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  President Joe Biden has signed an executive order requiring that Artificial Intelligence technology advance “equity and civil rights.” Biden signed the order this week, putting more regulatory guidance in place for A.I., a rapidly developing technology that some experts warn could be used to harm everyday Americans. Biden took it a step further, though, saying that A.I. “must be consistent with my Administration’s dedication to advancing equity and civil rights.” “My Administration cannot — and will not — tolerate the use of AI to disadvantage those who are already too often denied equal opportunity and justice,” the order says. Biden administration officials, including the Assistant to the President and Director of the Gender Policy Council, have also been tasked with finding “accelerated hiring pathways” for the right people on this issue, as defined by the administration. The order also seeks to "address algorithmic discrimination" in part by increasing “c...

So I took an RV trip out west, Moab, Utah, specifically. Fantastic place. Three national parks are close by. A few random observations. First, the national parks. So the National Park Service implemented a reservation system, exactly like you were booking a movie at a theater. Nothing is random anymore. You have to use a computer or phone to book a reservation in advance, usually well in advance, and you can’t just show up. This means that you have to plan well ahead. Your whole trip changes as a result. The weather sucks on the day you reserved? Tough luck. That’s the day you bought the ticket for. The ticket was only two bucks per vehicle, but at Glenwood Springs the hike up to Hanging Lake was $12 per person! Ouch. The Park Service has turned our national parks into movie theaters. You need to buy and reserve a seat in advance. They could instead simply do demand-pricing, where they simply charge a premium during peak hours to get patrons to schedule their entry outside of pea...

Nine governors are asking the National Collegiate Athletics Association to rewrite its policy on transgender participation in sports, saying it is unfair to female athletes. The NCAA updated a 2010 policy last year that requires transgender females to show they have undergone a year of testosterone suppression treatment. Testosterone levels are also checked before competitions. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and eight other governors cited University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines as an example of why the policy is unfair. Gaines tied with transgender athlete Lia Thomas for the top trophy at the NCAA Division I national championship in 2022. The NCAA gave Thomas the first-place trophy. "The decade of hard work and the countless hours spent in the pool were suddenly wasted," the governors said in an Oct. 30  letter to the NCAA. "Riley's lifetime of achievement was ripped away from her by someone who shouldn't have even been in the race – all for a pho...

Leaders of the Oakland Education Association in Oakland, California, called on school leaders to stand in solidarity with Palestinians and called for a ceasefire as tensions between the terrorist organization Hamas and Israel continue to increase. The union’s leadership shared curriculum resources it encouraged educators to employ in their classrooms, which accuse Israel of carrying out genocide and ethnic cleansing, something a Jewish parent said is concerning for her family as antisemitism is on the rise. Megan Bacigalupi, a Jewish parent of students who attend schools in the Oakland Unified School District, said the union leaders’ statement is concerning given the increase in antisemitic incidents nationwide and in the area, including graffiti and the removal of hostage posters for Israelis taken to Gaza. “We, the members of OEA, express our unequivocal support for Palestinian liberation and self-determination. We condemn the genocidal and apartheid state of Israel,” the no...

  Within one week of Texas suing the Biden administration over Border Patrol agents cutting concertina wire barriers on Texas soil, a federal judge granted Texas’ request and issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the federal government from cutting the fencing. In response to the ruling, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement on social media saying the judge ordering the Biden administration to stop cutting razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border was “another win for Texas and our historic border mission. [President Joe] Biden created this crisis and has tried to block us at every turn. Attorney General [Ken] Paxton and I are pushing back.” According to the 11-page ruling, “the temporary restraining order shall last until it expires on November 13, 2023, at 9:30 a.m., unless a further order of this Court extends the time.” Texas and the Texas Public Policy Foundation sued the Biden administration Oct. 24 in U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas Del Rio D...

Wisconsin’s governor is criticizing Republican lawmakers for not following science and what he is calling an “antipathy” toward LGBTQ people. The governor said in an interview with WisEeye he will veto the Republican-backed plan to ban sex change operations and hormone therapy for children in Wisconsin. “I didn’t realize that the legislature had the ability to know more about that issue than the physicians that are with those kids,” Gov. Tony Evers said. Both the Wisconsin Assembly and the State Senate this month passed legislation that would ban transgender procedures for children. Wisconsin Right Now published a  multipart series exploring gender treatments in Wisconsin hospitals. Republicans said the idea is to give young people and their families time to “hit the pause button.” “What this bill does is it grants minors the time for their minds to develop in order to make the right choice for them at the appropriate developmental age,” Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, sa...

Milwaukee Police are investigating two fatal crashes that occurred Sunday night. Both crashes resulted in fatalities in vehicles that were not at fault for the crashes. According to Milwaukee Police, at approximately 9:10 p.m., in the 200 block of N. 35th Street. A vehicle (Unit #1) exiting the freeway at a high rate of speed collided with a curb, lost control and struck another vehicle (Unit #2). Unit #1 rolled and struck a utility pole. Unit #2 collided into a building. The driver of unit #1, a 57-year-old man, was arrested. Three passengers of unit #1, a 45-year-old, a 39-year-old, and a 36-year-old, were transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries. The driver of unit #2, an unidentified adult, sustained fatal injuries. A passenger of unit #2, a 28-year-old, was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries. The second fatal crash happened at approximately 11:35 p.m., in the 500 block of W. Lapham Boulevard. A vehicle (Unit #1)...

Democratic Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan, who is known for his intemperate posts on social media, is criticizing a colleague for speaking out against anti-Semitism. It all started because Republican Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden has been speaking out against Democratic members of Congress for their extreme reactions to the Hamas terrorist attacks, which have, in some cases, criticized Israel. Pocan wrote , "Apologies for my ill-informed colleague from WI... He doesn’t speak for us. @derrickvanorden’s bigoted religious rhetoric is his own. Wisconsin is better than him." He also trashed Van Orden as not really being from Wisconsin when, actually, Van Orden lives on a farm in the La Crosse area of Wisconsin. He and his wife opened a cafe in Butternut, Wisconsin. It should be noted that what Pocan labels "bigoted religious rhetoric" was Van Orden criticizing anti-Semitism. He was responding to a tweet that Van Orden wrote that said, "There i...

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