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Cowboys react as former All-Pro Micah Parsons fears torn ACL; owner Jerry Jones declines comment

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/micah-parsons-injury-fears-torn-acl-t…

Damn, Curt Smith's STILL got it. Sure, I generally root for anyone named "Curt/Kurt" but Tears for Fears is the simply best. 😜
▶️ Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Live) 2022
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NZ-o1N2swMw&si=dsABDhNG6S1MdtHi…

Reflections beyond growth (V): Degrowth, fears and euphemisms – 15/15\15 https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/10/14/reflections-beyond-growth-v-degrowth-fears-and-euphemisms/

Reflections beyond growth (V): Degrowth, fears and euphemisms
Álex López: The risk is clear: that degrowth will remain trapped between unspoken fears and the euphemisms that disguise it.

India has issued a final warning to #Apple that it will proceed in an #antitrust case against the U.S. tech giant
as the company has delayed responses to officials for over a year and undermined the investigation,
a confidential order shows.
Apple has said it fears it could be
👉fined up to $38 bil…

Pregnant mom dies as red state docs fear abortion — and leave heart crisis untreated - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/pregnant-mom-dies-as-abortion-fears-force-red-state-docs-not-to-treat-heart-crisis/

Media: Putin fears Russia’s fragmentation as entire regions could break away: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/media-putin-fears-russias-fragmentation.html

🫧 Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/record-leap-in-co2-fuels-fears-of-accelerating-global-heating

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Degrowth, fears and euphemisms
Reflections beyond growth: Degrowth, fears and euphemisms Álex López translated by Mark Burton In the series Prospects for Degrowth Republished from revista 15/15\15 Reflecting on the Beyond Growth Conference. Madrid, 2025 The Beyond Growth Conference document offers us a promising future: less production, less consumption... but, curiously, more public services, more rights, more democracy, more of everything good and none of the bad.

Degrowth, fears and euphemisms
Reflections beyond growth: Degrowth, fears and euphemisms Álex López translated by Mark Burton In the series Prospects for Degrowth Republished from revista 15/15\15 Reflecting on the Beyond Growth…

The 30 seconds you get to stare into the void of yourself when joining an online meeting. That's when you learn the most about yourself—your hopes, dreams, and fears.
Don't look away.

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

ByteDance AI phone sparks security fears from Tencent and Alibaba
Experts say bigger concern is TikTok parent trying to rewrite Big Tech market rules

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Shout
#TearsforFears
https://gianmarcofabbretti.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-shout-gianmarco-fabbretti-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gQaQUhDCNGfBVXTvxAmXQ

OpenAI pulls back: ChatGPT will no longer give medical, legal, or financial advice over liability fears - Technology News | The Financial Express
https://www.financialexpress.com/life/tech

DJ Lagway leads wave of quarterbacks entering transfer portal; Steelers win to maintain lead over Ravens

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/dj-lagw…

Why Your Biggest Fears Are Pointing You Toward What Matters Most
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8btwnH3BOo

Lawmakers react to US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker (Max Rego/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5643306-us-venezuela-war-fears/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251210/p140#a251210p140

Ten public schools in Canberra will be closed today and at least another 10 will be partially closed due to potential asbestos contamination.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/several-act-schools-closed-after-asbestos-risk-fo…

Snap closure of several Canberra schools after asbestos found in decorative coloured sand
A snap closure has been issued for a number of schools in the ACT over fears of asbestos exposure.

Shannon Sharpe calls out Jerry Jones' fear of being overshadowed https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/shannon-sharpe-jerry-jones-troy-aikman-overshadowed/8e3fab12f8c53be18eaa456b<…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Album Version)
#TearsforFears
https://tearsforfears.bandcamp.com/track/sowing-the-seeds-of-love-live-from-franklin-tn
https://open.spotify.com/track/62vx6uOYO7PrqKqKTKg9RY

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Shout
#TearsforFears
https://gianmarcofabbretti.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-shout-gianmarco-fabbretti-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2gQaQUhDCNGfBVXTvxAmXQ

RUSSIA FEARS THIS JET! Why the JAS 39 Gripen is ideal for Ukrainian army| Weapons with @StarskyUA: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/russia-fears-this-jet-why.html

Series A, Episode 04 - Time Squad
CALLY: He fears death?
VILA: I plan to live forever. Or die trying.
BLAKE: If you can get us inside that complex, we'll provide all the destruction you want. And still get out safely.
AVON: Or die trying.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/104/389

