"Carrie Fisher is receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a May the Fourth tribute to one of the 'Star Wars' franchise’s most beloved figures." Finally.
"But it’s the concerns of insiders in the AI research community that are attracting particular attention. A pioneering researcher and the so-called 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton quit his role at Google so he could more freely speak about the dangers of the technology he helped create."
"As hot as the Earth's weather has been in recent years, it's about to get hotter: El Niño is on the way, with warmer sea temperatures promising new weather extremes, U.S. and international forecasters say." We're boned.
"From Montego to Miami, an influx of algae called sargassum is leaving stinky brown carpets over what was once prime tourist sand. It's the most sargassum researchers have tracked this early in the year… Deciding what to do with it is proving more challenging the more we learn about it — and inspiring some entrepreneurs to rethink removing sargassum altogether."
"The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2023 class of inductees on Wednesday, with seven performers being awarded the distinction out of the original 14 nominees announced back in February. The class reflects a wide-range of artists across genres, from country and rock singer-songwriters like Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, to the late, soulful pop star George Michael and quintessential soul vocal group The Spinners."
"The Writers Guild of America is on strike, and a vital part of the entertainment industry could be in for a long work stoppage… By many accounts, the TV and film industry is overdue for a reckoning, after the pandemic made the 2020 contract bargaining season a dud. That prevented writers and their employers, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, from reaching new agreements on emerging technology and business practices."
"When Utahns logged onto adult content site PornHub on Monday, May 1, they were met with a message saying the company has 'made the difficult decision to completely disable access to the website in Utah.' The preemptive block came two days before a new state law requiring the site to verify the age of users went into effect… The move almost instantly sparked conversations about the unintended consequences of the law — and ways for Utahns to get around it."
"The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans for medical bills, warning in a new report that high interest rates can deepen patients' debts and threaten their financial security."
"In an unprompted Tuesday email, Musk wrote: 'So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?'" Musk is keeping his nail clipping and urine in jars now, isn't he.
"Both manufacturers are offering affected customers free software upgrades they say will fix the problem, but cars affected by the vulnerability are still on the market, despite the fact that a growing list of major insurance companies say they won't cover them for the time being. Most states require drivers to have automobile insurance to be on the road."
"The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another quarter percentage point Wednesday, extending its 14-month crackdown on stubborn inflation… With signs of a softening job market and slower economic growth, this could be the central bank's last rate hike for a while, especially as turmoil in the banking sector raises new uncertainties."
How did that work out? "U.S. employers added 253,000 jobs in April, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, a significant uptick from the month before… Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 3.4% in April from 3.5% in March. The unemployment rate for African Americans fell to 4.7% — a record low."
"New York’s City Council will introduce a pair of bills on Wednesday afternoon aimed at curbing the use of facial recognition and other types of biometric surveillance by private businesses and landlords."
"Russian authorities accused Ukraine of trying to carry out drone strikes on the Kremlin overnight to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, and warned of possible retaliation." Sure, Vlad. Sure.v
"Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes and the Kremlin alleging that the U.S. was behind an assassination attempt against the Russian president." Wouldn't count on it, Henry Kissinger just turned 100, and he's still free.
"The choking death of a man in the New York subway was setting off powerful reactions Thursday, with some calling it a homicide and others defending the passenger’s actions as defense against disorder." It was murder.
"The death of a Black man who appeared to be suffering from mental illness on an F train on Monday is stirring outrage after a white man who had placed him in a chokehold wasn’t charged by the NYPD."
"Eight people are dead and nine others injured in Brownsville, Texas, after a car ran into pedestrians Sunday morning while they were waiting at a bus stop, police said."v
"The man who opened fire Saturday at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people and wounding at least seven others was identified (ed note, fuck his identity)… Authorities have not yet zeroed in on a specific motive, but investigators uncovered an extensive social media presence by the gunman, including a possible link to right-wing extremism, a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN."
"Lawmakers in Montana, Tennessee and Kansas have voted in the past few weeks to narrowly define who is 'female' and who is 'male' in state law using such terms as 'gametes,' 'ova,' 'sex chromosomes,' 'genitalia' and 'immutable biological sex.'" Immutable biological… Fungus has entered the conversation and would like a word.
"A jury in Washington, D.C., found Tarrio guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over more than three months in one of the most serious cases brought in the stunning attack that unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021, as the world watched on live TV." Boom.
"Fox News is opposing a renewed effort by three news organizations to unseal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying it would do nothing but 'gratify private spite or promote public scandal.'" Legalize for, "it would be awfully embarrassing."
"A week after Fox News fired star host Tucker Carlson — for reasons that remain unexplained — he has been the subject of a handful of embarrassing stories about some of his private messages and statements while at the network."
"'The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards,' said Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at a hearing on ethics oversight at the high court. 'That reality is driving a crisis in public confidence in the Supreme Court. The status quo must change.'" But, Senator Durbin, only one of us has the power to enact that change.
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