<p>New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending<br>---</p><p>Documents obtained by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting reveal that Tom Dundon was behind what regulators called an “aggressive push” to waive proof-of-income requirements at Santander Consumer USA.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tom-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tom</span><span class="invisible">-dundon-moda-center-portland-oregon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/nba/" rel="tag">#NBA</a> <a href="/tags/basketball/" rel="tag">#Basketball</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/loan/" rel="tag">#Loan</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a></p>
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<p>30,000 people laid off to free up "estimated $156 billion in capital spending" for AI.</p><p>Brutal.</p><p><a href="https://thenextweb.com/news/oracle-layoffs-march-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thenextweb.com/news/oracle-layoffs-march-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenextweb.com/news/oracle-lay</span><span class="invisible">offs-march-2026</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/oracle/" rel="tag">#oracle</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/labot/" rel="tag">#labot</a></p>
<p>Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable<br>--</p><p>With the federal government refusing to identify agents or share evidence relating to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the dispute has become a game of constitutional chicken: states’ rights versus federal immunity.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-trump-ice-shooting-lawsuit-alex-pretti-renee-good?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> <a href="/tags/reneegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeGood</a></p>
<p>Four female patients complained to the state medical commission about alleged sexual misconduct by Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 to 2024.</p><p>The board waited until April 2025 to file a formal statement of charges.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mark-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mark-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">k-mulholland-washington-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a></p>
<p>Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault<br>---</p><p>A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uta</span><span class="invisible">h-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
<p>A likely strike by the United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.</p><p>The attacks were testament to the intensity of the monthlong war the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran, which has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, closing off the vital waterway for global energy shipments.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-march-31-2026-07fcd5216ceae44965de79a60a4623da" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-march-31-2026-07fcd5216ceae44965de79a60a4623da"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr</span><span class="invisible">ael-trump-lebanon-march-31-2026-07fcd5216ceae44965de79a60a4623da</span></a></p><p>🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️<br><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a><br><a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
<p>Weekly Round-Up, 25-31 March 2026: Wicked Spot, Lady Snowblood, and Witch Hat Atelier Primer</p><p><a href="https://www.animefeminist.com/weekly-round-up-25-31-march-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.animefeminist.com/weekly-round-up-25-31-march-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.animefeminist.com/weekly-r</span><span class="invisible">ound-up-25-31-march-2026/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/witchhatatelier/" rel="tag">#witchhatatelier</a> <a href="/tags/yuri/" rel="tag">#yuri</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/pokemon/" rel="tag">#pokemon</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has warned of a “disgraceful assault on the right to protest” in the UK after two pro-Palestine campaigners were found guilty of breaching protest conditions.</p><p>Benjamin Jamal, 62, and Christopher Nineham, 63, were both accused of failing to comply with a condition that required attendees of a protest on January 18, 2025 to stay on Whitehall in a static rally and not march on the BBC. </p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25987595.dark-day-uk-palestine-activists-convicted-bbc-protest/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenational.scot/news/25987595.dark-day-uk-palestine-activists-convicted-bbc-protest/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenational.scot/news/2598</span><span class="invisible">7595.dark-day-uk-palestine-activists-convicted-bbc-protest/</span></a></p><p>🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️<br><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a><br><a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
<p>Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme.</p><p>Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jos</span><span class="invisible">eph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/arkansas/" rel="tag">#Arkansas</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.</p><p>But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety.</p><p>This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.<br><a href="http://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/childh</span><span class="invisible">ood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/model/" rel="tag">#Model</a></p>
<p>In 2023, the FDA deemed 19 peptides too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies.</p><p>Now, under RFK Jr., the agency is poised to reverse itself — despite the fact that few clinical studies support claims of the peptides’ effectiveness or safety.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-safety-fda-compounding-pharmacies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/peptide-safety-fda-compounding-pharmacies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pep</span><span class="invisible">tide-safety-fda-compounding-pharmacies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/peptides/" rel="tag">#Peptides</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/pharmacy/" rel="tag">#Pharmacy</a></p>
<p>New point of view, looking toward the Moon</p><p>Live: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2K</span><span class="invisible">K8TEs</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/artemis/" rel="tag">#Artemis</a> <a href="/tags/artemis2/" rel="tag">#Artemis2</a> <a href="/tags/orion/" rel="tag">#Orion</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#Integrity</a> <a href="/tags/orionintegrity/" rel="tag">#OrionIntegrity</a> <a href="/tags/spacecraft/" rel="tag">#spacecraft</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/moon/" rel="tag">#Moon</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>The Ramparts of Ice – Episode 1</p><p>Melt your heart with an excellent premiere that sets the foundation for one girl’s hea ling through the genuine power of friendship.</p><p><a href="https://www.animefeminist.com/the-ramparts-of-ice-episode-1/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.animefeminist.com/the-ramparts-of-ice-episode-1/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.animefeminist.com/the-ramp</span><span class="invisible">arts-of-ice-episode-1/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/netflix/" rel="tag">#netflix</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/therampartsofice/" rel="tag">#therampartsofice</a></p>
