‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

Survivors of the (ongoing) USA boat murders interviewed.

Some historians credit England's better management of scurvy for their defeat of the Spanish Armada

Yoshua Bengio sonne l’alarme sur Mythos, l’IA et la menace d’une cybersécurité hors de contrôle Invité à l’émission Newsnight de la BBC, Yoshua Bengio a livré une mise en garde particulièrement frappante sur l’évolution de l’intelligence artificielle, en mettant l’accent sur un risque très co…

Yoshua Bengio sonne l’alarme sur Mythos, l’IA et la menace d’une cybersécurité hors de contrôle moncarnet.com/2026/04/17/y...

An Iran War Winner: China’s Green Industrial Complex Beijing’s push to sell its solar and wind power to the world has gained momentum from troubles in the Middle East.

welp www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Airbnb Hosts Don't Want to Talk to Guests Anymore, Are Outsourcing Messages to AI An entire industry of companies offers Airbnb hosts AI to speak to guests on their behalf. 404 Media poked around the industry after one AI tool offered a guest a recipe for French toast.

New: an entire industry now exists for Airbnb hosts to use AI to speak to their guests. I looked into it when one guest tricked the AI into providing a French toast recipe. I found companies that analyze guest message sentiment. Guests not pleased, obviously
www.404media.co/airbnb-hosts...

On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues.

Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran The bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?

Pete Hegseth believes that Jesus guides Tomahawk missiles, even when they hit elementary schools.

I wrote about the roots of his militant faith - from the Crusades to the confederacy - and what they mean for the US and Iran today.

"In order to render the strange logic of dreams, Freud quoted the old joke about the borrowed kettle: (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you, (2) I returned it to you unbroken, (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you."

Hier, le conseil de presse a refusé de se prononcer sur une plainte contre Rebel News, car elle ne considère pas que c'est un média d'information.

www.lapresse.ca/arts/2026-04...

Do you remember the MAGA freakout (which continues to this day) over the (yes, stupidly named) Disinformation Governance Board which never did anything? Would you believe that Marco Rubio basically set up the same thing (but dumber) and it received barely any attention at all?

If they start putting out EVs with 400+ mile range, will people finally STFU about "range anxiety"?

Le rappel mensuel qu'il y a toujours un ministre de l'Environnement au Québec mais qu'il n'a toujours pas compris sa mission.

I had to read this twice because I thought I misunderstood the first time around.

But when you run things based on vibes, based on memes, this is what you get. The leadership bought the propaganda about American invincibility when that was actually a very carefully crafted illusion.

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago.

@nytimes.com
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Israeli official to KAN on the ceasefire: “We were surprised by Trump’s decision.

“We received updates at the last moments when everything already seemed finalised.

“We are bound by the ceasefire.”

there wasn't a lot left to ruin but my brain is currently fully broken that people with power let a man hold the entire world hostage for like 9 hours with an existential threat. insane country. broken.

Thank God for TACO and Pakistan, but we cannot live with a President who threatens armageddon in the morning, gets distracted, and says yes to whoever successfully wheedles and pleads and flatters him out of genocide.

What a fucking mess.

[SCREAMING RESUMES]

Only published a few hours ago and thisnis already ageing extremely well

what Wall Street losing its basic sense of humanity and decency looks like, right here. ↘️

Americans' Shifting Views on Energy Sources, Policy in 2026 | Pew Research Center A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas.

The programmable meatbags of the US right-wing are being successfully programmed by their oligarchs to oppose renewable energy.

“On the morning of Vance’s European trip, Bloomberg revealed that Orbán told the Russian president in October 2025 that he was prepared to help Moscow “in any way” to win the war in Ukraine, adding: “In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service.”

Trump’s Budget Request Includes Funding an FBI Anti-”Domestic Terrorism” Center The new center and funding boost represent the implementation of Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7.

Trump’s budget request to Congress contains the largest counterterrorism spending increase in years — and buried inside it is a new FBI-led center dedicated to “proactively” hunting Americans the government classifies as so-called domestic terrorists.

This is really good as well. So far Ted Lieu, Chris Murphy, and Elissa Slotkin making this point with crystal clarity. More Dems need to do this.

Centuries in fact: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Future generations reading social media for "original source" context will not understand why Evil '20s Americans hoped World War 3 could be avoided with a TACO.

As a Jew who has over time come to despise Israel as a morally bankrupt country dominated by violent right-wing extremists I feel like my perspective may be a bit underrepresented in the discourse.

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

This is too late for today, but could complicate tomorrow