Nia
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More people have died in ICE detention in 2025 than any year since 2004.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow
At least 30 detainees have died in 2025, prompting concerns about deteriorating conditions at facilities even as the agency has received an infusion of cash from Congress.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
More people have died in ICE detention in 2025 than any year since 2004.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
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“Venezuelan authorities launched an investigation Tuesday into a mysterious online fundraiser fronted by the founder of infamous US security contractor Blackwater [Erik Prince], who claims to have raised over $1 million towards ousting President Nicolas Maduro.” 9/25/24
Blackwater founder probed by Venezuela over anti-Maduro campaign
Venezuelan authorities launched an investigation Tuesday into a mysterious online fundraiser fronted by the founder of infamous US security contractor Blackwater, who claims to have raised over $1 mil...
www.france24.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Venezuelan authorities launched an investigation Tuesday into a mysterious online fundraiser fronted by the founder of infamous US security contractor Blackwater [Erik Prince], who claims to have raised over $1 million towards ousting President Nicolas Maduro.” 9/25/24
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INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold.
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Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold
Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township
thebuckeyeflame.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...
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Lawsuits claiming Ozempic, other GLP-1s led to blindness become second mass litigation over the drugs reut.rs/3N2CHXp
Lawsuits claiming Ozempic, other GLP-1s led to blindness become second mass litigation over the drugs
A federal judicial panel said Monday it would centralize a growing number of lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging patients lost some or all of their eyesight while taking the companies' blockbuster weight loss drugs before a judge in Pennsylvania.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Lawsuits claiming Ozempic, other GLP-1s led to blindness become second mass litigation over the drugs reut.rs/3N2CHXp
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Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Another first with the Meta sponsor just added to the Turning Point USA mega conference
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A woman fatally shot a man who she had a protection order against after he broke into her home with a hammer and a knife.
local12.com/news/nation-...
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Woman fatally shoots man she had protective order against after break-in: cops
The suspect was reportedly armed with a hammer and a knife.
local12.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A woman fatally shot a man who she had a protection order against after he broke into her home with a hammer and a knife.
local12.com/news/nation-...
local12.com/news/nation-...
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Australian here 👋
Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work.
There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996.
We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.
Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work.
There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996.
We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Australian here 👋
Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work.
There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996.
We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.
Stop saying the tragedy in Sydney demonstrates that strict gun laws don’t work.
There were ZERO mass shootings in Australia in the two decades after strict gun laws were passed in 1996.
We have so much we need to do, but strict gun laws remain a critical part of the solution.
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Providence's mayor said residents who live on or near Brown University’s campus are urged “to stay home and stay inside.” The shooter is still at large, he said.
At least 2 dead, 8 injured after Brown University shooting, Providence mayor says. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Mayor Brett Smiley said in an evening press conference that officials do not have a shooter in custody.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Providence's mayor said residents who live on or near Brown University’s campus are urged “to stay home and stay inside.” The shooter is still at large, he said.
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At least two people are dead and eight are in “critical status, though stable” at Rhode Island Hospital after a shooting at Brown University, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. No suspects are in custody. Follow live updates.
At least 2 dead, 8 injured after shooting at Brown University, Providence mayor says. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Mayor Brett Smiley said in an evening press conference that officials do not have a shooter in custody.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
At least two people are dead and eight are in “critical status, though stable” at Rhode Island Hospital after a shooting at Brown University, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. No suspects are in custody. Follow live updates.
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NGO Al-Haq warns proposed “Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration & Transformation Trust” would place Gaza under a US-admin foreign trusteeship with Israel. The plan sidelines Palestinians, turns Gaza into a commercial zone for foreign investors, and undermines the right to self-determination.
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
NGO Al-Haq warns proposed “Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration & Transformation Trust” would place Gaza under a US-admin foreign trusteeship with Israel. The plan sidelines Palestinians, turns Gaza into a commercial zone for foreign investors, and undermines the right to self-determination.
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These women are on the front-lines of the fight against the Network State, their land is being actively colonized by tech fascists, their country is subjected to huge election interference because of this.
