Week in politics: the conflict between Israel and Iran and protests in CA
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Today at Mike’s Blog Round-Up, we’re all about the resources you need for No Kings Day.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Analyze Market Sentiment to Decrypt Public Opinion
Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal!BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Minister visits Blackwood to discuss employment and welfare - EUROPE SAYS
The event was led by the UK Government's employment minister, Alison McGovern MP, who visited the venue last week. Organised by Ruth Jones MP, the discussionEUROPE SAYS
People almost never recognize the fallacy at play here:
- Softbank invested $18B in WeWork in total
- Microsoft invested $100B in Bing over the years
- Meta invested $65B in AI just in 2025
That's just the labor theory of value.
Spending a lot of money means a lot of human labor on something. And it has never meant that it's automatically good.
Sudden, large amounts of money often implies mal-investment. Or stated more bluntly, we're wasting people's lives many times with this stuff.
Two-thirds of voters at Indiana University Bloomington’s sole on-campus polling site used their university ID to vote last fall.
Indiana banned students from using these IDs for voting this spring.
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Indiana Republicans Are Banning Student IDs for Voting - Bolts
The new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, is poised to make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout.Michael Barajas (Bolts)
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ICYMI, here’s a recap of this week in The Medium Newsletter:
Mon 6/9: Universal Basic Income
medium.com/blog/universal-basi…
Tue 6/10: Burnout
medium.com/blog/burnout-comes-…
Wed 6/11: “Corporate Pride”
medium.com/blog/the-pros-and-c…
Thu 6/12: “Incentive salience”
medium.com/blog/how-incentive-…
Fri 6/13: Audiobooks
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Audiobooks are part of a long tradition of how humans share meaning
Some people still think audiobooks don’t count as reading. They call it lazy, passive, cheating. But as an audiobook enthusiast, I’d like to push back. And not just due to the blatantly ableist…The Medium Newsletter (The Medium Blog)
#TIL that California's San Andreas fault is named after St. Andrew, which may be super obvious but I'm super oblivious.
This, of course, means that Andrew Jackson and misandry share a common root, which tracks, really.
Triple lock fears grow as shrinking economy threatens state pension rise - EUROPE SAYS
Next year’s state pension rise could be smaller than expected as wages slow and the economy takes a downturn.EUROPE SAYS
Ancient carbon emissions from rivers may accelerate climate change: study
MILWAUKEE - An incredibly complex area of science with no simple answers, climate change is one of the most significant and most hotly debated topics inBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#Resilience is an act of #Resistance
Do you have enough beans and rice to feed your family and even neighbors? For how long?
The Death of Vaccines in Trump's America!
America's vaccine policy has been set for decades, with patients, providers, scientists and insurers more or less in sync on the merits of immunizations.
In the last several weeks, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended long-standing norms, introducing uncertainty into a once-reliable system.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #vaccines
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#NoKings sure! But what instead? What if we found a way to actually make the will of the people central to our democracy? 30 years of testing shows how it can work in James Fishkin's new book. My author interview explores the remarkable results: 1/13 www.salon.com/2025/06/14/d...
Deliberative democracy: Sounds...
Deliberative democracy: Sounds boring — but it just might save us
Stanford prof James Fishkin says he can end political deadlock, and build true democracy for the internet ageSalon.com
Xi urges Communist Party to learn from pioneer of China’s economic planning
Xi called on the party to have unwavering confidence when facing “chaotic and complex turbulence”, and to strengthen its ability to cut a path for China’sBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The Hidden Risk That Crashes Startups — Even the Profitable Ones - EUROPE SAYS
In startup life, we're trained to obsess over growth — more customers, more capital, more momentum. But when markets turn and uncertainty creeps in, all ofEUROPE SAYS
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#NewAgeGaelicStrings
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Amazing Grace Bagpipes - The Snake Charmer ft. Barcelona Pipe Band
Amazing grace is a song that touches everybody's soul. A song that brings peace, serenity, calmness, humility and joy all at once. This is my Bagpipe version...YouTube
NO TIME TO MAKE A SIGN FOR #NOKINGS DAY?
