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A Pekin pastor is calling for less automated moderation of internet content and for organizations to back up their history after his church's YouTube channel was deleted without warning. Nathan Noyes, pastor of Gethsemane Church in Pekin, went to YouTube in June to upload recent church videos only to discover YouTube deleted Gethsemane's channel. It allegedly violated the site’s spam, deceptive practices and scam policy. Countless videos — documenting church activities and history — were lost. Noyes is advocating for more humans reviewing internet-content appeals not just so this does not happen to others but because he thinks it is better for free speech. “Free speech is how we have conversations and even debates, and find out what is the truth,” Noyes said. “If we shut down have this cancel thing where you just cancel somebody and then don’t even a reason, I really think that’s un-American, and it’s a travesty.” Courtesy of Gethsemane Church Pastor Nathan Noyes of Gethsemane Church in Pekin. Noyes received no warnings or strikes before YouTube took down the channel. Noyes reached out to YouTube in several different ways, but his appeals were repeatedly denied. “We’re flagged because of AI, and then we’re

Three of the least likely scenarios in social media would also be the most disruptive: a regulatory ban on addictive feed design, a Facebook revival, and an AI chatbot building a $100 billion ad business. None of them is likely. Each one exposes a tension already at work, from how regulators treat engagement mechanics to how much advertising a chatbot can actually carry. "If the EU were to ban infinite scrolling, it seems pretty clear that that would significantly curtail the amount of time people spend watching these kinds of videos," said our analyst Max Willens on a recent episode of "Behind the Numbers." Willens and two other analysts walked through three "what if" predictions on the episode. What if the EU bans infinite scroll? The European Union's preliminary finding that Meta violated the Digital Services Act puts infinite scroll, the endless feed that keeps users engaged, in regulatory crosshairs. The EU specifically cited concerns about auto-playing video, ceaseless push notifications, and infinite scroll as problematic design features. Meta faces fines of up to 6% of its global turnover for non-compliance,  » Read More

Hello and good Monday morning. I’m back with your dose of Helena This Week. This issue, we have a few notices about some highway projects just east of Helena, along with an open house to accompany them. Additionally, people should probably stay out of the water up at Hauser Lake, and I got to chat with our new fire chief about where he is on the upcoming public safety levy. In our main feature, though, the county sheriff’s office explains why it takes to social media to get people to respond to jury summonses. Read all about it below. But first, a weather preview ☀️ Thank goodness for the cool temperatures and rain that knocked down most of the smoke hovering over Helena. This week starts off a bit warmer with a Monday high lingering in the low 80s and a 30% chance of showers, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Olivia Dzomba. Keep your umbrella on deck; there are still slight chances of rain Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in the mid-70s and overnight lows in the low 50s.  » Read More

First generation tapes containing a recording made by Mike Millard of Led Zeppelin performing on March 11 and March 12, 1975 at the Long Beach Arena (eBay/luckyforamnesia) Posted By: ledzepnews 16th August 2026 A collection of rare Led Zeppelin tapes made by Mike Millard have appeared for sale on eBay, offering a rare chance to own recordings created by one of the most legendary concert tapers. eBay seller luckyforamnesia has listed for sale five first generation tape recordings made by Millard. “These were copied by Mike Millard himself and are genuine 1st generation copies,” the descriptions of the tapes reads. “A family member who has since passed away, obtained these in the 1990’s from a collector who had obtained these directly from Mike. These have been in a climate-controlled storage unit up until listing.” The seller has listed the following recordings: March 11 and March 12, 1975 at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California March 24 and March 25, 1975 at The Forum in Inglewood, California June 19 and June 21, 1977 at the San Diego Sports Arena and at The Forum in Inglewood, California June 23 and June 25, 1977 at The Forum in Inglewood, California June 27

NewsAndoni Iraola reaction: Liverpool 2-0 Como, Jacquet, Araujo and season prep Published 6 hours ago By Glenn Price at Anfield Andoni Iraola drew plenty of positives from Liverpool's 2-0 win over Como 1907 at Anfield in a friendly on Sunday evening. The Reds ended their 2026-27 pre-season programme in victory thanks to first-half finishes from Cody Gakpo and debutant Jeremy Jacquet. It was the second meeting between the clubs on the day, with the first ending goalless at the AXA Training Centre . Read on for Liverpoolfc.com's interview with the head coach after the game in L4. On the positives from the win... I think we need a little bit this feeling of finishing with a clean sheet, winning the game. Still, the first half has been better than the second, but at least we kept our organisation, our composure and we found a way to finish with a clean sheet, 2-0. I think we needed this feeling before we start. On whether he was impressed by the performances of Jacquet and Ronald Araujo... Yes, both of them. I think Jeremy played really well. Also Ronald played really well when he came in. When you have two new faces, first

