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[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

President Trump broke off an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday after host Kristen Welker challenged his false claims about elections and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/fR9vVmGupX

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

A software engineer was granted a religious exemption from using AI at work. Legal experts say others may follow now that the Pope has raised concerns about the tech's impact on humanity. https://t.co/Cn2BvGc4xc

[Patrick Webb @Patrickwebb]

BREAKING: FBI records confirm that a Butler County Sheriff’s deputy exchanged two emails with Thomas Matthew Crooks prior to the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, PA, per FOIA request.

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

No one's taking advice from you, lmfao

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

New footage obtained by US media appears to show that a fire on board the USS Gerald R Ford caused far more damage than the Trump administration acknowledged.

The fire's cause remains unclear. Iran said it attacked the aircraft carrier.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/HUHZanC4TF

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

A robot kicked a little boy in the stomach

We're officially one software update away from Terminator

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI

"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"

"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"

He thinks there may be uses in tedious VFX labor 'but right now it's difficult to discuss objectively because there's so much at stake and so many genuinely harmful consequences already happening"

(via @australian)

[Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo]

Not to beat up on this girl more than the comments already have, but this is a great example of how a hating billionaires is not the same as class consciousness.

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Family wealth generated while holding office.

We are not angry enough about this.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Artificial Intelligence is built on the creative work of millions of writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary people. That work has been stolen by Big Tech oligarchs.

Now's the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few.

[john teufel @JohnTeufelNYC]

If El-Sayed wins the nom, they will do this to him too. The elite Dem political class absolutely prefers Republicans to progressives. Say what you will about fighting fascism, at the end of the day this comes down to capital and the maintenance of a corrupt, broken system.

[jae holzman @jaeporeon]

one google data center in virginia

contracted at up to two million gallons of water per day

information on water use only released under court order & risk of contempt

[Rogue DNC @theroguednc]

Minnesota Republicans held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin at their state GOP convention in Duluth. Chauvin is not dead. He is in prison for murdering George Floyd.

The tribute was led after an informal vote, with one Republican lawmaker calling for a brief silence. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison called it “an act of profound cruelty” toward Floyd’s family.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to deliver a broad defense of independent institutions while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston. https://t.co/mOpFrrzEqE

[Noot Noot🐧 @PunishedPingu]

Fox News says Hasan Piker used a antisemitic trope by saying Israel advocacy groups pushed for his ban. And then in the following sentence details how said groups pushed for his ban.

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 Reuters found that Trump repeated false 2020 election claims over 100 times in the past six months. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for the story https://t.co/ITfQQIF7BX

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

the uk has revoked my visa as well. all at the behest of israel. the west is betraying "liberal values" for a genocidal fascist foreign government. soon we will all become israel.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 UK bans Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Prominent political streamer Hasan Piker and Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur have both been barred from the United Kingdom, where they were set to attend the South by Southwest festival in London from June 1-6.

Both said the bans are direct retaliation for their criticism of Israel.

“The UK has revoked my visa at the behest of Israel,” Piker wrote. “The west is betraying ‘liberal values’ for a genocidal fascist foreign government. Soon we will all become Israel,” he added on X.

Uygur, who was denied boarding for a flight to attend SXSW London and deliver a speech at Oxford University, wrote: “This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country. Are we free anymore?”

Labour MP David Taylor pushed the Home Office to revoke Piker’s visa on the grounds his presence would not be “conducive to the public good” — the MP had previously labeled UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese antisemitic for investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Uygur and his nephew, Piker, have been outspoken critics of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and the systematic rape, torture, and abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.