Real people are suffering from this, being attacked by this, fighting this.
Real people are suffering from this, being attacked by this, fighting this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
These women are on the front-lines of the fight against the Network State, their land is being actively colonized by tech fascists, their country is subjected to huge election interference because of this.
Real people are suffering from this, being attacked by this, fighting this.
Real people are suffering from this, being attacked by this, fighting this.
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Important, from a publication I like a lot in Honduras, a photo-essay about Crawfish Rock: the people resisting Próspera and the Network State.
Please share. It is important to hear and lift the voices of those directly impacted by the Network State. + Beautiful photos
criterio.hn/crawfish-roc...
Please share. It is important to hear and lift the voices of those directly impacted by the Network State. + Beautiful photos
criterio.hn/crawfish-roc...
Crawfish Rock resiste ante Próspera, los colonos modernos
criterio.hn
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Important, from a publication I like a lot in Honduras, a photo-essay about Crawfish Rock: the people resisting Próspera and the Network State.
Please share. It is important to hear and lift the voices of those directly impacted by the Network State. + Beautiful photos
criterio.hn/crawfish-roc...
Please share. It is important to hear and lift the voices of those directly impacted by the Network State. + Beautiful photos
criterio.hn/crawfish-roc...
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Same for Indigenous nations under Canadian apartheid.
The colonizer government creates the perfect storm for corruption.
Then when corruption happens, all the colonizers gnash their teeth and bemoan the <insert down low racist adjectives> natives.
The colonizer government creates the perfect storm for corruption.
Then when corruption happens, all the colonizers gnash their teeth and bemoan the <insert down low racist adjectives> natives.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Same for Indigenous nations under Canadian apartheid.
The colonizer government creates the perfect storm for corruption.
Then when corruption happens, all the colonizers gnash their teeth and bemoan the <insert down low racist adjectives> natives.
The colonizer government creates the perfect storm for corruption.
Then when corruption happens, all the colonizers gnash their teeth and bemoan the <insert down low racist adjectives> natives.
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I am convinced that most white people support Ukraine because they’re a white, blond country even though it is a country with a documented history and current relationship with fascism.
If this happened to a country outside of the West they wouldn’t care
If this happened to a country outside of the West they wouldn’t care
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I am convinced that most white people support Ukraine because they’re a white, blond country even though it is a country with a documented history and current relationship with fascism.
If this happened to a country outside of the West they wouldn’t care
If this happened to a country outside of the West they wouldn’t care
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It’s funny to me that all these Ukraine supporters ignore that Ukraine is in the middle of a massive scandal of corruption with western money. It’s so bad that Zelenskyy could be ousted.
You’d think there would be an uproar but no. If it were an African country the reaction would be the opposite
You’d think there would be an uproar but no. If it were an African country the reaction would be the opposite
If you have to ask that question you don't spend a lot of time thinking about history. The mess in Ukraine has been going on for more than a decade. It will not end there. The war is coming whether we want it or not because Putin does want it. We ignore that at our peril.
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It’s funny to me that all these Ukraine supporters ignore that Ukraine is in the middle of a massive scandal of corruption with western money. It’s so bad that Zelenskyy could be ousted.
You’d think there would be an uproar but no. If it were an African country the reaction would be the opposite
You’d think there would be an uproar but no. If it were an African country the reaction would be the opposite
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The sidebar here is her acknowledgement that Israel is at WAR. Meaning war crimes apply to Israeli leadership, not only crimes against humanity.
Sure, it only matters for the moral high ground, since no one will take Netanyahu into custody.
But a better journalist would have been all over that.
Sure, it only matters for the moral high ground, since no one will take Netanyahu into custody.
But a better journalist would have been all over that.
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The sidebar here is her acknowledgement that Israel is at WAR. Meaning war crimes apply to Israeli leadership, not only crimes against humanity.
Sure, it only matters for the moral high ground, since no one will take Netanyahu into custody.
But a better journalist would have been all over that.
