Police arrest 15 after violent protest outside UK refugee hotel


The incident comes after increase in numbers of refugees and asylum seekers crossing the Channel to the UK in boats. Police have arrested 15 people after an anti-refugee demonstration outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers turned violent near the English city of Liverpool. The Merseyside Police department said a police officer and two civilians sustained minor injuries during the disturbance on Friday night in Knowsley. The police force said some protesters threw objects and set a police van on fire. The people arrested, who ranged in age from 13 to 54, were detained "following violent disorder." Merseyside police commissioner Emily Spurrell told Radio City, "It was incredibly dangerous and there were a couple of injuries amongst the police officers."


The Home Office has been using the hotel to temporarily house asylum seekers since last year, according to local media. George Howarth, who represents Knowsley in the UK Parliament, said the violence on Friday night did not reflect the community. "The people of Knowsley are not bigots and are welcoming to people escaping from some of the most dangerous places in the world in search of a place of safety," he said. "Those demonstrating against refugees at this protest tonight do not represent this community." The protest took place amid heightened tensions as growing numbers of refugees and migrants cross the Channel in small boats.


More than 45,000 people reached the UK by that route in 2022, and most applied for asylum. The system for considering asylum applications has slowed to a crawl because of political turmoil and bureaucratic delays, leaving many asylum seekers stuck in hotels or other temporary accommodations. The Channel crossings have become a political issue, with the Conservative government promising to "stop the boats" and pursuing a plan to send such asylum seekers to Rwanda. Opponents have accused the government of demonising desperate people fleeing war and poverty.


President's Cup: Candystripes defeat Rovers in season opener at Brandywell


Derry midfielder Adam Reilly closes down Lee Grace at the Brandywell


Derry City emerged victorious in the President's Cup as they ran out 2-0 winners over Shamrock Rovers. The FAI Cup holders defeated last season's league winners at the Brandywell thanks to first-half goals from Will Patching and Michael Duffy. The Hoops pushed to reduced terms in the second half but Ruaidhri Higgins' charges stood firm to win the curtain-raiser. Derry travel to St. Patrick's Athletic for the league opener next Friday. Patching's side-footed volley nudged Derry in front after 23 minutes - the midfielder opened the scoring as the Foylesider's ran out 2-1 winners over the eventual champions last February.


The Hoops went on to win the Premier Division by 13 points but Duffy soon had City further ahead with a long-range effort which managed to squirm under keeper Leon Pohls and into the net. Last season's runners-up were two goals to good at the break. Graham Burke went closest to reducing the arrears in the second period but the Candystripes were comfortable winners a week prior to their quest for national glory. City boss Ruaidhri Higgins praised his team after what he said was the "hardest week of my life" following the death of his brother Kevin. "It's a kick in the teeth and there's tough weeks ahead but we'll get on with it in his memory," said Higgins. "To beat Shamrock Rovers and deservedly so with a good performance is really pleasing."


DHS hires law firm to handle possible Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment proceedings


The Department of Homeland Security has hired an outside law firm - Debevoise & Plimpton - to assist in possible impeachment proceedings for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as he potentially faces charges by House Republicans regarding his handling of the southern border. "The Department of Homeland Security has retained outside counsel to help ensure the Department's vital mission is not interrupted by the unprecedented, unjustified, and partisan impeachment efforts by some Members of Congress, who have already taken steps to initiate proceedings," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement Friday. "DHS will continue prioritizing its work to protect our country from terrorism, respond to natural disasters, and secure our borders while responding appropriately to the over 70 Congressional committees and subcommittees that have oversight of DHS." A DHS official tells CBS News the department has hired the firm for contracted work for the life of the congressional inquiry. Debevoise was chosen because of its expertise in impeachment and bipartisan experience in working with Congress on oversight.


The Justice Department recently advised that the contract with Debevoise qualifies as an appropriate expenditure for DHS. DHS is trying to ensure that its mission isn't undermined by partisan attacks and that proceedings against Mayorkas are being handled by people with the appropriate expertise. Mayorkas has not commented on this development, but asked about the impeachment inquiry last Thursday, he told reporters, "We will cooperate with this Congress, just as we did with the last Congress. I think that's our responsibility." He conceded that "it will take time" to comply with the House's investigation. "I will spend that time as will others and we will also not compromise the time that we spend in fulfilling our mission." A DHS senior official confirmed that Mayorkas has not yet met with his new outside counsel. Only one cabinet member has ever been impeached, Secretary of War William Belknap. In 1876, Belknap, who served in President Ulysses S. Grant's administration, was accused of accepting bribes but was ultimately acquitted by the Senate.


Four teens charged in attack of 14-year-old who died of suicide after beating video was posted online


Dad says daughter took her own life after being bullied at NJ school


Four New Jersey teenagers have been charged in connection with the attack of a 14-year-old girl who later took her own life after video of the incident was posted on social media. One juvenile is charged with aggravated assault, two juveniles are charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and one juvenile is charged with harassment, Ocean County prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer told CBS News in an email.


Adriana Kuch, 14, was found dead in her Bayville home on February 3, two days after the disturbing video of the attack at Central Regional High School was posted online. The video showed girls throwing a drink at the teen, then kicking and dragging her down school hallways. They pushed Adriana into red lockers lining the school hallways and one of the girls in a pink shirt punched Kuch repeatedly.


Another girl outside of the video frame laughed as she recorded the scene. Two adults came in to break up the attack, with one adult pulling the teens apart. Adriana lay hurt and bruised on the hallway floor as the adult tried to help her up.


One of the girls said, "That's what you get." "She loved life. She was the happiest kid. Everybody loved her," her father, Michael Kuch, told CBS New York on Thursday, adding that he's angry and wants everyone to see the video and what the teens did to his daughter.


Kuch said police should have been called immediately because the students, who he said his daughter had been having problems with, smashed her face with a 20-ounce bottle. "If they called the police and did an investigation, those girls would not have posted videos from school," Kuch said. He also said his daughter, who had bruises on her body, should've been taken to the hospital. "We always address every issue of bullying and on the day of the incident four students were suspended," Dr. Triantafillos Parlapanides, superintendent of schools, told CBS New York.


School officials told CBS New York that they notified the family and called Adriana's death horrible. Each teenager and their guardian was served with a copy of their complaint and were released pending future court appearances, the prosecutor told CBS News. Students at the school staged a walkout Wednesday in support of Adriana's family. If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here. For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org.


I talked to 30 health, wellness professionals about avoiding burnout


In our day-to-day lives, we're constantly looking for ways to increase our energy and avoid burnout, especially in our jobs. This can be extremely difficult for those in the healthcare industry, which is why I asked 30 health and wellness professionals the same question: "How do you manage your energy and not burn out in your profession?" Their careers range from infectious disease doctors to psychologists to mindfulness teachers - and they all had great advice to give on how to stay motivated and keep the ball rolling. Despite the large differences in their roles, there were several themes within their responses that stood out as ways to prevent burnout.


Here are the top four approaches that they use.


1.Build a strong community: As someone who works with patients who have terminal illnesses, Eufrosina Young thanks her strong support system for her ability to maintain her energy. Young is a board-certified neurologist and ALS specialist at the Upstate University Hospital's department of neurology, and says they "mobilize like an army of people" there. There isn't a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but knowing that she isn't the only one putting in the hard work to develop treatments and provide better options for her patients, keeps Young going even on her hardest days. "We're not carrying the weight of the world, but being part of a world of people that are advocating for this work," she says.


2.Rest when you need to: Working two jobs as a sleep researcher and an algorithm engineer, all while taking care of a new baby, would have definitely led Raphael Vallat to burnout if he didn't rest, he says. "I feel like when I'm about to burn out, basically every task feels like a mountain that you need to climb, and feels super urgent and important," says Vallat. In those moments, "you really need to take some time off and realize that these tasks can wait." Typically, Vallat finds moments in his day where he can pause and spend time in nature to ground himself before returning to work.


3.Be passionate about what you're doing and remember your purpose: Up until spring of 2022, infectious disease specialist Céline Gounder worked 100 hours a week for seven days a week. Being on the frontlines during the pandemic ate up almost all of her time, but she avoided burnout by reminding herself about why her work is important. "I don't think work feels like work when you feel like you're having an impact," says Gounder. "If you're working crazy hours doing something that has no meaning to you, I think you really do need to step back and question what you're doing."


4.Have other joys: Across the board, each of the experts said they engage in some hobby like exercise, dancing and even playing the guitar. It's extremely important to have a life you enjoy that exceeds what you accomplish in your job, says Christina Maslach, social psychologist, retired professor of psychology at U.C. Berkeley and author of "The Burnout Challenge: Managing People's Relationships with Their Jobs." "Look at your life as a whole, and make sure there's good things about it, and make sure you have time for them."


Juvenile charged with murder in December Chicago school shooting that left 2 dead


A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of two students at a Chicago high school in December, police announced Friday. The suspect is charged with two counts of felony first-degree murder and two counts of felony attempted murder, Chicago Police superintendent David Brown announced. "We currently don't have a clear motive for why a 16 year old would want to shoot and kill other kids," Brown said. The suspect's name was not released Friday due to his age, although Brown said he would face the murder and attempted murder charges as an adult.


Four teenagers were shot December 16 at Benito Juarez High School. The victims who died were both boys, aged 14 and 15, police announced at the time. Investigators say tips from the public helped lead them to the suspect, who was arrested Thursday. "We are grateful for those who have been brave enough to come forward to ensure that the offender is caught and will now be held accountable," said Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx. The suspect is expected to appear in Bond Court Saturday, Brown said, where more details about the evidence they have collected will be presented.


