https://drudge.com/user/GALAXIEPETE New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/293996/middle-east-just-built-its-own-nato https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-middle-east-just-built-its-own-nato-and-signed-america-s-exit-ticket/ar-AA2anD3A?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a85e6bb6eb448cd8f4d4f9bea420754&cvpid=6a85ea1bbdf54508a05e00dc98fb3629&ei=64 The Mecca Agreement and regional pipeline bypasses confirm that Middle Eastern self-reliance, as a multinational region, is no longer theoretical.. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmf33vjcf2c" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiej3h67r4xuqfwznv4b7tio6yw3g53ifzdxcpt4a2gygdelgbwcbe" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Turkey says the Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan does not target Iran, as Ankara outlines how the agreement would work and signals that Egypt could join https://aje.news/j4blt1<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3msmf33vjcf2c?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Al Jazeera English (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed">@aljazeera.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3msmf33vjcf2c?ref_src=embed">9:00 PM &Acirc;&middot; Aug 8, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:32:57 -0400 GalaxiePete https://drudge.com/news/293996/middle-east-just-built-its-own-nato#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293996 news, 0.5 daily 293996 https://drudge.com/news/293392/dave-eggers-told-openai-staff-chatgpt https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/967630/dave-eggers-openai-chatgpt-silencing-an-entire-generation?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6ImtOMG9QZVhmMXciLCJwIjoiL2FpLWFydGlmaWNpYWwtaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlLzk2NzYzMC9kYXZlLWVnZ2Vycy1vcGVuYWktY2 Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:rnma6rthdc6ro5giv3xq2hda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7coo735225" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigkftlc2fj7pquro6ked4p4gsr7zklbqa3sxr3qgroqis6o2h6xeu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Dave Eggers? They invited the same Dave Eggers who wrote a prophetic novel about the evils of surveillance tech and wearables and the social media panopticon like a full half-decade before anybody else was worried about them? That&#x27;s on them<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnma6rthdc6ro5giv3xq2hda/post/3mr7coo735225?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- G. Willow Wilson (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnma6rthdc6ro5giv3xq2hda?ref_src=embed">@gwillow.me</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnma6rthdc6ro5giv3xq2hda/post/3mr7coo735225?ref_src=embed">10:47 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 21, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:32:31 -0400 GalaxiePete https://drudge.com/news/293392/dave-eggers-told-openai-staff-chatgpt#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293392 news, 0.5 daily 293392 https://drudge.com/news/292954/search-ruins-continues-humanitarian https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-earthquakes-survivors-rescue-rodriguez-c1e96329a6194b56f19c75c168b9595d With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week's powerful back-to-back earthquakes ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphgds4vop2v" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiexfqou7rzylqk3jl62p3itqjy5wpmq2zuxgsp6ipvspivlvlnamu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3mphgds4vop2v?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Associated Press (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq?ref_src=embed">@apnews.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3mphgds4vop2v?ref_src=embed">5:23 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jun 29, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:33:50 -0400 GalaxiePete https://drudge.com/news/292954/search-ruins-continues-humanitarian#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292954 news, 0.5 daily 292954