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#OpenAI finds its #tech being used for #propaganda & #US 2024 #ElectionInterference
#ChatGPT maker OpenAI found #Russia, #China, #Iran & #Israel groups using its #technology to #influence global political discourse, highlighting concerns #generative #ArtificialIntelligence is making it easier for state actors to run covert #propaganda campaigns as the presidential election nears.
#ForeignDisinformationCampaigns #disinformation #generativeAI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/30/openai-disinfo-influence-operations-china-russia/
@pluralistic delivers a multi-themed screed on the state of #liberal vs. #conservative #politics in the #US, #UK, and a lot of it applies to #Germany, too.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/29/sub-bushel-comms-strategy/
Importantly, it touches not just on the value of the presence of #information from from election campaigns, it reflects on the (negative) value of the absence of information.
China must stop aiding Russia in war, deputy U.S treasury chief says
The U.S. is 'open to sanctioning” anyone helping Russia gain access to components that can be used for weapons, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said.The Japan Times
China to be pioneer in building new global financial system: scholars
China will be a pioneer leading the world into a new and innovative financial and monetary system, as global calls for an overhaul of the Bretton Woods system – which has been in place for 80 years – gain traction due to the US abuse of the dollar's …www.globaltimes.cn
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#European allies push the #us to allow Ukr to use U.S. made weapons to strike Rus.
Yesterday, #Macron and #Scholz said they supported #Ukraine using weapons given by allies to strike Russian bases launching missiles, but not allow other strikes on #russia
Ukraine war briefing: Macron, Scholz agree Kyiv should use allies’ weapons against launchers in Russia
Nato secretary general says alliance members should allow deep strikes, which White House says it doesn’t ‘encourage or enable’. What we know on day 826Warren Murray (The Guardian)
Echoes of 1962, the Berlin crisis and a world teetering on war
There is the potential for worldwide conflict within the next three years as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are likely preparing for major confrontation.Brad Glosserman (The Japan Times)
Interview
"The record of the ICC is so horrendous, it used to be called the International Caucasian Court, because it only indicted African leaders.
"I would say the pressure became probably unbearable [on Karim Khan] & he lost all credibility. It would have been very hard for Karim Khan - who was being mocked for the past 6 months for doing nothing - to stay silent."
Norman Finkelstein
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=75oar3KIz3U
Taylor Swift's jet emissions controversy leads to #US ban on tracking private aircraft.
The recent amendment allows owners of private aircraft to hide their registration details from the public.
Anything to protect the rich and famous.
What you don't know won't hurt you... plebs
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Denys Shmyhal, Prime-Minister of Ukraine:
"If we will not protect... #Ukraine will fall. So the global, the global system of security will be destroyed... and all the #world will need to find... a new system of #security. Or, there will be many #conflicts, many such kinds of #wars, and in the end of the day, it could lead to the Third World War... disinformation and #propaganda is influencing here in the #US on many people, in #EU on many people"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68840261
Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of long-stalled Congress aid vote
Denys Shmyhal tells the BBC his country desperately needs the US to approve long-stalled security assistance.By Sumi Somaskanda & Holly Honderich (BBC News)
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of #NATO:
"allies have not delivered what they promised. The #US spent months not agreeing a package for #Ukraine and European allies have not delivered the amount of ammunition they promised.
Lack of ammunition enabled 🇷🇺 to push forward along the frontline. Lack of air defense made it possible for more 🇷🇺 missiles to hit targets. Lack of deep strike capabilities made it possible for 🇷🇺 to concentrate more forces"
https://youtu.be/BsqAV1MAe7g?si=jmZRRKEoLjLtSHsp
NATO Secretary General with the President of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, 29 APR 2024
Secretary General in Kyiv: Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO, support will continue.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Monday (29 ...YouTube
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Timothy Snyder:
"a broader #war can be stopped if the Ukrainians are helped by others. The 🇺🇦 #economy is about 1/250 the size of the NATO econmies taken together. A tiny fraction of what the #NATO economies have would easily be enough to make sure that #Ukraine can hold its own and win. We are not, however, mobilising our economies anything like the way the #US did in 1941-42. And at the root, that's the reason why the Ukrainians are not winning as they should be."
