TIL that when you 'delete' a chat in chatgpt, it just sends a PATCH request to /conversation/<id> endpoint with is_visible field set to false. i knew they won't delete your data, but this feels even more spooky now. doing "delete all" also just calls /conversations with the same payload 🤡🤡

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list ow.ly/SgcE106mXon

‼️🇺🇸: Charlie Kirk Show's "main tech guy" used the chair Charlie was shot in to stand on and unhook the camera that recorded the crowd-facing view during the assassination. Blatant contamination of the crime scene AND removal of the evidence? 👀‼️

Acoustic analysis confirms shooter was near ground-level, ~70-90ft away — not a rooftop. Crack–bang intervals across all recordings: 0.08–0.14s = 70–90 ft distance (speed of sound @ 82°F = 1141 ft/s) Closest audio clip shows total crack/bang overlap, impact clear = <100 ft

Breaking news: Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. on.ft.com/3JLwlKy

Russia’s latest strikes on civilian targets in Kyiv are yet another example of three simple facts: 1. Russia has no intentions of ending this war. 2. Russia has not changed its main strategic aim of destroying the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. 3. Russian strikes on civilian targets are a blatant violation of international law. The only thing that President Putin understands, is power. The only thing that will bring him to the negotiating table is pressure. Finland will continue to support Ukraine with all necessary diplomatic, financial and military efforts. For as long as it takes.

Trump says he has now ended 10 wars because he actually ended 3 more that he didn’t even know about in addition to his previous 7. (Audio).

Not just Chinese. Russia is doing this as well, to great effect. Years of damage have been done to many Americans’ perception of threats and adversaries.

Bellingcat CEO Eliot Higgins:

The Navy has released the full list of 381 books that the Naval Academy pulled from its library. One major theme among them -- titles discussing white supremacy in America and the impacts of racism. See: media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/0…

China has gained a foothold in the Finnish battery industry: A battery materials factory is being built in Kotka, with 70% ownership by a Chinese company. Two other planned projects also have a majority Chinese ownership. 1/

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place. I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

Did you know that "russian matryoshka" is ripped off from the Japanese "Fukurokuju"? I didn't. 🤷‍♂️

Ingenuity at the barricades Georgian protesters crafted a multi-barrel fireworks launcher to rain hell on these Russian bastards.

The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.

So with Elon working in the White House does that make Twitter state-run media?

Meanwhile in Russia: Chairman of the Committee on Defense of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov used Donald Trump's image to congratulate everyone with the Day of Russia's military intelligence officers.