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The widespread use of the internet & social media has already weakened our relationship with knowledge.
From a neurological standpoint, widespread use of AI carries the risk of overall cognitive atrophy & loss of brain plasticity.
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From a neurological standpoint, widespread use of AI carries the risk of overall cognitive atrophy & loss of brain plasticity.
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Generative AI: the risk of cognitive atrophy - Polytechnique Insights
Generative AI: the risk of cognitive atrophy – Read the column on Polytechnique Insights
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November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The widespread use of the internet & social media has already weakened our relationship with knowledge.
From a neurological standpoint, widespread use of AI carries the risk of overall cognitive atrophy & loss of brain plasticity.
www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/n...
From a neurological standpoint, widespread use of AI carries the risk of overall cognitive atrophy & loss of brain plasticity.
www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/n...
The fundamental issue is that as soon as a technology becomes available that makes our lives easier, we’re evolutionarily primed to use it. Our brains love shortcuts, it’s in our nature. But your brain needs friction to learn. It needs to have a challenge.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The fundamental issue is that as soon as a technology becomes available that makes our lives easier, we’re evolutionarily primed to use it. Our brains love shortcuts, it’s in our nature. But your brain needs friction to learn. It needs to have a challenge.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The Dead Internet Theory’s core fear is that the internet will become an uncanny echo chamber of machine-generated noise. This is exactly what critics see in AI slop. Content farms are spitting out filler, platforms are rewarding volume over quality.
www.listenfirstmedia.com/ai-slop/
www.listenfirstmedia.com/ai-slop/
AI Slop: When the Internet Drowns in Synthetic Junk - ListenFirst
AI slop is flooding feeds with Shrimp Jesus memes and cat soap operas. A ListenFirst study shows Dead Internet Theory is closer to reality than ever.
www.listenfirstmedia.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Dead Internet Theory’s core fear is that the internet will become an uncanny echo chamber of machine-generated noise. This is exactly what critics see in AI slop. Content farms are spitting out filler, platforms are rewarding volume over quality.
www.listenfirstmedia.com/ai-slop/
www.listenfirstmedia.com/ai-slop/
If tRump makes two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December, his 2025 golf costs would surpass $75m, putting his total for the term over $300m.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump’s golf trips cost taxpayers $71m since January, could hit $300m: report
President spent $151.5m in taxpayer-funded golf travel and security in his first presidential term
www.the-independent.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If tRump makes two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December, his 2025 golf costs would surpass $75m, putting his total for the term over $300m.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
After spending much of the year on a revanchist blitzkrieg that terrified the left & convinced many that his 2nd term would far outpace his first, tRump has begun to genuinely fail & the failure is familiar:
Rising autocracy is headed off by rank incompetence.”
www.alternet.org/trump-failur...
Rising autocracy is headed off by rank incompetence.”
www.alternet.org/trump-failur...
The Justice Department completely belongs to Trump — but a fatal flaw threatens his rule
Intelligencer political columnist Ross Barkan says President Donald Trump appears to be singing the same old tune from his first term.“After spending much of the year on a sort of revanchist blitzkrie...
www.alternet.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
After spending much of the year on a revanchist blitzkrieg that terrified the left & convinced many that his 2nd term would far outpace his first, tRump has begun to genuinely fail & the failure is familiar:
Rising autocracy is headed off by rank incompetence.”
www.alternet.org/trump-failur...
Rising autocracy is headed off by rank incompetence.”
www.alternet.org/trump-failur...
Amazon is investing in fossil fuel energy draining data centers for AI that is intended to surveil, exploit & squeeze every extra cent out of customers, communities & government agencies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Amazon is investing in fossil fuel energy draining data centers for AI that is intended to surveil, exploit & squeeze every extra cent out of customers, communities & government agencies.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The execution is the result of an accelerated process of dehumanisation of Palestinians & the complete abandonment of their lives by the Israeli regime.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men who appeared to have given themselves up, saying ‘terrorists must die’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The execution is the result of an accelerated process of dehumanisation of Palestinians & the complete abandonment of their lives by the Israeli regime.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious… It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars & the losses in lives.”
Major General Smedley Butler
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Major General Smedley Butler
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November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious… It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars & the losses in lives.”
