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CW murder

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Surveillance footage capturing the moment martyr Mahmoud Sliman carried out a ramming operation (drove a car deliberqtely at an idf-cool ) targeting forces of the zionist entity near Ramallah, critically injuring an occupation soldier and the son of "israel"’s ambassador, before being shot and martyred at the scene

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    The Cradle - Canadian MP demoted for supporting restrictions on arms exports to Israel

    Despite a 2024 announcement that arms shipments to Israel would be suspended, independent investigations have found that military cargo from Canada to Israel has continued to flow 'uninterrupted'

    Canadian lawmaker Sean Casey said on 25 September he was removed as parliamentary secretary to the veterans affairs minister after backing legislation to close loopholes that let Canadian-made military equipment be sold abroad and later reach Israel.

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    One of the last Garrison toons "Deride the Pride".

    The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do amazing outreach and support to the LGBTQ community. They have structure and go around in Catholic Nun drag. They were in the Pride Month news cycle at the time because they were invited, disinvited due to Catholic outrage, then reinvited to be honored at 2023 Dogers pride night.

    As for toons I found it to be a really good representation of a Sister. This is the banner on The Sister's website.

    CW Queerphobic Garrison


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    A photo of three students in a Stanford dining hall was changed by the university using AI to swap people and alter appearances.

    Photos courtesy of Billy Ramirez

    Stanford University created one of the world’s first artificial intelligence labs in 1965. Six decades later, the school is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a campus banner.

    The student, Billy Ramirez, said he was “baffled” by the change and later “felt silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me” in an interview with the Stanford Review, a student newspaper, which first reported the AI change.

    Two classmates, an Asian woman and white man, remained in the new photo, which was displayed on a campus banner, but their faces also appeared to be altered by AI to appear thinner. The students were photographed in 2024 in a dining hall holding plates of noodles and their images were later used to promote the university’s Residential & Dining Enterprises department.

    The AI-altered image was used in “Welcome Home” banners around campus, but Ramirez told the Chronicle that the banners were now being taken down. “It’s all over campus. It’s the first thing you see when you walk in,” said Ramirez, who is majoring in human biology.

    The same dining department appears to have also used AI repeatedly to create dining posters promoting various meal deals earlier this year.

    The face swap violated Stanford’s AI policies, a spokesperson confirmed.

    “We have reviewed the matter and confirmed that AI was used to alter the image in violation of university policy. Stanford’s AI policy is clear: The use of AI in producing or altering images of Stanford people, events, research, facilities, or achievements is strictly prohibited. Both the alteration and lack of disclosure in this case violate that policy. We are working to provide additional training for all staff and ensure proper review of all materials,” said Charlene Gage, a university spokesperson.

    Ramirez said school officials have not contacted him or apologized since the incident, which spread across campus and on its student social network Fizz.

    “It is Silicon Valley. I’m not as surprised given the culture of Stanford revolves heavily around AI usage,” he said of the face swap, noting that his professors also regularly use Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot. But it still came as a surprise to him.

    Other universities have also sparked backlash after generative AI usage. New York University sent a fundraising email last year that used a freelance artist’s AI-created image with headless bodies and a detached limb. Pomona College’s student operated gift store was also criticized in July after using AI to create advertising flyers for social media.

    “I love this school, but I don’t love when they do things like this,” Ramirez said of Stanford. Inserting a fake Black student didn’t “reflect reality,” Ramirez said. “It’s not as diverse as they make it out to be.”

     

    A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft measured winds near 180 mph and a central pressure of 892 millibars Tuesday afternoon. Only Hurricane Patricia in 2015 had a lower pressure. By 5 p.m. PDT, Polo had eased slightly to 175 mph and 900 millibars, but was still a Category 5 storm. 

    Polo went from a minimal tropical storm to a Category 5 in just 33 hours, which would be the fastest such development recorded in the eastern Pacific.

    That 120 mph jump in less than 36 hours was fueled by exceptionally warm ocean water, abundant moisture and little wind shear, the disruptive winds aloft that can tear hurricanes apart. Surface water off southwestern Mexico reached 88 degrees, among the warmest on record for mid-September. The anomalously warm ocean temperatures are being boosted by a very strong El Niño, which continues to set daily ocean temperature records in the equatorial Pacific.

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