GLAAD reports AI systems are replicating the same anti-LGBTQ bias and misinformation problems that have long plagued social platforms. One example: Meta's updated Llama 4 model recommends conversion "therapy" in response to queries and moderation systems that wrongly suppress legitimate LGBTQ content.
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US Senator John Fetterman, the US Senate failed to advance the Iran War Powers Resolution, a measure that would have directed Trump to withdraw US forces from hostilities against Iran ... read more
Iran's national team has been subject to travel restrictions since the FIFA tournament kicked off last week which is impacting their match performance. For just one example, after their 2-2 tie with New Zealand in Los Angeles on Monday, Team Melli was forced to fly all the way back to their base camp in Mexico on the very same day. The Iranian team points out FIFA has not advocated enough for them in this long multi-national tournament.
Team Melli honoring Minab school massacre
The Justice Department argued in a Mississippi federal court that Felon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has the right to run dozens of noxious air polluting gas-burning turbines in the state despite not having permits for them.
Who the heck cares if poor People of Color suffer from toxic air pollution and higher utility costs?
Dummkopf Trumpf's family multibillion dollar crypto business will soon be allowed to operate like a bank, a decision that would give US companies and nefarious actors a new route to steer money to the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).
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Thanks, fellers, I feel a wee bit better now about Mount Rushmore.
Another train scene from a famous film when passenger railroads were still important (but no Freud):
For you culture mavens, I shall write a non-political OP on an obscure bit of Americana later today.
Time permitting, of course.
"I work my fingers to the bone for you people and this is the thanks I get!"
The world's worst persons and we can't get rid of them. Incredible.