Minnesota biologists rescue trapped black bear


The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources came to the rescue of a bear-y unlucky bear after it became trapped in a ditch. The bear had hunkered down in a culvert alongside the road near Wannaska, Minnesota, according to a Facebook post from the department. But when the snow began to melt, the culvert started to flood, trapping the bear in deep snow and ice, according to the department. Staff from the department quickly responded to the scene and helped remove the bear. The department's bear biologist, Andrew Tri, "examined the bear and pronounced him healthy but groggy - obviously, because he'd been woken up from his winter sleep," according to the Facebook post. The department then relocated the bear to a state sanctuary to resume his hibernation. The sleepy carnivore was estimated to be 6 years old and between 375 and 400 pounds.


The department reminded residents that moving bears is a job best left to the professionals. If you're worried about a bear in your neighborhood, you should contact local authorities - not try to move or feed the sleeping giant. In this case, bystanders first tried to dig out the bear by themselves and offered him food, including Pop-Tarts, lettuce and Fancy Feast cat food. But, luckily for the well-intentioned diggers, "because bears don't have the desire to eat in the winter, the bear didn't bite." Minnesota is home to between 12,000 and 15,000 black bears, found mainly in the northern third of the state, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The predators hibernate for as long as six or seven months in the winter, during which time they do not eat and live off of their stored body fat.


Photos: Following restorations, Egypt inaugurates the Djehuty and Hery tombs


The tombs of Djehuty and Hery have been inaugurated on Thursday following the completion of restoration work. The inauguration was conducted by the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt Mostafa Waziri, Ambassador of Span to Egypt Alvaro Iranzo, and the President of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Eloísa del Pino. Waziri explained that the two tombs were discovered through the joint Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities and CSIC, working since 2002. He said that the mission carried out excavation and restoration work and published research related to the tombs, which are located in the Dra Abu al-Naga area on the west bank of Luxor. They succeeded in uncovering many tombs, coffins, mummies and a funerary garden.


Wazir explained that these two tombs belong to prominent people, who lived during the beginning of the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom - one of the most important eras of ancient Egypt. He said that the layout of the tombs are T-shaped, a style commonly used in tombs from the 18th dynasty. These consistent of an entrance, a column hall leading to a burial shaft, and walls featuring distinct inscriptions. Waziri added that Djehuty was supervisor of the state treasury and overviewed works of craftsmen and artists during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut.


Djehuty was also responsible for recording Hatshepsut's journey to Puntland, and providing electrum (a mixture of gold and silver) for covering the top of the obelisks that she placed in the Karnak temples. In addition, he was in charge of the process of moving the obelisks. The room that precedes the Djehuty's burial chamber features inscriptions engraved with 43 chapters of the Book of the Dead, the first time that the chapters of the book were written on the walls of tombs before being written on linen and papyrus. Hery, held the position of superintendent of the royal stores of the sacred royal wife and mother, Ahhotep.


Jared O'Mara should never have been a Labour candidate, says Rachel Reeves


The disgraced former MP Jared O'Mara "should never have been selected as a Labour candidate" and deserves his four-year jail sentence, the shadow chancellor has said. Rachel Reeves was talking to the Guardian in the Bolton North East constituency on Friday, hours after key figures in the local party quit in protest at how Labour's national executive committee (NEC) was controlling the parliamentary selection process for the next general election.


The entire selection committee in Bolton North East resigned after they were not allowed to choose the shortlist, an increasingly common practice in Keir Starmer's Labour party, saying: "Yet again, it appears that the Labour party is seeking to promote the views and attitudes of a clique in London, rather than local members in the north." They added: "This goes against the attitude necessary to win back the red wall, which is so desperately needed to deliver a Labour government." Reeves said: "I don't know what the circumstances are of what has happened in Bolton, but I do know that those being selected are strong candidates, often with very strong roots in their communities."


There has been particular unhappiness that Leigh Drennan, the chair of Labour North West and aide to the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, was not longlisted to try to win the seat back from the Conservatives, despite garnering nominations from four big trade unions. Reeves said she had nothing to do with candidate selection, but added: "I do know that it's really important that we have rigorous processes for who can be longlisted and who can be shortlisted."


O'Mara was imprisoned for four years this week after a jury found he had submitted fake expense claims totalling £52,000 in an attempt to fund his cocaine and alcohol abuse. Many people have suggested he was not properly vetted by Labour when he was selected to fight Nick Clegg, the former Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister, in Sheffield Hallam in 2017"s snap general election. Asked if the O'Mara debacle was looming large in the minds of Labour's NEC, Reeves said: "I don't want to suggest in any way that anyone not on a shortlist is a cocaine user. But Jared O'Mara was a terrible case. He should never have been selected as a Labour candidate; he should never have been an MP. He used public money, it's absolutely right he's received his sentence."


The O'Mara circumstances were "pretty exceptional," said Reeves, but she acknowledged: "There are important lessons to be learned for the Labour party and all political parties on the selection of candidates. But I would also say, in this parliament we have seen the constant undermining of standards in politics, not least by a succession of prime ministers and fines and parties and standards falling well short of what you could expect." She added: ""One thing I would say about the Labour party is that when people do wrong, they lose the whip. And that's just not the case in the Conservative party."


Reeves was in Bolton to meet apprentices at a training centre for Openreach, which provides the UK's broadband network. After watching apprentices climb up pretend telegraph poles at the £1.7m site, Reeves discussed Labour's plans to overhaul the apprenticeship levy, which forces larger firms to put aside 0.5% of their payroll to fund apprentices.


Businesses complain the levy is too inflexible. For example, said Reeves, Openreach "wants to retrain people who work on copper to work on fibre, but the apprenticeship levy doesn't have that flexibility around retraining." Reeves said Labour would change the levy so companies could use the money to retrain employees in industries such as the automotive sector and those currently fitting gas boilers. "We need them as part of the energy transition to net zero to be learning the skills to work on electric vehicles or fitting heat pumps or hydrogen boilers. We want those people to be retrained to get the skills that they need to succeed. And yet the apprenticeship levy is stacked up against them. Businesses want greater flexibility and young people starting off in life or older people who want to retrain to make sure that their skills are relevant for the future," said Reeves.


One arrested amid Tate Britain protest over drag queen children's event


One person has been arrested amid a protest outside Tate Britain, where a drag queen storytelling event for children was being hosted. The Metropolitan police said one person was arrested on suspicion of making a racially aggravated comment towards a police officer outside the art gallery near Westminster. No injuries have been reported and officers remain at the scene, the force said.


The Tate was hosting Drag Queen Story Hour UK on Saturday, with tales told by Aida H Dee, who the gallery's website describes as "the first drag artist in Europe to read stories to children in a nursery." A rightwing group of protesters demonstrated outside the gallery and were met by counterprotesters led by trans-rights campaigners and political groups, including Stand Up to Racism. Officers had to form a corridor so attenders could get into the venue.


Writing on Twitter, the drag queen said the day had been "proper emotional," adding that five protesters had gained entry to the Tate and "caused a disruption" in parts of the building, but they did not affect the readings. She had previously told Pink News that the invite to the Tate for the event during LGBTQ+ history month had been "an honour." Her readings have previously been targeted by protesters. The Drag Queen had said that "risk assessments" had taken place beforehand - but added it was "ridiculous" that they were necessary. Aida tweeted: "5 haters made it into the Tate. They caused a disruption. BUT not to Drag Story Hour UK ...They made a fuss elsewhere in the building, not where the show was!! SHOW 2 went swimmingly!!!" Aida had been staging three storytelling sessions on Saturday at 11am, noon and 2pm. A spokesperson for the Tate said: "We do not programme artists in order to promote particular points of view, nor to reconcile differing points of view." Our galleries offer a broad programme and visitors have the freedom to choose which aspects of it they engage with."


Trump's Prized 40 Wall Street Building On 'Lender Watch' Amid Dropping Income: Report


Donald Trump's heavily mortgaged skyscraper at 40 Wall Street is on "lender watch" amid plummeting income and increasing costs, Bloomberg reported Friday. The vacancy rate at the 72-story building - Trump's most valuable - jumped to almost 18% in the third quarter of last year, according to a monthly filing on the building's remaining $126.5 million mortgage, Bloomberg reported. Expenses, meanwhile, have reportedly risen 11% since the origin of the 2015 mortgage. Trump has often bragged about the building he acquired in 1995, which was appraised at $540 million in 2015.


The day of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed 3,000 people, a Trump bragged in a TV interview that 40 Wall Street was suddenly the tallest building in the city. Not only was his claim insensitive, it was also a lie.


Another nearby skyscraper on Pine Street in Lower Manhattan became the tallest building after the destruction of the Twin Towers. High-rise office leasing in Manhattan has been dropping for years, which was exacerbated after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as many companies shut down and employees of surviving firms worked remotely. Wells Fargo, which is servicing the mortgage on 40 Wall Street, "has reached out to the borrower for a status of leasing developments" and the plans to improve the property's performance, according to the filing, Bloomberg reported.


Wagner owner says war in Ukraine will drag on for years


The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video interview released late Friday that it could take 18 months to two years for Russia to fully secure control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of Donbas. He added that the war could go on for three years if Moscow decides to capture broader territories east of the Dnieper River.


The statement from Prigozhin, a millionaire who has close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was dubbed "Putin's chef" for his lucrative Kremlin catering contracts, marked a recognition of the difficulties that the Kremlin has faced in the campaign, which it initially expected to wrap up within weeks when Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.


