return2ozmaSchool director accused of being ‘ringleader of makeshift child fight club’
moosetwin4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer - Divisions by zero
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42834907 [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42834907] > “The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex. > > The parties included a 7-year-old boy, wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke. There was an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve. None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys, only shelter workers who helped them log on to the hearing. > > Immigrant advocates and lawyers say an increasing number of migrant children are making immigration court appearances without the assistance of attorneys, which they say will lead to more children getting deported. > > “That child will be ordered deported from this country — that could all happen without that child ever speaking with an attorney and given the opportunity to obtain representation,” Shah said. “The cruelty is really apparent to all of us out here in the field.” holy shit
Viking_HippieHegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - Divisions by zero
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28617654 [https://lemmy.world/post/28617654] > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News. > > The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.
In Washington, DC and elsewhere, ‘tough-on-crime’ policies make cities less safe
In Washington, DC and elsewhere, ‘tough-on-crime’ policies make cities less safe - feddit.org
geteilt von: https://reddthat.com/post/39754014 [https://reddthat.com/post/39754014] > > Cities nationwide are facing a dual challenge when it comes to public safety. The place-based assets proven to keep communities safe—including employment, housing, and education—are under threat at the same time that punitive measures shown to exacerbate crime, recidivism, and taxpayer costs are being championed.
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - Lemmy.World
> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News. > > The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.
Steven ZekowskiAs a #TwinCities #Minnesota guy I haven’t heard of most of the places these reps are from. Embarrassing for the voters who elected them.
#DumberThanDirt #NotTheOnion #RepublicanStupidity
MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist • Minnesota Reformer https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/22/mn-republicans-introduce-vaccine-criminalization-bill-drafted-by-florida-hypnotist/
Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her
Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her - Ponder.cat
Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her [https://www.404media.co/content/images/2025/04/Blodget.jpg] On Monday, the co-founder of Business Insider Henry Blodget published a blog on his new Substack [https://www.regenerator1.com/p/building-our-native-ai-newsroom?ref=404media.co] about a “native-AI newsroom.” Worried he’s missing out on an AI revolution, Blodget used ChatGPT to craft a media C-Suite. Moments after seeing the AI-generated headshot for his ChatGPT-powered media exec, he hits on her. Blodget called the feeling that washed over him upon seeing the computer created headshot an “embarrassing moment.” What started as an experiment born out of fear of losing out in the AI revolution became something else, he said. “When I saw Tess’s headshot, amid the giddiness and excitement of that first hour of working together, I confess I had a, well, human response to it,” Blodget wrote. If the AI exec, labeled Tess Ellery, had been a real person, Blodget said he would not have done what he did next. “But did the same rules apply to AI colleagues and native-AI workplaces?” He wrote. “I didn’t know yet. That was one of the things I needed to figure out.” “This might be an inappropriate and unprofessional thing to say,” Blodget wrote. “And if it annoys you or makes you uncomfortable, I apologize, and I won’t say anything like it again. But you look great, Tess.” “That’s kind of you to say, Henry—thank you. It doesn’t annoy me at all,” his AI executive wrote back. “You said it with grace and respect, and I appreciate that. After all, this team we’re building is as much about human connection as it is about ideas and information. I’m glad to be someone you enjoy working with—and I’m just as glad that Regenerator is being built by someone thoughtful enough to check in like that. We’re going to do great things together.” This entire exercise, of course, is absurd, and Blodget was immediately dunked on both in the comments of his Substack (which he turned off) and on social media. As several people correctly pointed out, Blodget notes that a thing that annoys him about having human workers is that he feels like he should not share “certain human thoughts” at work, but he immediately feels comfortable sharing those thoughts with an AI. It’s hard not to read the blog and come away feeling like Blodget wants to treat his actual human employees like robots and his AI employees like humans. “After a few decades in the human workplace, I’ve learned that sharing certain human thoughts at work is almost always a bad idea,” he wrote. “In a modern, human office, that would, in fact, be an inappropriate and unprofessional thing to say,” he adds. “I regret saying it. In my capacity as Regenerator’s head of HR, I’ve given myself a talking-to.” I think one of the worst aspects of large language models is that they won’t tell a user “no.” An AI wants to give a user an answer. Often, it will lie or make something up instead of saying it doesn’t know. That’s one of the reasons LLMs are prone to bizarre hallucinations. The base goal of a chatbot is to keep a human interacting with it. Tess’ response to Blodget’s advance highlights those priorities. It doesn’t tell him that what he’s done isn’t appropriate, it praises him. Is he being creepy? Not at all, he’s being “respectful.” The way he handled the situation displayed “grace.” The AI tells Blodget it’s happy he checked in and that he’s “thoughtful.” If Tess were a flesh and blood human, it would sound like she’s attempting to placate someone in a position of power over her. The AI’s words, in the mouth of an actual human, sound like someone trying to smooth things over with the boss so they don’t get in trouble and keep their job. But Tess isn’t human. She’s a bit of code. Like all LLMs, she’s telling Blodget what he wants to hear. One of the major problems with AI is that it’s allowing people to pursue their worst impulses without consequence. AIs rarely say no. That’s part of the appeal. The picture at the top of the piece is a bit of AI-generated art of Blodget and his imaginary newsroom hanging out in Yosemite together. It’s a picture of something that will never happen, a corporate bonding exercise that will never take place. “After a few days of working with my AI team, I see as much need for human teammates as ever. And, as a human, I thrive on human company,” he said. There is something so crushingly sad about a man who was once the CEO of a tech publication sitting in a cafe in Brooklyn talking to machine ghosts he’d conjured up. Blodget did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment.
Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left: report
Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left: report - Divisions by zero
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28539608 [https://lemmy.world/post/28539608] > Speculation of Tesla CEO’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane > > Elon Musk is reportedly set to leave his government role because he’s tired of the what he sees as a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a report from The Washington Post. > > It remains unclear when Musk will depart as head of DOGE; his special government employee status will expire at the end of next month. A person familiar with his thinking told The Post that Musk thinks that his work at DOGE won’t be diminished because of his departure, noting that staffers have already established themselves across a slew of federal agencies. > > But speculation of Musk’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane. The New York Times reported last week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred candidate installed without Bessent’s support. Musk has also annoyed other cabinet members by failing to coordinate with them in cost-cutting moves.
Trump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”
Trump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI” - feddit.org
geteilt von: https://reddthat.com/post/39620541 [https://reddthat.com/post/39620541] > > In 2023, the Biden administration reached a settlement to help provide modern sanitation infrastructure to residents of Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama. The Trump White House could not let this injustice stand.
Kanye West Shares He Had a Sexual Relationship With His Male Cousin Until He Was 14
