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Snapchat launches Topic Chats, which enables public conversations on subjects like F1, and plans to use AI and other safety tech to moderate the chats (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/snapchat-rolls-out-topic-chats-for-publ…

Snapchat rolls out 'Topic Chats' for public conversations | TechCrunch
The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show "Below Deck."

„Horizon“-Abklatsch: Sony und Tencent einigen sich wegen „Light of Motiram“
Der chinesische Publisher Tencent hat mit „Light of Motiram“ einen offensichtlichen „Horizon“-Klon beworben. Nach einer Klage von Sony gibt es nun eine Einigung.

An Alabama state board votes to keep its contract with PBS for now, rejecting an effort to become the first state to cut ties following federal budget cuts (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pbs-2149809fa142c792fab0ca6e8730ee80

Alabama Public Television to keep PBS contract
The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS. The decision came after a public backlash to the idea of dropping PBS. The Alabama Educational Television Commission voted without dissent to continue paying the contract with PBS that runs until July. It also voted to create a committee to explore the future direction of Alabama Public Television. A proposal to take the first step toward severing ties failed when no commissioner seconded the …

Good analysis from april 2024 by Ian Bond, still valid, "Does it matter if Ukraine loses?"
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2024/does-it-matter-if-ukraine-loses

Does it matter if Ukraine loses?
Ukraine is retreating and Russia is advancing, militarily and politically. Western leaders seem to underestimate both the impact of Ukraine’s defeat and the West’s ability to prevent it.

Environmental orgs sue feds over comment removal on reviews of public lands | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/environmental-orgs-sue-feds-over-comment-removal-on-reviews-of-public-lands/

Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal (The Harvard Crimson)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/18/summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-epstein/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p146#a251117p146

FASPE and the Center for Public Theology/Public Policy at YDS recently hosted a day-long clergy symposium on Public Theology in a Time of Authoritarianism. Videos of the main sessions now available, including this recording of Session 4! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fURT5QnOt4

Larry Summers steps back from public commitments after his Jeffrey Epstein emails were released; OpenAI still lists Summers as a board member and didn't comment (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-

'I am deeply ashamed': Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails
Sen. Elizabeth Warren had called for institutions affiliated with Summers, who served as treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to sever ties with him.

Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, 'deeply ashamed' by Epstein revelations (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/larry-summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-deeply-ashamed-by-epstein-revelations-00655712
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p155#a251117p155

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.1 are now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry for Azure customers (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-in-microsoft-foundry

Claude now available in Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.1 models are now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry, where Azure customers can build production applications and enterprise agents.