Millions of websites to get ‘game-changing’ AI bot blocker

 Millions of websites – including Sky News, The Associated Press and Buzzfeed – will now be able to block artificial intelligence (AI) bots from accessing their content without permission.

The new system is being rolled out by internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare, which hosts around a fifth of the internet.

Eventually, sites will be able to ask for payment from AI firms in return for having their content scraped.

Many prominent writers, artists, musicians and actors have accused AI firms of training systems on their work without permission or payment.

In the UK, it led to a furious row between the government and artists including Sir Elton John over how to protect copyright.

Cloudflare’s tech targets AI firm bots – also known as crawlers – programmes that explore the web, indexing and collecting data as they go. They are important to the way AI firms build, train and operate their systems.

So far, Cloudflare says its tech is active on a million websites.

Roger Lynch, chief executive of Condé Nast, whose print titles include GQ, Vogue, and The New Yorker, said the move was “a game-changer” for publishers.

“This is a critical step toward creating a fair value exchange on the Internet that protects creators, supports quality journalism and holds AI companies accountable”, he wrote in a statement. However, other experts say stronger legal protections will still be needed...<<<Read More>>>...

Softening the Stress

 Stress shows up in all corners of life — from work, school, and finances to friends, family, and social plans. While some stress is part of being human, chronic stress can have a long-term, negative impact on both your mental and physical well-being. Fortunately, there are simple ways we can prevent (and even reverse) these damaging effects, so we can safeguard our health now and in the long run.

That’s why many people are turning to practices that not only offer relief but also help rewire the brain’s response to stress. One of those practices is called Neurosculpting — a blend of meditation, mindfulness, and simple neuroscience. Developed to help people create new neural pathways, this method gently guides the brain out of old stress loops and into more balanced, calm states.

The beauty of it is how simple and accessible it can be. Even a few minutes a day can help you shift from feeling reactive and frazzled to more grounded and mentally clear. In a world that moves fast and pulls us in countless directions, practices like this offer a quiet, steady anchor — a reminder that it’s possible to meet stress with softness and even reshape how we experience it altogether....<<<Read More>>>...

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Reeves in Tears as Starmer Refuses to Guarantee She Will Stay in Job

 Chancellor Rachel Reeves was visibly in tears during Prime Minister’s Questions today as Sir Keir Starmer refused to guarantee she would remain in role following last night’s welfare reform humiliation. The Telegraph has more.

Sir Keir Starmer failed to repeat a guarantee that Rachel Reeves will remain in her role as Chancellor for the whole of Labour’s first term in power as the Prime Minister remained under huge pressure over his welfare bill climbdown.

Kemi Badenoch took aim at a visibly emotional Ms Reeves during Prime Minister’s Questions and labelled the Chancellor a “human shield” for Sir Keir’s “incompetence”.

The Chancellor could be seen wiping tears from her face during PMQs although the exact reason why was not immediately clear.

Downing Street promised in January this year that Ms Reeves would remain as Chancellor for the duration of the five year parliament.

Mrs Badenoch asked Sir Keir to repeat the commitment.

Gesturing towards Ms Reeves, the Tory leader said: “She looks absolutely miserable. She looks absolutely miserable. Labour MPs are going on the record saying that the Chancellor is toast and the reality is that she is a human shield for his incompetence.

“In January he said that she would be in post until the next election. Will she really?”

Sir Keir said: “She certainly won’t [directed at Mrs Badenoch]. I have to say I am always cheered up when she asks me questions or responds to a statement because she always makes a complete mess of it and shows just how unserious and irrelevant they are.”

Mrs Badenoch then noted that Sir Keir had not guaranteed his Chancellor’s future.

“How awful for the Chancellor that he couldn’t confirm that she will stay in place,” she said....<<<Read More>>>...

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Reiner Fuellmich: “The monsters have reached the end of the line”

 On 29 June, Dr. Reiner Fuellmich gave a message for the world.

People may feel stuck in a dead end as they can’t see progress towards a better future. But do not lose hope because it is not our side that is stuck, Dr. Fuellmich said. The covid perpetrators, whom he calls “monsters,” are stuck and “have run into a massive brick wall at the end of a one-way street that leads into a dead end.”

