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A New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, he helped start a collective that brought recognition to Hispanic photographers and illuminated life in the … Charles Biasiny-Rivera, Champion of Latino Photography, Dies at 93

An obituary from London’s Telegraph. Cleo Sylvestre, who has died aged 79, was the first black woman to appear in a leading role at the National … Cleo Sylvestre, acclaimed actress of The Marvellous Adventure of Mary Seacole and first black woman to play a National Theatre lead, dies at 79

Current military officials share the same assessment, saying Israel is losing the war, deterrence and the captives  — Read on http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-hamas-winning-war-says-ex-top-israeli-general

Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone don’t usually cause this much damage. — Read on http://www.404media.co/experts-lebanon-pager-explosions-likely-not-lithium-batteries-alone/

The Iranian ambassador was among those injured in the apparent attack. — Read on truthout.org/articles/2800-wounded-at-least-9-killed-across-lebanon-after-pagers-explode/

Springfield City School District closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools. — Read on http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/two-springfield-schools-evacuated-another-closed-district-cites-police-info/K26FV7URSVGPTB2IUPSFJCGUDM/

Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef among the hundreds of SAG members calling on leadership to keep people from being blacklisted for their views on Palestine. — Read on http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/mark-ruffalo-ramy-youssef-call-for-pro-palestine-sag-member-protection-1235993880/

Have Oil Producers hijacked UN climate conferences? Answer: Yes, they have hijacked UN COPs (Conference of the Parties). Oh please! It’s blatantly obvious. COP28 was held in Dubai. The serving president of the climate conference COP28 was Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, who’s chair of Dhabi National Oil Company and who publicly stated there isContinue reading “Humans rescue Doomsday Glacier? | MR Online”

Large numbers of soldiers from a Ukrainian Waffen SS division fled to Canada after the war. — Read on ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/releasing-names-alleged-nazi-war-criminals-canada-could-embarrass-federal-government-bureaucrats

Automation bias is the tendency to be less vigilant when a process is automated. But can we effectively check ourselves against AI before making a wrong decision? — Read on http://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/tech-and-the-brain/2024/why-ai-can-push-you-to-make-the-wrong-decision-at-work-090324