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Reality TV show “The First 48,” which focuses on the first 48 hours after a homicide, has had 24 seasons over the past 16 years. @ProPublica’s Jessica Lussenhop has written two stories about how the show works and why some police departments have stopped collaborating with it, including a detailed account of how it contributed to Edgar Barrientos-Quintana being jailed at 25 for a murder he didn’t commit.

https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-dallas-memphis-mobile
https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana

#USPoliceForce #Television #TV #TheFirst48 #Entertainment #LawEnforcement #USNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

Partnerships between police and the popular reality show, once enthusiastic and mutually beneficial, have often turned into breakups. Here’s how that has played out in three cities.

ProPublica

'“Concurrent with these agreements, the EEOC has withdrawn the March 17, 2025 letters to the Law Firms, and will not pursue any claims related to those issues,” Trump noted, referring to his intimidation of the firms.

The announcements come as part of Trump’s widespread attack on law firms, punishing them for filing lawsuits he disagrees with or hiring attorneys he doesn’t like. He’s issued executive orders penalizing some of the country’s top law firms, many of which have bent to the president’s will—including Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, the law firm of former second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

The total amount of free services pledged by law firms has now reached more than $900 million, a concerning statistic not only for other law firms but for the rule of law itself.'

https://newrepublic.com/post/193922/trump-law-firms-deals

#uspol #fascism

Trump Brags as Even More Law Firms Crumble to His Every Whim

Trump announced a series of astonishing deals with law firms worth $600 million.

The New Republic
Prediction: we're going to find out soon that Abrego Garcia can't be returned to the United States because he died in CECOT.

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I'm having waaaay to much fun with this  

Oh btw, Elon has a Golden Chainsaw as weapon now

Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive power of cuteness https://buff.ly/XOJAOva
Pikachu protesters, Studio Ghibli memes and the subversive power of cuteness

Cute characters are often vulnerable, innocent and lovable – and therein lies their power.

The Conversation

Both Elon Musk and Christian nationalists call empathy "toxic," "suicidal," and even "satanic."

But what they're really worried about is that empathy is *feminine*.

And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis.

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/

MAGA demonizes empathy as the "pathological feminine" — and it's why women shouldn't be Supreme Court justices

Salon.com
Researchers find AI is pretty bad at debugging—but they’re working on it
Even when given access to tools, AI agents can't reliably debug software.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/researchers-find-ai-is-pretty-bad-at-debugging-but-theyre-working-on-it/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say

Even when given access to tools, AI agents can’t reliably debug software.

Ars Technica
Meanwhile…on another signal chat
Is Trump F***ing the Economy? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUIFIG1TnRo&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Is Trump F***ing the Economy? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

YouTube
MAGA loves to claim that gender is biological and immutable and anything different is "unnatural" but meanwhile Nature is over here gleefully popping out animals like the turtle, whose biology includes an ass-vagina that they breathe through.