Dennis Hastert, former House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 58
Dennis Hastert, former House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84
The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekend Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said on Monday. He was 84.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 50
UK Green Party votes to define Zionism as ‘racism’
The UK’s Green Party has voted to define Zionism as a form of racism.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 46
TCL’s paperlike OLED phone made me more excited for the iPhone Duo - theverge.com
TCL’s paperlike OLED phone made me more excited for the iPhone Duo theverge.com
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
Kuwaiti jailed for life in UK over bid to attack Israeli embassy
Abdullah Albadri, 34, must serve a minimum 20 years behind bars, a judge ordered, after a jury found him guilty in May.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 43
Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks - theverge.com
Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks theverge.com Google says some Googlebooks have better Android app support than others, and here's why Android Authority Don’t Expect Every New Googlebook App to Play Nice With Intel Chips Gizmodo Google Admits…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IDF Carmeli Brigade locates, destroys Assad-era weapons in southern Syria
Later on Monday, the military said it shot and arrested two suspects who approached an IDF post in southern Syria while riding a motorcycle. No Israeli soldiers were injured.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84
Hastert, sentenced in April 2016 to 15 months in prison for bank fraud for trying to cover up payments to keep his molestation secret, died at his home over the weekend due to natural causes.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
‘Blood of my son on his hands’: Netanyahu’s October 7 speech interrupted by bereaved father
Tom Godo's funeral was held on October 13, 2023, with the IDF informing his family in 2025 that Israeli fire was responsible for his death, KAN reported.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Japanese PM Takaichi protests to US after Marine accused of murder in Okinawa
Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture, on Saturday.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
LDF 2026: Design collectives
Much has been said and written about design festivals having to bow to economic restraints and corporate rule. This year, independent collectives across London got together to shake up the establishment by just doing it themselves, together.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead. Their forthcoming Meta VR glasses have chunky stems, but otherwise look a lot closer to regular eyewear.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery
Earlier we looked at the ev¹ , a beautiful powered wheelchair by Singaporean startup Strutt . We were so taken by the form that we didn't even wonder where the battery goes, or what it looks like.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Unusual Joinery in Abuse Studio's 1000L Furniture
Furniture designers once sought to hide their joinery. But these days anything goes, with some designers turning the joinery itself into a point of visual interest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
"A Design Wonderland:" The X-D-E-P-O-T, a Repository of Good Design
If you're into industrial design history, here's a worthwhile destination: The X-D-E-P-O-T , a long-term exhibition by German design museum Die Neue Sammlung at their facility in Munich.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
International study finds ethnic minorities have less trust in police
A new study led by an academic staff member from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has analyzed trust between police and ethnic minorities in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States, revealing meaningful similarities between Māori and Black Americans.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Extinct bovine species discovered in Siberia reveals lost relative of yaks
DNA analyses of ancient remains have revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species that inhabited southern Siberia during and even before the last ice age.
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