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Pentagon's Digital and AI Chief Cameron Stanley confirms the DoD is expanding its Google Gemini use, saying "overreliance on one vendor is never a good thing" (Seema Mody/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/pentagon-a…

Pentagon AI chief confirms DOD's expanded use of Google, says reliance on one model 'never a good thing'
The Pentagon's AI chief discussed the DOD's expanded use of Google Gemini after the blacklisting of Anthropic.

NASA-Chef Jared Isaacman: „Dafür den Pluto wieder zum Planeten zu machen“
Vor nicht einmal 100 Jahren wurde der Pluto entdeckt, seit 20 Jahren gilt er nicht mehr als Planet. Der NASA-Chef will das ändern und einen US-Amerikaner ehren.

NASA-Chef Jared Isaacman: „Dafür den Pluto wieder zum Planeten zu machen“
Vor nicht einmal 100 Jahren wurde der Pluto entdeckt, seit 20 Jahren gilt er nicht mehr als Planet. Der NASA-Chef will das ändern und einen US-Amerikaner ehren.

He took Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6.
Now he’s running for office.
Adam Johnson poured Scotch into a coffee mug, logged on to Zoom and steeled himself for his plea hearing.
He concentrated on looking contrite.

Johnson was among the most infamous of the Donald Trump supporters who had roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
He’d found House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and was carrying it into the Rotunda when he waved to a news photographer an…

He took Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6. Now he’s running for office.
Adam Johnson has rarely voted and embraces his role as clown prince of Jan. 6. Floridians will decide whether a man who tried to upend democracy can help lead one.

CBS News ousts London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage: sources (Alexandra Steigrad/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/media/cbs-news-ousts-london-bureau-chief-claire-day-after-she-clashed-with-bari-weiss-over-iran-gaza-coverage-sources/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p81#a260427p81

Our society has learned to promote #complacency into a virtue. You call it a "moderate stance", and it's suddenly a good thing. Opposing evil is bad; it's extremist position, almost as bad as the evil itself. Complacency sounds bad too. But "hey, I don't support evil, I just keep an open mind, a moderate position here", and you're suddenly a praiseworthy person. Maybe "just a little, necessary amount of evil" is good, after all.
"I don't support slavery. I just want cheap goods, and I don't want to know how come they're cheap."
"I don't support animal cruelty, I just want cheap meat, and I don't want anyone to point out to me why it's cheap."
"I am tolerant of LGBTQ people, I just don't wanna see them."
"I don't want disabled people to die, I just expect that they find a job."

China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen unveils the Lingshen project, aiming for 2 exaFLOPS performance using a domestic-made CPU-only architecture (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry

China announces CPU-only exascale supercomputer with 47,000 homemade processors, record 2 Exaflops of performance without GPUs — Lingshen super said to use Huawei Kunpeng servers and no foreign-made components
Good luck with that.

Flick through pro-government Hungarian accounts on TikTok, and you might see an AI-generated version of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, sitting on a golden toilet, counting his money, snorting cocaine, and barking orders at a Hungarian soldier.
You might also find an AI-generated Péter Magyar, the leader of the Hungarian opposition, appearing to say he’s fine with handing Hungarian factories over to foreigners, as long as he’s the one in charge of the country.
Keep …

In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

EU beschließt Chip-Pflicht: Einheitliche Digital-ID für Hunde und Katzen
Das EU-Parlament hat strengere Regeln für Tierzucht und -handel verabschiedet. Eine Kennzeichnung soll illegale Welpenverkäufe stoppen und das Tierwohl sichern.

EU beschließt Chip-Pflicht für Hunde und Katzen
Das EU-Parlament hat strengere Regeln für Tierzucht und -handel verabschiedet. Eine Kennzeichnung soll illegale Welpenverkäufe stoppen und das Tierwohl sichern.

Starting in less than ONE HOUR, our final webinar of this series:
"Report-Back from COP30, Reflections on Change-Making and Next Steps."
Register now to hear about COP30, the Peoples' Summit and the Indigenous Village.
We will also reflect on corporate capture of climate action.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Report Back from COP30, Reflections on Change-Making and Next Steps. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In November 2025, Seed the Commons participated in the People’s Summit Towards COP30. We presented a talk as part of the Just Transition axis, and the last day of the summit we marched with tens of thousands of other activists from around the world to demand real solutions to our climate crisis. Alongside organizations such as SEUI 1021 and the SF Labor Council, Seed the Commons co-organized a solidarity climate march on the same day in San Francisco. We merged it with a People Over Billionai…

In June and July, Canada and Mexico will each host 13 #WorldCup games,
compared to 78 for the United States, which will organize every game from the quarterfinals onward.
"It’s not right," Blatter said.
"By putting the three together, one would have thought they would have roughly the same share of the pie."
He added that such a disparity "is not in the spir…

Former FIFA president pans mixing soccer with politics, blasts U.S. ahead of World Cup | CBC Sports
In an exclusive interview, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter blasted the United States administration's 'defamatory' policies and the 'crumbs' given to Canada for the 2026 World Cup, which the country is co-hosting with the U.S. and Mexico.