Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
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A U.S. government map of Africa — likely made with AI tools — mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation abroad this week.
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferenceA U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...www.reuters.com
Some Republicans protect their colleagues who sexually abuse women and children, while others turn a blind eye to their colleagues who physically abuse them. It's a big tent.
Jen BenderySen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) stared off into space today when I asked if he thinks fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller should end his reelection bid amid allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano came to the U.S. at 3yrs old. ICE took him this June. He was 29. He told his family he didn't feel right but ICE wouldn't give him medical attention. After a month, ICE finally moved him to a hospital Prisciliano died five days later enlacelatinonc.org/en/Young-Mex...
A young Mexican man living in Durham died in ICE custody.News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.enlacelatinonc.org
We must take control of the senate in 96 days and block every Trump nomination: officers, judges, and justices.
Kyle GriffinFLAG: Trump just said he doesn't object to withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination — keeping him in an acting capacity as AG — until after Sens. Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.
My sincere religious beliefs demand that we send people who defraud and lie under oath to prison.
tomwellborn3rdKim Davis told the court under oath she'd made no transfers over two thousand dollars in five years. Deeds show she moved three parcels worth over four hundred thousand to family members eight months before that. She wants the martyrdom without the debt.
It's noteworthy that the sticking point in getting Todd Blanche confirmed as AG involves financial corruption rather than Blanche refusing to release files about the sex trafficking of children by Trump's former friend. To Republicans, money is always more important than the welfare of children.
Two updates following this story; – Per Le Monde reporting, the French High Commissioner for Children has referred the findings to the European Commission - US Senator Maggie Hassan has written to Hugging Face asking a series of questions about its moderation practices (Sources in next post)
Matt Burgess (WIRED)NEW: A glimpse at how AI image generators are used. Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts. 73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors