LFG!!!!
LFG!!!!
I'm really disappointed by this change!
A new policy went into effect at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill : the University can record a class without the permission or knowledge of the instructor.
"Students will self-censor if they know that their words in class can be recorded by administrators.β
βUNC - Chapel Hill AAUP
I love this organization and hope management can come to the table with a real willingness to reach a deal. Like all of us at ProPublica, I would much rather be focused on doing the journalism than negotiating our first contract.
I love this episode!!
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
and i'm super proud of this episode about how to survive the grind of job hunting www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...
it's finally happening...this is uncomfortable is BACK with weekly episodes. we released two today as a special treat! the first is about the never ending quest for "enough" www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...
same person, when I told him I was attending a fundraiser for businesses in Chinatown (it was summer 2020) asked me, "What about Little Italy?"
the guy who earnestly told me he wanted to start a microgreens company so he could provide better food for people in Turks and Caicos such as "Drake and the Jonas Brothers"
"The sweeping study... found that using AI in education can 'undermine children's foundational development' and that 'the damages it has already caused are daunting.'"
They include limiting kids' cognitive, social, and emotional developmen, and increasing inequity.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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sometimes i remember that the j6er i reported on taught her oathkeeper friends how to play magic the gathering the federal prison using cards her boyfriend hand drew for them and i'm reminded of what a bizarre country this is
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From North Carolina Health News: The case raises questions about employee background checks, repeat safety violations and the stateβs reliance on residential psychiatric treatment facilities for vulnerable children.
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If there is any non-nefarious justification for refusing to admit something is AI generated, I haven't heard it.
i think people would have more ideas if they had health care and a living wage so they could spend time on creative pursuits instead of focusing on survival
The number of people reporting they are working part-time because they can't find full-time work ("part-time for economic reasons") jumped by about 900k from September to November.
told a doctor about how typing too much at work gave me tendon issues that mean for the past two years I have had to wear wrist braces for all my typing tasks and she was like, "hopefully AI means you have to do less of that!" noooo that is not the answer to workplace injuries please
this is going to be my line when AI inevitably comes up at the dinner table this holiday season
no one deserves this more than kelsey!!!
wait this is a great deal I need an interface lol can you send a link
had a dream last night that y'all wanted to hire me (a public radio producer in north carolina) to do a video series on Zohran's favorite food spots around the city, in case you were wondering how sticky your content has been!!
miranda's "only prettier" feels particularly nasty in this political moment!!
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
Good luck to her!! I have records I requested almost ten years ago as a DTH reporter that have never been filled