#SCOTUS on Wednesday allowed #California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to #Democrats in this year’s #elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state #Republicans & the #Trump admin.

The justices had previously allowed #Texas’ Republican-friendly map to be used in 2026, despite a lower court ruling that it likely #discriminates on the basis of #race.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-california-congressional-maps-8362a34b739ea91d37a190eee1b6a6d1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-04-Breaking+News

#SCOTUS on Wednesday allowed #California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to #Democrats in this year’s #elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state #Republicans & the #Trump admin.

The justices had previously allowed #Texas’ Republican-friendly map to be used in 2026, despite a lower court ruling that it likely #discriminates on the basis of #race.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-california-congressional-maps-8362a34b739ea91d37a190eee1b6a6d1?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-04-Breaking+News

Trump appt'd circuit judge, former Scotus clerk, in Epstein files, via uncle accused of sex misconduct.

#Epstein #law #crime #scotus #politics #fascism #America #Europe #world #tyranny #freedom #EU #un #Canada #UK #resistance #tyranny #Sweden #India #protest #newyork #losangeles #portland #Finland #Germany #France #Italy #netherlands #Japan #Australia #America #news #reddit #meidastouch #crime #corruption #democrats #democracy #science

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hR1cTq_asM

Trump appt'd circuit judge, former Scotus clerk, in Epstein files, via uncle accused of sex misconduct.

#Epstein #law #crime #scotus #politics #fascism #America #Europe #world #tyranny #freedom #EU #un #Canada #UK #resistance #tyranny #Sweden #India #protest #newyork #losangeles #portland #Finland #Germany #France #Italy #netherlands #Japan #Australia #America #news #reddit #meidastouch #crime #corruption #democrats #democracy #science

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hR1cTq_asM

Two years after ProPublica first documented New York state’s dire shortage of guardians — and the substandard care some provide — lawmakers are pitching a $15 million-per-year fix.

It’s unclear whether the law has the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-good-guardianship-act-kathy-hochul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewYork #Guardians #Elderly #Seniors #Care #Law

Two years after ProPublica first documented New York state’s dire shortage of guardians — and the substandard care some provide — lawmakers are pitching a $15 million-per-year fix.

It’s unclear whether the law has the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-good-guardianship-act-kathy-hochul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewYork #Guardians #Elderly #Seniors #Care #Law

"The moral life requires a perpetual alienation from the centres of power, an adversarial relationship to he centres of power,"

#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth2026 #blackhistorymonth
#immigration #dueprocess #law #ice #minnesota #law #minneapolis #usa #humanrights #uspol #haiti #racism #whitesupremacy #blackhistorymonth #abolishdhs #abolishice #education #socialmedia #geopolitics
#Democracy #education #socialjustice #culture #art #mastodon #blackmastodon
@socialsciences @democracy @law

"The moral life requires a perpetual alienation from the centres of power, an adversarial relationship to he centres of power,"

#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth2026 #blackhistorymonth
#immigration #dueprocess #law #ice #minnesota #law #minneapolis #usa #humanrights #uspol #haiti #racism #whitesupremacy #blackhistorymonth #abolishdhs #abolishice #education #socialmedia #geopolitics
#Democracy #education #socialjustice #culture #art #mastodon #blackmastodon
@socialsciences @democracy @law

#Search @bsky.app@bsky.brid.gy #query {vacatio legis} #Almost #all #results are #foreign #languages! #America has had 4 #decades since #Rex84 passed into #law to #protest #Minnesota #before it happened, 2½ decades since the #PatriotAct! You can't #force-vaccinate #military & #police & expect them to #thank you!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iaifhbdrrvebksyobrbwysnw/post/3mdvldwwqhc2u

#Search @bsky.app@bsky.brid.gy #query {vacatio legis} #Almost #all #results are #foreign #languages! #America has had 4 #decades since #Rex84 passed into #law to #protest #Minnesota #before it happened, 2½ decades since the #PatriotAct! You can't #force-vaccinate #military & #police & expect them to #thank you!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iaifhbdrrvebksyobrbwysnw/post/3mdvldwwqhc2u

Weeks before #ElonMusk officially left his perch in government last spring, employees on the #human #data team of his #ArtificialIntelligence start-up #xAI received a startling #waiver from their employer, asking them to pledge to work with profane #content, including sexual material.

#law #regulation #tech #AI #Musk #Grok #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia

As part of this push for relevance, #xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy #AI companions, rolling back #guardrails on sexual material & ignoring internal warnings about the serious #legal & #ethical risks of producing such #content, acc/to interviews with more than a half-dozen former employees of #X & xAI, as well as multiple people familiar with #Musk’s thinking—some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retribution—& documents….

#law

#GiftArticle

Inside #Musk’s bet to hook users that turned #Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s #xAI loosened its guardrails & relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.

#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia
https://wapo.st/45DcMMI

Hannah Krenn: Leaked videos show #California prison guards pepper-sprayed incarcerated women who alleged sexual misconduct

#prison #sexualmisconduct #law
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/womens-prison-chowchilla-pepper-spray-21284233.php

Hannah Krenn: Leaked videos show #California prison guards pepper-sprayed incarcerated women who alleged sexual misconduct

#prison #sexualmisconduct #law
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/womens-prison-chowchilla-pepper-spray-21284233.php

As part of this push for relevance, #xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy #AI companions, rolling back #guardrails on sexual material & ignoring internal warnings about the serious #legal & #ethical risks of producing such #content, acc/to interviews with more than a half-dozen former employees of #X & xAI, as well as multiple people familiar with #Musk’s thinking—some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional retribution—& documents….

#law

Since leaving his role overseeing the #US #DOGE Service in May, #Musk has become a constant presence at #xAI’s offices—at times sleeping there overnight [undoubtedly whacked out on #ketamine] —as he has pressed to increase #Grok’s popularity…. In meeting after meeting he has championed a new metric, “user active seconds,” to granularly measure how long people spent conversing with the #chatbot, acc/to 2 of the people.
#law #regulation #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse

Their concerns proved prescient, the employees said. In the next few months, team members were suddenly exposed to a stream of sexually charged audio, including lewd conversations that #Tesla occupants had with the car’s #chatbot & other users’ sexual interactions with #Grok #chatbots, said one of the people, a manager. The material surfaced as the team worked to train Grok to engage in such interactions.

#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #abuse

The #waiver, which 2 former employees confirmed receiving & a copy of which was obtained by WaPo—was alarming to some members on the team, who had been hired to help shape how #xAI’s #chatbot #Grok responds to users. To some employees, it signaled a troubling new direction for a company launched “to accelerate human scientific discovery,” acc/to its website. Maybe now, they said they thought, it was willing to produce whatever #content might attract & keep users.
#law #regulation #Musk #tech #AI

Their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” the #waiver said, emphasizing that such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.” [JFC!]

#law #regulation #Musk #Grok #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #content #moderation #safety #abuse #pedophilia