Iran rejects UN rights resolution condemning protest killings | Protests News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/24/iran-rejects-un-rights-resolution-condemning-protest-killings?traffic_source=rss
“You cannot lead a congregation while directing an agency whose actions have cost lives and inflicted fear in our communities,”
#Levy #Armstrong said.
“When officials protect armed agents,
repeatedly refuse meaningful investigation into killings like Renee Good’s,
and signal they may pursue peacef…
An Evening at Polymarket's Totally Broken Pop-up Bar (Joe Perticone/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/an-evening-at-polymarket-totally-broken-popup-bar-situation-room-prediction-market
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p116#a260324p116
SanDisk's stock has surged ~1,000% since August, driven by AI demand for its data storage products; SanDisk has a cost advantage due to its JV with Kioxia (Matt Phillips/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/markets/inside-sandisks-tr…
2026 AFC Championship Game odds, predictions: Broncos vs. Patriots picks by expert on 58-38 run
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-afc-championship-gam…
On repeat again these days... Daniel Avery, the master of summoning a certain set of harmonies, mixed with a heaviness, intensity and production all very moving and befitting our times... play it loud!
Heavy Rain (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsrjASH5ZgU
A study of 12K EU companies finds AI adoption increases labor productivity by 4% on average in the EU, with no evidence of reduced employment in the short run (CEPR)
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-ai-affecting-productivity-and-jobs-europe
The Republican former lieutenant governor of North Carolina,
Mark Robinson,
has admitted he "misled" voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign
when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website
– suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.
Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, told the "After the Call" podcast on Thursday:
Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday,
with other observers watching and videotaping their actions,
in an area called Eat Street,
a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses.
Footage appears to show the moment man is shot dead by federal agent in Minneapolis – video
It’s the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.