Society
In Fear of Public Scrutiny, Chicago Officer Didn’t Use Gun While She Was Beaten ktla v
While wrestling on the ground, the the man allegedly grabbed the officer's head and slammed her face into the pavement repeatedly until she lost consciousness, [the superintendent] said.
Privacy
Police tracking social media during protests stirs concerns sfgate
Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union say the software can be easily used to collect information on peaceful protesters or target certain groups. The programs let police gather and record all online posts within specific geographic boundaries, and some allow users to do keyword searches for certain words or hashtags.
False Religion
Ghana Wants To Remove Statue Of Gandhi Over Racism Controversy npr.org
...in the petition, the University of Ghana professors point to comments Gandhi made early in his career. "How will the historian teach and explain that Gandhi was uncharitable in his attitude towards the Black race and see that we're glorifying him by erecting a statue on our campus?" the petition reads.
US-Russia
Kerry Seeks War Crimes Probe as U.S.-Russian Ties Crumble bloomberg
“These are acts that beg for an appropriate investigation of war crimes and those who commit these would and should be held accountable for these actions,” Kerry said in Washington on Friday alongside French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault gouvernement.fr. “They’re beyond the accidental now, way beyond, years beyond the accidental.”
Also see John Kerry says Russia and Syrian regime should face war crimes investigation for 'terrorising civilians' telegraph.co.uk
Philippines
Philippines' defence minister says military can cope without U.S. aid in.reuters
Lorenzana's remarks suggested he was following other top officials in Duterte's administration in rallying behind the maverick president's tough anti-U.S. agenda after weeks of scrambling to manage the fallout from his outbursts and threats to downgrade the alliance.
Also see Philippines' defence chief tells US military to joint patrols, naval exercises on hold abc.net.au
North Korea
Satellite images show activity at North Korea nuclear test site in.reuters
An increase in activity at North Korea's nuclear test site could signal preparations for a new test or a collection of data from its last one, a U.S.-based monitoring group said on Friday, citing satellite images.
Space
Hubble has spotted mysterious balls of plasma shooting from a star sciencealert
This mysterious 'cannon fire' has been detected in the region once every 8.5 years for at least the past 400 years, but this is the first time it's ever been seen in action, and researchers think they might finally know where it's coming from.
Martian Gardens' Help Scientists Find the Best Veggies to Grow on Mars space
"We are using advances in science to learn about increasing plant production to supplement astronauts' diets," Trent Smith, project manager for the Vegetable Production System nasa.gov (Veggie) experiment at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, said in the statement. The Veggie experiment has allowed astronauts to garden in space and conduct experiments on plant biology on the International Space Station.
'Message in a bottle' to be beamed out on 400-year trek to North Star heraldscotland
The transmission on Monday October 10 will take 434 years to reach Polaris travelling at the speed of light.
AI
Why AI Makes It Hard to Prove That Self-Driving Cars Are Safe spectrum.ieee.org
“This is an inherent risk and failure mode of inductive learning,” Koopman says. If you look inside the model to see what it does, all you get are statistical numbers. It’s a black box. You don’t know exactly what it’s learning, he says.
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