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Some twenty armed federal agents busted into an Oklahoma City home and seized the laptops, phones, and life savings of the family living there, even though their names did not match those of the suspects listed on the officers’ search warrant; and ICE agents raided the house of an Irvine, California, couple whose son has been accused of doxxing agents, but had moved to New York months ago.

a man who had been rescued from Mount Fuji after suffering from altitude sickness was rescued a second time after returning to the mountain in search of his phone;

the U.S. president posted an AI-generated photo of himself as the pope.

AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shaped by millions of years of shared childcare and mutually supportive communities, asking a provocative question: If robots help raise the next generation, will we lose the empathy that defines us?

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• Reddit's CEO said that when he returned in 2015, he had to remind employees to work hard.

• There's a tendency in the US tech industry to place idealism above hard work, he said.

When I give her a bath, she starts running in the house. She is not a fan of baths but is happy when it's done, drying herself on everything she finds

In today's Destiny 2 reveal event, Bungie kicked off the next major 'saga' of the game. It's called the Fate Saga, it'll unfold over multiple years, and it will start on July 15 with the first expansion, The Edge of Fate.

But that was just one of four expansions that Bungie announced today, and it's the second one—due out later this year, on December 2—that will raise the most eyebrows. It's called Renegades, and it's… well, it's Star Wars.

"Renegades is going to be a definitively Destiny expansion," narrative designer Alison Luhrs says during the reveal. "This is part of the Fate Saga and it's going to push it forward in important ways and introduce characters that we're going to spend time with for years to come."

No doubt this disclaimer exists because, well, just look at that teaser trailer. It looks like a non-canon Star Wars crossover event.

"To really drive it home here, Renegades is a one-of-a-kind Destiny experience," says assistant game director Robbie Stevens. "Just like we on the Destiny team have taken inspiration from other genres like dark fantasy or cosmic horror, Renegades takes the space western vibe and aesthetic that is Star Wars and puts it through that Destiny lens."

Which, I dunno. I think you've gone beyond vibe and aesthetic when one of your Ultimate Edition cosmetic bonuses is literally just Darth Vader.

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Away from the Star Wars of it all, here's what's lined up for the next two years of Destiny 2:

July 15, 2025: The Edge of FateDecember 2, 2025: RenegadesSummer 2026: Shattered CycleWinter 2026: The Alchemist

For the first of those, The Edge of Fate, players will be summoned to a new location, Kepler, to get embroiled in some new drama from The Nine. Bungie calls this an attempt to bring mystery back into the Destiny universe, which is why the central antagonists here seem to be The Nine—dark matter beings that represent the celestial bodies of our solar system.

This will also kick off a new release cycle for the game. As shown by the timeline, Destiny 2 will be receiving two expansions per year—each said to be around the same size as Destiny 1's Rise of Iron, (ie, smaller than a typical Destiny 2 annual expansion). And between expansion releases will be new "major updates" that replace the previous seasonal model. These will be free to all players, and the first, called Ash and Iron, will launch in September and add Destiny 1's Plaguelands location to the sequel.

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It's going to be a major shakeup for the game, but honestly, after the last year of episodic updates, Destiny 2 desperately needed something different. The Final Shape was an all-timer, but it didn't take long for the regular seasonal fatigue to set in. By the second episode community sentiment was as low as I've seen it in some time, and even though the third episode was much better received, it's abundantly clear that the seasonal rollercoaster had long outstayed its welcome.

Will this new model be better? I'm certainly intrigued by what Bungie is doing to streamline the new player experience, and to improve the loot chase through a new tier system. But ultimately it's going to come down to the quality of these new expansions—whether the metroidvania exploration of The Edge of Fate will feel like more than just a gimmick, and whether Bungie can pull off a whole Star Wars expansion and still make it feel like it makes sense in the game.

Destiny 2 is a game forever bouncing between "It's so over" and "We're so back", and I'm struggling to predict where The Edge of Fate will fall.

