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In an exclusive statement shared with Rolling Stone, Messina Touring Group, promoter of the U.S. leg of Sheeran’s Loop Tour, said: “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans.

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The venues that allegedly objected to the rapper include: Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts; Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta; Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis; Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina; AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Rapper Macklemore is a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza residents. During a recent concert at MetLife Stadium, he yelled "Free Palestine!" onstage, projected images of devastation in the area, and performed protest song "Hind's Hall."

Now, it seems that American venues are not willing to play ball with the Seattle artist, and he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.

"After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates," according to Messina Touring Group, the promoter of Loop Tour. This news follows backlash from organizations like StopAntisemitism and others, such as pop star Pink.

President Trump said at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday night that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, he would have politely called up the Supreme Leader instead of “bombing the crap” out of the country.

“If they had a nuclear weapon, I’d be calling the Supreme Leader, and I’d be saying, ‘Mr. Supreme Leader, how are you, sir? Is there anything we can do for you?’ as opposed to bombing the crap out of him.” Trump said, evoking cheers from the crowd.

“It’s very simple. We cannot let them have a nuclear weapon,” the president added.

While Trump has continued to frame his war with Iran as necessary to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons, there was no evidence either before the June 2025 war or the current conflict that Tehran had decided to pursue a bomb, and that was the consensus of US intelligence agencies at the beginning of Trump’s second term.

“We continue to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003, though pressure has probably built on him to do so,” read the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s annual threat assessment that was published in March 2025 and represented the assessment of the entire US intelligence community.

Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.

A federal judge late Sunday ordered that the U.S. Postal Service not implement Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail balloting, adding another obstacle to the administration’s effort to rewrite election rules as the Supreme Court is poised to weigh in on the matter.

The nation’s highest court already is considering the administration’s appeal of an order by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani in Boston prohibiting the Postal Service from enforcing its new rule on mail voting before this year’s midterm elections.

Late Sunday, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols in Washington, D.C., handed down a similar hold on the rule, which was issued Aug. 21.

PFAS companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned.

Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production.

Many frame their investments around the “AI revolution”, because of the role Pfas play in semiconductor production and next-generation datacentre cooling systems.

But opponents warn that the chemicals, which never degrade in nature, are a ticking timebomb for human and planetary health. They say increased production risks undermining nascent moves to restrict Pfas in Europe, the UK and parts of the US.

Every figure is sourced from the primary documents — House of Commons Library, IFS, ONS, court filings and the leases themselves. Full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzl3tDZn6OY

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51905809

Starts to feel like a wave of this kind of BS is hitting the world.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/59022454

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• Beginning in July 2025, China embarked on a $167 billion hydropower project in Tibet to be completed in the early 2030s, comprising five cascading stations along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows into India as the Siang and later becomes the Brahmaputra.
• The project is, in fact, a time bomb. An active fault line runs directly beneath the hydropower project, posing a threat to the mega-dam now under construction. This is not alarmism from foreign critics but the conclusion of Chinese geologists themselves, published in Mandarin in the journal Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology.
• The seismic volatility of the region is well documented. Pemakoe, the area at the heart of the project, is one of Tibet’s holiest places. It is a “Beyul,” a hidden valley revered in Tibetan folklore as a sanctuary during times of crisis.
• Yet the Chinese party-state has a habit of ignoring inconvenient truths that might tarnish its image of triumphant progress and mastery over nature.

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The consequences of this mega-dam are not limited to Tibet. Downstream, millions in India and Bangladesh depend on the Brahmaputra for agriculture, fisheries, and livelihoods.

Any disruption - whether from dam-induced water diversion or seismic collapse - could devastate communities far beyond China’s borders. China’s pursuit of hydropower in such a volatile region demonstrates a willingness to gamble with lives, ecosystems, and geopolitics for the sake of energy and prestige.

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The project is also a geopolitical manoeuvre. The diversion route runs close to the Doshung-la tunnel and the new G219 highway, linking Xinjiang to mainland China along Tibet’s southern borders. The opening of the road to Metok in 2021 facilitated construction, and villages have already been built to house tens of thousands of migrant workers from the mainland.

This influx will alter the demography of a sensitive border region, embedding Beijing’s presence more deeply. The G219 itself was once known as the Aksai Chin road, crossing Indian territory in Ladakh - a reminder of the contested geography in which this project unfolds.

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A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

The statue was found with red spray-paint. A nearby poster memorial in front of the statue was vandalized with red paint as well.

Jefferson county coroner says 40-year-old woman died on Saturday, while two infants died with disease in August

A coroner in Pennsylvania announced the death of a 40-year-old woman associated with the state’s ongoing measles outbreak. The death appears to mark the third in the US state’s ongoing outbreak.

Two previous deaths in the state were in infant children. In one case, the infant was born with a genetic defect that made her vulnerable to infection. The second infant child was infected with measles, and died of a ruptured spleen.

The woman died on Saturday, according to reporting by WTAE in Pittsburgh.

“Many people associate measles with a childhood illness, but it can lead to severe complications in individuals of any age,” Jason Stiver, the Jefferson county chief deputy coroner and public relations officer, told WTAE.

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A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful.

The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who had sued the agency. The labor organization had argued that plans by the Department of Homeland Security, which was then led by Secretary Kristi Noem, violated congressional protections that were designed to safeguard the independence of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The issue of the FEMA staffing was part of a much larger lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees and other labor groups, pushing back on efforts by the Trump administration to slash the federal workforce.