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by Freddie Ponton, Activist Post: In early May 2026, three pro‑Palestine candidates in French municipal races were hit with a coordinated smear campaign built on lies, synthetic identities and anonymous digital attacks, which French authorities and platform investigators traced back to an Israeli influence construct and the wider cyber‑operations infrastructure behind it. In Marseille, QR […]

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Once voted the second-best song of all-time by the readers of Classic Rock, Stairway To Heaven is the Mount Everest of Rock

This article is part of Upstream, The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you. *** Welcome to the Bright Side, a weekly roundup of all the good news and ideas you might have missed from the past week. Soft-launching sentimental summer  Autumn’s got a reputation for being the most nostalgic of the seasons. But sweater weather, crunchy leaves, and hot cocoa can’t hold a pumpkin spice candle to the playful sentimentality of summer. I was teleported to my childhood in Pennsylvania the other day after seeing a lightning bug for the first time in 15 years. (I recently moved from Los Angeles to Nashville. Even though fireflies reportedly exist west of the Rocky Mountains, they’re not as into the bioluminescent thing, so who knows where they are in the dark.) The memory was so vivid, I could almost hear the soft hiss of lawn sprinklers and my Huffy bike chain jangling with every jumped curb. As kids, we also loved decorating smooth rocks from the creek behind my grandparents’ house and “selling” them to neighbors. If only we could have painted them like Junior Mints and McDonald’s hash browns, à la Elizabeth Saloka’s odd-sized-brick art, we could have made a fortune.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Elizabeth Saloka (@bettyrubblenyc) Feeling seasonally snacky? This summer’s viral “dot cake” trend brings “candy caviar” energy with its throwback topping of analog nonpareils. But for lovers of frozen cherries and grapes in warmer weather, sweet and salty frozen grapes feature a sweet lemon dressing pepped up by chili flakes and salt. Shake everything together in a zip-top bag, freeze, and bank a brand-new summer memory. Okay, but is this really the best decade of music? The 52nd American Music Awards happened in Las Vegas on Monday. But before the Artist of the Year trophy went to BTS and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Man’s Best Friend” won best album, a few industry icons revealed their opinions on “the best decade of music.” Wu-Tang may be “Forever,” but playlists featuring Britney, *NSYNC, Nirvana, and Snoop Dogg make the ’90s the top choice every day of the week. Sorry not sorry, we’re never letting go of our obsession with this decade. The ’80s and early 2000s followed close behind. As early ’90s choreography queen Paula Abdul declared, “The ’80s was great for music, but not fashion and not hairdos.” She obviously has no idea what she’s talking about. Pass the hairspray — these frosted wings aren’t gonna feather themselves over the shoulder pads of my color-block windbreaker.  Human life in 60 seconds Just before the neighborhood affair-slash-crime of passion was solved on “20/20,” my delulu Hulu court proceedings were interrupted by an Etsy commercial creatively ticking off mile markers of the average human life. I was gently smacked into reality by the emotional swell of handmade crafts.  According to the ad, we get 76 summers. And most of us probably barely remember the first 20. Pour me a frosé and slather me in Hawaiian Tropic; it’s time to start appreciating the moment! But there were other calculations to math. How many of us will work the average 12 jobs in a lifetime or experience 10 “fresh starts”? Can you already count more than six best friends, four “best dog friends,” and 15 “great loves” across your closest relationships? There’s something bittersweet about “three broken hearts” and “1,205 firsts.” As each of us gently marches toward our estimated 2.5 billionth heartbeat, fingers crossed, we all land above average on the things that matter most. America’s soft spot for cheese Doing the Lord’s work, vital research sponsored by Undeniably Dairy has revealed that 52% of America is “cheese-obsessed.” (FYI, it’s 100% if we’re just surveying my apartment.) And out of all the stinky, melty, crumbly options out there, our national favorite cheese is cheddar, followed by mozzarella and Parmesan. Clearly training for National Cheese Day on June 4, Wyoming, Illinois, and Alaska make up the top three cheese-eating states (even though the top cheese-producing states are Wisconsin, California, and Idaho). And the cheesiest demo is Gen Z. Of course, everyone’s invited to the cheese party, no matter your age or emotional support dairy of choice. But someone please tell me where to sign up for Cheese Survey ’27 because I’m gunning for Gruyère. The comic genius of wildlife I should confess that I’m a lifetime “America’s Funniest Home Videos” fan. Original host Bob Saget seemed like he could be everyone’s dad, and the corny jokes felt wholesome and perfect for Sunday night TV. Almost four decades into the series, I’d trade all of TikTok for the old VHS footage of the little boy who was scared of a life-size Eeyore. Bless his heart, that kid’s probably a grandpa by now. Having recently spent five uninterrupted minutes filming a squirrel hauling a slice of pizza up an electrical pole (follow me for more inspirational cinematography), I was delighted to discover that there’s an actual award for funny wildlife videos. (Real ones, not Temu pizza rats.) In the comic animal kingdom, it’s just another day in the wild as a grey heron surfs a hippo, a penguin ditches his friends when the water’s too cold, and two lions bro out like synchronized swimmers on land. All captured by lucky onlookers.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Nikon Comedy Wildlife (@comedywildlifephoto) If you’re wondering why we think it’s hilarious to watch a kangaroo scratch its chest like it’s playing air guitar, founder Tom Sullam says, “This ability that we have to recognize either ourselves in the images, or our friends or loved ones, is why these pictures are so intriguing.” Founded over a decade ago as part of a conservation effort, the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are open for submissions through June. But the chipmunk shoving peanuts into its mouth already won my heart. So glad you’re here! I always love reading your comments (you can email me too). I hope lighter news like this brings some sunshine to your day! — Lauren

