AI “workslop,” robot umps, Kimmel’s return, a UNGA telecom plot, and a fresh wave of Antifa explainers.

Americans get dumber, some bird photos, and Trump declares “Antifa!”

Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC, and the latest on Trump's moves to quash "antifa."

Trump’s new “midterm convention,” Kamala Harris picking Pete Buttigieg as VP, Susan Collins clashing with Chuck Schumer on funding, and ICE’s push for hundreds of new offices. Stephen Miller’s quota-linked raids on Korean workers, South Korea’s diplomatic response, and age-verification battles for adult sites in the UK. Canada’s record heat wave tied to climate change, Exxon’s CEO criticizing EU ESG rules, and rebuttals to fossil fuel “tax fairness” messaging. OpenAI’s research into deceptive AI, Elon Musk’s Grok claims about rewriting Wikipedia, Reddit’s labeling bug, humanoid robots in healthcare, and startups using AI to revive Whitney Houston and even the dodo bird, and more.

Smoked mummies, ghost ships, AI robot guide dogs, and how land-lines are making a comeback with kids.

After Charlie Kirk’s death, Trump team calls for dismantling leftist groups. Workers Commenting on Kirk’s Death Learn the Limits of Free Speech in and Out of Their Jobs. Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Charlie Kirk Killing.

Why cats eat grass plus AI privacy breakthroughs, rising spyware investment, gravitational-wave milestones, a UK–US nuclear pact, and new media power centers.

• Evergreen HS Shooting • Charlie Kirk Killed • Political Violence & the 1970s • Atlantic Hurricane Lull • Detained Korean Workers Flight • College Importance Poll • Ellison Tops Musk (Briefly) • School Prayer Guidance • U.S. vs. EU Climate Rules • Inflation Reports • Collins vs. Schumer • “Dead Internet” Viral • Ant Humanoid Robot • Grok & Wikipedia • Atlas of Space  • Reddit Labeling Bug • LTE: Energy Costs • Rebuttal: “Tax Fairness”

• The latest on Koala chlamydia vaccine, MAHA Report, Cracker Barrel remodels, AI Darwin Awards, the

  National Book Award for Poetry, and more.

What's up with the Hyundai plant raid? • Stabbing Video Fuels MAGA’s Crime Messaging • U.S. Deploys F-35s, Trump on Venezuela • AI Inbreeding • Google AI Mode & the Open Web • Consciousness in the Body • Open AI Vision vs Big Tech • Russia’s Oil Discovery • Why AI Hallucinates • Thompson on Stagflation • Stupidogenic Society • Blueskyism & the Left • Zeteo vs. Politico Playbook • Trump & Conspiracies