Pluralistic: Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search (29 Jun 2026)
Today’s links Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search: We’re All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This. Hey look at this:…
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AI’s Threat to Mental Health Care
Online mental health companies are rolling out AI chatbots as therapists struggle with insurance industry changes.
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The Declaration of Independence, America at 250 and Past Centennials
As America celebrates its Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) this year, explore a curated list of materials preserved at the Internet Archive documenting the nation’s founding, the…
Across Europe, Heat Adaptation Plans Are Being Put to the Test
“Cities across the world are still preparing for the heat that we’re experiencing today.”
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Cabinet of the Blacklisted: Sanctioned Loyalists Take Charge of Venezuela’s Quake Relief
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez laid out her disaster response plan flanked by an inner circle of powerful officials blacklisted by the United States and Canada…
Venezuela quake: Search goes on for survivors amid ‘impossible odds’
Emergency response teams pressed on with their lifesaving mission in Venezuela on Monday as countless local responders and families continued their search for missing relatives…
UN details humanitarian toll of strikes on Ukrainian power industry
Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries continue to launch long-range drone…
World News in Brief: Afghanistan airstrikes, rights violations in DR Congo, Gaza displacement
At least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan on Sunday evening, the…
Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 1,700 as UN continues to scale up response
Five days after powerful earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, the death toll continues to climb along with the intense rescue operation and the UN coordinates humanitarian…
Sudan: UN welcomes extension of vital aid corridor amid rising insecurity
The United Nations has welcomed Sudan’s decision to extend the opening of an aid corridor with neighbouring Chad and continues to express concern over the…