Major General Smedley Butler
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Major General Smedley Butler
www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/...
“Typical of RepubliCON men telling a woman to ‘shut up get back in the kitchen & fix me something to eat.’
F*** you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
F*** you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
MTG goes on extraordinary rant about Charlie Kirk, Republican men and her resignation
‘Oh I haven’t suffered enough for you while you post all day behind a screen?’ the outgoing Congresswoman wrote
www.the-independent.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Typical of RepubliCON men telling a woman to ‘shut up get back in the kitchen & fix me something to eat.’
F*** you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
F*** you in the sweetest most southern drawl I can enunciate.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons, rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas & pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens & noncitizens alike.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons, rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas & pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens & noncitizens alike.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
tRmp does not represent American interests. He only represents fossil fuel interests, not the American public.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/p...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/p...
Pay to Pollute, Starting in 2026
The United States of America was unofficially represented at COP30, the annual UN climate conference (November 10-21) in Belem, Brazil by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He was not granted the priv...
www.counterpunch.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
tRmp does not represent American interests. He only represents fossil fuel interests, not the American public.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/p...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/p...
The US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco for almost a year before it alerted city officials after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
Advocates allege navy knew levels of airborne plutonium at Hunters Point shipyard were high before it alerted officials
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco for almost a year before it alerted city officials after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lakanwal’s ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which worked alongside US special forces in Afghanistan, were confirmed by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lakanwal’s ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which worked alongside US special forces in Afghanistan, were confirmed by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The tRump administration, w/ the most corrupt cabinet in history, will gut the Endangered Species Act while the world is experiencing what’s been called the “6th Mass Extinction Event” w/ more than a million species facing extinction from human-caused impacts.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/m...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/m...
Montana’s Wildlife Moves Closer to Extinction as Trump Administration Targets Endangered Species
This week the Trump administration, with the most corrupt cabinet in the nation’s history, moved to gut the Endangered Species Act while the world is
www.counterpunch.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The tRump administration, w/ the most corrupt cabinet in history, will gut the Endangered Species Act while the world is experiencing what’s been called the “6th Mass Extinction Event” w/ more than a million species facing extinction from human-caused impacts.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/m...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/m...
More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. RepubliCON morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel & they will lose the majority before this term is out.
www.alternet.org/send/trump-l...
www.alternet.org/send/trump-l...
'Countless' GOP lawmakers echo plans to retire after insider reveals 'lame duck is here'
Republican members of Congress continue to vent their frustrations and threaten to leave Washington amid the fallout from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, with some citing worries at the arrival of Presid...
www.alternet.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. RepubliCON morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel & they will lose the majority before this term is out.
www.alternet.org/send/trump-l...
www.alternet.org/send/trump-l...
The We Ain’t Buying It campaign is asking Americans to stop shopping at Target, Home Depot & Amazon on Black Friday, one of the busiest retail days of the year, while also encouraging people to shop local & support community businesses.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The We Ain’t Buying It campaign is asking Americans to stop shopping at Target, Home Depot & Amazon on Black Friday, one of the busiest retail days of the year, while also encouraging people to shop local & support community businesses.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new U.S. Coast Guard policy, set to take effect next month, will no longer classify imagery of swastikas or nooses as hate symbols, downgrading the level of scrutiny needed to order their removal from CH facilities.
truthout.org/articles/swa...
truthout.org/articles/swa...
Swastikas and Nooses Are No Longer Hate Symbols Under New Coast Guard Rules
The new policy also prevents Coast Guard officers from immediately removing white supremacist symbols upon discovery.
truthout.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A new U.S. Coast Guard policy, set to take effect next month, will no longer classify imagery of swastikas or nooses as hate symbols, downgrading the level of scrutiny needed to order their removal from CH facilities.
truthout.org/articles/swa...
truthout.org/articles/swa...
Malignant Normality… the process by which destructive ideologies, violent policies & dehumanizing practices become embedded in everyday life, routinized, accepted, even perceived as normal & in that normalization, evil not only persists but spreads.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/t...