Russia suffered a series of humiliating setbacks in the fall when the Ukrainian military launched successful counteroffensives to reclaim broad swaths of territory in the east and the south. The Kremlin has avoided making forecasts on how long the fighting could continue, saying that what it called the "special military operation" will continue until its goals are fulfilled. The Russian forces have focused on Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk provinces that make up the Donbas region where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014.


Prigozhin said that the Wagner Group mercenaries were continuing fierce battles for control of the Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. He acknowledged that the Ukrainian troops were mounting fierce resistance. As Russian troops have pushed their attacks in the Donbas, Moscow has also sought to demoralize Ukrainians by leaving them without heat and water in the bitter winter.


On Friday, Russia launched the 14th round of massive strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities and other vital infrastructure. High-voltage infrastructure facilities were hit in the eastern, western and southern regions, resulting in power outages in some areas. Ukraine's energy company, Ukrenergo, said Saturday that the situation was "difficult but controllable," adding that involved backups to keep up power supplies but noting that power rationing will continue in some areas. Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said that Russian forces launched 71 cruise missiles, 35 S-300 missiles and seven Shahed drones between late Thursday and midday Friday, adding that Ukrainian air defenses downed 61 cruise missiles and five drones.


The Ukrainian authorities reported more attacks by killer drones later on Friday. The Ukrainian air force said the military downed 20 Shahed drones in the evening. Late Friday, Russian military bloggers and some Ukrainian news outlets posted a video showing an attack by a sea drone on a strategic railway bridge in the Odesa region. The grainy video showed a fast-moving object approaching the bridge in Zatoka, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Odesa, and exploding in a powerful blast. The authenticity of the video couldn't be verified. The Ukrainian military hasn't commented on the attack, and Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the regional administration, wouldn't confirm the drone attack when he spoke in televised remarks on Saturday. The bridge, which was targeted by Russian missile strikes early in the war, serves the railway link to Romania, which is a key conduit for Western arms supplies.


Kazakh rescuers pull out 7 survivors and bodies of 19 deceased in Türkiye: 11 February 2023, 12:15


GAZIANTEP.KAZINFORM - Kazakh rescuers continue digging through the rubble searching for survivors in Türkiye, Kazinform cites the press service of the Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry. The work of the rescuers is hampered by large amounts of debris and unstable constructions. As of now, the Kazakhstani rescue team pulled out seven quake survivors and the bodies of 19 people, including one kid, in Türkiye. First medical aid is also provided on a round-the-clock basis. Notably, a 7.7 magnitude quake that devastated parts of southeast Türkiye and northern Syria hit early Monday. As of today, the death toll from massive quakes hit the southeast of Türkiye exceeded 20,000.


Asian Championships is to give new impetus to development of athletics


ASTANA.KAZINFORM - Opening ceremony of the 10th Asian Athletics Indoor Championships took place on Friday at Qazaqstan sports center in Astana. Attending the event was Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov, Kazinform cites the press service of the Kazakh Prime Minister. Opening the event, the Head of the Kazakh government read out the welcome letter of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. "Sport knows no bounds. It strengthens friendship and brings together nations and countries. Special attention is attached to sports in Kazakhstan. There are all conditions for doing professional and mass sports in our country.


Great attention is placed on the development of sports infrastructure. Clear evidence of that is this athletics complex seating over six thousand people," reads the Kazakh President's letter. Kazakhstani athletes successfully compete and represent Kazakhstan at major world competitions. They are an example to the growing generation and inspire the youth for great victories, Tokayev noted. He expressed confidence that the holding of the Asian Championships in Astana will give a new impetus to the development of athletics in the country, pledging for greater cooperation with international organizations in the sphere.


Kazakh Prime minister Smailov expressed special gratitude to the President of the Asian Athletics Association Dahlan al-Hamad for his assistance in preparing for and holding the championships. The Asian Athletics Indoor Championships take place for the first time in the CIS territory. The tournament brought together over 500 athletes from 31 countries who are to compete in race, relay race, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot put, and all-around event. The tournament is to run through February 12. Earlier it was reported Kazakhstani runner Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui won the women's 3,000m gold, and Olga Safronova claimed the women's 60m silver at the tournament.


Yellowstone' actor Q'orianka Kilcher beats fraud charges


Attorney Camille Vasquez, who represented Johnny Depp in last year's blockbuster defamation trial, has scored another legal victory - this time with "Yellowstone" actor Q'orianka Kilcher. On Friday, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office cleared Kilcher, 32, of all charges in a workers" compensation fraud case. In a statement shared Friday with The Times, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County district attorney said the court "determined that Ms. Kilcher did not commit insurance fraud and advised the court that we were unable to proceed."


In July 2022, California officials charged Kilcher with two felony counts of workers" compensation fraud, accusing her of illegally collecting more than $96,000 in disability benefits between October 2019 and September 2021. The time frame also includes several months when Kilcher worked on "Yellowstone," despite the actor's claims that she was too injured to work. Kilcher self-surrendered and was arraigned in May.


"Today, I am beyond grateful that my case has been dismissed - tomorrow my journey begins to help raise awareness and demand more transparency for worker's rights within the workers comp system" Kilcher said Friday in a statement shared with The Times. She added that she "look[s] forward to shedding more light on this experience and continuing to do the work I love." Kilcher also thanked Vasquez and her fellow Brown Rudnick attorney Steve Cook for "their steadfast belief in my innocence."


According to TMZ, Kilcher hired the two in September. Kilcher broke out with Terrence Malick's 2002 movie "The New World," where she portrayed Pocahontas. Her credits also include "Sons of Anarchy," "The Alienist" and "Dora and the Lost City of Gold." She most recently appeared in the road-trip film "Dog," starring Channing Tatum.


Balenciaga boss calls holiday campaign 'stupid mistake'


Luxury clothing brand Balenciaga is still reeling from the backlash over two of its recent ad campaigns. Months after the fashion house came under heat for promotional images that critics said sexualized children, Balenciaga artistic director Demna (full name Demna Gvasalia) said he's still sorry for the images in an interview with Vogue published Friday. "I want to personally apologize for the wrong artistic choice of concept for the gifting campaign with the kids and I take my responsibility," he told Vogue, echoing a previous statement he posted to social media in December.


In November, the brand shared photos for its "The Gift" collection, which featured child models posing with teddy bears that were dressed in bondage attire. Shortly after, Balenciaga dropped photos for its spring 2023 campaign that featured a page from a 2008 Supreme Court case involving "virtual child pornography" in the background. Parents, including reality TV star and longtime Balenciaga fan - and brand partner - Kim Kardashian, spoke out against the brand and its "disturbing images" on social media. Days later, Balenciaga released a statement apologizing for the photos and outlining the changes it would implement to avoid similar "mistakes" in the future. "This experience has forced me to reevaluate a lot of things in the way I, we, work, in the way we create and communicate images, the way we interact with our audiences, and the way we learn from our mistakes and move forward," Demna told Vogue.


He detailed the postbacklash changes at Balenciaga: "restructuring the image department," conducting more internal and external checks for campaign imagery, and partnering with the National Children's Alliance to help "thousands of kids in the process of overcoming trauma and dealing with their mental health." "It's the one thing that makes me happy about this whole horrible situation: to do something good out of it," he said of that partnership, which was announced Wednesday.


Also teaming up with the NCA is Balenciaga's parent company, Kering, which oversees other luxury brands including Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta. Under the Kering umbrella is Gucci, which faced backlash in December for a campaign featuring Harry Styles that some social media critics alleged also sexualized children. In the interview, Denma said he plans to move away from the brand's "provocative" ways. "This is part of my learning: I will have a more mature and serious approach to everything I release as an idea or an image," he said. "I have decided to go back to my roots in fashion as well as to the roots of Balenciaga, which is making quality clothes - not making image or buzz."


Speaking of the brand's origins, elsewhere in the interview Demna said one of the most "painful" parts of the backlash was tarnishing "the name of Balenciaga and the legacy of Cristóbal Balenciaga." "Balenciaga is a house that is over one century old and is based on strong and beautiful creative values, and I have been busy doing all in my creative power to bring it to its modern relevance, and suddenly we were under attack and labeled as something we're not at all," Demna said. "We certainly made a huge and stupid mistake with the gifting campaign, and we certainly have learned from it."


It's Fake News, CBN Debunks Claim It Lacks Capacity To Print More New Naira Notes


The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as misleading, the report that claimed to be quoting CBN govemor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as attributing the current challenge in the distribution of the newly redesigned Naira banknotes to a shortage of printing materials at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Plc. In a statement issued on Saturday, CBN spokesman, Osita Nwasinobi, said at no time did the CBN governor made such statement during his presentation to the National Council of State at its meeting on Friday, February 10, 2023. Mr Nwasinobi said Emefiele only told the meeting that the NSPMC was working on printing all denominations of the Naira to meet the transaction needs of Nigerians. He said while the CBN appreciates the concerns shown by all stakeholders about the distribution of the new Naira notes, "we are alarmed at the extent to which vested interests are attempting to manipulate facts and pitch the public against the Bank." Nwasinobi said the CBN remains committed to performing its monetary policy functions, as stipulated in the CBN Act, 2007 (as amended). "We also wish to restate that the NSPMC has the capacity and enough materials to produce the required indent of the Naira. "The bank, therefore, wishes to appeal to the public to disregard the said report and exercise more restraint, even as we work assiduously to increase the circulation of the new notes in the country," he added.


