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AAron Leckinger

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Just another liberal vegan in southern California. Dark in the daytime. #PHiSH #fz #Reds

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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 3h
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AI Didn’t Make Programming Easier. It Just Made It Differently Difficult – Communications of the ACM
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 4h
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service administrator stated in an internal email, “let’s let the comms shop find . . . the rationale behind their statistics,” while another USDA staffer wrote that she hoped that program staff could “drum up something.” www.utilitydive.com/news/usda-ru...
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Lawsuit alleges USDA illegally slashed rural solar development program
Internal emails show a department administrator stating “let’s let the comms shop find . . . the rationale behind their statistics” when asked to substantiate anti-solar claims underpinning the policy...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 4h
A New Mexico jury evaluated 29 public statements and found 26 of them false or misleading, finding Facebook liable for 43,899,725 violations of the state's Unfair Practices Act, according to the New Mexico Department of Justice. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for 43 Million Privacy Violations
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for 43.9 million privacy violations, with penalties potentially reaching $219.5 billion pending a judge's ruling.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 4h
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Facing climate lawsuits, Big Oil again turns to US Supreme Court
Facing potential liability for harms related to climate change, major oil companies have again turned to the US Supreme Court, teeing up a case that could determine the fate of dozens of ​climate-rela...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 4h
An 11th Circuit panel said the president’s attorneys didn’t rebut a judge’s conclusion that the deal was a product of collusion. Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
An 11th Circuit panel said the president’s attorneys didn’t rebut a judge’s conclusion that the deal was a product of collusion.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 16h
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Judge orders Bureau of Prisons to restore its union's collective bargaining agreement
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a collective bargaining agreement with the agency's union after the bureau's director abruptly terminated it last year.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds groundwater, lakes, and hot fluids in one place
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a surprisingly complicated history of water in Jezero Crater. Scientists expected the crater’s Margin Unit to contain lake sediments, but instead found ancient ...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A startup whose founder has vowed to "make nuclear great again" is planning to place hundreds of reactors on federal land in Utah as part of "Project Beehive", according to documents reviewed exclusively by NPR. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Federal authorities renew their search for Charles Johnathen Harris, believing his reported 2023 drowning in Suisun Bay may have been staged. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/f...
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FBI suspects former Alameda County firefighter faked death to evade child porn charges
Federal authorities renew their search for Charles Johnathen Harris, believing his reported 2023 drowning in Suisun Bay may have been staged.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Takeaways from the AP's story about the Trump administration's effort to end 'Housing First'
President Donald Trump's administration is rapidly shifting away from the approach at the heart of federal homelessness policy.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Disney is laying off around 300 employees, predominantly in the human resources and technology departments, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...
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Disney laying off around 300 employees in latest cuts under new CEO Josh D'Amaro
Disney warned about the most recent round of cuts in its August earnings report as one of the levers it was evaluating to reduce costs at the company.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Live updates: Pilot may have sought to crash Israel-bound flight after stabbing other pilot, Netanyahu says | CNN
The Flydubai flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a struggle in the cockpit in what the Israeli PM called “a most serious security incident.” Follow for live updates.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A federal appeals court appears likely to allow a contempt investigation, which could include criminal charges, to proceed against Trump administration officials. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court seems likely to let Boasberg’s contempt probe continue
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Century-old silent film made in New Hampshire found in Japan antique shop
Billy Van’s 1919 comedy Van-ar-chy found by student in Sendai will be shown in early November in New Hampshire
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, is polluting US rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Three House Democrats leading their party on artificial intelligence policy are demanding five tech CEOs hand over information about “the growing number of incidents” where rogue AI agents are committing cyberattacks. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Democrats demand leaders of top AI labs hand over incident reports of ‘rogue agents’
House Democrats could have subpoena authority to require transmission of the information in the next Congress.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has a double-digit lead over his competitor, former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley, in his state’s Senate race, according to a new poll. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Cooper holds 11-point lead over Whatley in North Carolina Senate race: Poll
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has a double-digit lead over his competitor, former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley, in his state’s Senate race, according to a n…
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Targets say it’s all an effort to undermine the role climate research is playing in litigation against U.S. fossil fuel companies. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it cut services www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/a...
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The Trump admin said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it cut services | CNN
Dr. Theopista Masenge was at the hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania, rolling out new treatments for children with high HIV viral loads when she got the call: Stop work, now.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) is expected to urge his party to frame AI as an economic issue. “A small number of AI billionaires are remaking all of American society to make themselves richer, and we’re all getting screwed.” www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Casar wants Democrats to make JD Vance’s Silicon Valley ties a liability
The Texas progressive is pitching an economic populist message on AI ahead of the 2028 campaign.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Medeski, Martin & Wood keyboardist John Medeski and Phish drummer Jon Fishman will play a run of shows celebrating the music of Sun Ra at New York's The Stone next summer. jambands.com/news/2026/09...
