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A study found that by late 2024, around 24% of English-language corporate press releases and 14% of UN press releases involved LLM-assisted writing (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/ai-finds-its-niche-writing-corporate-press-releases-2000666360

AI Finds its Niche: Writing Corporate Press Releases
Hopefully it got the numbers right.

"President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a 'non-international armed conflict…'"₁
Funny thing about Non-International Armed Conflicts (NIACs), they're "subject to International humanitarian law"₂ and randomly drone striking civilians in boats without any apparent evidence is still a war crime.
sources:
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US is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels, Trump says
President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict." That's according to a Trump administration memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The memo appears to represent an extraordinary assertion of presidential war powers, with Trump effectively declaring that trafficking of drugs into the United States amounts to armed conflict requiring the use of military force — a new rationale for past and future acti…

A woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday morning
on Chicago’s South Side,
marking the second shooting since the Trump administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said the shooting erupted after patrolling agents were
“rammed by 10 cars” and “boxed in.”
Agents then fired “defensive shots” when they discovered the woman “was a…

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities in Brighton Park
Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting officers to open fire, DHS said.

Nationwide protest: Stand up for Gaza
National protests on October 12 mark two years of Israel's genocide. They will demand Labor sanctions Israel, ends the two-way arms trade and expels the Israeli ambassador.
More locations added:
Saturday October 11
- Cavanbah (Byron Bay)
2pm: Railway Park
- Blue Mountains
12pm-1pm, Katoomba Steet, underneath the old library
Sunday October 12
- Albany
11am, Albany Peace Park
- Armidale

Can you imagine if Pres Biden had been witnessed wandering around on the White House roof talking about nuclear fucking missiles? CAN YOU IMAGINE? When it's Shuffles The Clown, the GOP just shrugs. Just another Tuesday.
JFC, ppl, is this even REAL??? #DiddlerOnTheRoof #Senile

Flight around Xanthe Terra: #MarsExpress High-Resolution Stereo Camera Mars Chart (HMC30) data, an image mosaic made from single orbit observations of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC); see https://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geol/fachrichtungen/planet/presse/animations_rd/2025_XantheTerra/index.html for more.

I just signed the campaign: Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris – Berlin et Paris – Vienne !
Save the night trains Berlin-Paris & Paris-Vienna !
For slow, lower carbon travel, it would be great if you could also add your name to this important issue. Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see.
Will you join me by taking action on this campaign?

🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !

Eagles vs. Cowboys Odds: 'Wiseguys Aren’t Betting Philly at Bad Numbers' https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/eagles-vs-cowboys-odds-wiseguys-arent-betting-philly-bad-numbers

“So which is this,” ABC's Mary Bruce asked.
“Is this an opportunity to fire more workers, or an unfortunate consequence?”
Of course, the Democrats aren’t forcing Trump to lay off federal workers.
In fact, during the last shutdown in 2018, under Trump’s first administration, he did not make sweeping cuts to the federal workforce.
This time around, he’s using funding to essential programs and agencies as a political lever to intimidate Democratic lawmakers, while mani…

Mike Johnson Snaps When Shutdown Comments Thrown Back in His Face
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also struggled to defend Republicans’ comments.

Newsom is offering a new approach to the info-wars
—and an answer to MAGA authoritarianism.
https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1958355880455659918?t=P8zkoP0gjoLvjdWm67GGUQ&s=19

Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) on X
Donald Trump is trying to rig the election. He knows he is going to lose. It’s why he is asking his lapdogs in states around the country to find congressional seats for him.