U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/25/autism-registry-privacy-rfk-research/
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism…

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Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-deport-child-cancer-us-citizen-1235325778/
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer…

Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats https://www.theverge.com/news/656332/google-ending-support-nest-thermostats
Software support for the original and second-gen Nest Learning Thermostat devices will end on October 25th, leaving customers…

Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families. https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts
A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped…

Pierre Poilievre's Voting Record and the Politics of Exclusion https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/69079/pierre-poilievres-voting-record-and-the-politics-of-exclusion/
This is not just a political position. It’s an erasure of truth. And it’s part of…

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The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during…

Studio Ghibli Puts Online 400 Images from Eight Classic Films, and Lets You Download Them for Free https://www.openculture.com/2020/09/studio-ghibli-puts-online-400-images-from-eight-classic-films.html
Japan’s Studio Ghibli has long been protective of their…

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Everything Macron does here is calculated. It's the difference between leaving no tip and leaving a nickel as a tip—the latter is a no-ambiguity message, "This wasn't oversight, it was a deliberate choice"

And it's not just that Macron…

Subscribe to PewDiePie': What did Christchurch mosque gunman mean in final words before shooting? | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/new-zealand-shooting-attack-pewdiepie-subscribe-youtube-mosque-a8825326.html
The gunman's mention of the…

Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/26/us-citizen-children-deported-ice/
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating…

I need to be very clear, that the push towards "vibe coding" - that is, deliberately deskilling people - is because AI code assistants are an (increasingly expensive) subscription service.

If you know how to code, you can just write Python, C, Java, R, PHP…

Rachel Carson Raised the Alarm About Pesticides in Silent Spring, Changing Environmental History https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rachel-carson-pesticides-silent-spring-history
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring criticized the widespread use of artificial pesticides…

LIVE: Israel steps us Gaza attacks, Qatar sees some truce talks progress https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/27/live-israeli-forces-kill-40-in-gaza-hamas-team-in-cairo-for-truce-talks
Deadly Israeli attacks continue in Gaza as thousands protest…

“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-fonts/
Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.…

What My Hysterectomy Taught Me About Medical Misogyny and Advocacy https://medium.com/@thedisabledginger/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about-medical-misogyny-and-advocacy-e7d6e7294af8
This is an issue that’s near and dear to my heart because I almost lost…

American Panopticon https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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Arrest made in Kristi Noem’s purse snatching, officials say https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/27/kristi-noem-purse-theft-arrest/
The Department of Homeland Security secretary’s purse contained her driver’s license, medication, keys, checks,…

60 Minutes' Calls Out Paramount for Executive Producer's Exit in Rare On-Air Rebuke https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/60-minutes-scott-pelley-rebukes-paramount-bill-owens-exit-1236379735/
60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley took CBS News owner Paramount…