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France: Thousands of protesters wrongly punished under draconian laws in pre and post COVID-19 crackdown

amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/09/france-thousands-of-protesters-wrongly-punished-under-draconian-laws-in-pre-and-post-covid19-crackdown/

Three years after Emmanuel Macron made an election pledge to protect the right to peaceful assembly, peaceful protest faces an unprecedented attack

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/america-now-ally-russia/689066/

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Trump Administration Renews Effort to Block the Nearly Completed Revolution Wind

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Half a billion dollars in annual savings are in jeopardy for New England ratepayers

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The Native Language of Social Media Is Slurs

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Antisemitism on X knows no party.

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Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate.

propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-texas-abortion-senate

As Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their cause forward if his Senate bid is successful

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this week in security — october 18 2026 edition

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European fridges mass-hacked and food spoiled, OpenAI employee caught planting bug, spy implants found in hardware crypto wallets, spyware delivered via ads, new iPhone jailbreak, FBI raids dozens of North Korean laptop farms, and more.

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Exclusive / How CBS News’ Middle East war spread to the Upper Midwest

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Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to Abdul El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'

lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/09/24/arthur-mensch-ceo-of-french-start-up-mistral-ai-ai-is-software-it-can-be-controlled_6757890_19.html#

Mistral AI's co-founder believes the sector's American giants are manipulating the discourse around the technology's risks. He also defended his strategy, as critics are accusing his company of falling behind US and Chinese rivals.

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The weird rise and spectacular fall of Katie Zacharia

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Remember when we were only gonna hire the best people?

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Death's Head Moth, 1889 #vincentvangogh #vangogh

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Pablo Picasso, Young Pigeon in its Nest (Pigeonneau dans son nid), 1947 #museumarchive #museumofmodernart

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Holiday Train Tour Hitting NY

Free holiday concerts and thousands of lights are heading to the Capital Region this November with the CPKC Holiday Train. Continue reading…

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Scripting News: Monday, October 19, 2026

Monday, October 19, 2026 Anyway -- I figured out what I want to do. I want to go back to the point where CSS and JavaScript were added to the web. Everything is a document. It's a writer's web. The reader owns the look of the pages. The writer has no say in colors, or arran...

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Today’s web is a mess. Sometimes I feel like starting over.

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I’m an outliner coder, so I don’t use tabs neither, but if I had to choose between blanks and tabs I’d go with tabs. I’m an oldtimer and remember when a byte was worth a byte and I don’t abide by wasting one, never know when you might need one esp in dawg gone char limited bogus social networks.

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I always take a photo of every El Camino I see. I don’t know why. I just do.

A silver classic car with a black soft top and covered bed is parked on the street in front of a row of shops.

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Congressman Ritchie Torres Authors Bill For Digital Games Ownership Rights

The Stop Killing Games movement appears to still be alive and well. The grassroots campaign to legislate out the practice of gaming companies selling games that they neuter or render unplayable in whole or part later when shutting down backend server support has had its ups and downs, to be sure. An effort to pass […]

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Vasily Kandinsky, Rider Motif in Oval Form (Reitermotiv in ovaler Form) (tailpiece, folio 59) from Klänge (Sounds), (1913) #museumofmodernart #museumarchive

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This is the energy we need 15 days out from Election Day! It was great to see so many Virginians show up to support Tom Perriello, Shannon Taylor, Elaine Luria, and Rep. Jennifer McClellan this afternoon. Let’s keep going through the finish line!

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Morgan Helped Zach See Nashville in a Whole New Light

The "Something in the Orange" singer spent years keeping Nashville at arm’s length, criticizing the sound of mainstream country and insisting Music City wasn’t his scene. Continue reading…