Sure, it only matters for the moral high ground, since no one will take Netanyahu into custody.
But a better journalist would have been all over that.
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LOL the British opposition leader contradicted that and said the quiet part out loud. She said that Ukraine was a proxy war for Western Europe against Russia
youtu.be/m9XdN0ME9o0?...
youtu.be/m9XdN0ME9o0?...
“Israel is fighting a proxy war on behalf of the UK” Kemi Badenoch defends Israel’s actions in Gaza
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
LOL the British opposition leader contradicted that and said the quiet part out loud. She said that Ukraine was a proxy war for Western Europe against Russia
youtu.be/m9XdN0ME9o0?...
youtu.be/m9XdN0ME9o0?...
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So many past artists who created the iconic Disney characters had NO idea the work they created would be regurgitated through Open AI for free
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
So many past artists who created the iconic Disney characters had NO idea the work they created would be regurgitated through Open AI for free
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
These people were not paid for the extraction of their labor. We need California law to catch up and @governor.ca.gov to stop this AI deal NOW 🛑
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“Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.”
Typing in prompts based on others’ uncredited work is not like photography.
Typing in prompts based on others’ uncredited work is not like photography.
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.”
Typing in prompts based on others’ uncredited work is not like photography.
Typing in prompts based on others’ uncredited work is not like photography.
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“Person of the year” means nothing & is often vile. It’s a 1932 photo they copying (“Lunch Atop a Skyscraper") to alter its place in the public imagination tho that photo was staged. Staging a photo doesn’t make gen ai equal; this is gen ai proponents doing ‘perception as process’ thing again.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Person of the year” means nothing & is often vile. It’s a 1932 photo they copying (“Lunch Atop a Skyscraper") to alter its place in the public imagination tho that photo was staged. Staging a photo doesn’t make gen ai equal; this is gen ai proponents doing ‘perception as process’ thing again.
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They regularly sue real artists who are influenced by their characters, but will allow this mess? I do think they’ll still sue people who make slop but then try to profit from it. It can’t be copywritten either. So they’ll benefit ultimately. Also 1B is like 3 dollars to them or something.
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They regularly sue real artists who are influenced by their characters, but will allow this mess? I do think they’ll still sue people who make slop but then try to profit from it. It can’t be copywritten either. So they’ll benefit ultimately. Also 1B is like 3 dollars to them or something.
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Disney has signed a deal with OpenAI and is investing $1B into the company
• Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars
• Some of these AI-generated videos will be released on Disney+
• Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars
• Some of these AI-generated videos will be released on Disney+
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Disney has signed a deal with OpenAI and is investing $1B into the company
• Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars
• Some of these AI-generated videos will be released on Disney+
• Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars
• Some of these AI-generated videos will be released on Disney+
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Netflix House is a trap. They just opened up one in Dallas. By entering, you will be signing away your image & likeness along with your child’s image & likeness, with no compensation at that. If y’all hate AI as much as y’all say, don’t go in there. Imagine how far this can really go…
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Netflix House is a trap. They just opened up one in Dallas. By entering, you will be signing away your image & likeness along with your child’s image & likeness, with no compensation at that. If y’all hate AI as much as y’all say, don’t go in there. Imagine how far this can really go…
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Pay for the kids to get comic making lessons!
Hire some comic artists and writers to come teach the kids!
I took a paneling class in college that changed my art forever, helping me storyboard better.
This will just stunt growth. It's an illusion pf opportunity.
Hire some comic artists and writers to come teach the kids!
I took a paneling class in college that changed my art forever, helping me storyboard better.
This will just stunt growth. It's an illusion pf opportunity.
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Pay for the kids to get comic making lessons!
Hire some comic artists and writers to come teach the kids!
I took a paneling class in college that changed my art forever, helping me storyboard better.
This will just stunt growth. It's an illusion pf opportunity.
Hire some comic artists and writers to come teach the kids!
I took a paneling class in college that changed my art forever, helping me storyboard better.
This will just stunt growth. It's an illusion pf opportunity.