Month: May 2024

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.23.24

Alabama

  • Sen. Tuberville says he will support a future President Trump as senator not VP
  • Governor Ivey signs documents ahead of completed sale of Beach Express bridge
  • AG Marshall files motion to dismiss in lawsuit against new election law
  • Congressman Moore says no funds or programs halting at Fort Novosel
  • RFK Jr. interview in 2018 reveals what he REALLY thinks about Alabama

National

  • GOP senators aim to block the immigration bill supported by Chuck Schumer
  • Docs shows approval of lethal force in Mar Lago raid, has AFLF President enraged
  • Trump attorney Mike Davis says the raid was really about Crossfire Hurricane
  • Two civil rights groups sue Harvard University for growing antisemitism
  • Fashion Model files lawsuit against Sean Combs alleging sexual assault
  • FL Sheriff taking on pedophiles in big sting operations in Jacksonsville
  • "Death to America" was leading hymn in Iranian president's funeral
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WIRED Politics Lab - Twitter Is Dead, Long Live the Portal

Twitter is officially dead. Last week, twitter.com became x.com, marking the final step in a rebranding effort that the company’s owner, Elon Musk, announced last year. The change marks a shift for the now bird-less app under Musk’s reign, which has welcomed Nazis and white supremacists back onto the platform, dissolved its Trust and Safety council, and become a cesspool of disinformation and conspiracy. Meanwhile, people seem to still long for authentic connection—like with the Dublin to New York portal that connects the cities through a live video stream. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we trace Twitter's demise, and delve into what the rise of the portal could mean for the evolution of how we talk to each other and consume politics online.


Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. David Gilbert is @DaithaiGilbert. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena. Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.

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NBN Book of the Day - Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, “Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life” (Reaktion Books, 2023)

Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life (Reaktion, 2023) by Dr. Jane Hamlett & Dr. Julie-Marie Strange tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries, showing how the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and care for them, has changed radically. The book describes the growth of pet foods and medicines, the rise of pet shops, and the development of veterinary care, creating the pet economy. Most importantly, pets have played a powerful emotional role in families across all social classes, creating new kinds of relationships and home lives.

For the first time, through a history of companion animals and the humans who lived with them, this book puts the story of the ‘pet revolution’ alongside other revolutions – industrial, agricultural, political – to highlight how animals contributed to modern British life.


This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose new book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Nazis in South America

On May 11, 1960, an auto worker who went by Ricardo Klement stepped off the bus after his shift at a Mercedes-Benz automotive plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

As he was walking home, he was abducted by several men and thrown into a vehicle.

This was no ordinary kidnapping, however. There was no demand for ransom. That was because this was no ordinary autoworker. This was actually Adolf Eichmann, one of the masterminds behind the holocaust.

Eichmann wasn’t the only member of the German Nazi Party to have found his way to South America. He was one of thousands. 

Learn more about the Nazis who fled to South America after WWII and how they managed to escape on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Trump’s Bold Claims, Bird Flu Spreading & Wayfair’s First Store- Thursday, May 23, 2024

The news to know for Thursday, May 23, 2024!

We're telling you about the European countries pushing for a long-term solution in the Middle East and why the U.S. disagrees.

Also, why former President Trump is claiming President Biden tried to kill him and what the FBI has to say about it.

And from birds to cows to humans: we're talking about a second person diagnosed with avian flu in America and what we know about its spread. 

Plus, how more Americans are getting their student loans canceled, which popular online retailer is opening an in-person store, and where's the best place to live in the United States? We'll tell you the city that ranked number one.

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What A Day - Biden Welcomes Kenyan President For State Visit

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced plans on Wednesday to fast-track a vote on a bill to protect access to birth control and other contraceptives. It comes the day after former President Donald Trump suggested he would be open to new restrictions, only to backtrack hours later. Longtime Capitol Hill reporter Eugene Scott explains the strategy behind Schumer's fast vote.Kenyan President William Ruto arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. The White House will host him at an official state dinner tonight, making Ruto the first African leader to have state visit since 2008. We’ll look at what that 16-year gap says about broader U.S. relations on the African continent.

And in headlines: The New York Times reports a second right-wing flag was flown at a beach house owned by Justice Samuel Alito, the families of 19 victims of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting sued the school district and nearly 100 police officers for the botched response to the attack, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for a snap general election on July 4.

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The Daily Signal - Why Hamas Is to Blame for Gaza Famine

A Columbia University professor says Hamas is responsible for the ongoing famine in Gaza. 


“It is in Hamas' interest, as they have defined it, to actually create a situation of misery and starvation, rather than worrying about its population and making sure that its population stays safe,” according to Awi Federgruen, a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a global supply chain expert. 


The United Nations says there is a “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza, which has led to additional pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the region, but Federgruen says the problem lies more in the aid not reaching the people it is intended to help.


“A quick analysis shows that the amount of food that is coming in from Israel is absolutely plentiful to feed every single individual that lives in Gaza,” the professor says. 


In recent weeks, Federgruen says, food truck deliveries were slowed because “Hamas has chosen to send its rockets specifically to the crossings.” 


Federgruen joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to unpack what is known about the food shortage in Gaza, and Hamas' role in blocking civilian aid. He also discusses the continued fallout from weeks of anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. 


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Tech Won't Save Us - Tech’s Plan to ‘Ethnically Cleanse’ San Francisco w/ Gil Duran

Paris Marx is joined by Gil Duran to discuss Balaji Srinivasan’s plan to implement “tech Zionism” in San Francisco and the threat posed by Silicon Valley's growing opposition to democracy.

Gil Duran is an independent journalist and former editorial page editor for the Sacramento Bee.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry. 

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The Best One Yet - 🍹 “The drink of the summer” — BeatBox’s summer surge. Cars’ anti-speeding feature. Nvidia’s 288-pound superchip.

What will be the drink of the summer? We predict it will be BeatBox’s boxed punch wine — And we used 3 trendspotting strategies to make the forecast.

What if your car honked at you every time you drove over 80mph? A new California law may make that happen — Drivers are surprised, but we think it’ll be standard soon… in every car in America.

And Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report was fueled by sales of their AI superchip — But this ain’t no computer chip, it’s a 288-pound, $40K computing mothership.

Plus, the new trend is “Quiet Vacationing”: When you take vacation on a workday, but you didn’t tell your manager (and today is the ultimate Quiet Vacation Day).


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Diddy’s Reckoning

Allegations about Sean “Diddy” Combs had been circulating, but it wasn’t until surveillance footage of the mogul assaulting his then-partner Cassie began circulating on social media, that his response changed from defensive to apologetic. 


Guest: Sidney Madden, reporter for NPR Music and co-host of Louder Than a Riot.


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