The Mamdani effect? Sales of luxury homes spike in the Big Apple as exodus fears fall flat | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-luxury-house-prices-mamdani-b2883741.html

"Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Lorsque les craintes liées au cancer du poumon ont émergé dans les années 1950, Kent a équipé ses cigarettes d'un filtre élaboré Š base ... d'amiante.
Assurément « la meilleure protection sanitaire dans l'histoire de la cigarette »

My son Nico is a student at MCAD in Minneapolis. He's trans and of half Mexican heritage. I have obvious reasons to be anxious over what is going on in that city. He is a walking Ice target.
This morning he texted me that one of his teachers was kidnapped by Ice (his words). It's getting personal.
This is yet another example which shows how much the official line, that Ice is there to get the worst of the worst, the pedophiles and drug runners, is pure bullshit. The man i…

The Pulse: Amazon layoffs – AI or economy to blame?
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-pulse-amazon-layoffs/

"I've been using OmniOutliner for 20 years, and it's truly the best (and most trusted) system I've found to stop trying to use my brain as a filing cabinet."
— Phil Alden Robinson, Director and Screenwriter (whose films include Field of Dreams, Sneakers, and The Sum of All Fears)
https://en.w…

Absolutely terrifying - Have we learned nothing from the history of antibiotic use in cattle pigs poultry?
EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Everybody Wants to Rule the World
#TearsforFears
https://sdrw.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-sdrw
https://open.spotify.com/track/4RvWPyQ5RL0ao9LPZeSouE

'People would attempt to flee': Concern grows over possible Cuba collapse (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/following-venezuela-raid-fears-grow-of-economic-collapse-in-cuba-00714716
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p129#a260107p129

Ballistic response from the West! Britain promises Ukraine weapons that the Kremlin fears: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/12/ballistic-response-from-the-west.html

Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91435192/chatgpt-llm-openai-jobs-amazon

AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable.

Ayman Soliman, a former chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and refugee legally in the US, spent 73 days in Butler county jail, where he faced fears of deportation, execution, and torture.
Article:
https://www.wlwt.com/article/ayman-soliman

Before I die, I simply must see Tears for Fears live.
▶️ Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
#tearsforfears

A European theater owners group says Netflix's Warner Bros. acquisition "represents a double risk" of fewer films being produced and getting theatrical releases (Scott Roxborough/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodrepo…

European Theater Owners Group Opposes Netflix-Warner Bros. Megadeal
The UNIC, which represents cinema exhibitors across Europe, fears the streamer will downgrade the theatrical experience.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Album Version)
#TearsforFears
https://tearsforfears.bandcamp.com/track/sowing-the-seeds-of-love-live-from-franklin-tn
https://open.spotify.com/track/62vx6uOYO7PrqKqKTKg9RY

O YouTube preparou pra mim uma lista que só tem músicas maravilhosas, mas é uma completa mistureba de estilos. O YouTube não sabe lidar com pessoas de gostos ecléticos não, as listas dele sempre ficam assim rs.
1. Stay With Me – Miki Matsubara (J-Pop / City Pop)
2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears (Pop Rock / New Wave)
3. Take On Me – A-ha (Synthpop / New Wave)
4. Mšscara – Pitty (Rock Alternativo / Pop Rock Brasileiro)
5. Trem Azul – Elis Regina …

Sonnet 107 - CVII
Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul
Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,
Can yet the lease of my true love control,
Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured,
And the sad augurs mock their own presage;
Incertainties now crown themselves assured,
And peace proclaims olives of endless age.
Now with the drops of this most balmy time,
My love looks fresh, and Death…

Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days
as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
However, the border will only open in one direction:
for Palestinians to exit.
Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that
Israel’s goal is to “continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.”
This comes as a coalition of 12 Israeli human rights groups concluded in a new report that …

U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank: Sari Bashi
Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. However, the border will only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit. Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that Israel’s goal is to “continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.” This comes as a coalition of 12 Israeli human rights groups concluded in a new report that 2025 is the deadliest and most de…

I hope Belgiums understands the geopolitical priorities and doesn't want to be responsible for weakening Ukraine in it's fight against Russia.
https://www.politico.eu/article/imf-ukraine-russia-loan-eu-financial-support-war-economy/…

IMF support for Ukraine hinges on Russian assets loan, EU warns
Brussels fears the IMF could cancel aid unless Belgium agrees to back a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine.

RE: https://journa.host/@timkmak/115837480343921192
The demand that Ukraine not strike inside Russia is absolute dogshit. Russia strikes civilian targets in Ukraine daily. Why can't Ukraine hit military targets in Russia?
Because "fears of escal…

No shit?
'End-To-End Encrypted' Smart Toilet Camera Is Not Actually End-To-End Encrypted - Slashdot https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/04/0436234/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-en…

Cowboys' Dak Prescott eases fans fears over hip injury with crucial update https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-dak-prescott-eases-fans-fears-over-hip-injury-crucial…

#Walmart says rumors spread on social media that they are locking their doors on Nov 1 because of fears of large numbers of #SNAP recipients coming to steal food are not true.

• Fossil fuels were not mentioned in the key final decision – petrostates including Saudi Arabia and allies fought fiercely to keep that out.
• A commitment to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels was not part of the formal deal
https://www.theguardian.c…

Menlo Ventures: business spending on generative AI hit $37B in 2025, up from $11.5B in 2024; Anthropic's share of enterprise LLM spend grew from 24% to 40% YoY (Menlo Ventures)
https://menlovc.com/perspective/2025-the-state-of-generative-ai-in-the-enter…

2025: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise | Menlo Ventures
For all the fears of over-investment, AI is spreading across enterprises at a pace with no precedent in modern software history.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tears For Fears:
🎵 Sowing The Seeds Of Love
#NowPlaying #TearsForFears
https://tearsforfears.bandcamp.com/track/sowing-the-seeds-of-love-live-from-franklin-tn
https://open.spotify.com/track/62vx6uOYO7PrqKqKTKg9RY

It was heavily implied that the power going out in Caracas shortly before the US raid was a cyber operation.
In the same way that the US fears Chinese equipment will be remotely commandeered for military or espionage uses, governments will probably be looking at where US company equipment sits in their critical infrastructure.
I imagine they'll be requesting software inspection and reproducible build chains, as the UK did for Huawei.

American Science, Shattered: A young researcher's dashed hopes | STAT https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/research-cut-impacts-early-career-scientists-american-science-shattered-series/

Working with monkeys was this lab tech’s dream job. Now she’s staffing an IT help desk
Trump’s reshaping of science has fueled fears researchers will leave the U.S. This lab tech's story shows it can drive people out of science altogether.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity/115605366950673501
Same is true for basically any software job. It's mostly about people, their needs, their petty grievances, their relationships, their fears, their humanity.
Every softwar…

'Job growth has stopped': Recession fears stoked as latest economic numbers lag behind - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/december-2025-jobs-report/

Ahead of a tight presidential election, Honduras braces for controversy | Elections News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/ahead-of-a-tight-presidential-election-honduras-braces-for-contro…

Ahead of a tight presidential election, Honduras braces for controversy
The lead-up to Sunday’s vote has been marred by finger-pointing and fears of election manipulation by campaign rivals.

"...roughly one in 50 Americans gathered under one slogan (“No Kings!”) to protest against the president’s authoritarian methods and monarchical aspirations. And while Trump’s allies may feign ignorance with regard to claims that he’s seeking arbitrary and unaccountable power…it takes no time at all to write out a litany of offenses that threaten the republican foundations of American democracy."

Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings
Who’s the patriot now?

These are the people who'll be first against the wall when the Collisons take over Ireland:
#mastodaoine

South Dublin residents launch legal challenge against MetroLink, raising fears of delay
The judicial review will have its first hearing before the courts next week.

Putin fears another coup as Russia finally begins to buckle (Melissa Lawford/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/26/putin-fears-another-coup-as-russia-finally-begins-to-buckle/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p41#a251026p41

"The story of the East Wing’s demolition is the story of the Trump admini.writ large, a metaphor for what he’s doing to American democracy. The current President doesn’t seek permission. He fears no one and nothing. He is protected by the most lethal army in the world and a Supreme Court that has made it almost impossible to hold him liable for actions even remotely connected to his duties. This has allowed Mr. Trump to become the most openly corrupt president in American history."…

"Arduino wasn’t valuable because it was just a microcontroller company. It was valuable because it was a commons. And you can’t apply enterprise legal frameworks to a commons without destroying it"
You also can't buy a #commons, at least without destroying it as a commons. The key point about a commons is that it isn't property.

Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good? | Molecularist
The maker community worried Qualcomm would kill the Arduino ethos. New T&Cs confirm the community's worst fears. Here's what's at stake, what Qualcomm got wrong, and what might still be salvaged.

Nintendo's shares slid as much as 4.7% on December 10 to their lowest level since May, amid concerns that rising memory chip prices will erode its profit (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/ninten…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Head Over Heels (Sketches from an Island Sunrise Mediation)
#TearsforFears
https://mijorem.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-head-over-heels-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/0aF9m87P8Tja3NUMv4DfHt

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
The Associates:
🎵 Party Fears Two
#TheAssociates
https://heavenlycreaturerecords.bandcamp.com/track/party-fears-two-the-associates
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yX7YS51sY736VVF0lmm5K

In what may be close to an impossible job,
the “head of preparedness” at OpenAI
will be directly responsible for defending against risks from ever more powerful AIs to human mental health, cybersecurity and biological weapons.
That is before the successful candidate has to start worrying about the possibility that AIs may soon begin training themselves amid fears from some experts they could “turn against us”.
“This will be a stressful job,
and you’ll jump into …

The French rightwing party UDR launches a parliamentary inquiry into the "neutrality, workings and financing" of state TV and radio amid accusations of bias (Angelique Chrisafis/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.co…

Worth a follow and support. One of the handful of folks I followed over here from the old place. Fresh insight is in exceedingly short supply these days. @… https://mastodon.so…

AI boom fuels "environmental justice" fears in communities of color (Russell Contreras/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/ai-civil-rights-black-latino-water-electricity
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p11#a251208p11

Trump fires another inspector general, raising fears about oversight independence - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/trump-fires-another-inspector-general-raising-fears-about-oversight-independence/408950/

Colts QB Daniel Jones' Achilles tear confirmed, will miss rest of 2025 season https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-qb-daniel-jones-achilles-will-miss-rest-of-2025-season

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tears for Fears:
🎵 Everybody Wants to Rule the World
#TearsforFears
https://sdrw.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-sdrw
https://open.spotify.com/track/4RvWPyQ5RL0ao9LPZeSouE

Completely crazy, to let your military sign NDA's. For the military involved, they can be prosecuted for following illegal orders.
"U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump's expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion"

Sources: the Netherlands took control of Nexperia over fears its ex-CEO Zhang Xuezheng was dismantling its European operations and moving production to China (Toby Sterling/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainabil…

Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that the heads of American oil companies were informed of the US military’s attack on Venezuela—even before it took place.
Trump’s admission sparked condemnation because the administration refused to consult with US lawmakers about the operation, citing fears of a leak that would compromise operational security.

'What an Authoritarian Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Says Oil Execs Tipped Off About Venezuela Attack | Common Dreams
"I can’t begin to tell you how insane this is," said one critic. "He did not inform Congress but he’s saying he informed the oil companies."

They should make Hallmark cards for your greatest fears.

Trump fires another inspector general, raising fears about oversight independence (Sean Michael Newhouse/GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/trump-fires-another-inspector-general-raising-fears-about-oversight-independence/408950/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p123#a251021p123

It’s all in the cards — Ukrainians consult tarot readers about wartime fears: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/its-all-in-the-cards.html

Faced with blowback over his pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao,
Donald Trump has offered a curious defense:
he doesn’t even know the guy.
Why Trump thinks this would somehow assuage fears that the pardon is improper is anyone’s guess.
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-bi…

Trump says he has “no idea” who he just pardoned
President Trump reacts to condemnations of his recent pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao by claiming he doesn’t know who he is.

It seems that both AI and climate anxiety share a common root: the current structure of capitalism.
Our system, which demands constant, unrestricted growth, shapes everything from our economy to our psychology.
In the climate crisis, it manifests as overproduction and overconsumption, while in AI, it drives the replacement of human labor with cheaper machine labor and the optimization of attention economies.

Do You Have AI Anxiety? Understanding Fear, Capitalism, and the Future
AI and climate change trigger similar fears about the future. Learn how to transform anxiety into empowerment by understanding the systems beneath both crises and envisioning the world you want to build.

The Trump administration is currently questioning the role of science in maintaining the nation’s health, economy and global posture.
Yet the NIH stands as a testimony to the conviction that science is good for society,
that persistent investment in basic research is essential to technological advances that serve the public interest,
and that our nation’s health and economy benefit from developments in biology.