<p>Kirio Fan Club – Episode 1</p><p>A fantastic josei premiere about pining, weird girls, and pining for weird girls. </p><p><a href="https://www.animefeminist.com/kirio-fan-club-episode-1/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.animefeminist.com/kirio-fan-club-episode-1/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.animefeminist.com/kirio-fa</span><span class="invisible">n-club-episode-1/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/josei/" rel="tag">#josei</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/ntJJiQpCEtE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/live/ntJJiQpCEtE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/live/ntJJiQpCE</span><span class="invisible">tE</span></a><br>🛑🇺🇸LIVE: What The *%<a href="/tags/k/" rel="tag">#k</a> Was That?!? Rambling Old Man Fails To Make Any Sort Of Announcement During Special Presidential Address (The Bulwark VIDEO) <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/pace/" rel="tag">#PACE</a> <a href="/tags/coe/" rel="tag">#CoE</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/headlines/" rel="tag">#Headlines</a> <a href="/tags/russiaukrainewar/" rel="tag">#russiaUkraineWar</a><br><a href="/tags/12yrinvasionofukraine/" rel="tag">#12yrInvasionOfUkraine</a> <a href="/tags/russiansarebabykillers/" rel="tag">#RussiansAreBabyKillers</a></p>
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<p>Remember the cyberattacks on the U.S. government in the early 2020s? The Biden admin asked tech companies to help and got some “free” upgrades.</p><p>The Trump admin is doing similarly with AI. But our reporting shows there’s no such thing as a free lunch.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-government-ai-cautionary-tales?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federal-government-ai-cautionary-tales?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-government-ai-cautionary-tales?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>Aaron Szabo, the Trump EPA official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution, was an unnamed author of key oil industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist, metadata shows.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-epa-methane-deregulation-aaron-szabo-oil-gas-axpc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/methane/" rel="tag">#Methane</a></p>
<p>🛑⚠️4 months of AFU Northern Command Failure in Kupiask: AFU commanders now admit failure and their inability to clear kill last Russian terrorists held up in Kupiansk (more) <a href="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4107037-small-number-of-russians-remain-trapped-under-ruins-of-hospital-in-kupiansk-says-tregubov.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4107037-small-number-of-russians-remain-trapped-under-ruins-of-hospital-in-kupiansk-says-tregubov.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4</span><span class="invisible">107037-small-number-of-russians-remain-trapped-under-ruins-of-hospital-in-kupiansk-says-tregubov.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/headlines/" rel="tag">#Headlines</a> <a href="/tags/russiaukrainewar/" rel="tag">#russiaUkraineWar</a><br><a href="/tags/12yrinvasionofukraine/" rel="tag">#12yrInvasionOfUkraine</a> <a href="/tags/russiaisaterroriststate/" rel="tag">#RussiaIsATerroristState</a></p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/sgTuauTR8_g" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/sgTuauTR8_g</a><br>⚡️🇵🇱IS UAE worth saving after harboring Russian terrorists? Ukrainian historic deals and security boost with Gulf states leave questions as to what exactly were the details after getting ‘burned by America’ on mineral deal? | Kira Rudik interview (TVP VIDEO) <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/poland/" rel="tag">#Poland</a> <a href="/tags/warsaw/" rel="tag">#Warsaw</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kyiv/" rel="tag">#Kyiv</a> <a href="/tags/headlines/" rel="tag">#Headlines</a> <a href="/tags/uae/" rel="tag">#UAE</a> <a href="/tags/qatar/" rel="tag">#Qatar</a> <a href="/tags/oman/" rel="tag">#Oman</a> <a href="/tags/bahrain/" rel="tag">#Bahrain</a> <a href="/tags/iraq/" rel="tag">#Iraq</a> <a href="/tags/kuwait/" rel="tag">#Kuwait</a> <a href="/tags/jordan/" rel="tag">#Jordan</a> <a href="/tags/syria/" rel="tag">#Syria</a> <a href="/tags/saudiarabia/" rel="tag">#SaudiArabia</a> <a href="/tags/russiaukrainewar/" rel="tag">#russiaUkraineWar</a><br><a href="/tags/12yrinvasionofukraine/" rel="tag">#12yrInvasionOfUkraine</a> <a href="/tags/russiaisaterroriststate/" rel="tag">#RussiaIsATerroristState</a></p>
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<p>"For $5 a month, you can enjoy strange little clips [...] which use generative AI to bring dead historical figures “to life” in videos “curated” by Bob Dylan"</p><p>What is happening?</p><p><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/what-happens-aging-artists-embrace-ai-opinion-1235186843/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/what-happens-aging-artists-embrace-ai-opinion-1235186843/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.indiewire.com/features/com</span><span class="invisible">mentary/what-happens-aging-artists-embrace-ai-opinion-1235186843/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a></p>
<p>"My Front-Row Seat to the Making of Michael Wolff—and the <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> Predators"</p><p>I attended their schools, went to their parties ..It’s time to talk about what I saw. Some may get mad, I’m naming names. If they do, too fucking bad. They took a path that's brought us to the brink </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/my-front-row-</span><span class="invisible">seat-to-the-making-of?r=j0lyx</span></a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a></p>
<p>"Seeing how people interact with chatbots can be unsettling. “It’s depressing,” he said, to see people rely on machines for dating advice or medical guidance because they lack human support systems."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/ai-training-work-jobs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/ai-training-work-jobs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/ai-training-work-jobs</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a></p>
<p>"I don’t think people understood quite that there’d be somebody on a desk in a random state, looking at your [social media] profile, using it to generate AI data."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/07/meta-scale-ai-social-media-technology" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/07/meta-scale-ai-social-media-technology"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/2026/apr/07/meta-scale-ai-social-media-technology</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a></p>
<p>The decades-old petrodollar cycle, where Gulf states priced oil in dollars and reinvested revenues into US Treasuries in exchange for American security, is now broken. Oil-importing nations are selling Treasuries to defend their currencies, while Gulf exporters, facing lower revenues are reassessing US investments. This accelerates a structural shift away from dollar assets, challenging the Treasury's status as an unquestioned safe haven.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-06/the-petrodollar-loop-supporting-the-treasury-market-is-broken" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-06/the-petrodollar-loop-supporting-the-treasury-market-is-broken"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti</span><span class="invisible">cles/2026-04-06/the-petrodollar-loop-supporting-the-treasury-market-is-broken</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#iranwar</a></p>