Extra, Extra

Just a Matter of Ven: “The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald, as the U.S. prepares to initiate the next stage of its campaign against the Soles drug cartel.” And from WaPo: As U.S. ramps up the pressure, Venezuela pleads with Moscow, Beijing for help.

+ Bad to Worse: Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre, ‘hero’ doctors abducted.

+ Brotherly Shove: “King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” (If real kings punish people for their Epstein involvement, shouldn’t fake kings do the same?)

+ AI Means Never Having to Say Your Sorry: “Confronted with allegations that they had cheated in an introductory data science course and fudged their attendance, dozens of undergraduates at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently sent two professors a mea culpa via email. But there was one problem, a glaring one: They had not written the emails. Artificial intelligence had.” (Even AI is like, sorry kids, you’re on your own from here on out…)

+ Remote Controlled: If I come knocking on your door around the time of the Cal football game on Saturday, this will be why. “YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal.”

+ Meatheads: “It was only with the advent of modern factory farming that meat became so reliable and ubiquitous that Americans can now eat it three times a day.” Vox (Gift Article) on The myth of the carnivore caveman.

+ Primetime Number: Dictionary.com says 6-7 is the word of the year. No one even knows what it means. (I’ve always assumed it was like 69 for slightly uncoordinated people.)