Pope Leo has entered the artificial intelligence debate with his encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas.” He underscored the need for spiritual guidance by inviting Christopher Olah, co-founder of the AI giant Anthropic, to comment.“I lead a research team that studies the internal structure of these [AI] models,” Olah said. “What is actually happening inside them? And I will be honest, we keep finding things that are mysterious, even unsettling. We find structures that mirror results from human neuroscience. We find evidence of introspection. We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don’t know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment.”Technology does not arrive morally neutral once human beings begin using it. It magnifies the character of those who possess it.That is a remarkable admission. Which raises the question: Is this freedom, or is this Frankenstein?For my part, I hope the pope handles this better than some of his other recent efforts. But that does not mean he lacks a legitimate reason for concern. Quite the opposite.The problem is not that AI is godless. AI is an object. It can only be godless. It is a tool.The problem is that many of the people building and directing it are godless. A biblical worldview provides something vital in this universe: a limiting principle.The two most important truths any person can learn are these: God is God, and I am not. And Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.Without those truths, the Anthropic researcher’s warning could just as easily come from a surgeon who has performed years of so-called gender reassignment surgeries: We began tinkering with the most innate, intimate parts of the human person, and we discovered things we did not anticipate.You don’t say.Yeah, dummy. When human beings experiment on the deepest realities of personhood without the right limiting principles, chaos follows. It does not follow accidentally. It follows inevitably.Someone will always rule. Something will always be worshiped. Never forget that.If you reject the principle that God is God and I am not, guess who usually ends up playing God? You.That never ends well.RELATED: It’s not easy being pope — Leo’s big new tech encyclical proves it Andreas SOLARO/AFP/GettyWe have never really left the garden. As a species, we are always in one of two places: the garden or the cross. We are either grasping for forbidden knowledge so we can become like God, or we are kneeling before the God who became man to save us from ourselves.Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest minds in the history of science, understood this. Yet one of his great obsessions was interpreting Scripture, especially the book of Revelation. Whatever his errors, Newton grasped something modern technocrats often miss: Brilliance needs a boundary.This world was made for us, but it was not made by us. Our Father has the right to keep some things to Himself. His children do not need to master every mystery. Sometimes, we need to obey because we trust His love and justice.Will we remember that as AI advances?Who will oversee the overseers? Who will program the programmers? Who will form the moral imagination of the people training these machines? By what standard will they judge what should be built, what should be restrained, and what should never be attempted?Can we wield artificial intelligence as a godly people?Maybe. AI offers real possibilities. But possibility is not permission. A nuclear weapon in the hands of a responsible nation differs from a nuclear weapon in the hands of genocidal maniacs. Technology does not arrive morally neutral once human beings begin using it. It magnifies the character of those who possess it.That is the question before us.Will we pursue AI as image-bearers under God, bound by humility, gratitude, and restraint? Or will we pursue it as consumer-driven pod people, trained to believe that whatever can be done must be done?If we choose the first path, AI may become a tool ordered toward human flourishing.If we choose the second, the pope’s concerns will become unavoidable, whatever else one thinks of him.

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