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📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing to get answers about Medicare's AI experiment that could affect millions of seniors' care. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-sues-answers-about-medicares-ai-experiment

EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment

SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking records about a multi-state program that is using AI to evaluate requests for medical care.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Jesse Cail 7h ago

Erika Sumner 11h ago

#BREAKING #News: The #UnitedNations General Assembly has voted to recognize the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", a move advocates hope will pave the way for healing and justice. Note: #UN GA resolutions are not legally binding, though they carry the weight of global opinion.

#BlackMastodon #BLM

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o

UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'

The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.

Jesse Cail 8h ago

Associated Press 19h ago

Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled as senators question her experience and vaccine stance
https://apnews.com/article/casey-means-surgeon-general-nomination-trump-kennedy-04fdbb46b3029d4d6b1a7a3da63730df?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Casey Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled

Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means' nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing. The delay deepens doubts about Means' ability to secure the votes she needs amid concerns over the Trump administration's approach to health policy. Means likely needs support from every Republican on the Senate health committee for her nomination to move forward. But after last month’s hearing, Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine told reporters they still had questions for Means. The White House has reinforced its support for Means, a Stanford-educated physician who left her Oregon surgical residency program.

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Jesse Cail 9h ago

@GossiTheDog This is the weirdest "Who wore it better?" ever.

The church has no place in how a state should be run. That's why we must separate religion from politics.

Jesse Cail 23h ago

karolina 1d ago

in the absence of photo-oriented website (for now), and instagram account (forever), going to start sharing some of my photography here.

it’s a rare, empty escalator of the Parliament Station in Melbourne CBD. it used to be the longest escalator in the Southern Hemisphere (30m), but has been surpassed by several others since, including the new State Library Station (42m).

it’s impossible to not get vertigo/heebie jeebies here.

My debut album. A love letter to science, to rabbits and to mathematics. Please enjoy!
https://djrabbit1.bandcamp.com/album/the-chase
It's called The Chase #math #physics #RiemannZeta #music

The Chase, by DJ Rabbit(\./)

12 track album

DJ Rabbit(\./)

Jesse Cail 1d ago

Danielle Foré 2d ago

You know how in every movie set during WWII there’s a scene where Nazis are checking papers on the trains? That is the USA as of today

https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-airport-tsa-federal-immigration-agents-4cfb93f7d2ff5a1ccb87d1bdbf54b959

ICE seen at Atlanta airport amid partial shutdown

Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide. The officers have not screened passengers so far. The Trump administration said they would supplement Transportation Security Administration staffing at certain airports but provided few details about exactly what they would be doing. After intensified immigration enforcement and protests in cities across the country over the past year, their presence has unsettled some travelers and raised new questions.

AP News

Jesse Cail 2d ago

VessOnSecurity 2d ago

Regarding that WW3 everyone's been talking about...