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September 18, 2026

What AI Can and Cannot Do in Biosecurity

Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist

AI is fundamentally changing everything from how we do good and important public health and health care work to how we develop biosurveillance systems that keep pace with the rapid escalation of capabilities enabled by this technology.

September 18, 2026

George W Bush’s Impunity Led to Trump’s Lawlessness

Kenneth Roth The Guardian

The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence

Grab ’Em By The Ballot | Hollywood Parody

September 18, 2026

A satire wrapped in Motown-inspired drums, handclaps, tambourine, sweet female harmonies and a wickedly cheerful retro-pop groove.

Colin Kaepernick: 10 Years After Taking a Knee | The Daily Show

September 18, 2026

Super Bowl quarterback, civil rights activist, and bestselling author Colin Kaepernick joins Josh Johnson to discuss his new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." "What do we risk if we don't take action?"

"60 SECONDS" - Kash Patel on Animal Love (SATIRE)

September 18, 2026

Virgil ask FBI Director Patel about the department's new hiring standards. #satire #humor #FBI #politicalsatire #60seconds ‪@unsourcednews‬

Discovering the Earliest Evidence of Human-made Fire

September 18, 2026

When did humans have the technology to make fire? Recently, the answer to that question has changed - pushing the date back from 50,000 years ago to 400,000 years ago.

September 18, 2026

Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History

Karen Weise and Mike Isaac The New York Times

Photo of the facade of Microsoft headquarters

Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.

September 18, 2026

Complications

William Berkowitz

At a time when the Trump administration attacks the Smithsonian for presenting a complicated picture of American history, poet William Berkowitz muses on how quickly society forgets its own history.

September 17, 2026

Israel’s Elimination Project – the Truth About My Country Can’t Be Told in Its Own Language

Yuli Novak The New York Times

Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister who has sweeping powers over Israeli rule in the West Bank, defines Israel's plan as the Decisive Plan. In Hebrew, the word he uses — “hachra’ah” — carries a stronger political meaning than “decisive.”

September 17, 2026

He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected To Join the Florida Legislature.

Christopher Mathias Talking Points Memo

TPM’s investigation reveals that Rawson’s campaign got a boost from members of the very groups that marched in Charlottesville nine years ago. His campaign donations show he received funds from people with ties to white nationalist organizations.