Daily Archives: June 29, 2023

2023-06-29: News Headlines

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-06-29). Monday 7/3: Julian Assange Birthday Banner Drop. indybay.org Pedestrian Overpass at Hwy. 880 in Berkeley, at the foot of University Avenue.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-29). World Whistleblower Day protest calls for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR, DRL (2023-06-29). Intelectuales piden al presidente brasileño conceda asilo a Assange. telesurtv.net Assange se encuentra en una penitenciaría de máxima seguridad en la ciudad de Belmarsh, Inglaterra y antes le ofrecieron asilo Ecuador (quien luego lo retiró) y México.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-28). The Truth Will Set All of Us Free. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jun 23, 2023 | "You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion." | ~ Julian Assange | 'The truth will set you free' is an aphorism we've all heard so many times it's lost a lot of its meaning and doesn't sound especially profound when we hear it again, but it really does contain the answer to humanity's most difficult problems. A truth-based relationship with reality is the only way to move into peace and harmony, whether you're talking about the inner…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-28). I'm Auctioning My Portrait Of Assange's Father As Part Of An Assange Benefit Event. thealtworld.com I'm going to be All around the world there have been events organized for Julian Assange's 52nd birthday, coming up July 3. Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton, along with the Melbourne for Wikileaks people and the Assange Defense fund, are putting on a party at a bar in Melbourne. I'm going to be displaying some of my series of Assange oil paintings, which are part…

Ben Bartee (2023-06-29). Artificial Intelligence: A Tool of "Empowerment" and/or "Devastation and Impoverishment" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). U.S.' mass surveillance sans warrant slammed. ecns.cn The U.S. government is conducting mass, warrantless surveillance of Asian Americans, especially Chinese American scientists, under a controversial intelligence authority that experts say is "blatantly unconstitutional" and "dangerous".

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). Report: No proof of origin in Wuhan lab. ecns.cn The United States' intelligence agencies find no evidence that the COVID-19 virus originated from China's Wuhan research lab, a new declassified report says.

Jeremy Lent, Resilience. (2023-06-29). To Counter AI Risk, We Must Develop An Integrated Intelligence. popularresistance.org The recent explosion in the stunning power of artificial intelligence is likely to transform virtually every domain of human life in the near future, with effects that no-one can yet predict. | The breakneck rate at which AI is developing is such that its potential impact is almost impossible to grasp. As Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, demonstrate in their landmark presentation, The AI Dilemma, AI accomplishments are beginning to read like science fiction. After just three seconds of hearing a human voice, for example, an AI system can autocomplete the sentence bei…

ecns.cn (2023-06-29). MNC eyes great potential in China's data management market. ecns.cn As an increasing number of Chinese companies pursue data-centric decision-making at the heart of their business, cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies are expected to play a bigger role in today's data-driven economy in China.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-06-29). Mayo Clinic researchers pioneer AI method to predict how cells are organized in disease microenvironments. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cells in the human body, the building blocks of life, are arranged in a precise way. That's necessary because pathways and spaces provide a means for cells to communicate, collaborate and function within the specific tissue or organ. Changes in cell arrangement can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, cell death and diseases, including cancer. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an artificial intelligence method, called Spatially Informed Artificial…

Ann Brown (2023-06-28). Declassified Report Released By US Government On Covid Origin: FBI Concludes It Likely Came From Wuhan Lab. moguldom.com After years of speculation and accusations, a declassified report released by the U.S. government finds that the covid-19 virus originated from the Wuhan lab in China. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 16 released its in-depth report examining potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the …

Anonymous103 (2023-06-28). Military Situation In Syria On June 28, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 8 times: 5 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province; | On June 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah; | On June 27, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ruwaiha; | On June 28, Turkish intelligence and SNA Military Police raided a village in Ras al-Ain countryside and arrested nine people; | On June 27, an SAA…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-28). NYT: US Officials Claim Russian General Knew About Prigozhin's Rebellion Plans. news.antiwar.com US officials speaking to The New York Times said Wednesday that a senior Russian general knew Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning an uprising, a claim dismissed by the Kremlin. The US officials claimed that intelligence showed Gen. Sergei Surovikin, commander of Russian Aerospace Forces and deputy commander of Russia war effort in Ukraine, had knowledge of …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-28). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. globalresearch.ca

