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Columbia Journalism Review – The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News. ” A few days ago, we searched for the latest news from Washington, DC, on behalf of visitors who had traveled to the US from abroad. They were considering canceling their trip to the nation’s capital after hearing about …
Privacy Guides: “Increasingly, surveillance is being normalized and integrated in our lives. Under the guise of convenience, applications and features are sold to us as being the new better way to do things. While some might be useful, this convenience is a Trojan horse. The cost of it is the continuous degradation of our privacy …
The New York Times no paywall – “In a landmark antitrust case, Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google must hand over some of its search data to rivals but did not grant the government’s biggest requests. Google must hand over its search results and some data to rival companies but will not …
Center for Data Innovation: “Earlier this summer, Congress considered a pause on enforcing state AI laws in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but ultimately dropped the measure from the final text. Soon after, the White House released its AI Action Plan, urging the removal of “red tape and onerous regulation” that hinders AI, including at …
National Post: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order. The Trump administration reactivated an ICE contract for spyware from Tel Aviv-based Paragon on Saturday that had previously been blocked due to a …
All of our lives overlap in the Network Of Time. Discover how any two people connect – through real photographs. Kottke: “The Network of Time is a project that links people together, in the style of six degrees of separation, by appearance together in photographs. Every photo you take with someone else links you into the …
Miami Herald – “As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker. Two lawmakers, Rep. …
The Atlantic, no paywall – “…The first seven months of Trump’s Oval Office do-over have been, with occasional exception, a tale of ruthless domination. The Democratic opposition is feeble and fumbling, the federal bureaucracy traumatized and neutered. Corporate leaders come bearing gifts, the Republican Party has been scrubbed of dissent, and the street protests are …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Part 2. This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one more month this administration has ramped up its use of unsupportable …
Guardian: “Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump administration, and its production team was fired in the process.The website offered years’ worth of accessibly written material on climate science. The site is technically still online but …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 30, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
Environment America: “America’s beaches are some of our favorite places to relax … when the water is safe. Where is water pollution harming our ability to enjoy the beach? And what can we do to stop it? Americans love the beach. Our lake and ocean waters are great places to cool off on a hot …