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I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).
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Anti-Semitic incidents in US up about 400% since Israel-Hamas war began: Report (www.straitstimes.com)
Antisemitic incidents in the United States rose by about 400% in slightly over two weeks since war broke out in the Middle East after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, advocacy group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Too many of the potential jurors said that even if the defendant, Elisa Meadows, was guilty, they were unwilling to issue the $500 fine a city attorney was seeking, said Ren Rideauxx, Meadows' attorney.
Authors Are Furious After Finding Their Works on List of Books Used To Train AI (www.themarysue.com)
Authors using a new tool to search a list of 183,000 books used to train AI are furious to find their works on the list.
GameStop Boss Says Disc Drives Should Be Required On Game Consoles (www.gamespot.com)
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime (apnews.com)
A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.
Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it (www.axios.com)
Detroit is now home to the country's first chunk of road that can wirelessly charge an electric vehicle (EV), whether it's parked or moving....
Major Republican Donor Who Called Barack Obama the N-Word Dies After Attempting to Kill His Wife In Murder-Suicide Gone Awry (atlantablackstar.com)
A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.
Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)
A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.
Everything Made By an AI Is In the Public Domain (doctorow.medium.com)
The US Copyright Office offers creative workers a powerful labor protective.
Biden Is Putting Arab Americans in an Impossible Position (time.com)
Only 17% of Arab American voters say they will vote for Biden in 2024, according to a new poll.
After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my lifetime' (www.businessinsider.com)
Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.
Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism (www.hepi.ac.uk)
We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England...
Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times' (www.bbc.com)
Idris Elba, who stars in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, sees a future where films and games converge.
Colorado GOP Threatens to Go Rogue If Trump Decision Stands (www.thedailybeast.com)
The Colorado Department of State warned that it would be “a matter for the Courts” if the state’s Republican party withdrew from or ignored the results of the primary.
US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art (arstechnica.com)
Controversial AI art piece from 2022 lacks human authorship required for registration.
'Oppenheimer' draws debate over the absence of Japanese bombing victims in the film (www.nbcnews.com)
Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare” (theintercept.com)
The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.
This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. (www.cleveland.com)
Sherri Tenpenny is no longer a licensed physician after airing fringe comments and ducking investigators.
Trump Campaign Doubles Down: It’s Totally Fine That He Called His Enemies ‘Vermin’ (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump's campaign spokesman defended Trump using "vermin" to describe his enemies, while historians compared his language to Hitler, Mousselini.
School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And Hospitalizes Her. Black Girl Gets Suspended (kansascitydefender.com)
In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension in a case highlighting systemic racism and administrative negligence.
I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal (www.pcgamer.com)
How did we get here?
Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages (www.theverge.com)
A partnership with OpenAI will let podcasters replicate their voices to automatically create foreign-language versions of their shows.
Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods (arstechnica.com)
The hot pepper linked to teen's death can cause arteries in the brain to spasm.
Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting AI-generated explicit content (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.
Lab-grown meat can be halal and kosher (www.axios.com)
Islamic scholars consulted by a leading producer of cultivated meat say that the newfangled protein — which is grown from animal cells and doesn't require animals to be slaughtered — can be halal, or permissible under Muslim law....