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Republican President Donald Trump joked about Palestine killing gay activists. His audience applauded & laughed.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/joked-about-palestine-gay-activists-his-audience-applauded-laughed/

#LGBGTQ #homophobia #fear #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #Palestine #Gaza

Pat McAfee Nods During Aaron Rodgers’ 2-Hour Monologue On Virtues Of Eating Tar - The Onion

https://theonion.com/pat-mcafee-nods-during-aaron-rodgers-2-hour-monologue-on-virtues-of-eating-tar/

#satire #ESPN #football #Steelers

Congressional Candidate Has Different Wife For Campaigning In Rural Counties - The Onion

https://theonion.com/congressional-candidate-has-different-wife-for-campaigning-in-rural-counties/

#satire #politics #USA #Congress

50 members of European Parliament targeted by deepfake porn, report says – POLITICO

https://www.politico.eu/article/female-european-parliament-lawmakers-targeted-deepfake-porn/

Shultz said that to enforce the ban, the Commission needs to hold accountable all entities that, at times, inadvertently enable the nudifier industry. That also includes payment processors and domain registrars. The report said the Commission should also look into how to get search engines to de-index AI nudifier websites, meaning removing them from their databases.

#EU #deepfakes #porn

OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004827/openai-sam-altman-vanity-fair-interview-pr

#AI #OpenAI #SalALtman #journalism #media #suicide #chatGPT

Hundreds of anti-Israel protests planned around October 7 anniversary of Hamas massacre worldwide

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-anti-israel-protests-planned-around-october-7-anniversary-worldwide/

#Hamas #terrorists #Gaza #Oct7 #Israel #Palestine

Hundreds of anti-Israel protests planned around October 7 anniversary of Hamas massacre worldwide

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-anti-israel-protests-planned-around-october-7-anniversary-worldwide/

#Hamas #terrorists #Gaza #Oct7 #Israel #Palestine

Republican President Donald Trump hits 93-year low in longtime GOP stronghold: CNN data expert

https://www.alternet.org/trump-kansas/

#MAGA #Trump #GOP #Republicans. #Kansas #Hoover

Norway parliament to consider proposal for national terror list naming Hamas, IRGC - exclusive

https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-910672

#Hamas #terrorists #IRGC #Norway #Gaza

300 Years Before ChatGPT, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels Imagined Machines Writing Books and Producing Knowledge (1726) | Open Culture

https://www.openculture.com/2026/10/gullivers-travels-imagined-automated-machines-writing-books-and-producing-knowledge.html

#AI #culture #literature #chatGPT

Ruling Palestinian Party in West Bank Says It Has Never Recognized Israel https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/10/05/ruling-palestinian-party-west-bank-says-never-recognized-israel/

#Israel #Palestine #FRC #Gaza #Hamas

AI researcher warns ‘we are racing to build and grow our own adversary’ in NYC hearing

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/anthropic-openai-google-meta-execs-testify-nyc-council-ai-hearing.html

#AI #AIThreat #NYCbodyrub

Jack Smith was eyed over the weekend sporting a tee from a Bruce Springsteen concert tour bearing the pointed message 'No Kings' while attending a music festival featuring some of President Trump’s most vocal high-profile critics.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/6129885-jack-smith-no-kings-power-to-the-people-bruce-springsteen-foo-fighters/

#Smith #Springsteen #NoKings #Schmitt #MAGA #Republicans

Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russia-laboratory-plague-accident-intl

#Russia #plague #Shelekhov