Mnar Adley (2023-06-28). MintPress News is Being Targeted for Its Reporting: Stand in Support and Solidarity. orinocotribune.com Message from Mnar Adley, founder-director of independent news outlet MintPress News: | Hey everyone, I'm Mnar Adley, founder and director of MintPress News and editor of our video project Behind the Headlines. | This decade has felt like a whirlwind, watching in real time the crackdown on independent journalism and alternative voices. | In the last year alone, MintPress was banned from PayPal with our balance seized, blocking donations to our website —and as leaked emails reveal, this took place with possible involvement of British intelligence and the US government. | At the same time, GoFundMe took down o…

Alan MacLeod (2023-06-29). The CIA, NATO And The US Empire With Aaron Good. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod — Jun 26, 2023 | The United States is an empire, even if its citizens don't all realize it. That is the conclusion from historian and political scientist Aaron Good, who joins Alan MacLeod on this week's edition of "MintCast." Today, Good walks us through the history of how the United States came to dominate the world and the organizations it uses — especially the CIA and NATO — in order to enforce its control over the planet. | He notes that as Europe and Asia were destroying themselves in conflict, the U.S. gave the powerful business think tank, the Council on Foreign Relatio…

The Lever (2023-06-29). üéß LEVER TIME: The Supreme Court Has A Billionaire Problem. levernews.com

Staff (2023-06-28). SCOTUS Rejects Radical GOP Vote-Rigging "Theory," Could Still End Affirmative Action & Debt Relief. democracynow.org The Supreme Court's term is ending this week with rulings on several blockbuster cases. On Tuesday, voting rights advocates welcomed a decision in a major election law case that preserved checks and balances in elections. In a 6-3 decision, the justices dismissed the so-called independent state legislature theory that state lawmakers have nearly unlimited power to make rules for federal elections. This ruling will "empower state courts around the country to block gerrymanders, to police the legislatures and to keep legislators from trying to entrench themselves or advance their party with these egregi…

Staff (2023-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2023. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects GOP's Radical "Independent State Legislature Theory", Canadian Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazy Skies to Europe, "Very Unhealthy" Air Alerts in U.S. Cities, Russian Missile Strikes Restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, Killing 9 and Wounding Dozens, Belarusian President Says He Convinced Wagner Chief to Call Off Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Companies Profiting from Wagner Group Mining Concessions in Africa, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Wins Reelection, Nurses in Texas and Kansas Hold One-Day Strike to Demand Safe Staffing Levels, DOJ Report Finds Mi…

Editor (2023-06-28). Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law. scheerpost.com United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers have depended on for over a century.

Jake Johnson (2023-06-28). Progressives Prepare to Mobilize If Supreme Court Blocks Student Debt Relief. truthout.org A White House spokesperson on Tuesday would not say whether the Biden administration has an alternative plan to cancel student debt as borrowers and campaigners across the U.S. braced for — and prepared to mobilize in response to — a Supreme Court ruling on the Education Department's pending relief program. Asked during a briefing if the White House has any contingency plans in place for a… |

Liberation Staff (2023-06-28). PSL Editorial — Moore v. Harper: Why the court felt compelled to reject far-right elections theory. liberationnews.org This ruling is not the result of some miraculous change of heart on the part of the hardline reactionary justices. The Supreme Court makes decisions based on political calculations…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-06-28). 25M women live in states with abortion bans, tighter restrictions. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to abortion, prompting a seismic shift in debates about politics, values, freedom and fairness. 25 million women of childbearing age now live in states where the law makes abortions harder to get than they were before the ruling.

Peter Skelton KC (2023-06-28). The Supreme Court provides authoritative guidance on the application of Article 2 to Coronial investigations and inquests. ukhumanrightsblog.com Introduction The advent of the Human Rights Act 1998, and the incorporation into domestic law of the Article 2 right to life, has transformed coronial investigations and inquests over the last two decades. Lord Bingham's magisterial creation of the 'enhanced' investigation and conclusion in R (Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner [2004] UKHL 10, [2004] 2 AC …

Staff (2023-06-28). Many Influential US Politicians are Descendants of Slave Owners. orinocotribune.com A This archeology of US history shows that one-fifth of the nation's congresspeople, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and gove…

WSWS (2023-06-28). US Supreme Court rejects far-right "independent state legislature" theory. wsws.org While the Democrats are hailing the ruling as the salvation of democracy, workers would make a fatal error if they placed any confidence in the Supreme Court or looked to it to defend their basic rights.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-29). Daniel Ellsberg: the establishment whistleblower. greenleft.org.au

2023-06-29 10:42:59 | 10:42 EST | tr | 30 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 0