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The case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday
with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.
Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that
“it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one-page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeeri…

Interviews with 100 therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI chatbot usage show, while there are some upsides, conversations also deepened negative feelings (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/chatgpt-delusions-psychosis.html
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How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits.

Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/089219/dozens-of-us-colleges-close-as-falling-birth-rate-pushes-them-off-enrollment-cliff

The Gospel According to ICE: How Christian Nationalists Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow | Tim Hjersted https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-gospel-according-to-ice/

The Gospel According to ICE: How Christian Nationalists Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow | Tim Hjersted
There’s a profound contradiction at the heart of contemporary American Christianity: the disconnect between claimed allegiance to Jesus and actual allegiance to state power. The irony is devastating when Christians defend ICE killings and deaths in custody with appeals to “law and order.” The standard response has become...

Imagine being Discord…
…and seeing that a user has joined a new Discord “server”
…and immediately sends the same message to all channels they can access
…and not feeling the responsibility to automatically ban these spammers
…and instead relying on your moderators/users to do these kinds of platform-heuristic tasks… to act as human firewalls.
I have a fundamental professional disconnect with treating this as anything other than a high priority to fix this for the he…

Sources: Pinduoduo and Temu owner PDD fires dozens following a fistfight between employees and Chinese officials probing fraudulent deliveries on its platform (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/pd…

PDD Fires Dozens of Workers After Fistfight With China Officials
PDD Holdings Inc. fired a government relations team in Shanghai following a fistfight between employees and Chinese regulators who were performing checks at the e-commerce company, according to people familiar with the matter.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/115584342649529214
A district court judge dismissed most of the SEC’s claims in July 2024. SolarWinds and the SEC recently reached a settlement on the remaining charges.
The SEC's lawsuit was flimsy, …

Aliens and Angel Numbers: Creators Worry Porn Platform ManyVids Is Falling Into ‘AI Psychosis’ https://www.404media.co/manyvids-porn-platform-ai-psychosis-bella-french-bio/

Sources: Javier Guzman, a CBS Evening News senior broadcast producer, was dismissed on Jan. 7 from his position, just days into Tony Dokoupil's tenure as anchor (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/…

‘CBS Evening News’ No. 2 Producer Dismissed Amid Tony Dokoupil’s Rocky Rollout
Javier Guzman, a senior broadcast producer for "CBS Evening News," was dismissed from his position following Wednesday night's broadcast.

The debate regarding the “Goldwater rule” has intensified
following President Trump’s recent rambling presentation in Pennsylvania
(Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speech, 10 December).
As a physician with decades of experience in health policy, I believe the current discourse misses a vital distinction:
the difference between prohibited diagnosis and legitimate observation.
The Goldwater rule was designed to prevent …