Mastodawn

A case of alleged abuse at a Sask. group home is set over to July. What do we know so far?
Jaclyn Elias, 38, is charged with assault, sexual assault and uttering threats, involving four vulnerable people who had intellectual disabilities and required help with all of their daily care. Testimony happened over two days in February, and now closing arguments are scheduled for July.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/wilkie-group-home-jaclyn-elias-court-9.7114335?cmp=rss

Savannology Jan 14

2026 is the UN #international_year_of_rangelands_and_pastoralists

https://iyrp.info/

#IYRP2026
#rangelands #pastoralists #pastoralism #nomadism #transhumance #landtenure
#climateChange #flood #drought #landuseChange
#resilience #vulnerablePeople
#livestock #livestockHealth
#livelihood #herders #indigenouspeople

2026 Home | International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

Savannology Jan 12

2026 is the UN #international_year_of_rangelands_and_pastoralists

https://iyrp.info/

#IYRP2026
#rangelands #pastoralists #pastoralism #nomadism #transhumance #landtenure
#flood #drought #landuseChange
#resilience #vulnerablePeople
#livestock #livestockHealth
#livelihood #herders #indigenouspeople

2026 Home | International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

Savannology Jan 8

2026 is the UN #international_year_of_rangelands_and_pastoralists

https://iyrp.info/

2026 Home | International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

Savannology Jan 7

2026 is the UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.

#IYRP2026
#international_year_of_rangelands_and_pastoralists
#rangelands #pastoralists #pastoralism
#climateCrisis #drought #globalChange #landuseChange
#resilience #vulnerablePeople

https://iyrp.info/

2026 Home | International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Initiative

BadDecisions Jan 1

Blackpool – Kicking the Poorest People into the Gutter

Improving the lives of people "entrenched in poverty" would be praiseworthy if this project did that but gentrification removes poverty from an area by forceable displacement of the current poverty stricken residents. The council fails to clarify how the lives of the evicted are being improved. Hundreds of families in one of England’s poorest neighbourhoods will be evicted under a £90m plan described by critics as a “mass dispersion” of vulnerable people. 400 homes in Blackpool will […]

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/blackpool-kicking-the-poorest-people-into-the-gutter/

Holger Behrens Nov 14

“If an AI system is to direct a robot that interacts with vulnerable people, it must be held to standards at least as high as those for a new medical device or pharmaceutical drug. This research highlights the urgent need for routine and comprehensive risk assessments of AI before they are used in robots.” – Rumaisa Azeem, research assistant in the Civic and Responsible AI Lab, King’s College London.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105395
https://github.com/rumaisa-azeem

#ResponsibleAI #LLM #Robots #VulnerablePeople

Popular AI models aren’t ready to safely power robots

Robots powered by popular AI models failed multiple safety and discrimination tests. The tests revealed deeper risks, including bias and unsafe physical behavior. The researchers call for regular risk assessments before AI systems control real-world robots.

EurekAlert!