Help spread the word about what’s really going on: “Gleichschaltung.”
Print out this Google Doc 100+ times, cut it into 4ths, and hand it out at the event in your area. Target organizers and very vocal people.
cc @indivisibleteam
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Gleichschaltung Flyer
What the Trump regime is doing to the USA was done in 1933 in Germany. It was called "Gleichschaltung." Pronounced Glie-shall-toong), it’s a German term that literally means "synchronization" or "bringing into line.Google Docs
JD Vance: My message to Europe - EUROPE SAYS
“It’s not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States.” So says JD Vance during a phone conversation with UnHerd on Monday, hisEUROPE SAYS
Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Meetings With the President of Poland Andrzej Duda and
Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Meetings With the President of the Republic of Poland President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister andEUROPE SAYS
"Perhaps the fact that the nation has endured difficult times before should offer a note of comfort. But perhaps not."
In an Anxious Moment for the Nation, Historians Say This One Is Different nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/poli…
nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/no-k…
SK Innovation to deploy integrated energy solution at BDC data center in Malaysia
South Korean energy company SK Innovation is set to deploy an integrated energy solution at a Bridge Data Centres (BDC) facility in Malaysia.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Getting ready to drop Netflix again (so long Prodigy....for now) and switch back to Disney+ and catch up on some things.
Shows/movies currently on my radar:
The Bad Batch
Skeleton Crew
The Acolyte
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Clone Wars
Captain America: Brave New World
Deadpool & Wolverine
Open to suggestions on where to resume my Disney+ watching. Andor Season 2 is at the top of my list.
CLIMATE CHANGE 2025!
At least 11 confirmed dead in San Antonio flooding, with unknown number still missing
Flash flooding struck the region early Thursday, when as much as 8 inches of rain fell before sunrise, according to the National Weather Service.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GlobalWarming #climatechange #climatecrisis #Breaking #BreakingNews
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At least 11 confirmed dead in San Antonio flooding, with unknown number still missing
At least 11 people are confirmed dead in late-spring flooding in San Antonio, and search efforts are still underway for an undetermined number, city officials said FridayDennis Romero (NBC News)
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Iran says nuclear talks with US ‘meaningless’ as Trump pushes for a deal | Nuclear Weapons News
It is unclear whether the sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks will take place in Oman on Sunday as scheduled.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
🇺🇦💔 This is a Ukrainian soldier originally from Slovyansk, Donetsk region, who was returned to Ukraine during today's exchange.
In captivity, the Russians took away his finger, "justifying" it by saying that "he no longer needed it."
These are Russian methods. This is how they treat all Ukrainians. And, in particular, with people from Donetsk region who did not ask to be "liberated" and who defended their native, Ukrainian region from them.
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Esteemed #SenatorPadilla:
"1. 1st Latino US Sen from CA *4th largest economy in the world.
2. Ranked the 2nd most effective Dem in the Sen, based on bills introduced & passed..."
-K Kingsley
#DHS Sec Noem forcibly removed Sen Padilla from a press conf -launches #ICE raids on noncriminal #immigrants -wore a $50K Rolex watch while visiting a torture prison in SLV -banned from the Tribal Lands in her home state -exorbitant travel expenses landed her in hot water...
#Fascism #Kakistocracy #USPol
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Zelenskyy warns oil price surge could help Russia's war effort
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Trump Declared Over $600 Million in Income From Cryptocurrency and Business – Reuters
US President Donald Trump has released his financial statement. According to the document, he received over $600 million in income from cryptocurrencies, golfBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Can Pope Leo end the liturgy wars? - EUROPE SAYS
Last weekend, under windswept banners depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, nearly 20,000 young pilgrims marched through fields and forestsEUROPE SAYS
ATTEND IF YOU CAN!
2,000 "No Kings" protests are planned Saturday in response to the Trump administration's plans to hold a large-scale military parade this weekend
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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