Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prisonThe former crypto mogul who co-founded FTX also was ordered to repay more than $11 billion for his conviction on charges related to fraud and money laundering https://wapo.st/3VD3OL5
28 March 2024 @ 4:47 pm
MAMMA MIA! Actor Sara Poyzer Reveals BBC Voiceover Role Was Replaced With AISara Poyzer, a stage and screen actor who is best known for performing in Mamma Mia! in the UK for many years, has taken to social media to share a story she's calling "sobering."
Poyzer was recently cast as a voice actor in an unnamed BBC show, but was later told, via email, that she will no longer be needed as her voiceover role was replaced with AI. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MAMMA-MIA-Actor-Sara-Poyzer-Reveals-BBC-Voiceover-Role-Was-Replaced-With-AI-20240328
28 March 2024 @ 4:29 pm
No one really knows how many people die in the U.S. after encounters with police that didn’t involve a firearm.
The federal government is supposed to track these fatalities, but efforts have repeatedly failed.
A team of reporters led by The Associated Press set out to investigate and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021. https://apnews.com/projects/investigation-police-use-of-force/visual-story/
28 March 2024 @ 3:32 pm
Antisocial media at work:
Meta is failing to curb anti-trans hate, new report saysGLAAD catalogued dozens of instances of anti-trans posts, many by high-profile influencers and media outlets https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/27/meta-glaad-report-released/
Meta and Google accused of restricting reproductive health information
Report claims posts on abortion and contraception have been deleted while misinformation on the feeds of social media users in Africa, Latin America and Asia has not been tackled https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/27/meta-and-google-accused-of-restricting-reproductive-health-information
27 March 2024 @ 4:24 pm
The €500k Irish connection RFK Jr's running mate hasRFK Jr had been referring to Nicole Shanahan as "The Irishman" before formally announcing her as his running mate.Shanahan, has Irish roots and invested €500k into CLG An Tearmainn n Co Donegal in 2020 as part of an investment visa scheme that was facilitated by Irish law firm.The investor visa, Gibson & Associates said at the time, allowed Shanahan to "establish a connection and residency in Ireland." https://www.irishcentral.com/news/nicole-shanahan-irish
27 March 2024 @ 4:03 pm
‘It got vile very quickly’: how Alex Jones turned a tragedy into a battleground
Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed spent four years following the circus created by the rightwing TV host after he claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/26/alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting-documentary
26 March 2024 @ 6:31 pm
And tried to deduct the payment from the taxes he doesn't pay.
26 March 2024 @ 4:21 pm