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1/ Nearly 1/4 of U.S. adults now turn to AI for therapy, many using ChatGPT. Irina Matchavariani shares how using AI as a “therapist” helped, then harmed her, during her break-up, and explores why this $2B industry poses growing risks to vulnerable users. buff.ly/jj40yyq

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1/ When the US and Israel struck Iran, AI helped select 2,000+ targets in 24 hours. One of the first buildings destroyed was a girls' school. 165 people were killed, mostly children aged 7-12. Trump called it proof that wars can now be fought "forever, and very successfully."

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The AI therapist epidemic: When bots replace humans - Coda Story They promise judgment-free therapy at your fingertips. What they deliver is an algorithmic echo chamber that validates your worst impulses, isolates you from human connection, and even coaches you…

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Chagossians were expelled from their home in the late 1960s. Against the backdrop of Trump’s war on Iran, Misley Mandarin is attempting to resettle the archipelago, which is home to a very powerful U.S. military base. He has found some unlikely allies. buff.ly/DC8t8cM

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The capture of journalism and the illusion of objectivity - Coda Story Faced with hostility, hollowed out by Big Tech, journalists must ask themselves a question: ‘ What do we stand for?’

1/ Journalism’s “objectivity” is an illusion when tech billionaires with godlike ambitions capture the narrative and shape reality. Should journalists stop being polite and confront the cultish power behind Silicon Valley’s AI takeover? buff.ly/JW22eay

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Ali Khamenei has been killed in Tehran, but the war continues and its outcome remains unclear, Jim Muir reports for Coda Story from Beirut.

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The Identitarians are back: How a discredited worldview dominates the global agenda - Coda Story In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics.

1/ Ethnonationalist identitarian settlements, racially homogeneous, heterosexual, and self-sufficient, have their roots in Anastasianism, a movement born from the fanbase of Vladimir Megre's 1990s fantasy series, The Ringing Cedars. Read about its revival: buff.ly/4EPbiGy

The ideological battle between European regulators and Silicon Valley is heating up, with each side claiming to be the true vanguard for free speech. buff.ly/PjsIWsU

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Meet Las Marifachas, Spain’s queer conservatives - Coda Story Three gay Spanish influencers are building bridges between LGBTQ+ voters and anti-immigration parties, part of a growing "homonationalist" movement fracturing Europe's progressive coalitions

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1/ What if AI could let us talk to loved ones after they’re gone? As tech brings digital afterlives closer to reality, new questions emerge about grief, memory, and the ethics of recreating the dead. Read more here: buff.ly/V3fqZF9