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Pope Pius XII, painted by Peter McIntyre, 1944 (Archives New Zealand: AAAC 898 Box 128/ NCWA 202) 85 Years Ago—Apr. 13, 1941: USSR and Japan sign a five-year nonaggression pact. On Easter, Pope Pius XII cancels usual service in St. Peter’s Square due to the war and says mass in a private chapel instead. Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon dies in Cambridge, MA, age 77; she devised the Harvard Classification Scheme for stars, still used today, and classified 350,000 stars in her career. Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (Smithsonian Institution SIA Acc. 90-105)The post Today in World War II History—April 13, 1941 first appeared on Sarah Sundin.

Swedish researchers created a fake eye disease to see whether AI chatbots would repeat it as if it were real. The results were anything but funny. The post Bixonimania: How AI Turned a Joke Diagnosis into “Peer‑Reviewed” Medicine first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

To the leftists at the Washington Post, a government official sharing the Gospel is just beyond the pale.

Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in power, delivering a sharp defeat to one of Europe’s most prominent right-populist leaders and paving the way towards smoother relations between Budapest and the European Union. Peter Magyar, a former Orban ally who campaigned against corruption and on bread-and-butter issues including health care and public transportation, declared victory after partial results showed his Tisza party with a commanding lead over Orban’s Fidesz. Orban, a close ally of President Donald Trump, conceded what he called a “painful” defeat just days after Vice President J.D. Vance took to the stage to campaign for him. Magyar’s victory is expected to reshape politics in the EU, where Orban frequently blocked key decisions as he sought to build Hungary as a non-liberal state that guarded its sovereignty from international institutions. Magyar has signaled a desire to repair ties with the European Union and NATO, even as he remains, like Orban, a conservative on immigration and cultural issues. The post Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat in Hungarian Election appeared first on The American Conservative.

"Red is angry and green is jealous..." The post The London hot spots that inspired Joni Mitchell’s ‘Marcie’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

Rep. Eric Swalwell has ended his bid for governor of California after serious accusations of sexual assault were made against him on Friday

Every adult in Massachusetts would have to hand their ID to a tech company just to keep scrolling.

Between 2012 and 2021, the French court system dismissed 94 percent of rape complaints and 86 percent of sexual violence complaints.