Trump Says There Will Likely Be More US Soldiers Killed in War with Iran

AI's Core Flaw: "Mass Regurgitation Of Misinformation" Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, These immense hidden costs will not show up in GDP until they collapse the entire house of speculative gambling cards propping up the global economy. I approach all AI topics with several things in mind. One is the nature of problems, which implicitly define what qualifies as solutions, and the resulting incentive to define the "problem" such that the "solution" happens to be the one we own and control. So the "problem" AI solves is "corporate profits are too low," and so...

Where Homosexuality Is Still Punishable By Death The latest data from ILGA - the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, a global federation that monitors laws and rights affecting LGBT people - show that consensual same‑sex relations remain criminalized in a significant number of countries, with a small but deadly minority still prescribing the death penalty. You will find more infographics at Statista">As Statista's Tristan Gaudiat shows in the chart below, according to ILGA’s database, over 60 countries around the world still criminalize consensual same‑sex activity, mostly through prison sentences of varying...

The Iranian military on Thursday warned that the continued presence of US manned and unmanned aircraft over the Strait of Hormuz “has caused insecurity in this waterway and will threaten regional security” as the US has maintained its military buildup and heightened activity in the region. “The Strait of Hormuz is not a playground for […]