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Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline. Mr. Bundi estimates he wrote more than 2,500 essays over the next 12 years, sometimes three a day. He balanced completing his public health degree with helping faraway students studying engineering, medicine and computer science to finish theirs. Some students gave him their school login information so he could keep up with their assignments. Mr. Bundi didn’t know it then, but he was in the boom era of internet gig...

Please join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.1 Timothy 2:1-2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

The panicans, thus far, have been proven wrong once again. Despite mass bipartisan fears of an unemployment crisis thanks to the technological advancements made in artificial intelligence, advancements in AI have created about one million American jobs, according to The Economist, readily outpacing the about 200,000 layoffs attributed to AI in the same period. In other words, technological advancements have yet again proven to be a net producer of jobs.🚨 The Economist: AI has already created around 1 MILLION American jobs.From skilled trades to high-tech roles, AI is proving to be a net job creator. pic.twitter.com/wKzAkg35wW— Innovation Council (@innovationcncl) September...

Much has been made about Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s version, or perversion, of “Christianity.”The Democrat nominee has called St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin home since he was two years old, he says. It has been led for 35 years by Rev. Jim Rigby, whom Talarico calls a “mentor.” Rev. Babs Miller is “Minister to the Parish,” according to the progressive church’s website. So, one might conclude Miller knows a thing or two about St. Andrews’ congregants and their beliefs.“We still have people in this church who wish that the young man had not just nicked his ear,...

For six centuries, the body of Alexander the great lay in a monumental tomb in at heart of Alexandria. After a series of disasters, the tomb vanished. The conqueror's body, however, may have survived... Following the death of the conqueror in Babylon, their body began a long journey involving squabbling generals, a golden coffin in Alexandria, and various imperial visitors. tol-in-stone examines the tumultuous history of this lost mausoleum, exploring theories ranging from catastrophic destruction to a potential relocation to Venice. Where is the Body of Alexander the Great? | 8:35 toldinstone | 648K subscribers | 298,441 views | July...

Just as "The Obsolete Man," which aired in 1961, depicted a future society in which technology had rendered certain professions obsolete, a recent survey showed that, as AI reshapes the workplace, most U.S. workers fear becoming obsolete in the future workforce and believe developing new skills is essential to job security.While many workers attributed their fear of obsolescence to a lack of skill with the latest technologies, some hiring and workforce professionals said building interpersonal skills is increasingly critical, especially at a time when many young people are living in a digital world.ETS, a global nonprofit educational testing and measurement...

An Anthropic researcher is quitting the artificial-intelligence industry over fears that the lab and its competitors are racing to build systems they won’t be able to control, a sign of mounting safety concerns within top AI companies. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who specializes in training new AI models by having them consume vast amounts of data, said Tuesday that he is leaving the company because he doesn’t want to participate in an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves, worried such systems could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. The 27-year old Brit, who previously studied...

For a government in as deep kimchi financially as the current Labour government running the United Kingdom, you would think there would be significant thought given to collecting taxes as much as they do to handing out what they'd actually collected and what they've promised. Granted, none of it balances on either side of the ledger as it should - the 'incoming' column is decidedly less than the 'what I told them I'd give them' side, but most governments run on a deficit. The key is to try to continually reduce them, or at least keep them at bay in...

This edition of NTD Evening News (September 8, 2026) covers a wide array of political and international developments. Below are the key stories highlighted in the report: Political and International News: US-Canada Trade War: President Trump has escalated trade tensions by announcing that federal agencies will stop purchasing Canadian-made goods unless Canada opens its government contracts to American companies (1:28 - 2:07, 31:19 - 34:25). Russia-Ukraine: President Trump held a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging a swift end to the conflict in Ukraine to potentially restore US-Russia relations (2:07 - 2:48). 9/11 Anniversary Tributes: As the 25th anniversary...

There is plenty Republicans and Democrats can disagree about when it comes to Joe Biden. His health shouldn't be one of them. The former president has been fighting an aggressive form of Stage 4 prostate cancer that spread to his bones, and some of the recent updates from his family have been difficult to hear. On Tuesday, Americans finally got some good news. Biden announced that the radiation treatment he underwent last fall “worked as intended,” while revealing that he remains active and is continuing to work on his memoir.That's a welcome update regardless of anyone's politics. Biden, now 83,...

