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So Sayeth Black Lord:
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November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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If you use your cousins as models, you don’t have to pay them
Silhouette of my cousin at sunset Silhouette of my cousin at sunset Another cousin, looking out at the ocean at sunrise That same cousin from the previous picture
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Let’s remember the last time the NOPD used draconian technology
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology Palantir deployed a predictive policing system in New Orleans that even city council members don't know about investigations has already led to arguments for a new trial in high-profile Central City gang case. On Wednesday, an Orleans Criminal District Court judge agreed to consider a defense attorney's argument related to the possible use of Palantir software in Kentrell Hickerson's case, according to court records and Hickerson's attorney, Kevin Vogeltanz. Hickerson, 38, was convicted in May 2016 of conspiracy, racketeering and other gang-related charges after a trial during which prosecutors accused him of being a leader of the 3-N-G gang. Hickerson, who was sentenced to 100 years in prison, has accused prosecutors of suppressing analytic evidence obtained through the use of Palantir, arguing he had a right to view the evidence if his name surfaced as being affiliated with a gang, or if his name was absent from any analytic data related to 3-N-G. "They're creating a target list, but we're not going after Al Qaeda in Syria," said a former law enforcement official who has observed Palantir's work first-hand as well as the company's sales pitches for predictive policing. The former official spoke on condition of anonymity to freely discuss their concerns with data mining and predictive policing. "Palantir is a great example of an absolutely ridiculous amount of money spent on a tech tool that may have some application," the former official said. "However, it's not the right tool for local and state law enforcement." Six years ago, one of the world's most secretive and powerful tech firms developed a contentious intelligence product in a city that has served as a neoliberal laboratory for everything from charter schools to radical housing reform since Hurricane Katrina. Because the program was never public, important questions about its basic functioning, risk for bias, and overall propriety were never answered. There is also potential legal fallout from the revelation of New Orleans' partnership with Palantir. Several defense attorneys interviewed by The Verge, including lawyers who represented people accused of membership in gangs that, according to documents and interviews, were identified at least in part through the use of Palantir software, said they had never heard of the partnership nor seen any discovery evidence referencing Palantir's use by the NOPD.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Jingle all the Way
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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“Respect”
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Gulp of America
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Well, did it work for those people? No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... but it might work for us.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Fire Mickey Loomis
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The ending feels like it was added from a completely different article
What's clear is companies are wary of passing along higher costs to customers, said DiNatale, of Moody's Analytics. "A lot of businesses are saying, we just don't think consumers will stand for this," DiNatale said. "[Consumers] have been through years of higher prices, and there's just very little tolerance for higher prices going forward."
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Seeing Blu & Exile live will forever be a life highlight
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Ohio State for undergrad and Tulane for grad school
Me at my undergrad graduation Me at my Tulane graduation
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I’m finally getting over being jet lagged two days before I leave
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM