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Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering "AI-native legal services" (Norm Ai)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/n<…

Religion Clause: Top 10 Religious Liberty and Church-State Developments of 2025
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/top-10-religious-liberty-and-church.html

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We will get a guest on NYE, until then it's just the usual crowd.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon releases statement in response to U.S. AG Pam Bondi letter (Ryan Paris/KTTC-TV)
https://www.kttc.com/2026/01/25/minnesota-secretary-state-steve-simon-releases-statement-response-us-ag-pam-bondi-letter/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p18#a260126p18

The world’s mountains are warming faster than anyone expected #Mountains

The world’s mountains are warming faster than anyone expected
Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, and water supply that could affect over a billion people. A major global review finds that rising temperatures are turning snowfall into rain, shrinking glaciers, and making mountain weather more extreme and unpredictable. These changes threaten water sources for huge populations, including those in China and India, while also increasing risks of floods, ecosystem collaps…

Future of Privacy Forum to Honor Top Scholarship at Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-to-honor-top-scholarship-at-annual-privacy-papers-for-policy…

Estimates suggest that hundreds of ⭐️psychedelic churches operate illegally in the US.
As court interpretations evolve, religious freedom claims expand and more Americans drift away from traditional religion,
these groups are increasingly emerging from the underground to push boundaries over which substances – and beliefs – deserve protection.
The Church of Gaia recently became the first psychedelic church to win government recognition by petition rather than suing.
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US 'unchurching' marks the 'fastest religious shift in modern history' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/axios-religious-affiliation-prri/

Anthropic says Claude can now keep a chat going indefinitely, automatically summarizing earlier context when it hits its context window (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/anthropic-releases-opus-4-5-with-new-ch…

Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations | TechCrunch
Anthropic has launched Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model, with new integrations into Chrome and Excel.

Landmark commission unanimously approves church's rainbow steps: “This is religious expression" - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/landmark-commission-unanimously-approves-churchs-rainbow-steps-this-is-religious-expression/?utm_campaign=good-news-newsletter