Gaza: “Brink of Famine”
February 25th, 2024Via: AFP:
The World Food Programme this week said its teams reported “unprecedented levels of desperation” while the United Nations warned that 2.2 million people were on the brink of famine.
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One in six children aged under two in Gaza was acutely malnourished, it estimated on February 19.
Residents have taken to eating scavenged scraps of rotten corn, animal fodder unfit for human consumption and even leaves to try to stave off the growing hunger pangs.
Georgia Attorney General: Not Using a Mobile Phone or Using a Basic Mobile Phone Shows Criminal Intent
February 25th, 2024Via: Georgia Recorder:
Last month, Deputy Attorney General John Fowler argued in state court that mere possession of a basic cellphone indicates criminal intent to commit conspiracy under Georgia’s racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations statute, better known as RICO.
His accusation was directed at 19-year-old Ayla King, one of 61 people indicted last summer on RICO charges linked to protests in the South River Forest where the $109 million Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, nicknamed “Cop City” by its opponents, is slated to be built. The RICO charges against King and the 60 other RICO defendants have been widely criticized as a political prosecution running contrary to the First Amendment. King is the first of these defendants to stand trial.
During the Jan. 8 hearing in Fulton County Superior Court, Fowler argued that a cellphone in King’s possession on the day of their arrest, which he characterized as a “burner phone,” should be admissible as evidence of wrongdoing, even though it contained no data. He went even further to suggest that not possessing a cellphone at all also indicates criminal intent. Judge Kimberly Adams agreed to admit evidence of King’s cellphone.
Manufacturing Consent: The Border Fiasco and the “Smart Wall”
February 23rd, 2024Via: Unlimited Hangout:
The political response to the crisis at the southern border continues to advance the bipartisan “smart wall,” having been backed by Trump and Biden alike. This bipartisan consensus reaches far beyond the US, as much of the world is similarly speeding along in implementing “digital borders.”
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While the justifications for the frenzied media coverage are based on the actual reality that the border is indeed highly insecure (and has been for some time), the policy responses from American politicians reveal that there is a bipartisan consensus about what must be done. Tellingly, the same “solution” is also being quietly rolled out at all American ports of entry that are not currently being “overrun”, such as airports. That solution, of course, is biometric surveillance, enabled by AI, facial recognition/biometrics and autonomous devices.
This “solution” is not just being implemented throughout the United States as an alleged means of thwarting migrants, it is also being rapidly implemented throughout the world in apparent lockstep.
Intuitive Machines Claims That Their Odysseus Spacecraft Landed On Moon
February 23rd, 2024A livestream of a computer generated simulation was shown…
Via: Intuitive Machines:
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The Man Who Built UFOs For The CIA (Not Bob Lazar)
February 23rd, 2024Via: Jesse Michels:
Rivian Stock Drops 25%
February 23rd, 2024Via: LA Times:
Rivian Automotive Inc. emerged as a darling of investors — a brand with promise of bringing the “cool” factor to the once-red-hot market for electric vehicles.
But the Irvine-based company hit the brakes Wednesday, announcing a 10% cut to its workforce and lower production expectations. The news sent its stock plummeting. The 25% drop in stock price that it notched Thursday was its worst day in its history.
Mike Benz: The National Security State Is the Main Driver of Censorship and Election Interference in the United States
February 23rd, 2024Highly recommended.
Via: Tucker Carlson:
Ep. 75 The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States. "What I’m describing is military rule," says Mike Benz. "It’s the inversion of democracy." pic.twitter.com/hDTEjAf89T
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 16, 2024
CDC-Funded Study of 99 Million COVID-Vaccinated People Finds ‘Very Rare Adverse Events’
February 22nd, 2024— cryptogon (@cryptogon) February 22, 2024
Via: The Defender:
A global study of over 99 million people found increased risks of several serious adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. However, the researchers concluded the conditions were very rare and the benefits of vaccination still outweigh the risks.
Researchers from the New Zealand-based Global COVID Vaccine Safety project conducted the study, published Feb. 12 in the journal Vaccine, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The observational study pooled data on people who received the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines or the Oxford AstraZeneca adenovirus vector vaccine across 10 sites in eight countries in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia.
Scientists calculated post-vaccination rates of neurological, cardiovascular and other outcomes occurring up to 42 days after the shots and compared them to background rates before the pandemic.
The researchers found increased risks for myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), noting this confirmed similar findings in previous research. The study also identified other safety signals of concern.
Mobile Phone Service Disruption Across U.S.
February 22nd, 2024UPDATE: Pharmacies Nationwide Report Outages in Wake of Cyberattack
Via: Fox:
Pharmacies across the country are reporting delays to prescription orders due to a cyberattack against one of the nation’s largest health-care technology companies.
Change Healthcare, a company handling orders and patient payments throughout the U.S., first noticed the “cyber security issue” affecting its networks Wednesday morning on the East Coast.
“Change Healthcare is experiencing a network interruption related to a cyber security issue and our experts are working to address the matter. Once we became aware of the outside threat, in the interest of protecting our partners and patients, we took immediate action to disconnect our systems to prevent further impact,” Change Healthcare said in a statement.
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Via: The Verge:
AT&T’s cellular network began experiencing major service problems for customers across the United States early on Thursday morning. Wireless customers took to the carrier’s forums, Reddit, and elsewhere to report that they’d lost all voice and mobile data service — with some of those impacted unable to reach 911 emergency services.
FirstNet, the AT&T-powered communications network used by some first responders and health providers, also appears to be affected by the disruptions, but it’s unclear to what degree.
“We are aware of an outage currently impacting our mobility users and are working to resolve it ASAP,” the company wrote in a banner notification on its support forum. AT&T is encouraging customers to use Wi-Fi calling where possible while it works to restore full service.
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Magic AI: “We’ve Raised $117 Million… to Build an AI Software Engineer”
February 21st, 2024We've raised $117M from @natfriedman and others to build an AI software engineer.
Code generation is both a product and a path to AGI, requiring new algorithms, lots of CUDA, frontier-scale training, RL, and a new UI.
We are hiring! pic.twitter.com/I3fOLmrKA8
— Magic.dev (@magicailabs) February 15, 2024
Via: BayAreaInno:
A San Francisco startup using artificial intelligence to automate software development has quintupled its total funding with $117 million in fresh capital to develop what it describes as an AI “coworker.”
