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Former CIA paramilitary officer Joe Kent
— who has said members of the Movement for Black Lives should be treated as terrorists, peddled conspiracy theories about the January 6 insurrection, and once earned the endorsement of white supremacist Nick Fuentes
— will be leading the National Counterterrorism Center.
Kent has most recently served as acting chief of staff for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
He’s railed against Black Lives Matter protesters a…

Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theorist Who Likened BLM to Terrorists to Lead Counterterrorism Center
The Senate confirmed Joe Kent as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in a 52 to 44 vote.

The US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a "comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs" (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/…

Palantir gets $10 billion contract from U.S. Army
The software company’s enterprise contract over the next decade cements its central role in warfighting for years to come. 

Slovenia becomes first EU country to impose arms embargo on Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/1/slovenia-becomes-first-eu-country-to-impose-arms-embargo-on-is…

Slovenia becomes first EU country to impose arms embargo on Israel
The Central European country has also recognised Palestinian statehood in 2024.

It's astonishing how much time #Republicans spend raging about — and then "fixing" — problems that don't exist.
The brainless rep who introduced this #chemtrail bill claims she's personally seen contracts "with at least nine federal agencies" to spray barium and…

Louisiana lawmakers push ‘chemtrail’ ban legislation through the House
The chemtrail ban heads to the Louisiana Senate despite experts saying chemtrails are only a conspiracy theory.

Control How Your Content Is Used for AI Training With Cloudflare (Cloudflare Blog, 1 July 2024)
#MediaLit

Control content use for AI training with Cloudflare’s managed robots.txt and blocking for monetized content
Cloudflare is making it easier for publishers and content creators of all sizes to prevent their content from being scraped for AI training by managing robots.txt on their behalf, and allowing targeted blocking of AI crawling on sites that serve ads.

I love the dates in the timestamps of this page.
Contributing to NetBSD: Hardware
#netbsd

I'm broke and summer's coming up, so now is a great time to remind you all, I am STILL available #forhire for #pixelart, #textmode,

Wall Street giants like Blackstone, KKR, and BlackRock are pouring hundreds of billions into AI data centers, creating concerns of "oversupply" and a bubble (Maureen Farrell/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/business/ai-da…

Are A.I. Data Centers a Sure Thing or the Next Real Estate Bubble?
Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients’ money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.

"A new aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers (first- and business- class tickets, and private jets) has been launched today at FFD4 by France, Kenya, Barbados, Spain, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua & Barbuda. It will be supported by the European Commission"
Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

Eight countries launch solidarity coalition for levies on premium flyers | Global Solidarity Levies Task Force
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force brings together countries from around the world to advance options for international levelies that will raise much needed revenue for the fight against climate change, and to support development and nature.

At least 54,418 people have been killedin Gaza during the war, according to the territory's health ministry

A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that Israeli tanks opened fire near an aid centre.
A medic says he is treating people with bullet or shrapnel wounds

The Palestinian Red Crescent says 14 people have been injured near another aid distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza

As a reminder: Israel doesn't allow independent…

Gaza latest: 31 dead after Israeli tanks open fire near aid centre in Rafah, Hamas health ministry says
The Red Cross hospital in Rafah says 150 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza’s southern city.