For much of its history, Albania remained as shadowy and remote as the fictional Syldavia of the Tintin comics. Letters to Albania were sometimes returned from Albany, New York, with the postal direction “Try Europe.” The country came into existence only after 1912, with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Its first ruler, King Zog, was hounded out by Mussolini when he invaded in 1939. Five years later, the Italians and their Nazi German allies were expelled in turn by the Albanian nationalist leader Enver Hoxha. A Muslim-born communist, Hoxha turned his Balkan fiefdom into a self-immolated model of Stalinist...

President Donald Trump has shared a revised version of his ranking of U.S. presidents, expanding a chart he posted days earlier that placed himself alone in a category labeled "The Greatest" above Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The updated ranking, posted to Truth Social on Sunday, retains Trump in a standalone top tier but adds a number of former presidents who were absent from the version he previously shared. Among those newly included are Ronald Reagan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. The president’s original chart...

Is Rome Minimizing Our Lady? The Crisis of Marian Devotion Why are traditional Marian titles being minimized precisely when the Church needs Our Lady more than ever? From Coredemptrix and Mediatrix to Don Bosco’s famous vision of the Two Pillars, this powerful reflection calls Catholics back to the Mother of God, and warns against a Marian minimalism that risks forgetting how profoundly Our Lady belongs to the story of our salvation. On this feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church recounts the unique role of our Lady in salvation history: the one chosen by God to...

A new study, "Range and diet diversity in the Pleistocene American 'cheetah,' Miracinonyx trumani," was published in the scientific journal Current Biology on Friday. Using the tiniest of bones, including some found in Wyoming's Natural Trap Cave, the diet and DNA of the American cheetah-like cat have been revealed in astonishing detail... "It's actually most closely related to the living mountain lion, and those are both sister species most closely related to the jaguarundi," she said. "The three of them together are distantly related to modern cheetah."... Some of the best Late Pleistocene specimens [various species] ever found have come...

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials appointed Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife to multiple government positions, many of which partially overlapped with her two U.S. Cabinet posts, according to Chinese government and state media reports unearthed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Elaine Chao, who married the Kentucky Republican in 1993, has held numerous U.S. government positions since the 1980s, including serving as Department of Labor (DOL) secretary throughout President George W. Bush’s tenure and as Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term. After resigning from the Trump administration in January 2021, Chao then served on the board...

We're counting down to Apple's Sept. 9 unveiling of the foldable iPhone Ultra. It's the first keynote helmed by new Apple CEO John Ternus and expected to be Apple's biggest event in years. Apple’s Sept. 9 event is nearly here, and we’re expecting it to be filled with firsts for the company. The company’s fall event — starting Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) — will be the first to be hosted by new Apple CEO John Ternus and could be the stage where we see Apple’s long-rumored folding iPhone. That possible foldable, rumored to be called the...

This video, presented by Matt Morse, discusses a new national security executive order signed by President Trump regarding the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. The creator argues that the order is a major sanctions program designed to combat foreign election interference, including hacking, propaganda, and foreign money in US elections (0:54 - 1:39). Key points covered in the video: Executive Order 13848: The video explains that this order allows the US Treasury to block assets of foreign individuals or entities involved in election interference (0:54 - 1:39). Election Integrity Concerns: The creator highlights claims of past foreign data acquisition, voter roll...

Fourteen miles of water separate Long Island from the mainland. Fixing that gap should be simple. So why has it failed for seven decades straight -- and why is a developer betting $50 billion that he's finally cracked it? The answer isn't the engineering. It never was. New York's New $50B Long Island Crossing Just Changed Everything | 15:06 MegaBuilds | 116K subscribers | 59,242 views | August 29, 2026

Four innocent children were deliberately drugged and murdered by their own mother and grandmother in a sickening murder-suicide plot allegedly driven by a bitter custody dispute, according to investigators. The children, Harper Harmon, 13; Hudson Harmon, 11; and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon, were found dead alongside their mother, Sarah Myers, 44, and grandmother, Amy Steadman, 64, inside Steadman’s apartment in Mechanicville, New York, on June 23. Investigators believe the children were murdered on June 10, nearly two weeks before their decomposing bodies were discovered during a welfare check. Now, toxicology results have revealed that diphenhydramine, the active ingredient...

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) filed an amended complaint Tuesday morning in an Alabama federal court, showing it’s prepared to take the extraordinary step of expelling LSU from the conference. The conference presidents have scheduled a vote on whether to expel the Tigers from the league, stemming from the school’s potential to add former NFL players to its football roster. The SEC amended the federal lawsuit it filed against LSU last week, asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the school from interfering with the scheduled meeting of university presidents and chancellors. ESPN shared further: The SEC...