On a particular voice note trending on the social media alleging that the CBN planned to shut down some banks, particularly in a particular geopolitical region of the country, the CBN said there was no such plan and that the claims were illogical and do not comply with the workings of the Nigerian banking system. "The public is therefore advised to ignore such recordings as they do not represent the policy thrust of the CBN and are only the desperate attempts of persons bent on inciting the public against the Bank," he stated.


Tim Sherwood tears into £44m signing Pedro Porro after dismal Tottenham debut


Porro had an afternoon to forget against Leicester (Picture: Getty)


Tim Sherwood tore into Pedro Porro's "absolutely disgusting" defending during Tottenham's 4-1 defeat to Leicester City. Spurs signed the right-back from Sporting CP on transfer deadline day on an initial loan deal for £5million with the obligation to buy this summer for £39million. The 23-year-old was handed his debut by Antonio Conte on Saturday at the King Power Stadium with his side taking the lead after 14 minutes through Rodrigo Bentancur.


But it turned into an miserable afternoon with Nampalys Mendy, James Maddison and Kelechi Iheanacho all scoring to give Leicester a 3-1 at half-time with Porro enduring a torrid first-half in the Premier League. The Spaniard was at fault again as Leicester thought they had added a fourth through Barnes and while the goal was ruled out for offside, former Spurs manager Sherwood was left shocked by the full-back's defensive efforts. "I don't want to keep picking on the kid but he needs to be relieved of his duties," Sherwood told Soccer Saturday. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because it is his debut but Pedro Porro is no bad it is unbelievable. His positioning is absolutely disgusting, Barnes and Maddison are destroying him down the left hand side. Daniel Levy was saying this week, they have spent a lot of money, yes they have, but their recruitment has been very poor and this is the latest addition. Let's not make any conclusions at the moment but what I am looking at is a player who does not want to defend.


"Antonio Conte has complained about the defending and this player, at the moment is struggling to defend. He is up against very good players in Barnes and Maddison but it is very disappointing." While the goal was ruled out, Leicester restored their 4-1 lead with Barnes on target nine minutes from full-time. Despite beating Manchester City last week, Tottenham missed the chance to move ahead of Newcastle into third place.


Jack Smith should win any privilege fight over Mike Pence subpoena


The news that special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Mike Pence raises the question: How will Team Trump use the courts to muck up this latest development in the Justice Department's probe? The short answer is that any attempt to scuttle the Pence subpoena on executive privilege grounds should fail. First off, there's a threshold question of whether a former president can even claim the privilege. Recall that Trump tried and failed to block the House Jan. 6 committee from getting White House records.


The Supreme Court declined to take up Trump's appeal last year, with only Justice Clarence Thomas (husband of 2020 election denier Ginni Thomas) dissenting. But the court left open the question of whether an ex-president can claim privilege, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggesting he'd support such a claim. So it's at least unclear whether a former president can claim the privilege, saying nothing of whether the claim would succeed. Plus, the Supreme Court appeal over then-President Richard Nixon's attempt to avoid subpoena compliance shows that a vague privilege assertion won't do, and can be overcome by a specific need for evidence.


The court observed in 1974"s United States v. Nixon: ... when the ground for asserting privilege as to subpoenaed materials sought for use in a criminal trial is based only on the generalized interest in confidentiality, it cannot prevail over the fundamental demands of due process of law in the fair administration of criminal justice. The generalized assertion of privilege must yield to the demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial. Therefore, precedent is on the government's side. Of course, however, delays from litigating even a losing issue can be a victory of sorts for Trump. But further dampening the odds of a successful privilege claim is the previous rejection of Trump's attempt to block Jan. 6 grand jury testimony.


As The Washington Post reported in October, that rejection noted that former Pence aide Marc Short, for example, "probably possessed information important to the Justice Department's criminal investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that was not available from other sources." That Pence, too, likely has unique information would help the DOJ in any subpoena fight. And the reason we think Pence has such information is yet another reason that a privilege claim should fail. That's because Pence has chosen to write publicly about at least some of his supposed conversations with Trump in connection with Jan. 6. It's hard to say communications are privileged when you've previously deemed them fit to publicize. So while the subpoena might present varying political and personal calculations for Pence - who may vie for the 2024 Republican nomination against Trump, someone who effectively condoned calls for Pence's extrajudicial execution on Jan. 6 - the courts should have an easy time siding with DOJ on privilege.


The Case Against a Biden Run Is Obvious - and Weak


Why is this important? While Biden and his fellow Democrats can't do much in the way of passing laws with the GOP in control of the House, they can still spend the next two years setting an example. Collectively, everyone on the team should be seeking out opportunities to play Gallant to the Republicans" weird Goofus impulses. But it's also important for Biden to burnish his credibility with the American people - and maybe be a direly needed change agent in our all-too-tatty political culture.


Washington, a notoriously cynical place, is famous for its common sense-crippling ideas about leadership. Perhaps one of the most notorious is the odd standard that holds that publicly admitting errors is a sign of weakness and that politicians should go to comical lengths to avoid doing so. There's another way: In Bailout, Neil Barofsky's memoir of his time in Washington serving as the special inspector general overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, he described the advice he received from Kristine Belisle, the woman he smartly hired to be his communications director. It was about as anti-Washington as it can get: "We'll admit and even highlight our mistakes."


As she went on to explain, there's method in a strategy that most people inside the Beltway would deem madness: This is the best way to earn the press's trust. They'll know we're not spinning like everyone else. SIGTARP will quickly become the only credible source for information in Washington about TARP. We might be embarrassed at times and disclose things that we could - and others would - easily hide, but we'll shock the press with our honesty. No one else does this, and before long, we'll have a built in defense when we're attacked. No matter what they hear, the press will come to us first and believe us, because we'll prove to them that we tell the truth. This is perhaps the biggest reason for Biden to pursue the course of radical responsibility-taking: Moments inevitably arise in any presidency when having the trust of the public and the institutions that safeguard the civic interest is critical. Moreover, there is vital capital to be earned by owning our mistakes, and there's an important distinction that Biden can draw with his political opponents. The president would do well to follow the old adage: Tell the truth - and shame the devil.


Some Super Bowl Commercials I Can't Wait to See


A nineties sitcom star reprising his beloved role to sell you car insurance. An ad that becomes a cultural phenomenon and gets immediately green-lighted as a TV show, extending a twelve-second scene into ten seasons. All the celebrities from last year's crypto ads apologizing for their crypto ads. Those "whassup" guys but the bit is that now they're old. Everybody's into whodunnits now, right? So some series of ads directed by Rian Johnson where if you figure out who did the murder you get a discount on a year of car insurance. A commercial that all of the super-online conservative guys are going to be furious about for a week.


Timothée Chalamet in some capacity. Somebody who was supposedly cancelled forever making his triumphant return to television to sell you beer. An ad for the worst movie you'll ever see that you'll definitely watch when it's streaming in three weeks. An excruciatingly catchy new jingle that you'll be singing to yourself for years. A recycled Twitter joke from two months ago. A musician whose whole thing is being counterculture who is counterculturally telling you to bank with Wells Fargo. The "zoom zoom" kid but the bit is that now he's an adult.


Biden DOJ 'Doesn't Want an Armed Citizenry'


Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) sat down with Breitbart News on Thursday and discussed his plans to block the ATF pistol brace rule and his conviction that the Biden Department of Justice "doesn't want an armed citizenry" in the first place. Clyde made clear his opposition to the pistol brace rule. His reasons for that opposition include both general objections and more specific ones. Generally, he expressed his conviction that our Founding Fathers did not set forth a plan of governance that included federal agencies making laws in place of the legislature. He said, "The Justice Department is there to enforce the law, not to make the law. When you have the executive branch making the law and enforcing the law, then you have have a king, and a kingdom. Our Founders did not call for a king and they did not lay out a kingdom in the Constitution of the United States." Clyde then moved to specifics regarding the pistol brace rule and expressed his concern that the rule is part of a greater ATF push to acquire broader registration of firearms. He noted, "What the ATF wants is they want to increase the registration database for the National Firearms Act. They want to register people across the country because, as we know, what comes before confiscation is registration. And confiscation, in my opinion, is the ultimate goal, because this Justice Department doesn't want an armed citizenry." He added, "But this Justice Department wants a registered citizenry, so they know who's got what, so they can come after us."


Clyde's contention is that the ATF pistol brace rule was born in this environment of hostility toward the Second Amendment and toward private gun ownership, and he plans to fight it tooth and nail. He said he has "three tools" with which to fight the rule. The first of those tools is the SHORT Act and the second is the Congressional Review Act.


On January 30 Breitbart News quoted Clyde outlining his plan to "reintroduce the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act, or the SHORT Act, to repeal elements of the National Firearms Act, thereby prohibiting the ATF from registering and banning pistols with stabilizing braces." He also noted that he would "introduce a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, to override the Biden administration's unlawful overreach." Both acts, the SHORT Act and the Congressional Review Act, have the possibility of blocking the ATF pistol brace rule. But as Clyde told Breitbart News Thursday, the great challenge is that both of those routes will ultimately require President Biden's signature, either to enact the SHORT Act legislation or to finalize a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.


He made clear that getting Biden's signature is not an impossibility, as there are ways; for instance, the SHORT Act legislation could be added to other, larger bills that Democrats are very anxious to pass. However, Clyde indicated there is also a third way to block the ATF pistol brace rule. He said: "I'm on the Appropriations Committee and we can defund this pistol brace rule, through what is called a limitation amendment. We can literally defund this rule and basically say, "No money may be spent executing or enforcing this particular pistol brace rule." And we can also do the very same thing with the ATF receiver/frame rule, from last August. I think both of them need to be defunded and I look forward to working with our appropriators to do it.


