Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process (theintercept.com)
U.S. banks hold trillions of dollars off-balance sheet, in a replay of accounting hubris that led to the 2008 Wall Street collapse (wallstreetonparade.com)
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Media Scorn Gaza Protesters for Recognizing Corporate Reporters Aren’t Their Friends (fair.org)
As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies (fair.org)
Lawn in bloom (i.imgur.com)
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The Disinformation Machine: How Susceptible Are We to AI Propaganda? (hai.stanford.edu)
Beavers Are Back in London — and They're Thriving (reasonstobecheerful.world)
Why anti-LGBTQ legislation in Africa is a western problem (www.gaytimes.com)
Blinken: No doubt there has been ‘cost in months-long delay’ of aid for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Without a doubt, there has been a cost in the "months-long delay in getting the supplementary budget request approved and the equipment sent out to Ukraine," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on May 12.
Should You “Put Your Life In Order” Before Criticizing the World? (www.currentaffairs.org)
Karl Marx’s home life was a hot mess. Jordan Peterson can’t keep his room clean. So what?
General Strike Brings Argentina to a Halt Over Milei Austerity Program (truthout.org)
China accused of targeting citizens studying abroad for political activism, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home (english.alarabiya.net)
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vivo X100 Ultra debuts with 200MP periscope cam and SD 8 Gen 3 (m.gsmarena.com)
Putin removes Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence minister (www.theguardian.com)
Russian president proposes replacing Shoigu, who has been defence minister for years, with Andrei Belousov, an economist
Labor Can Scale Up Its Recent Wins (jacobin.com)
Inside Germany’s Taxpayer Funded Neo-Nazi Networks (www.thedial.world)
Military intelligence identifies Russian soldiers behind cruise missile strikes (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine has identified Russian Air Force personnel responsible for carrying out cruise missile strikes on civilian infrastructure, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) announced on May 13.
Military: Ukraine downs Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter on May 13, the 47th Mechanized Brigade reported.
Media: Zelensky to visit Spain to sign bilateral security agreement with Sanchez (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning a trip to Spain in the coming days to sign a bilateral security agreement, the El Pais newspaper reported on May 13, citing unnamed sources in the country's government.
Poco F6 and Poco F6 Pro are getting official on May 23 (m.gsmarena.com)
Nederland repeals “rights of nature” for watersheds to better pursue new dam (coloradosun.com)
How Paul Robeson Became a Socialist (jacobin.com)
South Korean intelligence: North Korea suspected of supplying Russia with weapons made in 1970s (kyivindependent.com)
South Korea's intelligence service is conducting a review into suspicions that North Korea has provided Russia with artillery shells and other weaponry made in the 1970s, the country's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on May 12.