https://youtu.be/3y6EaZ1nKHE?si=Omp3lxqvjf9pePSc
April 15, 2024: Timothy Snyder
The history of 20th century autocracy seemed to race into the distance with the end of the Cold War. But Dr. Timothy Snyder cautions that in the decades sinc...YouTube
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Ada Wordsworth, co-founder of #KHARPP, a grassroots project repairing homes in eastern #Ukraine:
"This situation was avoidable. The civilians and soldiers who have died since the new offensive began can’t be brought back, but through adequate weapons and #AirDefence provisions, and permission for #Ukraine to strike Russian territory, the west can ensure that their friends and families won’t face the same fate..."
#ArmUkraineToWIN #ArmUkraineNow #US #NATO #EU
The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why
The homes and lives my charity has been helping rebuild are on the frontline once more, says Ada Wordsworth, founder of the KHARPP charityAda Wordsworth (The Guardian)
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Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander #Europe #NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff:
"It's not enough to give Ukraine the means to defend itself. We the West have to give Ukraine the means to defeat Russia... #Ukraine has been given capabilities - particularly by the #US and Germany - but they've been told they can't use them to attack Russians in #Russia. Well, that's not how you fight and win a #war. You cannot fight a war with your hands tied behind your back."
https://youtu.be/rAtyfcqI5NA?si=Bc2LN_K3bwC-BNB7
Ukrainian Jenny meets Ex-Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff
Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Sir Richard Shirreff explains NATO approach in the Russian War in Ukraine. He is optimistic about Ukrai...YouTube
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Philip Ingram, former military intelligence officer:
"The only country that I'm aware of that's not allowing it to happen with their weapons is the #US... Europeans, French, Germans, I think haven't put a complete ban on it. The Brits are supporting it... and I know Ukrainians are using British weapons inside #Russia to very, very good effect."
#Ukraine #ArmUkraineNow #StopRussianAggression #UkraineWillWin #ArrestPutin #RussiaIsATerroristState
https://youtu.be/RLacCMMJz6w?si=97SL8AKhlEd2BRjc
Putin's forces 'hollowed out' as Russia's military 'can't keep up' with high losses | Philip Ingram
Philip Ingram joins Times Radio's Frontline.📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio📍 Subscribe to our channel - http://www.youtube.com/c...YouTube
For anyone who still has doubts whether support from the #US, #France, #Italy, #Spain, #Portugal, and so many other #NATO members at the bottom of the list is largely insufficient to deter #Putin's illegal #war and grant #Ukraine the possibility of #victory...
Don't take it from me, take it from the very people we place our trust on to keep us safe and defended:
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO:
"I think the time has come for [NATO] allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions that are put on the use of weapons they have donated to #Ukraine... This is self-defense. Self-defense is enshrined in the #UN Charter. It’s legal and it’s legitimate and we are helping Ukraine upholding that right, and that should include the ability to also strike targets on Russian territory”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOVIfdRLHw
NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike inside Russia
NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has called on allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of NATO weapons inside Russian territory. Speaking to ...YouTube
#NorthKorea Korea and #Russia may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, before the US presidential election, NBC News reports.
The #US is also worried that the strengthening of the military alliance between Putin and Jong-un could significantly expand the DPRK's nuclear capabilities.
Are Russia and North Korea planning an ‘October surprise’ that aids Trump?
U.S. officials are bracing for Pyongyang to take military actions close to the U.S. presidential election, possibly at the urging of Vladimir Putin.Courtney Kube (NBC News)
" If we turn our backs and ignore the crimes against humanity that are being committed in Gaza right now, what credibility will we ever have in criticizing the actions of any country, no matter how terrible those actions may be?"
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 24, 2024
US-Demokraten kriegen ihre multikulturellen Wähler nicht mehr unter Kontrolle
Abseits der Krawallbilder von US-Hochschulen, ausgelöst durch pro-palästinensische Demonstranten, hat der Nahostkonflikt handfeste politische Konsequenzen für die Vereinigten Staaten. Für die Demokraten kann er zum Stolperstein im Wahlkampf werden.Online Redaktion (JUNGE FREIHEIT)
Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.
Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens.Mullvad VPN
#AidGroups warn of a looming crisis in #Gaza's southern city of #Rafah where they have no more #food to distribute since the closure of the Rafah border crossing over a week ago, even as the first trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza via a temporary pier built by the #US. #Israel
Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/17/1252095266/rafah-is-running-out-of-food-even-as-the-u-s-pier-starts-operating-in-gaza
Israel white phosphorus use is being funded by a UK mine
Israel Chemicals LTD (ICL) own Boulby mine in Loftus, North Yorkshire. The very same company is supplying Israel with white phosphorus.HG (The Canary)
Being tested in Louisiana
"Created by the Israeli company High Lander, Orion allows users to direct hundreds of drones at once by automating them to navigate and perform actions without user input...“next-generation security guards,”"
"There is a documented history of U.S.-Israel security tech exchanges, which civil rights and racial justice advocates have long criticized for contributing to the militarization of the police"
Scary stuff
https://theintercept.com/2024/05/17/israel-orione-drone-us-police-louisiana/
An Israeli Company Is Hawking Its Self-Launching Drone System to U.S. Police Departments
A Louisiana sheriff’s department has been testing the drone system, which is already used by the Israeli police and many settlements.Delaney Nolan (The Intercept)
Members of U.S. Naval Academy's first year class climb the Herndon Monument, in a ritual marking the end of their plebe year in Annapolis, Maryland, May 15. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
@photography
#US
#NavalAcademy
#HerndonMonument
#rituals
Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report
A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1 trillion in low carbon energy investments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 election
#USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report
A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1trillionin low carbonenergyinvestments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 electionReuters (India Today)
North Koreans worked remotely for U.S. firms to fund missiles
A U.S. national helped three North Korean IT workers obtain 'illicit telework employment” with hundreds of firms using the identities of U.S. citizens.Iain Marlow (The Japan Times)
Russian forces advancing up to 4 miles in several areas within 5 days raises doubts about Kyiv's defense, The Guardian reports.
Despite warnings from #Moscow, ISW, and British intelligence, #Ukraine's preparation was hampered by insufficient fortifications and a four-month pause in #US arms deliveries.
How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming
Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attackDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase "climate" eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming
#Florida #USA #US #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase quotclimatequot eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warmingIndia Today Environment Desk (India Today)
I bet the #US would allow a Ukrainian crew to disembark.
“The crew, made up of 20 Indians and a Sri Lankan national, has been unable to disembark because of visa restrictions, a lack of required shore passes and parallel ongoing investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FBI.
On Monday, the crew remained on board even as authorities used small explosive charges to deliberately ‘cut’ an expanse of the bridge lying on the ship's bow.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69011124
Crew trapped on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse
Morale is low for the Dali's crew members, who are stranded on board by the ongoing investigation into the tragedy.By Bernd Debusmann Jr (BBC News)
Here's what we are reading today:
#Russia are succeeding in their assault on #Kharkiv due to: delayed #US aid, poor fortifications and #Russia battlefield tactics and #russia is benefitting from the US preventing #Ukraine from using #US weaponry on Russia territory, Max Boot writes for the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/13/russia-kharkiv-ukraine-us-blunders/
"I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza"
#EU #Pentagon #Military #War #NATO #Weapons #US #Hamas #Palestine #Israel #News #Gaza #Hezbollah #IDF #WestBank #ICC #WarCrimes #GOP #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #Iran #Russia #Syria #CeaseFire
I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza
A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.The Conversation
Solidarity with Gaza - Princeton Faculty Members Join Students in Hunger Strike - Palestine Chronicle
Over a dozen faculty members from Princeton University in the US state of New Jersey, joined pro-Gaza hunger strikers.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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Over 1,700 residents were evacuated from the #Kharkiv region, after Russia's offensive. Yesterday #Russia advanced 1 km into Vovchansk.
This comes as part of a recent push by Russia to gain ground before #US aid arrives in #ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/over-1-700-civilians-evacuated-from-kharkiv-oblast/
Over 1,700 civilians evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast over past day
Over the past day, 1,775 civilians in Kharkiv Oblast have been evacuated from their homes amid renewed Russian attacks on the region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on May 11.Elsa Court (The Kyiv Independent)