We Hope' Biden Has a Plan for Handling Title 42 Ending, 'If They Do, They Haven't Shared It Fully'


On Friday's edition of NBC's "MTP Now," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said that he has "a lot of concern" over what will happen when Title 42 ends in May, he hopes the Biden administration has a plan for when the policy ends, and that "If they do, they haven't shared it fully with us yet." And said that "we've said, you need a plan. We want them to vet it with us."


Polis stated that he wishes that more time was spent on the issue of immigration during the meeting of governors at the White House, but the issue "came up." We did have Secretary Mayorkas there for part of it. And so, we brought up, again, there's a lot of concern I share about what will happen when Title 42 ends in May and so, making sure that the federal government has a plan. We hope they do. If they do, they haven't shared it fully with us yet. But we've said, you need a plan. We want them to vet it with us. We want to make sure it's not what we experienced in December times five or times three, that would be a disaster for the country and it would be terrible for the Biden administration.


McDonald's withdraws "tasteless" advert near crematorium - RT World News


McDonald's has apologized after an advertisement for the fast-food chain's "McCrispy" burger was placed close to a crematorium in the UK - although some locals did see the funny side. The restaurant chain has pledged to remove the offending advertising hoarding following complaints from residents of Truro in the UK county of Cornwall. It had gained attention on social media on Friday for being placed on a busy road directly opposite an establishment which offers cremation services. The brightly lit advert, which was placed directly behind a sign pointing to the crematorium, was branded as "tasteless" by some angry locals. "Although I can see the funny side, it is tasteless and I'm sure some grieving family members won't like to see it when visiting Penmount for the funeral and cremation of a loved one," said a resident whose mother-in-law was cremated at the funeral home last year, as quoted by British media.


However, not everyone was quite so offended by the unfortunate placement of the advertisement, with one noting that a person's reaction to it would likely be influenced by "how long ago you followed the crematorium sign wearing a black tie." One person said they "fell off the chair laughing" when they spotted the advert online, while it was also noted by another local that it was "no worse" than the council's decision to entertain the idea of allowing a crematorium to be built "next door to a retirement village."


A statement issued by McDonald's was published by local media on Friday soon after an image of the advertisement went viral online, in which the restaurant chain said it would remove the advert as soon as possible. "We were unaware of the road sign in the vicinity of this bus stop. However, in light of the concerns raised by CornwallLive, we have asked for our advertisement to be removed," the fast-food brand said. Cornwall Council, which operates both the crematorium and the bus shelter which displays the advert, declined the comment on the furor when contacted by local media.


Gut instinct' missing woman is not in river


Searches for missing English woman Nicola Bulley have entered a 16th day after her partner said his "gut instinct" is that she is not in the river. Lancashire Police said officers are keeping an "open mind" while continuing to appeal for information about Ms Bulley, who disappeared on 27 January while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre. The force is continuing to search the River Wyre towards the sea at Morecambe Bay, working on one hypothesis that the 45-year-old, from Inskip, could have fallen in. Their search has been aided by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard, mountain rescue, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with sniffer dogs, drones, and police helicopters deployed.


Ms Bulley vanished while walking her springer spaniel Willow near the river, shortly after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school. The mortgage adviser's phone was found on a bench overlooking the river, still connected to a work call. Her partner, Paul Ansell said he wants to keep "all options open" about her disappearance, but his "gut instinct" tells him she is not in the river. He described Ms Bulley as "fun," "loving," "the most loyal friend you could ever have" and an "exceptional mum" who "absolutely adores our girls." "She's just a pillar of strength to our family and without her, the hole is bigger than you can possibly imagine," he told 5 News.


Mr Ansell said that although the family is going through "unprecedented hell," hope that his partner will be found is "stronger than ever." Police have discounted foul play and are treating the incident as a missing person inquiry. On Thursday, the focus of their search switched from St Michael's to around 10 miles downstream where the river empties into the sea at Morecambe Bay, with patrol and rescue boats spotted in the area.


East Germany's last communist leader dies at 95


BERLIN (AP) - Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany's last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country's first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted.


Modrow, a reform-minded communist, took over East Germany shortly after the Berlin Wall fell and later invited opposition forces into the government, but could not slow the gathering momentum for German reunification. "The entire peaceful course of establishing German unity was precisely a special achievement of his," the Left wrote on Twitter."That will remain his political legacy." During 16 years as communist party chief in Dresden, starting in 1973, Modrow built a reputation as an anti-establishment figure. He rejected party perks and insisted on living in a normal apartment.


A post in East Germany's top leadership eluded him until he was made prime minister, a position that previously carried little clout, in November 1989 - days after the fall of the Berlin Wall. When hard-line leader Egon Krenz and his ruling Politburo resigned in early December, Modrow emerged as East Germany's top political figure. But the communists could no longer call the shots on their own. The following month, he agreed to share power with the increasingly vocal opposition and moved up East Germany's landmark first free election to March 1990, amid growing unrest. Even as pro-democracy rallies rapidly took on a pro-unification flavor, the communists initially had opposed talk of reunification.


In February 1990, however, Modrow urged talks with West Germany toward an eventual "united fatherland" that would be independent of military blocs and governed by a joint parliament in Berlin. Modrow headed the election campaign of the restyled communists, the Party of Democratic Socialism, but his personal popularity was not enough to prevent them finishing as only the third-strongest party, with 16 percent support. The winner was an alliance of conservative parties that favored quick reunification and was backed by the government of West German leader Helmut Kohl.


Germany reunited under Kohl's leadership and as a NATO member on Oct. 3, 1990, less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Modrow became a member of the united parliament, where he sat until 1994, and honorary chairman of the post-communist PDS - the predecessor of today's opposition Left party. From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the European Parliament. Modrow's past under hard-line communist rule landed him in court several years after reunification.


In 1995, a court convicted him of inciting the falsification of results in May 1989 local elections in Dresden. It handed him a nine-month suspended sentence and a fine. Modrow claimed that the trial was politically motivated and asserted that its outcome would aggravate divisions between east and west Germans. His attorney argued that he had made amends for previous injustices by overseeing free elections as prime minister.


Later in life, Modrow served on the council of elders of the Left party. "Hans was a deeply sincere and combative socialist," tweeted Dietmar Bartsch, the chairman of the Left party parliamentary group. "Until old age he was an important adviser in our party, whose wisdom will be missed."


Indian govt withdraws appeal to hug cows on Valentine's Day after criticism


Hugging a cow on Valentine's Day is no longer being encouraged by the Indian government - despite it previously asking people to do so to promote Hindu values. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) retracted its "Cow Hug Day" appeal after it attracted criticism from political rivals and social media users. The Indian government department had called on citizens to deviate from Western romantic gestures celebrated on Valentine's Day.


Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a political analyst, said the call to hug cows had been "absolutely crazy, defying logic." He added that the decision to withdraw the appeal was more "to prevent the politics of Hindutva [Hindu nationalism] from being ridiculed in the face of severe criticism from all quarters." The AWBI reneged on its appeal on Friday saying it "stands withdrawn." It was only on Wednesday when its statement read that "hugging cows [would] bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness."


It added that the cow is the "backbone of Indian culture and rural economy... because of its nourishing nature like [a] mother." There were mixed reactions to the initial announcement as some posted videos of cows rejecting being hugged and charging off. Others wanted to clarify that the appeal was more for following one's own culture, as opposed to "blindly" following Western values.


Young Indians typically spend Valentine's Day crowding parks and restaurants, exchanging gifts and holding parties. Cow cuddling is nothing new either - with it being considered therapeutic in parts of the world, and in The Netherlands where it is known as "koe knuffelen." Devout Hindus worship the cow - known as gau mata, or "mother cow" - and most states in India have banned cow slaughter.


In recent years, certain Hindu hard-liners have raided shops selling Valentine's Day items, burned cards and gifts, and chased hand-holding couples out of restaurants and parks, insisting that the day goes against traditional values and promotes promiscuity. Hindu nationalist groups such as Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal have said such raids help reassert a Hindu identity. Critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi say his government has pushed a Hindu agenda, seeking the religion's supremacy in a secular nation known for its diversity. While Hindus comprise almost 80% of the nearly 1.4 billion people, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains account for most of the rest.


Pedestrian dies in hospital after crash with car in Cowdenbeath as man arrested


A pedestrian has died following a collision with a car in Fife. The 38-year-old female was rushed to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy following the crash on Broad Street in Cowdenbeath on Friday around 1.30pm. A 24-year-old man has subsequently been arrested in connection with the crash. Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with dash-cam footage to come forward. Sergeant Lee Walkingshaw said: "Our enquiries are ongoing and we are appealing for anyone who was in the area and who witnessed the crash to get in touch." I would also appeal to anyone who was driving in the area and who may have dash-cam footage which could assist our investigation to contact us. "Anyone who can help is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 1638 of Friday, February 10, 2023."


IN NUMBERS: The Oslo boroughs where the most foreigners live


Roughly 177,000 of Oslo's 634,000's residents have immigrated to Norway from other countries. When you include those born in Oslo to foreign parents, the proportion of those who are immigrants or have an immigrant background rises to more than a third. In Oslo, citizens from Asia, including Turkey, made up the largest immigrant group, with over 62,985 of these nationals living in the city, according to figures from the national data agency Statistics Norway (SSB). After that, citizens from the EU, EEA and the UK made up the second largest group, accounting for not far off 10 percent of the city's population.


