how even the epic presents challenges to the fruits of these reflections. Reading Milton theologically means more than working to ascertain his doctrinal views; it means attending critically to his messy process of evaluating and rethinking the doctrinal views to which his prior study had led him.

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Being Roman with Mary Beard - 9. Soldiering for Softies

The image of the battle-hardened, well regimented Roman soldier has been set in stone by movies, novels and video games. The letters of Claudius Terentianus reveal something very different. A terrible moaner, the young soldier has to beg his father to send the most basic of equipment, from sandals to swords. Stuck in the marines, the poorly paid squad tasked with guarding grain supplies, he bribes and wangles his way into a more illustrious legion, but still seems to spend more time shopping than fighting.

Mary Beard catches up with Terentianus at the British Museum's Legion exhibition and discovers more about his uncanny ability to avoid conflict and ensure a prosperous retirement.

Producer: Alasdair Cross

Expert Contributors: Carolina Rangel de Lima, British Museum; Livia Capponi, Pavia University and Claire Holleran Exeter University

Cast: Terentianus played by Robert Wilfort

Everything Everywhere Daily - Why Does a Week Have Seven Days? (Encore)

Most of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event. 

A year is one orbit of the Earth around the sun.

A month is one orbit of the Moon around the Earth.

A day is one rotation of the Earth about its axis. 

However, one of the most commonly used units of time has no natural analog whatsoever.

Learn more about why there are seven days in a week and where the names for the day of the week come from on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO448: How To Build A Dinosaur

Dr. Eric Jaffe joins the show and walks us through the dream so many of us have had - building a dinosaur! With his expertise in molecular biology, we learn if this is even possible, and how exactly it would work. Would we use mosquitoes for this project like Jurassic Park tells us is totally possible and sound? Actually, what even is a dinosaur anyway? Lots of fascinating dino-talk in this one from a great science communicator!

Building a Dinosaur Is a project spearheaded by the Paleontologist Jack Horner. He has worked with the labs of numerous scientists including but not limited to: Hans Larsson, Dana Rashid and Mary Schweitzer.

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