The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon interviews the community leader who exposed the lie behind an Ecuadorian military assault which the US Department of War claimed had targeted a drug trafficking “terrorist” training camp.
Don Vicente was threatened with brutal retaliation for his testimony that the military had attacked a dairy farm and viciously abused local farmers. The incident exposes how the phony “War on Drugs” of the Trump administration has transformed into a war on poor people. Meanwhile, the real culprits enjoy wealth and protection in government offices, banks, and luxury residential developments. Watch the full report hereOpen
OpenAI spent the last year trying to be everything — a video platform, a shopping portal, even a purveyor of AI erotica. - Now it's racing to become a thing that makes money. Why it matters: OpenAI is retreating from risky consumer features like adult content while prioritizing business tools and revenue growth — just as competition from Anthropic intensifies. - Business customers present the clearest revenue models. Those users want to generate text and build an army of agents to 10x the productivity of everyone left on their staff, not engage in erotic chatbot play. Catch up quick: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the proposed erotica feature last October amid reports of declining time spent on ChatGPT. - But it ran into…
A cultural shift toward downsizing fueled by a GLP-1 drug boom and slimming celebrities is destabilizing for people trying to achieve acceptance, mental health experts and body positivity advocates tell Axios. Why it matters: Still, the body positivity movement, advocates say, is an ongoing fight that won't shrink with the trends. - "Our brains must see evidence of body diversity," says Zoë Bisbing, a psychotherapist and the founder of Body-Positive Therapy NYC. If we don't, "our brains clock our bodies as wrong." Flashback: Following the heroin-chic aesthetic of the '90s and early aughts, the 2010s brought curvy anthem "All About That Bass" and an attempt from some brands to elevate more realistic body standards. - But now, the…
Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to exempt a majority of new housing from state environmental reviews, arguing that sufficient safeguards are in place at the local level.
Collien Fernandes said her spouse had posted deepfakes of her. The account, disputed by her husband, spurred outrage, protests and parliamentary debates in Germany.
Before being cast as “The Bachelorette,” Taylor Frankie Paul had discussed — with police, on podcasts and on TV — the domestic dispute that involved her 5-year-old daughter.
The Conservative Political Action Conference typically seeks to establish orthodoxy with its roster of speakers. This year, organizers created space for dissent, highlighting ongoing schisms in the MAGA movement.