Africans made up the third largest group of immigrants in Oslo, with 28,020 people from Africa living in Oslo. Europeans from countries that aren't part of the UK, EU or EEA were the fourth largest group, accounting for 15,566 Oslo residents. From here, the size of the groups drops significantly. For example, there were just shy of 7,000 citizens from South American countries in 2022, while there was a smidge over 3,000 nationals hailing from North and Central America. Meanwhile, there were less than 700 people from Oceania in Oslo.


Alna, in the northeast of the city, was the borough with the most foreign residents. Some 18,257 foreign residents were registered as living there in 2022. Afterwards, trendy Grünerløkka, located reasonably centrally, had the second highest number of foreign residents, with 17,631. Gamle Oslo also had a significant immigrant population, with 17,631 people living there after moving from another country.


Statistics Norway's figures showed that foreigners were scattered all over the city's districts, as Søndre Nordstrand, the borough furthest south in Oslo, had over 14,000 immigrants registered there. Many immigrants also lived in sought-after areas, as Frogner was the district with the fifth most foreigners. After that, Stovner, Bjerke, Grorud, Østensjø and Sagene made up the rest of the ten districts in Oslo with the most residents from another country.


At the other end of the spectrum, just 184 foreign residents called Marka home, and just over 700 lived in the city's central borough. Ullern, Vestre Aker and Nordstrand made up the other boroughs with the fewest foreign residents. However, these boroughs had significantly more immigrants living there than in central Oslo and Marka. Those from EU and EEA countries and those from the United Kingdom mostly lived in Frogner, Grünerløkka, Gamle Oslo and St. Hanshaugen. Meanwhile, while plenty of citizens from Asia, including Turkey, also resided in Game Oslo (5,837), the majority were registered as living in the boroughs of Alna, Stovner and Søndre Nordstrand.


Gamle Oslo and Alna were the two parts of the city where the largest number of immigrants from Africa lived, along with Stovner, Grünerløkka and Søndre Norstrand. Those from North America were spread fairly evenly across Frogner, Grünerløkka, Gamle Oslo, Vestre Aker and Nordre Aker. Citizens from South and Central America were most commonly found in Frogner, Grünerløkka, Gamle Oslo St.Hanshaugen and Sagene. Europeans from outside the EU, EEA and UK tended to live in the town's most central borough, Ullern, Vestre Aker, Nordre Aker and Stovner. And finally, of the several hundred nationals from Oceania, Frogner, Grünerløkka and Gamle Oslo were the boroughs with the highest populations of these nationals.


Zimbabwe to Start Operating New Coal Power Unit by March


BENGALURU (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will start operating a new unit at its only coal-fired power plant by March, says the country's deputy energy minister, providing relief to millions of citizens rocked by frequent power outages in recent months. The new unit of the Hwange power plant will lift the African nation's installed capacity by more than 14% to 2400 megawatts. The next unit is expected to be commissioned soon after, Magna Mudyiwa said, without giving a timeline.


Less than half of Zimbabwe's 16 million citizens have access to electricity, and a global squeeze on funding new coal-fired capacity has limited the country's ability to plug chronic power cuts that have lasted as long as 18 hours in recent days. "We have the capacity to generate up to 2100 megawatts (MW) from our power sources but at the moment we're generating far less than that..about 1000MW," Mudyiwa told Reuters. "But our demand for electricity is about 1700MW so we have a serious deficit," she said. Deficient rainfall has led to a decline in hydropower generation, while the efficiency of the sole, decades-old coal-fired utility has dipped sharply over time while power demand has surged in recent years due to higher mining and agricultural activity. The International Monetary Fund counts electricity shortages as one of the major factors weighing on Zimbabwe's growth prospects. Lack of funding for coal-fired power is driving the mining and agriculture-dependent economy to import costly power from regional neighbors including Zambia and Mozambique.


The hacked up version of Jedi Knight was crashing because it was calling a function off the end of a vtable.


Turns out is was presuming that calling IDirect3D::CreateViewport() would return an IDirect3DViewport3, which has additional methods tacked onto the end compared to an IDirect3DViewport, which is what I've implemented.


To me, this is a pretty big assumption because it is only creating the viewport using a Direct3D object, not a Direct3D3 object.


Now, I get that in practice, IDirectXObject2 is typically a proper superset of IDirectXObject, with no changed function signatures, and new methods only added to the end. But this is not universally true; for those cases it matters what interface you are using to create the object in question.


So anyway, since it does hold true here, to fix it I had to extend my viewport implementation to contain the IDirect3DViewport3 methods so that the call to the new one was valid.


Suppose for the sake of argument that science at least in part consists of lists of objectively factual statements about the world, true apart from any theory they might support. Even if it's true that such facts exist in science it's still possible to argue that scientific facts are theory-laden.


Scientific facts result from experiments. The experiments don't create the facts on this reading, but the choice of which experiments to conduct controls which facts are discovered. Some facts, e.g. about subatomic particles, can only result from experiments that are themselves only possible in capitalism because they require too much resources, too much organization, too much coercion, to pull off otherwise.


This is a very brief sketch of a plausible argument that theories of capitalism influencing the actual content of science are consistent with theories asserting the existence of objective scientific facts. It's *not* an argument in favor of the existence of objective scientific facts, which I don't believe in.


Picking this up this weekend. I was looking for a good first car guy car; and I really love the 80s aesthetic. Already on coil overs and lowered ride height. I've done a little research but I would love if anyone has any info about this car. Personal experiences? I know they're not fast compared


#Venting into the Fediverse time. The Domestic Partner and I went to the liquor store tonight for some beers and a bottle of bub. When we went to check out, the cashier is a fairly obvious #trans woman. Me, in board shorts and a wife beater, and The Domestic Partner, all tatted up and with a new haircut that he himself described as "making me look like a neo-nazi". Her body immediately stiffened and there was this look of fear in her eyes.


And then we just... paid for our stuff. And said thank you. And I said her nails looked cool. The smile of relief on her face was a great feeling but the fact that she was scared first FUCKING SUCKS AND I HATE IT.


This is the stupidest timeline and I hate it dot com.


Nothing stops Donald Trump from running for president while under indictment, after being convicted, or even from within a prison cell. If elected, he would undoubtedly pardon himself to get out of prison.


But he can't pardon himself out of state prison. It takes the state's governor. The two states involved are New York and Georgia. The latter's Governor Kemp will undoubtedly pardon Trump if convicted or even indicted by Fulton County DA Fannie Willis. NY is the best hope for accountability


There is significant evidence that real-world communication cannot be reduced to sending signals with context-independent meaning. In this work, based on a variant of the classical Lewis (1969) signaling model, we explore the conditions for the emergence of context-dependent communication in a situated scenario. In particular, we demonstrate that pressure to minimise the vocabulary size is sufficient for such emergence. At the same time, we study the environmental conditions and cognitive capabilities that enable contextual disambiguation of symbol meanings. We show that environmental constraints on the receiver's referent choice can be unilaterally exploited by the sender, without disambiguation capabilities on the receiver's end. Consistent with common assumptions, the sender's awareness of the context appears to be required for contextual communication. We suggest that context-dependent communication is a situated multilayered phenomenon, crucially influenced by environment properties such as distribution of contexts. The model developed in this work is a demonstration of how signals may be ambiguous out of context, but still allow for near-perfect communication accuracy.


I really enjoyed catching up with Penny and Nicholas from Ashanti Development at the weekend for a chat about their progress.


Ashanti Development has been working with an ever-expanding number of communities in the Ashanti region of Ghana for approaching 20 years, engaging with communities and providing support with water and sanitation, education, healthcare, tree planting and farming. Communities gain the knowledge to embed and support their own development.


I was fortunate enough to spend a memorable six months alongside Nicholas in 2011 supporting a range of projects. When we caught up at the weekend I was chuffed to hear about progress, particularly with tree planting and farm support. Thousands of trees have been established and farmers have seen increased crop yields through a range of interventions from support with equipment purchases to training.


Nicholas is working with farmers to reduce pesticide use while finding ways to address the issues caused by climate change and pests such as fall armyworm, which can devastate maize crops.


The UPS store near me won't allow me to write a label or write on the box. The must print the label.


They won't allow me to tell them the address it's going to and who is shipping it.


I have to email some random address, with unformatted data, so the clerk can read the email and enter it into their system to print a label.


And they always to charge me $2.25 for that "convenience".


The next morning and I can't get past Chris Licht's disgraceful pretense of public service journalism on CNN last night. It was an outrage, like a symbolic Jan 6 anti-democratic festivus of lies & grievance, self-destructively hosted by American media. THE SHAMEFUL AUDIENCE. Licht AGREED to an all Republican audience! Who vetted & chose the individuals? There's a story to be reported there. The ratings--seeking delusional irresponsibility of it all. It can't be repeated.


I have a very drafty basement, which essentially means I can get a lot of rodents taking refuge. There have been a lot of signs of more rodents this past month or so, which has been exceptionally surprising as it's spring and I would have thought they would venture outdoors with the change in weather.


Nonetheless, I've had a smattering of plain old snap-traps placed about, and would dutifully replenish the peanut butter on them every few days, as the mice kindly lick it clean. I finally got fed up with this routine last night, cleaned all the traps of peanut butter, and superglued a pistachio to them. It worked.


(fwiw, I've tried nearly every "humane" trap on the market with very little success. I'm not especially happy with killing them, but I won't be taking comments on the ethics of killing mice.)


I'm tired of conservative parties and governments wrapping themselves in the brand of pro-business. They aren't, at least not in Alberta.


