@carstenfranke from @abcnews News 2024 Campaign Reporter @hannahdemissie '@NikkiHaley
on Trump following her saying she'll be voting for him in November.'
Read this- It is free to read. Read this. Important [Gifted article, NYTimes] : ‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate
Ms. Shanahan, a lawyer who was married to Sergey Brin, a Google founder, led a rarefied and sometimes turbulent life in Silicon Valley, according to a Times examination. By Kirsten Grind
[The Atlantic]: OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
The Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it. By Charlie Warzel
[The New Yorker]: What Raisi’s Death Means for the Future of Iran
For a country facing deep challenges, and with an aging Supreme Leader, the President’s demise has spawned an existential question: Who can sustain the revolution? By Robin Wright
“And thus poor Charley sickened and grew worse, and fell into heavy danger of death, and lay severely ill for many a long round of day and night. [...]I silently prayed to our Father in heaven that I might not forget the lesson which this little sister taught me…. #bookstodon
“I was very sorrowful to think that Charley's pretty looks would change and be disfigured, even if she recovered — she was such a child with her dimpled face — but that thought was, for the greater part, lost in her greater peril. When she was at the worst, and her mind rambled again [...]”
..Esther and Charley take in a vagrant Jo, who seems to be suffering the ill-effects of a raging fever. By the next morning, Jo has vanished, but he has left his illness behind him. Although Dickens does not identify the contagion as smallpox, he does mention Smallpox, the narrator (Esther) does express her concern that, should Charley survive, she will be much disfigured. Esther tends her young maid throughout her illness.
Subsequently, Esther herself is stricken, suffering not only the skin problems associated with the disease, but also blindness. Given the virulence of both smallpox viruses, the British goverment in the 1850s, enacted a series of laws that made vaccination against smallpox compulsory.
Scanned image and text by George P. Landow; additional text by Philip V. Allingham. Via Victorianweb
note: #rfkjr wants to bring #smallpox back. Back to a time of ‘horse and buggy’. Back to this---it’s so unnecessarily. Unnecessary suffering for RFK Jr.’s ego & wealth.
[NYTimes] : Iranian President Helicopter Crash
Helicopter With Iran’s President Goes Down; No Sign of Life at Crash Site
The country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, was also in the copter. By Farnaz Fassihi
A source in Tehran close to the presidency told me that Raisi has been confirmed dead, and that the authorities are looking for a way to report the news without causing mayhem. I have not been able to independently confirm this.
[NYTimes]: Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
Now its Katy Tur: Every time I check in on @Msnbc they're talking sensationalizinghand-wringing over the MTG - Crockett ..etc exchange.
Move on. Don't overplay your hand #MSNBC. Do some real reporting ..
[Meduza-Telegram channel]: Robert Fico is in a “life-threatening condition,” according to the Slovak Prime Minister’s Facebook page.
The post also reports that Fico is being transported by helicopter to a hospital in Banska Bystrica because the journey to Bratislava would take too long. #slovakia#fico
[Mash, Telegram channel]: At the moment, the helicopter with Fico arrived at the hospital of the Faculty of F.D. Roosevelt in Banska Bystrica. The shooter has been identified. This is a native of the Slovak city of Levice. He is 71 years old. Before the assassination attempt, he shouted to the Prime Minister, “Robo, come here,” and opened fire.
The prime minister's condition is extremely serious. He previously had three gunshot wounds - in the chest, stomach and arms. #slovakia#fico
[The Bell, Telegram] An unknown assailant shot several times at Slovak Prime Minister Fico
An assassination attempt was made on the life of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, who occupies a conditionally pro-Russian position. An unknown person shot him as he left a building in the town of Gandlova. The shooter has been detained.
UPD. The prime minister's condition is preliminary and he is in hospital, where he was taken by helicopter.
[NYTimes]: Nicole Shanahan Ventures Onto the Stump for Kennedy
The Silicon Valley lawyer, chosen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate, made her first solo outing on the stump. She is to appear alongside him at a rally on Monday in Austin, Texas. By By Chris Cameron