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The Welsh first minister and leader of the Welsh Labour party has said she is “losing patience” with UK Labour and made it clear she was “tacking to the left” as she tries to counter a growing threat from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.

Eluned Morgan told the Guardian she wanted Keir Starmer to rethink policy changes on welfare and the winter fuel allowance, and described the Labour party as a “messy family”.

Morgan argued that while the UK party had time to turn its fortunes around, the task was more urgent in Wales because the Senedd elections were only a year away.

Her comments came as an opinion poll suggested Labour was trailing in third place in Wales behind Plaid and Reform UK, with its worst vote share – 18% – since devolution a quarter of a century ago.

Morgan said of the poll: “That is a wake-up call, if ever we’ve seen one. It is a serious challenge for us. It’s a serious challenge for UK Labour. We all need to think very seriously about delivery on the things that matter to people the most.”

The first minister spoke after a passionate speech launching the election campaign and what she called a “red Welsh way”. She said: “We’ve got a year to go and I’m losing patience. They [UK Labour] are very keen for us to promote partnership in power. We are keen to play with them when it comes to partnership in power and it’s already delivered £1.6bn extra for our public services, but it’s not enough and we need to see more from them.

“And time is ticking for us. They’ve got time to turn things around. We have very little time to turn things around in Wales. So our patience is running out.

“I’m determined to make a change for the people of Wales and I haven’t got much time. I am impatient. I need things done. We’re tacking to the left here, we’re saying that we want to make sure that the centre of gravity in Wales is to the left.”

Morgan said there was no split with UK Labour but compared the party to a “messy family”. She said: “We all come from families that are complicated these days and we fall out within our families but we’re still family. We still turn up to each other’s weddings and funerals but in between there may be a bit of a falling out and that’s not the end of the world.”

As well as appealing to UK Labour to think again about welfare cuts and removing the winter fuel allowance, she called for the UK government not to interfere with areas of policy devolved to Wales.

She said: “What we need is respect for devolution. When the Tories were in charge, they disrespected the devolution settlement. We’re a bit concerned that’s continued under Labour. We need devolution to be respected because it was hard fought for and it is the settled will of the Welsh people.”

Morgan described Reform UK as “dangerous”. She said: “I think it is catching hold in some of our communities. I think there’s a danger that the left vote will split and will allow Reform in, which is why my appeal today is to the left in Wales is to say: these are our values. We have the red Welsh way, which is a more leftwing approach than the UK government approach.

“We are a party whose values sit further with the left and that’s why we’re standing up against things like those benefit cuts. I don’t think cuts is what’s going to get them back into the workplace.”

During an hour-long speech at the Norwegian church arts centre in Cardiff, Morgan repeatedly emphasised the “red Welsh way”, an echo of the former first minister Rhodri Morgan’s phrase “clear red water” when he described his relationship with Tony Blair’s Labour government.

She said: “We’ll be leaning into our red Welsh way of doing things. Red, the colour of our rugby and football shirts, the colour of our dragon, the colour of our party and our politics.”

Morgan said next year’s elections to the Welsh parliament were “a battle for the future of Wales”. She called Reform UK loud and showy. She said: “They provide an easy story because they’re new and they’re disruptive. They want to use Wales to make a point in the English press. Their leader, Farage, who’s on record as admiring Putin and sucking up to Trump, he’d happily dismantle our NHS and sell off our public services.

“Anyone tempted by Reform, my message to you is simple: come home to the party that built the NHS, that stands by our local councils, carers, health workers, teachers, pensioners and the working people of Wales.” She said a vote for Plaid risked letting Reform UK in.

During the speech, Morgan called Starmer a “serious person” who had “reset” the UK government’s relationship with the Welsh administration. But she added: “I am proudly married to my nation and I’m going to put my nation first, ahead of the extended family – nation and the people of Wales before party for me.”

The Barn Cymru poll, conducted by YouGov for ITV Cymru Wales and Cardiff University, put Plaid’s predicted vote share at next year’s Senedd elections at 30%, with Reform UK on 25%, Labour at 18% and the Conservatives at 13%.