Sure they cut business taxes. But they also cut grants and tax credits that encourage more business activity.


I own a business. It's successful in spite of the provincial government, not because of it.


Discovered the hard way that in 2023, local TV station web sites are the absolute worst experience on the internet. Popups, auto-play videos, animations, popovers, and ads, ads, ads. I know that advertising is how they make their money, but all that garbage seems counterproductive if it drives people away. This is true even now that goatse.cx is gone, though it would be a close race to the bottom between goatse and, say, khou.com, where I tried to watch a video the Wendy sent me.


On the first train today, the ticket checker looked at our tickets and said "long journey!"


"Yeah and I'm coming back today," I said. "I'm just dropping him off in Glasgow," I attempted to explain, gesturing at my traveling companion.


"There's not something you hear a lot 'I'm just dropping him off in Glasgow,' " the ticket guy said.


It's a thing I've never said before either.


The thing that last night convinced me of is that we need to be ready to fight back against Trumpism. Trumpism is a cult. It is a cult that nobody really wants, except for the fanatics who are in it. And they are truly nuts. We can not allow them to hijack our country. It is time to fight back.


Go out and protest now. Get some bumper stickers that are anti-Trump and plaster them all over. Yell back at those who would try to talk over us.


My neighbor & I arrived home at the same time and I could hear him coughing up a covid mucus storm from across the street. So I rushed to get into my apt to avoid him but he still managed to catch up to me to chat. I swear covid-infected people are zombies trying to infect everyone else.


It is not socially acceptable to go out in public or rush up to people when you are coughing up a mucus storm. I repeat. It is not socially acceptable to spread your covid mucus storm everywhere!!!


Writing Wonders 5/11: Does your MC laugh or cry more?


Abe keeps his sorrows hidden and laughs easily while Tom is not afraid to cry but is less amused by rude humor. Jan will hurt you before she lets you see she's hurt and laughs most when things are upside-down. Mio knows that sorrow is life's constant companion.


After 4,000 of distress Yl finds herself in a place of love and is having huge feels she doesn't know what to do with so there's a lot of both.


#CNN needs to just close down. Yesterday's fiasco with #MangoMoron was an outrageous fiasco. Who at that pathetic, dying network was responsible for vetting the so-called "independent voters" in the audience? Which cable news "executive" made the call to give the fat, lying criminal this much air-time?


High pressure will prevail through early next week. A cold front should arrive by the middle of next week.


Early this morning, IR satellite and surface based observations indicated an expanding area of low stratus and patchy <URL>


Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty.


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One of the craziest parts about my neighbors turning against me is thinking about how much effort it takes to be hostile.


Forget me, fine. Ignore me, fine. It hurts but you gotta do you.


But at this point the open hostility and violence is getting worse. That takes effort. Slamming a door in my face takes effort. Our dogs used to be BEST FRIENDS.


And I still have NO IDEA what I could have possibly done to deserve this.


They had keys to my apartment for 6+ years.


That vessel is off-limits. I am aware of your hatred of Organa. She is irrelevant to me. You may kill her if you can. But another individual often flies aboard that ship. If he were to die... the consequences would be... significant.


I gripe about dad-ification a lot. Here is a (slightly longer than) toot-length crash course in what I mean by dad-ification:


It isn't my term, it is a term used to describe when a narrative or gameplay mechanic is built around a central protagonist (usually older, usually male) stewarding or guarding another person (often younger).


The Last of Us is an easy and canonical example of dad-ification. Joel uses his skills and ability to enact (extreme) acts of violence to accomplish a task that is coded as "caring."


Dad-ification usually posits that the solution to a situation where a parent figure must care for or protect a child or child stand-in is overwhelming strength, and using that strength to force a very specifically shaped power dynamic.


Dad-ification erodes the possibility for communal solutions, and often wholly ignores, or undercuts any agency the child has.


In this way, Dad-ification is a stand in for a lot of neoliberal ideals; especially ideas like bootstrapping and self-sufficiency as being an ultimate goal/indicator for success.


Here's a quick overview of how to make use of our website.


- We send out notifications when airfare goes on sale. - We provide links to where you can book the fare. - We don't sell tickets, or charge a subscription. - More details are in the full blog post. - We maintain a list of example booking dates for each deal we post and we update that list several times a day.


Ukrainian children have a right to grow up in a peaceful and secure environment.


Yet, unimaginable fear, terror and displacement have left them with the invisible scar of trauma.


This Tuesday, President von der Leyen met First Lady Olena Zelenska in Kyiv to discuss how to support her efforts to provide mental health assistance to vulnerable children.


We have already offered mental health and psychosocial support.


All our efforts will help them make it through this journey.


Over time dart became my go-to for quick UI. #flutter is a pleasure to work with, and they have #mobx for easy store management. The dependency story is less insane than nodejs, too.


Of course flutter sucks really bad when it comes to behaving like a good native app would (anywhere, really. Even flutter web target sucks). But it allows to move fast and that's why it's ideal for small hacks.


Echidna with amethyst and magenta spikes. They are average height, has an average build and muscular. Their tail is extremely thick. Their hair is raspberry, short and curly. Their eyes are pear and they wear scarlet cateye glasses. Their most interesting feature is their good deeds.


Looking for a list of the best vampire games on PC? Being able to jump really high, tear regular humans to shreds, use creepy magic powers, and replenish health by feasting on your enemies - this should be a staple of all PC games, to be honest. Despite the best efforts of Bram Stoker, Max Schreck, and Stephenie Meyer in trying to make them look bad - everyone ...


Dreamed my parents were playing my porn game and giving me feedback.


In real life, my mom did like a puzzle game I made years ago, and she found most of the secrets on her own, so she wasn't just being mom when she said she liked it. So maybe she'll like my porn game too?


It maybe has too many language subtleties. Need to translate it to Mandarin and/or Hokkien, neither of which I know at all.


Guess I'll have to see whether Bing or Google is better at translating dirty gay sex puns.


Been toying with this thought for a little while:


Mental health is often seen as something separate from "regular" health. Why? Because it happens in the mind and seems less tangible than physical health. In truth, the health of your mind, of your brain, is just as much an issue of health as the health of your foot.


Intersex is even recognized by TERFs and the like because it's generally more physical and, as such, visible. In the same way that mental health is seen as less "real" than physical health by many, I kind of feel that being trans is merely intersex of the mind.


The more I read of studies on sex, gender, psychology, the more the statement of "My sex is male, my gender is female" seems simplistic and inaccurate. It almost seems like ceding part of an argument to TERFs. I feel that to be trans is to be "biologically non-binary". My sex is non-binary, my gender is female.


I think the designation of "non-binary" needs to be extended from just a gender term, to be used when referring to sex.


I've been, on and off, listening to the works of @iotar


There's a lot of well good stuff in this mysterious collective's backlog. Like krauty moods and other worldly pop music and radiophonic workshop and all sorts. Very much worth having a go at.


Also FWIW I like the archive.org interface a lot more than the desktop #bandcamp \- I've no idea how people use bc as their primary music platform (besides the political reasons).


Playing around a bit with Flutter. I'd hate to base my business on tech from Google, to be honest, on the other hand Google is one of the few big players with real incentives to create a compelling cross platform experience and it shows.


(And also: The Web is now largely a Google thing, unfortunately)


Also please refrain from telling me that google/flutter apps suck on iOS and macOS. Cross platform is hard if you want to do it well. I know that.


Thank you to those people who have downloaded the latest update to Leasey. A few very small difficulties have come to light. Nothing to set alarm bells ringing but nevertheless they are being addressed. A small update will be produced next week to correct them. Most of yesterday was spent installing the new update for some customers, and everyone who does need that assistance should have received it by now. Have a good day!


Tech confession: I can't wrap my head around Grafana & Prometheus, at least from a server/application metrics and monitoring standpoint.


I don't know exactly know why my brain can't figure it out; it might be that the tools are just so broad and vague that my brain just hardlocks due to 'too many options'.


I want to make dashboards. Grafana looks pretty. Brain no work.


So with a new #FFXIV raid tier approaching, I've long been thinking "man, I'd like to try proper raiding, but Party Finder sounds like a mess, and I'm never gonna find a static that'll have me."


So I thought, screw it! I'll make my own static! Full of people too anxious to try joining a raid static, with no expectations of being good at all! There's... no way that would work, probably!


...And that's how I found myself having to sort out a raid group roster.


I was a voracious reader in my youth. Then, life crushed my soul and I lost all my passion for fiction and great storytelling.


But, after ~decades~ of reading next to nothing (with the exception of functional work-related non-fiction stuff and an occasional self-help book) I set a goal to read 23 books in 2023.


I haven't really achieved anything. I'm happy that a few people have come to me in private and said "look, because of all your work, I'm gonna grant you this amount of money".


I wanna see these companies that intermediate transactions explain to their customers how they set their percentages. They're not gonna talk about this on Bloomberg! But if Spotify has a good quarter, they will.


Is it a danger to let migrants in at the southern border? I dunno. Let them rehabilitate the hollowed out and decaying cities across the country. Again. These people want to improve their lives.


White nationalists, gun fetishists, pro-dictator right wing.. there's the danger. Deport the white supremacists.


I am so tired of the headlines claiming that "Remote work is dead." or that "Remote work was a failed experiment."


These headlines and articles usually reference one CEO at one large company. It's all clickbait but it does worry me about the executives and managers who read these articles.


There was remote work prior to 2020. There are still going to be jobs that can be accomplished remotely for the foreseeable future.


