At the inaugural meeting of his self-styled Board of Peace earlier this month, Donald Trump declared peace in the Middle East while simultaneously threatening to plunge the region into devastating conflict by again attacking Iran. Within 10 days, Trump followed through on that promise, teaming up with Israel to unleash a widespread campaign of deadly airstrikes in Iran that have thrust the Middle East into regional war.

It was one of numerous incongruities that surfaced during the bizarre first meeting of Trump’s Temu United Nations.

“In terms of prestige, there’s never been anything close because these are the greatest world leaders, almost everybody has accepted, and the ones that haven’t will,” Trump proclaimed before he grasped a diminutive gold-colored mallet and gaveled out the conclave to strains of the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a member of the group’s executive board, could be seen standing alone in the background as Trump glad-handed some of the assembled world leaders. Rubio skulked off before Laura Branigan’s 1982 hit “Gloria” began to play.

Microsoft’s aggressive AI push in Windows 11 through 2025 brought upon themselves the title Microslop. Unfortunately for the company, it’s everywhere on social media, and there isn’t a way to stop the spread, unless, of course, it’s their own Discord server.

Four of my favourite 2D animated shows from the past few years

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Some may have believed they were against AI being used for war. They just don’t want it to make the final kill decision.

The argument given by those supporting them is that AI in the military was inevitable, so their position is a reasonable one.

Some may have believed they were against AI being used for war. They just don’t want it to make the final kill decision.

The argument given by those supporting them is that AI in the military was inevitable, so their position is a reasonable one.

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As conflict widens across the Middle East, Iran is expanding its attack, launching missiles and drawing militias to the fight as Israeli and U.S. forces strike targets inside the Islamic Republic.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the U.S.-Israeli action against Iran over the weekend was in response to the Islamic Republic’s yearslong targeting of the U.S. military and interests around the world.

“This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change,” Hegseth said. “And the world is better off for it.”

The U.S. military said Monday that Kuwait “mistakenly shot down” three American fighter jets during a combat mission as Iran attacked the country. Military officials also confirmed a fourth U.S. service member has died of their injuries following the violence over the weekend that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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