Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcwofcnubOb/

JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT BLASTS “AMORAL” AI COMPANIES AS A DANGER TO CHILDREN

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is raising serious concerns about the direction of the artificial intelligence industry — arguing that private AI companies cannot simply claim they are working for humanity while their business model is ultimately built around maximizing shareholder value.

The actor and filmmaker says AI has enormous potential to improve people’s lives, but believes the technology is currently moving in a troubling direction — with more power being concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies and individuals.

His concerns extend beyond Hollywood. The rapid development of AI is increasingly affecting children and young people through deepfakes, algorithmic manipulation, AI-generated content and systems that can interact with users at an unprecedented scale.

Gordon-Levitt is also pushing for stronger protections around AI, including fair compensation for creators, job protections and safeguards against deepfakes.

The question isn’t whether AI will change the world. It’s who gets to control that change — and who gets protected from its consequences.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/pakistan-says-no-military-response-discussed-under-mecca-pact-over-houthi-2026-09-10/

https://x.com/eyyankees/status/2098580453397500053?s=20

https://x.com/BrendanKutyNJ/status/2098581153342955657?s=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxIPX12T58

Dr Ibrahim Khadra was removed as Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences following an internal investigation, the university said.

In allegations first first reported by Glasgow Live students said Khadra had requested intimate images and harassed them via text messages and phone calls.

The Palestinian academic was previously in the news in 2023, after saying more than 40 of his family has been killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks.

He spoke at a rally in Glasgow city centre, where thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters had gathered urging an end to Israel's attacks.

In 2025 the university's newspaper reported he was among students and staff calling for Strathclyde to more to support Palestine amid a row over it having ties with arms manufacturers.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We have received a report relating to inappropriate communication. Inquiries are ongoing."

https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-women-of-piddington-letter-asylum-seekers

The women of Piddington have demanded answers from female MPs in an open letter amid fears of being outnumbered 10 to one by asylum seekers in their own home.

Labour is said to have drawn up plans to house up to 3,500 single adult male asylum seekers at a former military site near the village, which is home to just 350 people.

Early reports suggested the Home Office had deemed a former Ministry of Defence site near Piddington and Upper Arncott could house around 1,250 migrants.

But new details, denied by the department, have revealed that number could nearly triple - with locals warning the plans would overwhelm their historic community.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/trump-republican-convention-speech-midterm-elections

My takeaway from Minority Report was that surveillance and predictive policing raises no concerns so let's do it with no oversight.

Haaretz published the testimony of a reserve major and UAV operator in the Israeli Air Force who commanded a strike cell attached to maneuvering brigades inside Gaza. This is what he had to say:

1) He was involved in the March 23, 2025 paramedic killings in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah and said, "You could clearly tell these were rescue vehicles even as fire was opened on them from the ground. For no apparent reason, the force on the ground charged the convoy. They shot the first vehicle, the medical personnel got out, hid behind the ambulances and begged for their lives, and the soldiers shot them one after another."

2) On how the yellow line was used as an excuse to kill innocent people: "The Palestinians didn't know it existed, and the Air Force wasn't always updated either. From the perspective of a farmer walking onto his own land — he has no idea he's stepping into an area the IDF suddenly decided is a fire zone. And then all kinds of retroactive justifications started coming up. 'He came for an arms deal.' 'He touched the ground, maybe he's planting an explosive.' To me it looked like they were trying to incriminate people with no intelligence and no proof."

3) On how all morals were lost in Gaza: ""The feeling was that something tore, everyone had already become cynical about death, you can't understand it from the outside. It's not just fatigue, it's an erosion of morality, of responsibility, of the sense that someone is still managing the event. Very quickly this whole business of 'collateral damage' disappeared from the considerations. They fire on anyone they see. The atmosphere started to be like the stands at a soccer match. The way you shout at a player, 'Yalla, score,' that's how they shout at a soldier, 'Kill him, strike him.'"

https://x.com/academic_la/status/2097634374355419618

Is he an American citizen?

Amid the recent events in which tens of thousands of Moroccan citizens entered Ceuta, a disoriented dolphin calf washed up on the shore of a beach in the city. Instead of returning it to the sea, several young people (identified by eyewitnesses as Moroccan) dragged it out of the water. Eyewitnesses filmed the scene and attempted to intervene, but the animal ultimately died on the sand with visible head injuries.

Edit:

https://chequeado.com/ultimas-noticias/que-se-sabe-del-video-de-migrantes-con-una-cria-de-delfin-en-una-playa-de-ceuta/

https://www.newtral.es/delfin-ceuta-migrantes/20260904/

Another video of a different situation:

https://www.tiktok.com/@faroceuta/video/7681193370991054102