Remote work is enabling. It enables people to work in comfortable spaces and not stuffy, noisy offices. It enables accessibility for anyone with an internet connection and a good working space. It enables people to avoid lengthy commutes that take time away from their day and their families.


To just ignore these facts is wrong. Stop generalizing and try to understand how your employees actually get work done.


It's not just conservatives versus progressives, he told a seminar of more than 100 adherents in Grande Prairie.


"This is a war between the pro-humans and anti-humans," he said. Parker referred to abortion, and modern urban women's impulse to delay having children for their careers' sake.


He also argues that NDP and progressives want to depopulate society for the sake of the environment. "You are the carbon they are trying to reduce."


So like from the beginning for all my birthdays in the past, I always had rough ones. Whenever May would pop up I dreaded trying to celebrate my bday. Something would always happen, go wrong, or just end up stressful and depressing. I fought over the years to get out of that mindset and to have better bdays. It took years of changing my life and working hard but finally... I'm starting to smile and enjoy my bday with no worries. And today is already becoming a great day!


Winter is 30 days away in this little part of the Great Southern World. But I can't be deceived! This is the beginning. The rain is falling and whilst/while it is not frozen, you ain't going dancing in it! It's a fine day to order ice cream delivery. It was a one dog night and that doggo was not getting off the bed not even for "Dog's Breakfast - Breakfast for Dog's!"


I will zip the lining into my cycle jacket - just in case I need it inside.


Does you know of a performant way for a web component to respond to being added/removed from a document?


This is for Wikipedia's component library (OOUI). It is mostly semantic HTML with CSS, and generally does not require custom elements (which offers connectedCallback).


We currently use a MutationObserver hack. For performance, we don't observe the whole document. We create a detached temp parent, install MO there, and observe it becoming detached (thus attached elsewhere).


Casper the #rat is an absolute unit these days. I think my new job has been good for him - two free roams a day while I work, at fairly predictable times.


I finally got a good dangle photo so I can be sure he's not fat. (In #rats, too high body fat can be bad for their health.) He's not. He's just absolutely ripped from tearing around my office twice a day. I don't have a scale to weigh him, but he feels like he's well over a pound. It makes me so happy to see him thriving.


1) Slight modifications to the Hel's Fighters map layout. Additionally, the map menu is fully functional! 2) The currency reward system has been connected. Tomorrow it will be tested with various battles.


Rainy days! Last week got a ton done and feeling much better about field items.


All collards, kale, chard is transplanted.


Plans to set in salad at Penn on 6row pattern and see how that compares to broadcast seeded beds.


Spring peas at Gilpin are showing up so trellise needs to be set. Also need to seed a salad row there to integrate cut greens in both have trained crew on irrigation, bed prep, and transplanting which is 90% of non-harvest skill items


It's 2023 and I still see people with iPhones actively avoid using Apple Maps.


Apple Maps comes default with iOS, and yet people would go out of their way to download and install Google Maps onto their iPhones.


Curious, I kept an open mind to compare how Google Maps and Apple Maps compare, on my test iPhone device (my daily driver is an Android device, so it's rare that I use an iPhone).


The experience having to follow directions was far superior on Apple Maps compared to Google Maps. Apple Maps wins.


So why is it that people jump through extra hoops to install Google Maps?


Could it be that Google Maps got to market first?


Could it be that Google Search is integrated with Google Maps?


I'm biased in favour of not releasing garbage to end users, and Apple royally fucked up with their Apple Maps when it came out in 2012.


Their bad reputation haunts them to this day.


But it's the land that makes it a good storer of wealth for as long as you think the government isn't going to change the system we live in. The house itself declines in value because it loses its condition and needs to be replaced. A lot of ppl think that they literally own the earth when they buy a piece. Not the case. In China you can only lease land. They're not stupid enough to sell the sell forever. The government can change these policies whenever it wants. The land is temporary.


It seems inconceivable that land may be taken away one day when you watch Australian and United States media channels but that's because the rich are on there all day ensuring your mind thinks a certain way. The land is very easily and quickly taken away by the government one day if they want to do that. And guess what? It never made sense how ppl can keep land at the expense of others. It has to be taken away one day. That's why the Chinese only allow leases. They already ran out of land.


To success, the realization of dreams, friendship, to the simple but true!! To all the investors out there, I raise a toast to your success and the realization of your dreams. Let us continue to work together towards creating a brighter future for all. And to all my friends, new and old, let us cherish the simple but true things in life that bring us joy and fulfillment. #Robecofirm#geologist #entrepreneurship #sustainability #success #friendship #toast #dreams


I often wonder at the human capacity to be *so* down on oneself while inundated by so much evidence of what actual cruelty looks like.


To agonize over personal failure & guilt in a world where "success" is so often bestowed on people responsible for the most reprehensible acts...


But gentling despair at our messiness is crucial - because it gives us more space to tackle the ruins all around.


Kindness with ourselves is activism, too.


Some programmers: "Typing speed does not matter!" or "Modal editors are useless today" :morty:


Me extracting functionality of my #Axum projects into shared libraries: "Hold my keyboard" :partyparrot: :helix: :ferrisdance:


Not sure if this is the best approach for sharing, but I like it for now: <URL>


Note: You can take inspiration, but the libraries are not intended for public usage.


The prompt this week on Revelations is Stay up all night. I have been toying with this little piece on my head for a few days now. It is definitely more romance than filth. Maybe I have been reading to many romances with impossible 'meet cutes' and this is the result, but I like it. Also one day I am totally gonna do the mile high orgasm, maybe not with a str


I don't agree that #Mastodon is difficult to setup. Common, it's really not that hard. But it's more difficult to find people to follow and build up your timeline. I wish there was a "who to follow" recommendation somehow.


But apart from this, it is not difficult - if you use a 3rd party app like Elk and/or Ivory. If you stick to the default web interface it doesn't look and feel good (imho).


So, it requires a bit more effort to get into it and you probably need a good app to improve #UX.


I don't know if prevention is possible, but it's worth trying. The four steps I outline are up for debate, with some progress in each:


Description: names for incidents of human-algorithm behavior that account for algorithms & humans. Explanation: account for both sides of mutual influence


Forecasting: anticipating harms before they happen (even if by minutes) Interventions: knowledge about things we can do to create change, within some confidence bounds


I didn't watch the CNN town hall, but it seems as if Trump said exactly the same things he says every time he opens his mouth or presses Send on his phone. Even if he didn't get to say them during the town hall, everyone in America will hear them anyway, repeatedly, between now and November 2024.


That's still no reason to give him another venue, but the harm is being exaggerated. He'll win the primaries. We can't will him away. He's here and he's going to say this stuff no matter what.


Signed up for Google's "AI Test Kitchen" waitlist and got in same day. It's very underwhelming at the moment.


The "MusicLM Demo" is mildly interesting. You can ask for a specific piece of music like "jazz with a trumpet solo in 5/4 tempo" and it will generate two tracks for you after a few seconds. It seems to understand tempo, but... the music's just... not good.


Throwing everything you've got over the fence in response to GPT is not it. Try harder Google.


It's weird doing weightlifting but also having no real clue what your one-rep-max is, cus that's one of the key ways people track their progress. I work out alone in my bedroom without a spotter or even a weight rack. Just me and a barbell with a bunch of weights. I bench press on my bed. If I try and figure out my one rep max is I might not own enough weights to max out, or conversely it could seriously injure/kill me. Anyway, load is going up today. Still feels good.


I swear burrata didn't exist five years ago


This is my personal Mandela effect thing. I'd never seen it in a cookbook. I'd never seen it at the fancy grocer or any of the Italian delis. I'd never seen anyone's mom make it or had it shoved at me at a party or seen it appear in conjunction with anyone's saucemaking escapades or baking days


It just appeared one day and suddenly it was available everywhere. I've entered the burrata dimension.


drake's aging iPad is giving out, so she's in the market for a new tablet. Having been radicalized here, we're reluctant to buy a new FAANG machine*. Does anyone have a Linux tablet they love?


This would be mainly for web browsing, occasional email, and some games.


In 1998-06 Gamefan, in relation to the long development of the first Unreal game, Jason Schrieber commented,


"A good game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad forever."


So was it Epic that originated this? We can keep going.


An earlier issue of GamePro 1997-11 has a quote with far more ambiguity,


"Or, as an industry catch phrase goes: A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad for the rest of your life."


Is it so ephemeral then? Merely a "catchphrase" with no clear originator?


Smoky, my 10 month old male Domestic Blue kitten, playing with a red rubber Apple Pencil comfort device bought from Amazon he absconded months ago. He carries it in his mouth proudly all over the house, and I just have to laugh inwardly. Every time I see him do it.


Have now done a full round trip on the new ICNG train. I really like it. Esp the carriages with the bigger windows. There's areas that could use some polish. Namely the lack of enough bins, and the lack of signs to explain the significance of the lighting colours.


Fix those minor issues, and then can we have more of these please? I won't be sad to see the end of the ICM or DDZ stock.


One per customer rules remain as we try to ensure everyone who queues up can get their hands on a board. You can buy ONE of the boards listed above, not one of each. There are no buying restrictions on Picos or other merchandise.


Yesterday I had the best time with my friend and former rabbi colleague. We visited for a couple hours on my porch. Such friendships transcend differences. We all have stories to tell. The Lord bless you and keep you! And the marsh is greening up.


I quite like akkoma the software and the domain name I got for my instance. But I feel somehow I started this instance on the wrong foot, so to speak. And I never got comfy there. Will still linger a bit longer on here and think about whether I should migrate at all.