Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.
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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Lemmy: stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world
Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, data reveals (www.nbcnews.com)
The paper included a decade’s worth of data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention among Black women ages 25 to 44 across 30 states.
Girls basketball team banned from boys league after reaching championship (www.rawstory.com)
A sixth-grade girls' basketball team from northern Kentucky was banned from a boys' basketball league after romping through the regular season to reach the championship.The squad from Next Level Girls Basketball notched a 7-1 record in a city-wide basketball league run by Southwestern Ohio Basketball and was preparing for the...
Ghana's anti-LGBTQ+ bill: President Akufo-Addo to wait for Supreme Court ruling (www.bbc.com)
Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not assent to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill until a Supreme Court ruling.
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (www.bbc.com)
Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax (www.rollingstone.com)
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.
Outrage over Brazilian tourist's gang rape in India (www.bbc.com)
The woman and her husband were on a motorbike tour in India when the alleged assault took place.
West Virginia's schools might be forced to pay for 'In God We Trust' signage (www.dailykos.com)
West Virginia’s almost entirely Republican state Senate passed a bill in late January that would require schools in the state to display “In God We Trust'' signs—in every single classroom. ...
I Worry Baldur's Gate 3 Will Be A Ship Of Theseus In A Few Years (www.thegamer.com)
How many things can you change in a game before it stops being the game it was meant to be?
AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating (arstechnica.com)
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
Arizona bill would make shooting and killing migrants on property legal (www.nbcnews.com)
A Democrat Latina lawmaker opposed to the legislation said it would "allow open season on migrants."
Georgia state House passes bill allowing police to arrest anyone suspected of being in country illegally (thehill.com)
The Georgia state House passed a bill that allows for anyone suspected of being in the United States illegally to be arrested. The state House voted 97-74 to approve House Bill 1105, which would al…
Ethics bill would ban ‘pay-to-play’ political donations from companies with government contracts (tnsenatedems.medium.com)
The state of Tennessee every year pays billions to private companies that have contracts to perform government work. And, in some cases, those companies then make sizable campaign contributions directly to the politicians who influence whether those agreements are approved....
Fox News guest decrying “migrant crime” previously arrested after getting violent over a grilled cheese sandwich he deemed too cheesy (www.mediamatters.org)
AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating (arstechnica.com)
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.
Victim’s Family Slams Gov. for Pardoning NFL Coach’s Son (www.thedailybeast.com)
“How would the governor feel if this was his daughter?” Ariel Young’s mother told The Daily Beast after the son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid had his sentence commuted.
The right wing freakout about a viral dance video is about so much more (plus.flux.community)
There's a war inside the Republican party over how many rights to take away from women
Unionized YouTube Workers Learn Google Laid Them All Off During City Council Meeting (www.404media.co)
“They just laid us all off. Our jobs are ended today. Effective immediately.” A bell rings. “I’m sorry, your time has expired."
Oregon lawmakers pass bill to recriminalize drug possession (apnews.com)
The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs. The Senate approved the measure Friday.
Alleged cult leader 'Natureboy' learns his sentence after being found guilty of rape (www.11alive.com)
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge sentenced alleged cult leader Eligio Bishop to life without parole plus 10 years after a jury found him guilty of rape and other charges Friday....
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity (apnews.com)
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed (apnews.com)
The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80% percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops.
Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit (apnews.com)
A Montana judge has declared that three state laws restricting abortion access are unconstitutional, including a ban on abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestation.
International media condemns Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists in Gaza (www.haaretz.com)