In Mississippi, lawyers on both sides of a court case were caught using AI, essentially two LLMs arguing against each other. The judge dismissed all lawyers from the case and canceled the trial:
www.404media.co/judge-learns...
Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.
This is why all of you have a DUTY to stop paroting austerity language at the Federal level. The money is there. It's just not going to supporting life affirming institutions and programs.
Strengthening the fossil fuel industry and then blocking climate refugees is just compounding cruelty.
JUST IN: A California state court judge denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury found them liable for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, sources familiar with the ruling confirmed reut.rs/3RUICR3
Don't look away from this.
Fascists setting neighborhoods on fire. Dragging people out of their houses. We need to recognize that this isn't just something happening elsewhere, this is what the future looks like if we don't change it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteI...
Solar just produced more electricity than coal in the US for the first month ever
and it won't be the last...
Over the last two decades, the role of coal and solar in the US mix has changed drastically
May 2006: 🪨 48%, ☀️ 0%
May 2016: 🪨 26%, ☀️ 2%
May 2026: 🪨 12%, ☀️ 13%
Thousands of people detained by ICE are actually held in local, publicly operated jails.
These facilities–run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of the federal government's deportation agenda.
I think the truth might be a bit more disturbing yet: the open statements of white supremacy have not harmed his business interests. Investors seem aware—they simply don't care.
Jason Koebler
Video
Guardian US
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally
The Trump admin tried—and failed—to sell off the Arctic Refuge to major oil companies. Big Oil didn’t bid during a recent lease sale, but a handful of bids by two Alaska companies threaten to pollute this globally significant habitat.
Earthjustice is fighting back in court.
Jared Yates Sexton
Reuters Legal
The Trump administration tried to sell off the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil with a lease sale on June 5.
Congress voted to give ICE and CBP another $70 billion through 2029.
"There is no question that this bill passing will make it incredibly difficult to reverse the creation of a huge deportation machine at the hands of President Trump,” @naynagupta.bsky.social tells @washingtonpost.com.
No I think it’s the fascism to be honest. White supremacy appears far more important to him than his business interests. Banks and shareholders seem unable to accept this too
ICE and CBP will be able to keep spending money at a scale that will transform immigration enforcement and with fewer checks and balances.
Elon Musk is very busy attempting to incite violence in the UK. It's his response the the government's initiative designed to ban pornography on the mobile devices of children... pornography of which he is the principal supplier.