“The monsters have reached the end of their line,” he said. “The war, which they have already lost … is not quite over yet. But we are in the process of ending it together.”...<<<Read More>>>...

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Germany’s war on free speech: Woman FINED for using thumbs-up emoji

A woman from Germany has been slapped with a €1,800 ($2,127) fine for using thumbs-up emojis in support of a post about a Swedish girl killing her migrant rapist.

The 64-year-old woman from the Lohfelden municipality in Germany's Hesse state responded to the provocative social media post on Oct. 26, 2023. She used three thumbs-up emojis to express her agreement with the Swedish girl's act of self-defense. But this merited a thumbs-down from government prosecutors, who interpreted the reaction as endorsing vigilantism and mocking the deceased.

The Kassel Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) issued a formal penalty notice to the woman months later. It argued that her reaction violated Section 140 of the German Criminal Code by "publicly approving an intentional killing" and expressing "particular pleasure" that the victim was a migrant.

The woman retains the right to appeal the penalty. But if a court upholds the fine, it sets a precedent that even nonverbal digital gestures can be criminalized based on subjective interpretation....<<<Read More>>>...

Rep. Burlison on UFO Secrets: ‘We Have Something Crazy Under Lock and Key’

 Rep. Burlison has been vocal about UFOs (UAPs) and the need for transparency. Though not on defense committees, he pushes for access to classified tech, saying: “We owe it to the American people to understand where the money is being spent… somebody has discovered something—some advanced form of propulsion or technology—that might actually change all of our lives.”

He suspects hidden budgets fund these projects, echoing whistleblower David Grusch’s claims about private-sector secrecy.

Burlison is skeptical of alien origins but investigates rigorously. After a briefing with AARO (a government UAP office), he noted: “David [Grusch] gave them more information, I think, than they gave us.”

He also confirmed FBI agents saw unexplained objects (“some different people on the team have actually seen objects”), but admits Congress is blocked from key briefings: “We have been blocked… from receiving the briefings we need.”...<<<Read More>>>...

 

The Sheer Bad Craziness of UK Immigration Law

 Here’s a little experiment that you can run in your own free time with a willing research subject. Take a fairly mild-mannered, middle-class, reasonable adult-in-the-room voter. Then give him five judgments to read from the Upper Tribunal’s Immigration and Asylum Chamber, taken at random. And then watch your Centrist Dad transform into Attila the Hun.

I have written about what goes on in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber before from jurisprudential and political theological perspectives. In this piece, I will focus on another aspect of the phenomenon, which is the role played by purported ‘expertise’ in borking and gumming up the system and otherwise debasing legal process. As a window onto this issue, I will be using the recent case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v CC UI-2024-005955 (2025), in which a decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to prevent deportation of a foreign sex offender and drug dealer was successfully appealed on the grounds that – to put it technically – it was not only completely hare-brained but actively mendacious....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #696

 

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The Real Price of Convenience: Going Cashless Is Costing You More Than You Think

 We’ve all done it at some point – tapped our card, phone, or watch at the checkout without thinking twice. But in the background, there’s an additional cost of its convenience that few people ever consider. 

Paying with cash reportedly causes psychological discomfort, as we’re constantly aware of what we’re spending, known as the “pain of paying” by some researchers. Their studies show that when we pay digitally, we pay much more freely and feel less friction. In real terms, research has shown that mobile payments lead to 9% higher transaction values and 11% higher payment frequency when compared to cash. And more than half of Americans now say their primary payment method is digital rather than traditional. [Source: TIME] 

Essentially, using modern ways of paying bypasses our hardwired financial senses, meaning we’re all silently becoming more comfortable with invisible spending....<<<Read More>>>...

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As the “climate change” Ponzi scheme crumbles thanks to Trump and truth news, the globalists turn back to investing in fossil fuels

 The Climate Cult of elites are now backing fossil fuel again as their global warming Ponzi scheme losing steam (pun intended). 

The big banks are all in for fossil fuel again, and “all out” of wasting their breath trying to convince the populace to give them all their hard-earned money for yachts and private jets they use to spread the gospel lies. 

So don't go worrying your head about this hot summer. The world is not flat, we never made it to the moon with humans, vaccines are dirty, and the earth is not sinking in the ocean. Want to know the truth? Just follow the money...<<<Read More>>>...

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