Amazon’s Ring is partnering with Flock’s network of AI-powered license plate readers, to enable police and ICE request doorbell footage for investigations. This is the first time I’ve seen cross-app integration built to serve law enforcement instead of end users.

I can't stand it...

ChatGPT is probably the biggest honey pot of willingly-turned over highly confidential information that has ever been created in human history.

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Another weekend near, it's Day 1304 of Ukraine's fight for survival. Far from looking for peace, Putin prepares for a much longer war, presumably with Europe. Every day I produce a new thread with all the news of Russia's illegal and genocidal aggression in one place. Let's go

BREAKING—in rebuke to RFK Jr—the West Coast Health Alliance—health officials in California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii—recommended every resident 6 months & older receive the flu vaccine, most get Covid-19 shot, including pregnant women and all kids 0.5-2 yrs Gift 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...

Great piece 🇨🇦

can't speak to his socc...errr, football skills but this is wicked communications.

"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel.... "The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally." It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments. Gift link ⬇️ www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

this would be funny if it weren't so appalling. www.euronews.com/2025/09/03/p...

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A group of 85 leading US climate scientists have compiled a withering review of a controversial Trump administration report written by fringe researchers that downplays the risks of the climate crisis, finding that the document is biased, riddled with errors and fails basic scientific credibility.

from Maureen Dowd - www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Tech companies spending hundreds of millions to hire individual AI PhDs with the revenue they collected distributing endless medical and climate science misinformation is really just something else

Meanwhile in Canada

Tomorrow we complete 180 weeks of war. Ukraine has withstood everything Russia has thrown at it and is still standing. It's Day 1259 and this is THE daily thread, all the news from a source you can trust. DMs open for tip-offs #TeamTim

Community colleges are so important to communities, business, students - this story is sad and infuriating www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

Joint Sea-2025 exercises begin in waters near Russian port of Vladivostok and will last for three days, China says.

It's apparently a problem if Canadians have TikTok because the Chinese government might see their dance moves, but no one bats an eye when Canadians' health data is stored on US-owned servers and subject to American laws. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

The US is at a crossroads ... "First ammunition vending machine in the state has been installed in a Central Texas grocery store" www.tpr.org/public-healt...

Friends — I'm pleased to be joining The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert on Monday (8/4). I'm sure Stephen and I will have a lot to discuss, including my new book "Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America." Please tune in so the ratings don't come up short.

Just a lovely bit of multimedia #journalism: (gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This would be funny if it were, y’know, funny -

The @cocorahs citizen science rainfalls illustrate how little or no rain once again fell over southwestern areas last night.

Hint: host @juliaioffe.bsky.social intro says “that’s …with a B”

@puck.news hey guys, what’s wrong with this synopsis? 🙄

@puck.news hey guys, what’s wrong with this synopsis? 🙄

They sell you the tech, then charge you extra to protect yourself from the mess their tech causes. It’s like buying a firestarter and then paying monthly for the extinguisher. Bravo.

Love @davejorgenson.bsky.social .. hope @washingtonpost.com has some idea what they’re losing

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

🫡 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...

😢🫡Hope he comes back somewhere soon

Thoughtful conversation here, not just about medicine but also the changing character of media…what works and what def doesn’t podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

TFW in the coffee shop watching a dad/mom zone out on their phone while across the table, their kid/s ...kid. I know I shouldn't throw stones, but #qualitytime

🇨🇦 ‘The Porter’ Is a Rich Period Drama About Labor and Dignity www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/a...

Old city, hostile winter weather. #Halifax?

Hell yeah (oh no)

The brutal announcement on 10 July of the definitive closure of the Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB) TV channel shocked the journalistic community in the Balkans. Read EFJ President @majasever.bsky.social reaction to this dramatic decision 👇

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And here's our curated list of detection tools designed to help users identify deepfakes across multiple formats—including text, image, audio, and video. deepfakestracker.org/deepfakes-de...

Wait what www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...

Future Neuralink users:

Good grief