Severe crop damage reported after Israel sprayed herbicide over Quneitra Multiple new Israeli raids were reported in Syria over the weekend, including raids on villages in Quneitra and another incident on Friday in which Israeli forces opened fire on the western Daraa village of Maariyah. In Quneitra Governorate, troops raided Jbata al-Khashab, backed by six military vehicles, searching a home before withdrawing. Later Saturday, troops raided al-Rafid, searching several more homes there. No arrests were reported. Sunday, Israeli forces entered Quneitra near the village of Saida al-Golan, establishing a military checkpoint to inspect people passing by. Locals were searched, but here again no detentions were reported. Israeli military vehicles along the frontier with Syria | Image from SOHR The frequency of such cross-border operations has been escalating for awhile, but has reached an almost fevered pace in August. In the past two weeks, 43 distinct ground incursions were reported by the Israeli forces into Quneitra and Daraa Governorates. Mostly, this was centered on the Yarmouk River Basin. The growing concern in this region, whose economy is heavily agriculture-based, is not just the raids and harassment, but the chemical herbicides sprayed by Israeli forces on Syrian land have done substantial damage

Top-notch Sydney chamber group Omega Ensemble took a sharp turn in direction about a decade ago when Artistic Director David Rowden started looking towards the now and the future. Alongside mainstream Classical, Romantic and 20th century repertoire the ever-adventurous clarinettist started commissioning new works by internationally acclaimed contemporary US composers, like Nico Muhly and Missy Mazoli, alongside established and rising Australian talent. Taking it a step further Omega set up The CoLAB Composer Accelerator Program six years ago, putting young homegrown talent through a nine-month intensive creative workshop in which their specially written new works were put through the wringer with eminent mentors and the ensemble’s musicians. At the end of this rigorous process the works would be heard for the first time at one of Omega’s concerts. The 2026 CoLAB composers: Robert McIntyre, Jessie Leov, Beth Roche and Thomas Misson. Photo © Gxbriellemxry This year it was the turn of four composers – Robert McIntyre from Victoria; Kiwi Jessie Leov; Tasmanian Thomas Misson and NSW’s Beth Roche – to have their quintets premiered by Rowden with Mark Ingwersen (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello) and Vatche Jambazian (piano). Each piece lasted about 14 minutes and the composers gave

A Heat Advisory remains in effect across much of north and central Georgia until 8 p.m. EDT Monday, with heat index values reaching up to 109 degrees. Hot temperatures and high humidity could cause heat illnesses, while elevated overnight temperatures will provide little relief for vulnerable populations. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for north and central Georgia for Sunday, August 16. Bonus for the more weather-curious among you … To read an article about interpreting a weather news report with some of the typical terminology defined,   follow this link to “How to read and interpret a local weather report . What is in the Heat Advisory? The heat advisory states the following: 601 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026 …HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT MONDAY… WHAT…Heat index values up to 109. WHERE…Portions of central, east central, north central,northeast, northwest, southeast, and west central Georgia. WHEN…Until 8 PM EDT Monday. IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heatillnesses. Overnight temperatures and humidity will remainelevated, providing little relief for vulnerable populations. ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Highest heat index values will occur from latemorning through late afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay

The standard narrative about China’s rise to the top of the global electric vehicle (EV) industry centres on ‘the state’, in the form of a monolithic national government, identifying a sector rich with opportunity and willing it into being with a determined and coordinated scheme of subsidies and other industrial support. As Fengming Lu and Xiao Ma point out in this week’s lead article, that narrative simplifies a much more complex story. The rise of China’s globally competitive EV manufacturers owes as much to fragmentation and competition among different elements of the central government, the policies of provincial and local governments and the dynamics in global capital markets at crucial points in the industry’s development as it does to coordinated state support. Central ministries, as Lu and Ma’s tracing of the industry’s emergence details, competed over regulatory authority and preferred technologies rather than following a common blueprint. The resulting policy gaps ‘sometimes created openings for peripheral businesses such as automakers Chery and Geely, policy entrepreneurs and technical experts to influence policy’, as Lu and Ma explain. Provincial governments, formally incentivised to drive local industrialisation, also learnt to become creative with centrally determined rules around support for private firms. They found

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