Over the last few years there has been a lot of conversation about AI taking jobs. Is it taking place, and will it be as bad as some say?

92 Million Jobs Lost to AI: Who’s Most at Risk?

Why Is Job Growth So Slow When GDP Is So Strong? - Apollo Academy

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A fresh new week from hell in the USA. Enjoy?

Supreme Court Signals Final Blow

Trump administration revokes 6 visas

Department of State on X:

TN man arrested

Insider Whales Made $100 Million

US is working on doubling aid

GOP’s Jim Jordan on judges:

Heavily armed ICE agents illegally

ICE Rams Civilian Car, Drags Woman

WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman

Trump calls Mamdani a ‘communist,’

Letitia James, the New York attorney general

President Trump calls on

Criminal charges against Bolton

CBP Enforces Binary

Capitol Police called

JD Vance: "Because"

Yet again, the U.S. has struck

Trump’s Fantasy of Violent

Nearly all members of Pentagon

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Tehran (with a metro population of nearly 17 million) is experiencing a major water shortage, after 5 years of drought. Subsidence, as a result of groundwater removal, is simultaneously causing the land to sink and destroying infrastructure.

Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens | Iran | The Guardian

‘We must change’: how drought and overextraction of water has run Iran dry | Environment | The Guardian

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Counterintuitively, a collapsing world may just be resulting in people who are less likely to become collapse aware.

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*Caveat: This was recorded on October 7th so may not be completely up to date in regards to recent happenings.

An escalation in the battle for states' rights to defend against invading federal forces in the US (not a sentence I thought I'd write in my lifetime).

Judge to block 'relocation, federalization, or deployment' of any National Guard to Oregon - ABC News

Texas Gov. Abbott deploys National Guard to protect federal property | Fox News

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Deutsche Bank now says that the AI bubble is all that's keeping the economy afloat. Meanwhile, several other indicators show how the economy is struggling for the everyday person.

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns | TechSpot

China Labor Market Struggles Deepen, Clouding Economic Outlook | FXEmpire

Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump to release the jobs report despite shutdown

Student Loan Borrowers Skipping Payments Face Credit Score Declines - Bloomberg

Americans Are Getting Priced Out of Homeownership at Record Rates - Bloomberg

Kent food banks warn demand has reached crisis point

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The 3rd installment of the weekly segment I think I'll call "This Week in Fascism".

'Plenary Authority?'

Chicago Pastor Sues

Judge finds ICE violated consent decree, takes issue with some arrests

Trump says JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson 'should be in jail'

Gov. JB Pritzker on protecting his constituents

"We took the freedom of speech away"

UVA antifascist students plan American flag-burning protest Friday | Fox News

Trump Touts His Administration's Ties to Project 2025

Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House

Five takeaways from Pam Bondi's tense, partisan Senate testimony

Trump Pardon For Sean Combs "Still Under Discussion"; Seeks Prison Move

Senate votes down war powers resolution

Suspend who? Habeus corpus? Never heard of him

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to cut funding to cities with rainbow crosswalks

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act

Trump talks Diddy, Ghislaine Maxwell pardon requests.

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Researchers discovered that bird flu and human influenza can simultaneously occupy the cells of cow udders, heightening the risk of future reassortment leading to human spread avian influenza.

Bird Flu and Human Flu Viruses Could Mix in Cow Udders and Spark a Pandemic | Scientific American

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC

Avian flu forces Jefferson County poultry farm to cull 3M birds - WPR

More Than 400,000 SD Turkeys Killed In Response To Bird Flu Outbreak, Ducks Identified As Carriers | Aberdeen Insider

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New research indicates the planet has not crossed 7 of the 9 planetary boundaries described in the "Breaking Boundaries" documentary from 2021, an increase from 4 at the time it was released.

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached - Stockholm Resilience Centre

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Official Trailer | Netflix

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NSPM-7 is the Trump administration's newest effort to rip away free speech rights and suppress his dissenters. It is one of the most blatant acts of fascism to date in his presidency and will be a potentially disastrous tool in his effort to quiet those who push back.

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence – The White House

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