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Nice Die Zeit interview with Paolo Benanti, AI adviser to Pope Leo. He is properly critical of Peter Thiel's claims of religion and says he'd consider opening a monastery in Silicon Valley. His aim: "To show that the danger is not AI, but humanity. I'm more afraid of natural stupidity than of artificial intelligence."
»Manche Menschen wollen ihr eigener Gott werden«
https://www.zeit.de/2026/19/kuenstliche-intelligenz-vatikan-paolo-benanti-papst-leo

Künstliche Intelligenz im Vatikan: »Peter Thiel macht einen entscheidenden Fehler«

Papst Leo hat einen Berater für KI. Hier erklärt Paolo Benanti, was den Papst daran interessiert. Und kritisiert die Endzeitfantasien eines Silicon- Valley-Milliardärs.

DIE ZEIT

Shawn Smith Peirce Apr 23

George Takei

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Victory favors those who follow the science.

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

Chris Geidner Dec 24

ICYMI: The full Law Dork report on Tuesday’s big SCOTUS decision against the Trump administration in its effort to send troops into American cities. https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-illinois-national-guard-order

Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now

More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.

Law Dork

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

CNN News Dec 24

#News Ukraine’s Zelensky offers peace concessions – and puts the ball in Putin’s court https://w.st/KAgvq

Ukraine’s Zelensky offers peace concessions – and puts the ball in Putin’s court

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled new willingness to make concessions on several key negotiating points that have threatened to stall a nascent peace process with Moscow, effectively putting the ball in Russia’s court.

CNN

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

Texas Observer Dec 20

From @josephinelee: Total membership in Texas #unions has been growing. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 603,000 Texans belonged to unions in 2024, up from closer to half a million a decade ago. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-afl-cio-changing-of-the-guard/

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #labor #workers #HumanRights

At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth

“No one has done more than Rick Levy for the modern-day labor movement in Texas.”

The Texas Observer

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

BoltsMag.org Dec 24

Six states have adopted new maps so far this year: California, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. Several face legal challenges, but Missouri’s is in the most immediate limbo.

Read more in our new explainer on gerrymandering:

https://boltsmag.org/mid-decade-redistricting-your-questions-answered/

The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered - Bolts

How are the new maps changing the midterms? Why are courts not doing more? Would proportional representation help? We’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.

Bolts

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

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Chris Geidner Dec 24

Here is my full report at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-illinois-national-guard-order

Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now

More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.

Law Dork

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 24

Charles Gaba Dec 24

📣 Dems have overperformed an average of over 13 pts across 66 Special Elections so far, including flipping 7 seats!

There's over 30 MORE coming up!

12/30: IA SD-16: Renee Hardman

01/06: CT HD-025, GA HD-023, SC HD-98, VA SD-15, VA HD-077

Donate today!

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Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 16

The Colorado Sun ☀️Dec 16

Colorado’s modular builders stand at a crossroads. Experts say more help is on the way.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/modular-home-building-colorado-container-homes/

Colorado’s modular builders stand at a crossroads. Experts say more help is on the way.

Factory building could help make housing more affordable and available more quickly. But funding, regulatory clarity have been slow to come.

The Colorado Sun

Shawn Smith Peirce Dec 16

BoltsMag.org Dec 16

Throughout 2025, Democrats gained 25 state legislative seats that were held by the GOP—21 percent of the total. Their gains were spread across six states.

https://boltsmag.org/legislative-elections-results-2025/

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