U.S. ambassador to France looking to relax diplomatic spat
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Tuesday morning that Kushner's no-show to a meeting would dent the ambassador’s ability to serve in France.
#diplomacy #relations #France #USNews #World #CharlesKushner
https://globalnews.ca/news/11688758/us-france-ambassador-diplomatic-spat/
I think in silicon valley they haven't heard this one yet:
A farmer is lying on his deathbed. When asked if he has any last wishes, he dramatically raises his hand and utters his last words: "MORE LAND!"
It fits every farmer I know. And then #AI data-center #tech companies have the audacity to offer millions to buy farmland?
Didn’t end well for them ;)
#artificialintelligence #news #land #farm #us #usa #unitedstates #america #usnews #link #article #llm #technology
"To be clear, the understanding for the neurological explanation shouldn’t negate or minimize the racist act that was displayed.
And for some Black people online, they feel as if that’s being missed from the broader online conversations.
They also expressed exhaustion for Black people always having to stay gracious in moments where they’re blatantly wronged."
I don't really have anything too useful to add here, but I do want to say that I stand in solidarity with Black people. ✊
https://www.theroot.com/why-black-people-have-a-right-to-be-outraged-at-the-202-2000091075
A set of emails obtained by NPR reveals that toilet wars have broken out on board the most expensive ship the US Navy ever built.
There are too few functioning toilets for 4,600 sailors and the problem is worsening daily. There’s also no chance of fixing the system without returning the ship to the US dockyards.
The Burger Reich may have to delay their invasion of Iran because these idiots can't even build a functional plumbing system. 🤣
Even with cost-of-living adjustments or pay increases, 4 in 10 workers say their income has not kept up with their expenses, according to a new USA TODAY/SurveyMonkey Workforce Survey of more than 3,000 Americans.
Alex Akselrod
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US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/us-citizen-killed-federal-immigration-agent #TrumpAdministration #Texas #UsImmigration #UsNews #UsPolitics
US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/us-citizen-killed-federal-immigration-agent #TrumpAdministration #Texas #UsImmigration #UsNews #UsPolitics
Nice. *Subtle.*
"Assemblyman Ravi Bhalla (D-Hoboken), one of the prime sponsors, said the act “sends a clear message that New Jersey will not stand idly by while federal agents violate residents’ civil liberties under the guise of immigration enforcement.”"
https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A4446
#USPol #news #USNews #NewJersey #NJLegislature #A4446 #FuckICE
The mother of a South Carolinian seven-year-old hospitalized since January with encephalitis (brain swelling) caused by measles says that she would not have vaccinated him, even if she had known this could be the outcome. "God has chosen Ethan for a reason," 35-year-old Kristina told @Independent.“With my own eyes, I have seen the damage [vaccination] does to kids who are perfectly normal, and then once they get it, they're not the same anymore,” she claimed.
"Many people did not want this in their neighborhood. We don't want these kinds of centers that's going to take resources from the community."
#news #USNews #TechNews #technology #NewJersey #NJ #DataCenter #AI
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today's hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:
"If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial
#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #SocialMedia #MetaGlasses #AI
"What they don’t often tell you is how fun the resistance can be: the marches joyous and laced with adrenalized anger, people cheering the brass band that thumps its way down the block, chanting and pumping fists, belting out a ubiquitous profane call and response about ICE."
Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today's hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:
"If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial
#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #SocialMedia #MetaGlasses #AI
Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-tech-now-is-a-good-time-to-build-our-own #AiArtificialIntelligence #EuropeanUnion #Computing #DonaldTrump #Internet #Ecommerce #Google #Amazon #Microsoft #UsNews #Technology #Europe
Claudius Link
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"We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns."
Nice try!
#news #USNews #technology #TechNews #meta #FacialRecognition #privacy #security