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December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls.

"There's literally no other way you can communicate with your family." futurism.com/future-socie...
Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls
Private-equity backed firm Securus has secretly been recording inmate conversations for years, collecting data to train its AI.
futurism.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Colorado - Loveland police officer convicted of separating a 15-year-old girl from her friend, walking her to a secluded area, and then raping her while on duty. www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Former Colorado police officer convicted by federal jury for sexual assault of a minor
Dylan Miller was fired and arrested in November 2023 after Loveland Police Chief Tim Doran said the former officer sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at North Lake Park earlier that year while on d...
www.cbsnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta apnews.com/article/geor...
Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta
An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ICE arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record during first nine months of Trump’s presidency, records show

The data shows how arrests haven’t always matched with administration’s vow to go after the worst of the worst and violent criminals www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record under Trump: records
The data shows how arrests haven’t always matched with administration’s vow to go after the worst of the worst and violent criminals
www.the-independent.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump is considering moving on from Kristi Noem - and the change could happen ‘really soon,’ report says www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump is considering moving on from Kristi Noem
Several sources said the change could be coming “really soon,” according to a report
www.the-independent.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Ilhan Omar says Trump’s anti-Somali tirade ‘completely disgusting’

Minnesota representative says ‘hateful rhetoric’ can lead to ‘dangerous actions by people who listen to the president’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ilhan Omar says Trump’s anti-Somali tirade ‘completely disgusting’
Minnesota congresswoman says ‘hateful rhetoric’ can lead to ‘dangerous actions by people who listen to the president’
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cinnabon fires worker after viral video of her harassing Somali couple at Wisconsin store

The employee was ‘immediately’ fired following the incident, according to a Cinnabon spokesperson www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Cinnabon fires worker after viral video of her harassing Somali couple
The employee was ‘immediately’ fired following the incident, according to a Cinnabon spokesperson
www.the-independent.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision

Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Black Market Intimacies
The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War
www.sup.org/books/asian-...
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reimagining Aid
Foreign Donors, Women’s Health, and New Paths for Development in Cambodia
www.sup.org/books/sociol...
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA

Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA
Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them.
www.politico.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Congressman William Hall. Originally from Portland, Maine. He gained notoriety for presiding at the 1855 trial of Celia, a 19-yr-old slave who killed her master, who'd been raping her for yrs. Celia was executed after Hall ruled that she had no right to defend herself
www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPor...
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Police department forced to cough up $30m following 'catastrophic failure of policing'

The San Diego police shooting case reached a record-breaking settlement after an innocent 16-year-old was killed by cops
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
Cops forced to cough up $30m following 'catastrophic failure of policing'
The San Diego police shooting case reached a record-breaking settlement after an innocent 16-year-old was killed by cops
www.themirror.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-it-All press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Factors associated with commercial sexual activities among students engaging in casual heterosexual behaviors: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Funny Pet Videos on Social Media Conceal Animal Suffering: Stress reactions of the animals were observed in 82% of all videos, while risks of injury were found in 52%. This study showed that successful animal videos are often related to poor animal welfare
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Popular but Harmful – How Funny Pet Videos on Social Media Conceal Animal Suffering
Every day, thousands of humorous animal videos are uploaded on social media platforms. In this study, 162 pet videos intended to be funny from various social media platforms were analyzed for conte...
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Maximum duration of paid sick leave, in months (EU +UK)
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December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Righting systemic wrongs of Illinois prisons

For decades, the state has offered limited avenues for rehabilitation and shorter sentences. It’s time lawmakers fix it.
chicagoreader.com/news/on-pris...
Righting systemic wrongs of Illinois prisons - Chicago Reader
For decades, the state has offered limited avenues for rehabilitation and shorter sentences. It’s time lawmakers fix it.
chicagoreader.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New article examines how the live-action Snow White handles its 7 dwarfs: replacing actors with dwarfism by CGI figures & keeping a circus-style stereotype

The study argues these choices matter for how kids learn about disability, work & who is seen as “normal”
cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/ca...
Freirean Concept of Reading the World in the Live Action of Snow White | Cadernos de Linguística
cadernos.abralin.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary
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Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary - Filter
Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at a markup, have for years reaped ...
filtermag.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
San Francisco - 23 wild years of lesbian bar culture, this Sunday at Rikki’s

Last Call at Maud’s packs the Roxie. Rikki’s on Castro is next.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/23-w...
23 wild years of lesbian bar culture, this Sunday at Rikki’s
A screening "Last Call at Maud's" brought an older generation of lesbians together to reminisce on the height of the lesbian bar scene.
missionlocal.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM