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Escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America,
Donald Trump said Sunday, the United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro,
“does nothing to stop” drug production"
The U.S. president warned that Petro “better close up” drug operations “or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely.”
Hours later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the latest U.S. strik…

Trump announces an end to US aid to Colombia
It's a war of words between President Donald Trump and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro over illegal drugs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid hanging in the balance. Trump says he'll slash U.S. assistance and enact tariffs because Colombia's leftist president “does nothing to stop” drug production and is an “illegal drug leader.” Petro is rejecting the accusations and defending his work to fight narcotics in Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of cocaine. Colombia …

An Alabama state board votes to keep its contract with PBS for now, rejecting an effort to become the first state to cut ties following federal budget cuts (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pbs-2149809fa142c792fab0ca6e8730ee80

Alabama Public Television to keep PBS contract
The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS. The decision came after a public backlash to the idea of dropping PBS. The Alabama Educational Television Commission voted without dissent to continue paying the contract with PBS that runs until July. It also voted to create a committee to explore the future direction of Alabama Public Television. A proposal to take the first step toward severing ties failed when no commissioner seconded the …

A US judge rules Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don't violate antitrust law, as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market (Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/meta-wins-ftc-antitrus…

Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals (4)
Meta Platforms Inc. won a key court ruling that the company’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law, a blow to the federal government which has sought to break up the company for the past five years.

60 years ago tonight, the big beat acid test, on the grateful dead’s home turf in palo alto, at a soon-to-open go-go club on the outskirts of town. full chaos, with the dead & prankster band playing at the same time. local historian @… on the big beat:

A statement from iNaturalist on experimenting with “AI-Assisted Identification Summaries” in 'Exploring New Ways to Learn from iNaturalist’s Community Expertise' https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/118695-exploring-new-ways…

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-int…

Microsoft and OpenAI invest millions in AI training for teachers
The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence. The tech giants are paying for training for teachers to apply AI skills in the classroom. For the companies, the partnerships are also opportunities to make inroads into schools and win over students in the race for AI dominance. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten says skepticism guided her negotiations, but the…

A US judge rules that Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions don't violate antitrust law as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market (Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/meta-wins-ftc-antitru…

Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals (4)
Meta Platforms Inc. won a key court ruling that the company’s acquisitions of the photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp don’t violate US antitrust law, a blow to the federal government which has sought to break up the company for the past five years.

Chen-Ning (Frank) Yang 1922-2025
Yang Zhenning dies at 103
•Not Even Wrong / by Peter Woit /
Oct 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Chen-Ning Yang (often known in the US as “Frank”) passed away in Beijing yesterday at the age of 103.
He was the last of the great figures of 1950s high-energy particle physics still with us.
His name is associated with two of the central ideas of what was to become the Standard Model.
In 1953, together with Robert Mills, he wrote down…

Chen-Ning (Frank) Yang 1922-2025
Chen-Ning Yang (often known in the US as “Frank”) passed away in Beijing yesterday at the age of 103. He was the last of the great figures of 1950s high-energy particle physics still wi…

A Paris court rejects a French government request to suspend Shein in the country after finding illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on the site (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/shein-fast-fashion-paris-5014e98e3479485dd45f0e5bdf…

Paris court rejects bid to suspend Shein platform in France
A Paris court has rejected a government request to suspend the Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein in France. Authorities found illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on Shein's website. Shein welcomed the decision on Friday, saying it remains committed to strengthening its control processes in cooperation with French authorities. The controversy began in early November when France's consumer watchdog and Finance Ministry moved to suspend Shein's online marketplace. French authoritie…