mirta desir
@mirtadesir.bsky.social
🇭🇹 (happy) ex-esquire | Storyteller & Director
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The Senate is considering a bill that would prevent states from making any regulations on AI for ten years with no federal alternative.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
Congress: Oppose The 10-Year Ban on AI Regulation
A provision slipped into the reconciliation bill to ban all state-level AI regulations for 10 years. Urge Congress to oppose this ban immediately.
action.aclu.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Senate is considering a bill that would prevent states from making any regulations on AI for ten years with no federal alternative.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
This gives Big Tech a blank check to deploy these technologies without oversight or consequences. Tell Congress: Oppose the ten-year ban on AI regulation.
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Human genes should not be patented. This should not be controversial. But PERA would allow just that.
The PERA and PREVAIL Acts Would Make Bad Patents Easier to Get—and Harder to Fight
Two dangerous bills have been reintroduced in Congress that would reverse over a decade of progress in fighting patent trolls and making the patent system more balanced. The Patent Eligibility Restora...
www.eff.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Human genes should not be patented. This should not be controversial. But PERA would allow just that.
Mario Joseph fought the good fight. May he rest in purpose. apnews.com/article/mari...
Mario Joseph, a renowned human rights attorney in Haiti, dies after a car accident
Mario Joseph, a human rights attorney in Haiti known for his involvement in high-profile cases, has died. He was 62.
apnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Mario Joseph fought the good fight. May he rest in purpose. apnews.com/article/mari...
"... more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action..." - MLK, Jr.
March 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"... more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action..." - MLK, Jr.
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.
This is why we get in the fight.
This is why we get in the fight.
Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
www.politico.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.
This is why we get in the fight.
This is why we get in the fight.
The Executive Branch is trampling over agencies that were created by the Legislative Branch + the EB is teasing through the VP that they shouldn't be bound by the Judicial Branch's decisions. So if the EB has unfettered power (control) over spending, bureaucracy, & laws: what would you call that?
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Executive Branch is trampling over agencies that were created by the Legislative Branch + the EB is teasing through the VP that they shouldn't be bound by the Judicial Branch's decisions. So if the EB has unfettered power (control) over spending, bureaucracy, & laws: what would you call that?
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A federal judge on Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...
February 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily restricted access by Elon Musk’s government efficiency program to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, saying there was a risk of “irreparable harm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...
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In 1887, African American composer Edmond Dédé was living in exile in France and completed the greatest work of his life:
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In 1887, African American composer Edmond Dédé was living in exile in France and completed the greatest work of his life:
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
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If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you're in Illinois, you're on Section 8, and your landlord tries to evict you because of the government funding freeze, email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. My cases are pay-whatever-you-can.