@Techmeme@techhub.socialOmnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a NC state senator and CNN Brazil found the company had used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads (Emmanuel Felton/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/30/deep-fake-whirlo…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialOmnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a NC state senator and CNN Brazil found the company had used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads (Emmanuel Felton/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/30/deep-fake-whirlo…
@servelan@newsie.socialReligion and the State of the Union. Trump's speech unpacked
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/26/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-religion-christian-nationalism/88858264007/
@cdarwin@c.imCracks Appear in Trump Coalition Ahead of State of the Union
As the president prepares to speak to the nation,
Northeastern Pennsylvania is showing discontent on the edges of the Trump coalition and an energized Democratic opposition.
https://www.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSummer Lee Knows the Real State of the Union (John Nichols/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/summer-lee-state-of-the-union-response/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p81#a260224p81
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCrowdStrike’s latest annual Global Threat Report finds AI-driven attacks up, zero-day exploitation surging, and nation-state actors doubling down on cloud and edge device compromise.
Find out more in my latest CSO piece on what CrowdStrike is calling the shift toward evasive adversaries.
https…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caon a more positive journalism note.... surely there were multiple journalists-of-a-certain age biting their collective tongues to avoid making a Pierre Trudeau "the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation" reference after Kinew, Ford and Carney's Heated Rivalry remarks. 😆
#heatedrivalvry #canpoli #carney #cdnpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/no-place-for-the-state-in-the-bedrooms-of-the-nation-1.4681298
@bthalpin@mastodon.socialJohn Quiggin always has interesting takes: in the medium term, Trump is destroying America as the "indispensable nation". A lot of pain for much of the rest of the world in the short term, but it's a hostile takeover with asset stripping for the US.
https://crookedtimber.org…
@cdarwin@c.imIn a post on X, the U.S. military's Africa Command confirmed it had conducted a strike that killed multiple militants at the request of Nigerian authorities.
The strike occurred in “Soboto state,” an apparent reference to Sokoto state, the post said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzNation-state hackers ramping up use of Gemini for target reconnaissance, malware coding, Google says https://therecord.media/nation-state-hackers-using-gemini-for-malicious-campaigns
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeSo, don't miss today's Metacurity for an easily scanned run-down of the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Anthropic says Chinese AI companies swiped its property using 24,000 fake accounts,
--Trump family claims it thwarted "coordinated attack" on its crypto venture,
--ShinyHunters wants Dutch telco Odido to pay over €1 million to not leak stolen data,
--Coupang interim CEO was grilled by US House panel for seven-plus hours ove…
@marcel@waldvogel.family«Condemning the alteration of Levine’s portrait, he [former deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker] said, it was “hard to understand that this was a priority under a government shutdown.” »
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/r
@servelan@newsie.socialArizona AG suggests state's self-defense laws allow residents to shoot masked ICE agents
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/arizona-ag-suggests-states-self-defense-laws-allow-residents-to-shoot-ice-agents-kris-mayes-minnesota-immigration-lethal-force
@hex@kolektiva.socialTowards the end of Dawn of Everything, Graeber/Wengrow talk about how a clan system within tribes allowed individuals to move between tribes. These clan/moiety systems meant that there was always a "family" to be adopted into, and a common frame of reference. The authors posited that these systems evolved partially to resist authoritarian centralization.
What they didn't talk about is the fact that religious communities serve a similar function within the context of the modern nation state...
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialAs 2025 nears its end I wonder...
1. In 2050 will Israel still be a country or a smoking (and possibly radioactive) ruin? (I fully support the peaceful, safe existence of Israel. However, the genocidal acts of its government [as distinct from the citizens of Israel] are inviting a very strong, possibly nation-ending, response from others. I also fully support the peaceful, safe existence of a sovereign state for those in Gaza and the West Bank.)
2. Will the United States still …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Nation's Most Democratic State Might Elect a Trump-Friendly Governor (Harold Meyerson/American Prospect)
https://prospect.org/2026/02/09/california-nations-most-democratic-state-might-elect-trump-friendly-governor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p5#a260210p5
@servelan@newsie.socialMinneapolis is still aching. Trans state Rep. Leigh Finke says America must not look away. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/minneapolis-is-still-aching-trans-state-rep-leigh-finke-says-america-must-not-look-away/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comColorado's wolves in the political crosshairs as Trump targets the state (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/17/wolves-colorado-polis-trump-political-retaliation/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4NjI2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcwMDA4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njg2MjYwMDAsImp0aSI6ImQ3YmMwNGYyLThjYzAtNDJjNC04YTg0LTZkZmI4ZWQyYjAwMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb24vMjAyNi8wMS8xNy93b2x2ZXMtY29sb3JhZG8tcG9saXMtdHJ1bXAtcG9saXRpY2FsLXJldGFsaWF0aW9uLyJ9.ya1xIGGdv74-wJ3Gc3jeThENqaGQV7NxPxCI3hj06wk
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p69#a260117p69
@cdarwin@c.imA federal judge Wednesday heard arguments in the Trump administration’s lawsuit
challenging California’s new law prohibiting ICE agents and other police officers from wearing masks on duty.
The judge asked how ICE agents operated without masks in years past,
and questioned why California peace officers were exempted from the law.
A ruling in closely-watched case could come as soon as this week.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeWhen Congress recessed in December, it left three crucial cyber priorities in the air, including the confirmation of Sean Plankey's nomination as CISA Director.
Although Plankey's renomination announcement is good news, experts say Congress's delay in acting on cyber priorities damages the nation's ability to counter rising threats.
Check out my latest CSO piece, which looks at the setbacks created by Plankey's confirmation delay and the other key priorities l…
@cdarwin@c.imIt is always disturbing when MAGA politicians go off halfcocked about socialism.
Here are some of the “radical left” socialist programs that Warner must be complaining about:
Medicare
Medicaid
The Affordable Care Act
Social Security
SNAP (food stamps)
Meals on Wheels and Office of Aging services
Every single one of these programs was once characterized by right-wing politicians as a
“socialist program.”
@cdarwin@c.imHaiti, lacking oil, is the poorest nation in the hemisphere
and probably the most dangerous.
That’s why the State Department issued a “Do Not Travel” order.
Simultaneously, however, the Trump administration insists it’s safe enough to force around 350,000 Haitians legally living and working in the United States to return home by next month.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued formal notice that Haitians will be stripped of their temporary protected stat…
@cdarwin@c.imNew protest laws are impacting political demonstrations
While serving in the Florida state legislature, #Randy #Fine helped pass legislation that provides some 🆘 protection under certain circumstances to 🔥drivers who hit protesters blocking roadways.
In Congress, the Republican representative has introduced a s…
@buercher@tooting.chSen. Kim accused Trump of rejected a “constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people reject risks pulling our nation into another war.” Kim said the overnight strikes in Venezuela “doesn’t represent strength. It’s not sound foreign policy. It puts Americans at risk in Venezuela and the region, and it sends a horrible and disturbing signal that targeting a head of state is an acceptable policy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
