Fentanyl-laced envelopes sent to US election officials
Poll officials in Georgia and Washington describe the suspicious letters as “terrorism”.
Links 11/10/2023 | naked capitalism
The future of money: a possible role for central bank digital currencies and their implications Bank of International Settlement. Presumably the smallest unit will be sufficient to purchase one insect,…
Brazil’s Lula Government Just Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines For All Children Over 6 Months of Age | naked capitalism
The Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, claims that all COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be both effective and safe, and that COVID-19 is a vaccine-preventable disease. On October 31, Brazil’s…
Israel’s Ticking Clock
The invasion seemed imminent. In the hours after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Benjamin Netanyahu appeared ready to send his troops storming into Gaza. Instead, he chose a different…
What Adidas Knew About Kanye
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Israel Agrees to Short, Daily Pauses in Gaza, and More
The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news…
After Averting a Hotel Strike, Las Vegas Still Has a Lot of Work to Do
Debra Jefferies, a cocktail waitress at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, spent much of the week wondering whether she would be walking a picket line, as she did in 1984 —…
Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine Edition | naked capitalism
Yves here. Given the givens, I trust readers will not overreact to the Godwin’s Law violation in the headline. Israel’s conduct in Gaza is well into genocide terrain. And many…
Personalized GPTs Are Here, F.T.C. Chair Lina Khan on A.I. Competition, and Mayhem at Apefest
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon Warning: this episode contains some explicit language. OpenAI has unveiled a new way to build custom chatbots. Kevin shows off a…
Personalized A.I. Agents Are Here. Is the World Ready for Them?
First, they are programmed for specific tasks. (Examples that OpenAI created include “Creative Writing Coach” and “Mocktail Mixologist,” a bot that suggests nonalcoholic drink recipes.) Second, the bots can pull…