{"id":33226,"date":"2023-12-15T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-were-listening#id33044"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:11:00","slug":"friday-headlines-were-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-were-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: We\u2019re listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were 34 legal abortions in Texas in the first half of the year, far below the expected number of cases where the mother&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/12\/15\/abortion-kate-cox-texas-health-risks-trisomy-18\/\">health is in danger.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;No sector of the Texas economy is immune.&#8221; Fifty-one Texas businesses sign onto a letter challenging the state&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business\/4360255-texas-abortion-challenge-businesses-economy-bumble-amicus-brief\/\">abortion ban.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ The Hill<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A marketing team at Cox Media says it can use smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to eavesdrop on people&#39;s conversations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing\/\">and target ads.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ 404 Media<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week we learned that dolphins have fingers, only they&#39;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/dolphins\/extremely-rare-dolphin-with-thumbs-photographed-in-greek-gulf\">concealed by flippers.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Live Science<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#39;s three and a half hours on a treadmill, singing the entire time.&#8221; 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The secret queer history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/features\/commentary\/studio-movies-queer-1234934356\/\">Studio Ghibli films.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ IndieWire<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When subversive art was snuck onto the sets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2016\/11\/17\/total-proof-subversive-conceptual-art-exhibition-melrose-place-gala-committee-new-york\/\">of <em>Melrose Place<\/em>.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Dezeen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themorningnews.org\/p\/friday-headlines-were-listening\">View Post &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were 34 legal abortions in Texas in the first half of the year, far below the expected number of cases where the mother&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/12\/15\/abortion-kate-cox-texas-health-risks-trisomy-18\/\">health is in danger.<\/a><span> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;No sector of the Texas economy is immune.&#8221; Fifty-one Texas businesses sign onto a letter challenging the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business\/4360255-texas-abortion-challenge-businesses-economy-bumble-amicus-brief\/\">abortion ban.<\/a><span> \/ The Hill<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A marketing team at Cox Media says it can use smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to eavesdrop on people&#8217;s conversations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing\/\">and target ads.<\/a><span> \/ 404 Media<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week we learned that dolphins have fingers, only they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/animals\/dolphins\/extremely-rare-dolphin-with-thumbs-photographed-in-greek-gulf\">concealed by flippers.<\/a><span> \/ Live Science<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s three and a half hours on a treadmill, singing the entire time.&#8221; 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