Notices by Bruce MacDonald (rationaldoge@hachyderm.io), page 5

"Meanwhile, residents of the surrounding neighborhood were still able to flush their toilets because the city was running a rotation of vacuum trucks that can collect two blocks' worth of wastewater at a time."#Minneapolis #sinkhole
https://www.startribune.com/sinkhole-minneapolis-street-uptown/600265864/

This guy…

"A federal jury on Friday found Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a one-time Minnesota Republican political operative and top donor, guilty on all counts of sex trafficking five girls, ages 15 and 16.

"…While eventually acknowledging he had sex with all of the girls, Lazzaro said he did not pay for sex or the recruitment of young partners.

"The jury of six men and six women took only about two hours of deliberation to return with a guilty verdict."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/31/jury-finds-exgop-operative-lazzaro-guilty-in-federal-sex-trafficking-case

"AI hype is playing out today across many products, from toys to cars to chatbots and a lot of things in between. Breathless media accounts don’t help, but it starts with the companies that do the developing and selling. We’ve already warned businesses to avoid using automated tools that have biased or discriminatory impacts. But the fact is that some products with AI claims might not even work as advertised in the first place."

FTC: Keep your AI claims in check
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/02/keep-your-ai-claims-check