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John Medeski, Jon Fishman and “VERY Special Guests” to Play the Music of Sun Ra at The Stone
Medeski, Martin & Wood keyboardist John Medeski and Phish drummer Jon Fishman will play a run of shows celebrating the music of Sun Ra at New York’s
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Charlie Cook predicted that Democrats will win both the House and Senate in November. www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...
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‘The Bottom Fell Out’: Key Analyst Hits Republicans With Dire Election Warning
Charlie Cook predicted that Democrats will win both the House and Senate in November.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Oracle’s co-CEOs got $350 million in equity awards. A year later, the stock had lost half its value | CTech
A year into the new leadership structure and the appointment of Clayton Magouyrk and Michael Sicilia, Oracle has sharply increased AI spending and cut more than 20,000 jobs as its shares fell about 58...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Among the files in the stolen data is sensitive work against Russian intelligence, Chinese spies and drug cartels, as well as personal data of thousands of agents, Reuters reported. www.thedailybeast.com/agents-mock-...
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Agents Mock Keystone Kash After Teen Hackers Outsmart Him
The FBI director is under fire for a disastrous breach of agents’ personal information.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US jury says Apple owes record $5.7 billion in haptic technology patent case www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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US jury says Apple owes record $5.7 billion in haptic technology patent case
Apple owes a company called Taction for using its technology to power the haptic feedback in iPhones and Apple Watches, the jury said.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Almost half of younger voters view capitalism negatively: Poll
Nearly half of younger voters have a negative view toward capitalism, according to a new poll. In the NBC News poll, 47 percent of voter respondents in the age range of 18 to 29 had a negative outl…
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’ | CNN
There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of the ...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Far-right settlers divert West Bank spring water as Israel backs heritage site takeovers
Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Deformed thalidomide children are now adults, and they want the US government to formally acknowledge their existence. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We keep designing benches people cannot sleep on instead of a society where people don’t need to sleep on benches. That is an astonishingly concise summary of our priorities. www.threads.com/share/BAEfkw...
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Phoebe Bawmann (@phoebebawmann) on Threads
We keep designing benches people cannot sleep on instead of a society where people don’t need to sleep on benches. That is an astonishingly concise summary of our priorities.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Donald Trump in 2015: "I would not be throwing Xi Jinping a dinner" Donald Trump this week threw a dinner party for Xi Jinping. www.threads.com/share/_-Ckx4...
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Crust News (@crustnews) on Threads
Donald Trump in 2015: "I would not be throwing Xi Jinping a dinner" Donald Trump this week threw a dinner party for Xi Jinping.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
US senators have introduced legislation aimed at cutting down warrantless or specious ICE arrests, and curbing the agency’s ability to indefinitely detain immigrants who do not pose any danger to their communities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention
Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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OpenAI reveals its agents accessed some U.S. government website data after going rogue
The disclosure comes at a time of heightened concern over AI agents acting outside of human control.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Heidi Overton, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration, appeared to satisfy none of the senators whose support is essential for her nomination to reach the chamber floor during Thursday’s confirmation hearing. But don’t count her out yet. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Overton’s FDA chief bid faces skeptical senators
Heidi Overton appeared to satisfy none of the senators whose support is essential for her nomination to reach the chamber floor during Thursday’s confirmation hearing.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Duckworth calls on Pentagon, FAA to reject Trump’s DC arch plans
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Friday demanded the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) keep Washington’s airspace safe by rejecting President Trump’s plans to convert his int…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since January, Republicans’ approval of Trump’s handling of the economy has dropped 24 percentage points to 56% thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump’s polls sink further in warning sign for GOP
President Trump’s approval ratings have sunk to new lows in several recent polls, driven by declining GOP support and souring views on the economy in a possible warning sign for Republicans just we…
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Boutros’ scapegoat is unhappy www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg resigns from DOJ in fiery letter, saying Boutros "personally directed" Broadview 6 prosecution
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Senior White House spokesperson to move to Office of Director of National Intelligence
White House senior deputy press secretary Kush Desai is leaving the West Wing for a senior communications role at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The White House spokesp…
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump sought on Friday to unilaterally withhold more than $800 million in spending on immigration, race and education that Congress has approved, the latest salvo in a fight between the Trump administration and Congress over control of the nation's spending www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump seeks to withhold $800 million in Congress-approved funds
US President Donald Trump sought on Friday to unilaterally withhold more than $800 million in spending on immigration, ​race and education that Congress has approved.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Senate map is looking even better for Democrats. Here are races to watch.
The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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How the U.S. and Russia weakened a global effort to regulate killer AI
The two nations stripped a range of safeguards from language in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the f...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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CERN has begun disconnecting the Large Hadron Collider
CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade. The new superconducting magnets will produce fields about 40% stronger, al...
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AAron Leckinger @aaronl1968.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Katalyst’s Link fails to rescue Swift Observatory apnews.com/article/swif...
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Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope
The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching on the bold mission.
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