Restricting access to #Anthropic's most advanced models #Mythos5 and #Fable5 is an unfriendly act on behalf of the regi... government of the #UnitedStates against the rest of the world. This is an obvious attempt at nationalising and a militarising #AI that needs to be rejected.
I still do not push for the frivolous use of AI, but this governmental order is ominous.

nytimes.com/2026/06/12/technol….

The deadline for removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center is midnight tonight.

Here are a couple of live streams showing the removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center:

from WUSA9:
youtube.com/watch?v=UksLjGZCvL…

from MSNow:
youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm880quU…

The first has a slightly better angle for viewing.

#KennedyCenter #LiveStream #Video #DonaldTrump #Trump #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

"“It feels like a #war on consumers,” said Sally Greenberg, the executive director of the National Consumers League, a 125-year-old consumer advocacy group. Households are being hit by “a tsunami of fees and hidden charges and tricks and traps”, she said.

...consumers “are starting to realize that a lot of the cool #data and #technology is being used against them”."
theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

ht: @pluralistic

#Economy #Business #Tech #Politics #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

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"Most of the recent changes in LGBTQ+ attitudes have occurred among Republicans. For example, in 2021 and 2022, 55% of Republicans said they favored legal same-sex marriage, but today, the figure is 37%. Among independents, support has dropped six points, to 67%, while Democrats' views are the same as in 2022 (87% in favor)." news.gallup.com/poll/710810/su…

Basically, MAGA signaled to Republicans that it was okay to hate not-cishet folks again, and that reversed the country's trajectory.
#politics #UnitedStates #LGBTQ

U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak

Since 2021, fewer Americans have said that gay or lesbian relations and changing one's gender are morally acceptable and have favored legal same-sex marriage.

^{Jeffrey M. Jones (Gallup)}

New post: I look at reasons why there's less hype for America's 250th anniversary vs. the 1976 bicentennial, especially in media.

diversetechgeek.com/why-less-h…

#media #unitedstates #bicentennial #America250 #comics

Why is there less hype for America’s 250th anniversary vs. the bicentennial? | Diverse Tech Geek

As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year, I look at reasons why the hype for it pales in comparison to the 1976 bicentennial.

^{Anthony Dean (Diverse Tech Geek)}

Sing 🎶 along with me: “The #education bone 🦴 is connected to the #economy 💰 bone…”

People who don’t want undocumented children educated want the #UnitedStates to be weakened. These people are tools of #Russia , #China and other usual suspects.

#Resist intelligently.

#Kakistocracy in the #UnitedStates will be an ever-present threat until the failing public #education system is reformed.

#MATH 🇺🇸 🤔 ✅

It's almost like this guy wants his ties to #Epstein kept in the news cycle - pressuring the media hard while simultaneously triggering the Streisand effect.

One is left to wonder: is this intentional, or is he really incapable of learning?

reuters.com/legal/government/t…

#Trump #USA #News #DonaldTrump #jeffreyepstein #UnitedStates #President #America #US #Law #Legal #Lawsuit #StreisandEffect #Media #Article #Reuters #Donald #Politics

The senior #US official said the proposal would reopen the #StraitOfHormuz in the Persian Gulf — a critical waterway for global #oil & #gas — & see #Iran commit to disposing of its stockpiles of highly enriched #uranium. The mechanism by which Iran will dispose of its highly enriched uranium is still being negotiated, the official said. #Trump has insisted that the #UnitedStates seize the material as part of his vow to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

#IranWar

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Contributor: Trump has left himself only bad options on Iran

Nearly three months after the United States and Israel launched their large-scale bombing campaign against Iran and about…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #ceasefire #day #deal #regime #stockpile #strait #Tehran #thursday #trump #TrumpAdministration #U.S.blockade #UnitedStates #uranium #War
europesays.com/iran/122845/

ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.

Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.

Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState

#GiftArticle
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