Top U.S. Researchers Warn against ‘Climate of Fear’ Threatening Science
Despite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation

TRUMP'S PLAN
1. Deport non-white immigrants
2. Make up story to rationalize violent engagement
3. Declare war under false pretenses
4. Enact Alien Enemies Act
5. Deport naturalized Latin citizens
6. Repeat with another non-white race
Next up:
▫️Persians/Middle Easts
▫️Chinese/Asians
▫️Blacks/Afrikans
☑️ How #ICE Turned Venezuelan Migrants …

How ICE Turned Venezuelan Migrants Into Enemies of the State
The Trump Administration has ignored legal protocols and stoked fears about the gang Tren de Aragua while arresting asylum seekers in Aurora, Colorado, and across the U.S. Jonathan Blitzer reports.

Sources: SAG-AFTRA "is building a war room to oppose" the WBD-Netflix merger, including plans for a potential strike (James Franey/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/media/hollywood-actors-union-could-strike-over-ne…

Exclusive | Hollywood actors' union secretly plotting possible strike over Netflix-WBD merger: sources
Hollywood actors could go on strike over the planned Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery tie-up, with their trade union secretly plotting a possible work stoppage in the New Year over fears the merger c…

French lawmakers vote to raise France's digital services tax on US tech giants to 6%, up from 3%; the French government opposes the move, fearing US retaliation (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-lawmakers-progress-tax…

French lawmakers progress tax on American Big Tech amid huge pushback
PARIS — French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. France’s National A…

Ukraine fears being ignored in US plan to end Russia's war (Veronika Melkozerova/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-fear-being-ignored-us-plan-end-russia-war-florida/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p39#a251130p39

A federal judge could soon decide whether tens of thousands of so-called “Dreamers” in Texas could lose their ability to work in the US legally under the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) immigration program
– prompting fears of upheaval and heartbreak.
As part of the years-long legal battle over Daca,
US district court judge Andrew Hanen is set to rule on competing proposals for the future of the Obama-era program.
One of those proposals, submitted …

Check out my latest article - "Do YOU have AI anxiety?"
#changemakers

Do You Have AI Anxiety? Understanding Fear, Capitalism, and the Future
AI and climate change trigger similar fears about the future. Learn how to transform anxiety into empowerment by understanding the systems beneath both crises and envisioning the world you want to build.

"Reports indicate that the majority of people choosing to do this are people of color, including many Latino U.S. citizens."
US citizens are carrying passports amid ICE fears | The Week
https://theweek.com/politics/us-citizens-carrying-passports-fear-ice

Sources: a new network of super PACs plans to raise ~$50M to counter the Leading the Future super PAC and back candidates who prioritize AI regulations (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/ai-super-pac-anthropic.html

Fears About A.I. Prompt Talks of Super PACs to Rein In the Industry
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.

While officially unconfirmed,
the air base is widely believed to be the host to U.S. nuclear weapons under NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements.
The base is also set to serve as the home to F-35 fighter jets beginning in 2027, Belga News Agency reported.
The incident comes amid a surge in mysterious drone sightings across European countries,
raising fears of Russian involvement in hybrid warfare and renewed concern about the alliance's security

Drones spotted over military base in Belgium
The Kleine Brogel Air Base is widely believed to be the host to various U.S. nuclear weapons under NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements. The base is also set to serve as the home to F-35 fighter jets beginning in 2027, Belga News Agency reported.

PitchBook: US AI and robotics VC deals are up over 4x since 2023 to $160B so far in 2025, while comparable China deals are just $10B , up from $9.24B in 2023 (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/cnbc-china

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Foreign investors warm to China’s cheaper AI valuations despite fears of a U.S. bubble
For all the worries about a bubble in U.S. AI spending, capital flows into China's tech sector is far less, pushing startups to do more with less.

Bill 9, introduced by the governing Coalition Avenir Québec on Thursday,
bans prayer in public institutions, including in colleges and universities.
It also bans communal prayer on public roads and in parks,
with the threat of fines of C$1,125 for groups in contravention of the prohibition.
Short public events with prior approval are exempt.

⭐️Silver hit $79 (£58) an ounce for the first time last Friday,
a new peak, up from $56 at the start of December, and just $29 an ounce at the start of 2025.
Analysts have attributed the jump in the price of silver to expectations of US interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in 2026,
leading to increased demand for hard assets that protect against inflation and currency debasement.
New restrictions on silver exports from China, which begin on 1 January,
have c…

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