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Submitted at 08-29-2022, 10:28 PM by Nibbles | |
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The world already failed to regulate AI. Let’s not repeat that epic mistake. | |
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Kelly says he engaged in "emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse" of his wife and children. | |
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Telemedicine companies like Peak advertise psychedelic therapy on TikTok. But some experts worry the hands-off approach could put patients at risk | |
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Submitted at 08-29-2022, 02:31 PM by nocash | |
An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay. | |
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A hugely influential Shiite cleric has announced he will resign from Iraqi politics and his angry followers stormed the government palace in response | |
Submitted at 08-29-2022, 02:12 PM by nocash | |
Unionization would represent a seismic change in the way the minor leagues have operated for more than a century. | |
Submitted at 08-29-2022, 01:56 PM by nocash | |
In the ’90s, Microsoft created a cartoon paperclip that it quickly retired. Its developers never imagined the virtual assistant would become a cultural icon. | |
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Domination and abuse on the high school debate circuit | |
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Submitted at 08-28-2022, 09:14 PM by Nibbles | |
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Since 2020, local election officials, the vast majority of whom are women, say political attacks, safety concerns and misinformation are driving them from public service at all levels. | |
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Submitted at 08-28-2022, 05:05 AM by Mordant | |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. | |
Submitted at 08-27-2022, 02:39 AM by sleeppoor | |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy rains have triggered flash floods and wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan since mid-June, leaving 903 dead and about 50,000 people homeless, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday. | |
Submitted at 08-27-2022, 02:39 AM by sleeppoor | |
The wine company co-founded by Gov. Gavin Newsom and San Francisco billionaire Gordon Getty just acquired a major Napa vineyard for $14.5 million.
Oso Vineyard, located in a fast-changing area called Pope Valley, is the newest property in the PlumpJack Collection of Wineries, a group that includes the Napa wineries PlumpJack Estate, Odette Estate and Cade Estate. The group has purchased Oso from Michael Mondavi Family Estate, which had owned the 129-acre vineyard since 2006. | |
Submitted at 08-27-2022, 01:27 AM by sleeppoor | |
Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues, leading press freedom advocates to call the move an act of censorship.
The staff of Northwest Public Schools’ 54-year-old Saga newspaper was informed on May 19 of the paper’s elimination, the Grand Island Independent reported. Three days earlier, the newspaper had printed its June edition, which included an article titled, “Pride and prejudice: LGBTQIA+” on the origins of Pride Month and the history of homophobia. It also included an editorial opposing a Florida law that bans some lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity and dubbed by critics as “Don’t Say Gay.”
Officials overseeing the district, which is based in Grand Island, have not said when or why the decision was made to eliminate the student paper. But an email from a school employee to the Independent cancelling the student paper’s printing services on May 22 said it was “because the school board and superintendent are unhappy with the last issue’s editorial content.”
The paper’s demise also came a month after its staff was reprimanded for publishing students’ preferred pronouns and names. District officials told students they could only use names assigned at birth going forward. | |
Submitted at 08-27-2022, 02:01 AM by sleeppoor | |
After Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last year championed by the United Farm Workers union that would have allowed farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, labor organizers decided to ramp up the pressure.
Starting Aug. 3, a group of workers marched more than 300 miles north, from Delano in Kern County to the state Capitol in Sacramento, to urge Newsom to sign a new version of the bill.
About 30 farmworkers completed the entire 335-mile journey through the state’s agricultural Central Valley, union spokesperson Elizabeth Strater said. Along the way, hundreds of other workers and supporters joined them for parts of the trek.
When Newsom vetoed the earlier version of the bill last year, he said it contained “inconsistencies and procedural issues related to the collection and review of ballot cards.”
The governor doesn’t support the new version of the bill, either, but negotiations are ongoing and there is still time to reach a deal before the end of session, said Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for Newsom. Lawmakers face a Sunday night deadline to amend the bill in time to pass it. It’s not clear if it will be amended again ahead of the deadline. | |
Submitted at 08-27-2022, 01:29 AM by sleeppoor | |

The world already failed to regulate AI. Let’s not repeat that epic mistake.
Kelly says he engaged in "emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse" of his wife and children.
Telemedicine companies like Peak advertise psychedelic therapy on TikTok. But some experts worry the hands-off approach could put patients at risk
An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay.
A hugely influential Shiite cleric has announced he will resign from Iraqi politics and his angry followers stormed the government palace in response
Unionization would represent a seismic change in the way the minor leagues have operated for more than a century.
In the ’90s, Microsoft created a cartoon paperclip that it quickly retired. Its developers never imagined the virtual assistant would become a cultural icon.
Domination and abuse on the high school debate circuit
Since 2020, local election officials, the vast majority of whom are women, say political attacks, safety concerns and misinformation are driving them from public service at all levels.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy rains have triggered flash floods and wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan since mid-June, leaving 903 dead and about 50,000 people homeless, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday.
The wine company co-founded by Gov. Gavin Newsom and San Francisco billionaire Gordon Getty just acquired a major Napa vineyard for $14.5 million.
Oso Vineyard, located in a fast-changing area called Pope Valley, is the newest property in the PlumpJack Collection of Wineries, a group that includes the Napa wineries PlumpJack Estate, Odette Estate and Cade Estate. The group has purchased Oso from Michael Mondavi Family Estate, which had owned the 129-acre vineyard since 2006.
Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues, leading press freedom advocates to call the move an act of censorship.
The staff of Northwest Public Schools’ 54-year-old Saga newspaper was informed on May 19 of the paper’s elimination, the Grand Island Independent reported. Three days earlier, the newspaper had printed its June edition, which included an article titled, “Pride and prejudice: LGBTQIA+” on the origins of Pride Month and the history of homophobia. It also included an editorial opposing a Florida law that bans some lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity and dubbed by critics as “Don’t Say Gay.”
Officials overseeing the district, which is based in Grand Island, have not said when or why the decision was made to eliminate the student paper. But an email from a school employee to the Independent cancelling the student paper’s printing services on May 22 said it was “because the school board and superintendent are unhappy with the last issue’s editorial content.”
The paper’s demise also came a month after its staff was reprimanded for publishing students’ preferred pronouns and names. District officials told students they could only use names assigned at birth going forward.
After Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last year championed by the United Farm Workers union that would have allowed farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, labor organizers decided to ramp up the pressure.
Starting Aug. 3, a group of workers marched more than 300 miles north, from Delano in Kern County to the state Capitol in Sacramento, to urge Newsom to sign a new version of the bill.
About 30 farmworkers completed the entire 335-mile journey through the state’s agricultural Central Valley, union spokesperson Elizabeth Strater said. Along the way, hundreds of other workers and supporters joined them for parts of the trek.
When Newsom vetoed the earlier version of the bill last year, he said it contained “inconsistencies and procedural issues related to the collection and review of ballot cards.”
The governor doesn’t support the new version of the bill, either, but negotiations are ongoing and there is still time to reach a deal before the end of session, said Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for Newsom. Lawmakers face a Sunday night deadline to amend the bill in time to pass it. It’s not clear if it will be amended again ahead of the deadline.