Hundreds of migrants are still sleeping on floors or in tents outside city police stations. Some who remained this week huddled near tents wearing parkas, knit hats and even ski goggles to cope with the cold weather and falling snow....
Hendrickson’s concerns about Loyal Source included what he described as 40 percent staffing deficits, employees working without proper clearances and licenses, and billing errors resulting in overpayments of millions of dollars, among other issues, according to his attorneys.
This for-profit shit has got to stop, whether it’s jails for adults or minors, healthcare or any public service.
Get it out of the greedy paws of capitalists and put it back under the gov’ts control where it belongs.
On Dec. 30, 2020, Jeffrey Clark was nervous. He had just been told that Donald Trump was “very happy” with him.
“I’m praying,” the Justice Department official told Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who less than two weeks earlier had arranged for Clark to meet the president. “And wonder if I’m worthy or ready.”
“You are the man. I have confirmed it,” Perry replied. “God does what he does for a reason.”
As the deadline lapsed, Reuters journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern areas come under intensive bombardment, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky. Residents took to the road with belongings heaped up in carts, fleeing for shelter further west....
West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around....
“As someone who plays a lesbian journalist on ‘The Morning Show,’ I am more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew,” the actress said at another point in a new interview.
The scope for AI to turn children into the generators of extreme content was demonstrated in September by an app which creates the impression of having removed someone’s clothing in a photo.
It was used to create fake nude images of young girls in Spain, with more than 20 girls, aged between 11 and 17, coming forward as victims.
The images had been circulating on social media without their knowledge. So far there have been no charges brought against the boys who made the pictures.
Jayzuz. :/
Girls and women just can’t get a break anywhere or anytime. Maybe we should be considering manditory classes on anti-misogyny cause parents seem to be failing to do anything.
I have never understood why any airport/airspace is VFR. I used to work at one that was (as a weather observer) and sent in an unofficial (15 minutes before the station opened) WOXOF report for an incoming medic flight cause the ceiling was below 50’.
Pilot landed by the skin of his teeth, then came to my office to thank me. If they hadn’t had the report they would have had to fly another 380 miles return to drop the patient off.
Dozens of soldiers escorted journalists through a narrow stone tunnel — which the military said stretched 150 meters (164 yards) — to a series of underground bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital in a shattered Gaza City....
OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology....
Yeah, it is. Because bullies never act out in a vacuum … their supporters have to be present before they start bullying. If you remove bullies to new surroundings and new people - esp to people who are aware of why they had to move - they have lost their power and support to bully.
Chicago homeless migrants shelter faces backlash (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of migrants are still sleeping on floors or in tents outside city police stations. Some who remained this week huddled near tents wearing parkas, knit hats and even ski goggles to cope with the cold weather and falling snow....
US lawmaker George Santos, indicted on fraud charges, faces House expulsion vote (www.reuters.com)
*** Update – Santos got the boot. \O/...
US says Mexican drug cartel was so bold in timeshare fraud that some operators posed as US officials (abcnews.go.com)
Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/GWLGf?wr=true
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses (www.reuters.com)
As the deadline lapsed, Reuters journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern areas come under intensive bombardment, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky. Residents took to the road with belongings heaped up in carts, fleeing for shelter further west....
West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes (www.propublica.org)
West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around....
Julianna Margulies Says ‘Entire Black Community’ May Have Been ‘Brainwashed to Hate Jews’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
“As someone who plays a lesbian journalist on ‘The Morning Show,’ I am more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew,” the actress said at another point in a new interview.
LGBTQ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back. (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Children making AI-generated child abuse images, says charity (www.bbc.com)
Panama's high court declares mining contract unconstitutional. Here is what happens next (apnews.com)
Jezebel to be brought ‘back to life’ after being acquired by Paste Magazine (www.cnn.com)
Trump targets ‘young people’ in dark op-ed: Live (www.independent.co.uk)
Death of Henry Kissinger met with polarized reaction around the world (apnews.com)
Criticism of Kissinger was especially strong on social media, where he was widely referred to as a war criminal....
Americans need an extra $11,400 today just to afford the basics (www.cbsnews.com)
US Osprey aircraft crashes off coast of Japan with eight on board | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital (apnews.com)
Dozens of soldiers escorted journalists through a narrow stone tunnel — which the military said stretched 150 meters (164 yards) — to a series of underground bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital in a shattered Gaza City....
AI poster child Altman back at OpenAI, may have fewer checks on power (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the startup at the heart of the AI boom, but strong support from investors including Microsoft (MSFT.O) may give Altman more leeway to commercialize the technology....
Tesla workers report explosions, concussions, and grisly robot injuries at Texas factory (www.theverge.com)
Ex-employee sues LA Taco Bell after reporting group sex act at holiday party (www.theguardian.com)