Democratic representative says Epstein associate’s decision to invoke fifth amendment points to ‘White House cover-up’

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman are arguing that addictive features harmed her mental health in opening statements in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of similar cases to go to trial.

When the DeSantis administration swiftly built Alligator Alcatraz last summer, it said the federal government would foot the bill for the state’s Everglades immigration detention camp. But the Trump administration may now be reconsidering that commitment, signaling in court that Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for the cost of the facility’s construction

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/26248

https://archive.is/3vEmR

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn’t ready to take on the role of the physician.”

We have another event that invites people over to our side!

Discord Alternatives- Stoat; - Matrix; - Rocket.Chat; - Zulip; - Discourse. - Lobste.rs; - Tildes.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is set to appear before a closed-door congressional committee today

Found link to original tweet, per community rule about public figures: https://x.com/i/status/1022978628647186432

Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.

Source: https://jagodibuja.com/lwhg-comic-734/

Rough translation below, as original is in German:

Alt text:

For the first time, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) commissioned a chapter on climate science for the manual they put out (with the NASEM) for judges, the Reference on Scientific Evidence (4th Edition). This week, a month after it was published, they pulled the chapter out after being pressured by 27 Republican Attorneys General. You can nonetheless read it here.

The measures aim to increase Israeli control over the occupied West Bank in terms of property law, planning, licensing and enforcement.

Der objektiv beste Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets.

Continuity document for the kernel project: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=102606402f4f5943266160e263c450fdfe4dd981

Kdenlive 25.12.2 open-source video editor, is now available with new stability fixes, better monitor performance, and workflow improvements.

Quelle: Die goldenen Jahre des Heavy Metal, Regie: Sofie Peyrard. 2024, Frankreich. URL: https://youtu.be/wYmWTBLQuz8?t=101

Scratch made breakfast sausage, biscuits and pancakes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42935548

in papers such as these the conclusion is that multi-tasking lowers mental health (lowers working memory & ability to filter out impressions while increasing distractability & stress.)