“Things Happen”: Murder According to Trump
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Seven years later, Donald Trump received Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—the man U.S...
www.counterpunch.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Malignant Normality… the process by which destructive ideologies, violent policies & dehumanizing practices become embedded in everyday life, routinized, accepted, even perceived as normal & in that normalization, evil not only persists but spreads.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/20/t...
Under tRump, the US economy has hardly added any jobs since May.
Bottom line, the economy added an average of 44k jobs a month for the past 4 months. That’s barely treading water.
www.alternet.org/trump-jobs-2...
Bottom line, the economy added an average of 44k jobs a month for the past 4 months. That’s barely treading water.
www.alternet.org/trump-jobs-2...
'Frozen' labor market begins to crack as jobless rate rises under Trump
The Trump administration has just released the September jobs report: unemployment climbed up to 4.4%, the highest it’s been in nearly four years. Employers added 119,000 jobs, half the number from th...
www.alternet.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Under tRump, the US economy has hardly added any jobs since May.
Bottom line, the economy added an average of 44k jobs a month for the past 4 months. That’s barely treading water.
www.alternet.org/trump-jobs-2...
Bottom line, the economy added an average of 44k jobs a month for the past 4 months. That’s barely treading water.
www.alternet.org/trump-jobs-2...
tRump is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to build himself a White House ballroom at a time when millions of American families can barely make ends meet.
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www.alternet.org/ballroom-bri...
Dems hit Trump with bill for 'ballroom bribery'
Amid concerns over President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, a pair of Democratic US lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation “to root out apparent bribery and corruption” involving the $300 m...
www.alternet.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
tRump is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to build himself a White House ballroom at a time when millions of American families can barely make ends meet.
www.alternet.org/ballroom-bri...
www.alternet.org/ballroom-bri...
The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard & Yale from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity & inclusion hiring practice.
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State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard & Yale from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity & inclusion hiring practice.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
W/ every illegal order, tRump manages to have those who carry them out compromise themselves morally & potentially render themselves liable for prosecution, generating an incentive for members of the military to make sure tRumpists stay in power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is turning the US military into a political prop | Jan-Werner Müller
The military has been recast in a partisan, performative mold – all according to the president’s logic of impunity
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
W/ every illegal order, tRump manages to have those who carry them out compromise themselves morally & potentially render themselves liable for prosecution, generating an incentive for members of the military to make sure tRumpists stay in power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The chances of an intensification of tRump’s authoritarianism at home & abroad may have increased because of tRump’s forced retreat on the Epstein files.
10 months into tRump’s 2nd term, we’re nowhere near turning the corner in the fight against tRumpism.
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
10 months into tRump’s 2nd term, we’re nowhere near turning the corner in the fight against tRumpism.
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
Trump 'cares a lot' about Epstein and flip-flopped because he 'recognized defeat'
Conservative Bill Kristol writes in The Bulwark that President Donald Trump cares very much about the scandal surrounding him and late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, but that his recent cha...
www.alternet.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The chances of an intensification of tRump’s authoritarianism at home & abroad may have increased because of tRump’s forced retreat on the Epstein files.
10 months into tRump’s 2nd term, we’re nowhere near turning the corner in the fight against tRumpism.
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
10 months into tRump’s 2nd term, we’re nowhere near turning the corner in the fight against tRumpism.
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
The U.S. military build-up in Latin America & the Caribbean is expanding faster than some may realize.
U.S. soldiers & Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
U.S. soldiers & Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
Trump’s Operation Southern Spear is a New Front in His Widescale Militarization
In an escalation of militarism toward Latin America, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the start of Operation Southern Spear to target so-called
www.counterpunch.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The U.S. military build-up in Latin America & the Caribbean is expanding faster than some may realize.
U.S. soldiers & Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
U.S. soldiers & Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...
Offering military-style training materials, including drone tradecraft, to the extreme right indicates that this is for prepping purposes. To improve the capacity of extremist networks to commit violence, or to encourage acts of violence specifically.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Far-right group with links to neo-Nazi leader offers online military training
Experts say Observations Group’s connections to the Base and Rinaldo Nazzaro present ‘urgent danger’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Offering military-style training materials, including drone tradecraft, to the extreme right indicates that this is for prepping purposes. To improve the capacity of extremist networks to commit violence, or to encourage acts of violence specifically.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...