By Skyler Voss Yesterday, the president blamed immigrants during a speech about inflation, asking, “Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few?” Today, he also admitted that eight years ago he did, in fact, use the word “shithole”—though he tried […]
The White House has previously expanded screening of visa applicants’ online presence, citing national security concerns.
Canadian lawmakers are questioning whether ICE can be trusted with Canadian military-grade vehicles.
Forty-one percent of U.S. college students may be food insecure, according to a 2023 study published by Temple University. Many worry about when their next meal will be, perhaps with no breakfast or lunch, or just water all day. Many blame themselves, because not having money in college is simultaneously seen as a joke and a symbol of rugged individualism. But it’s not their fault. Universities don’t offer support, and capital owners fight solutions, while both pursue “efficiency” at the cost of our well-being. To survive, students with limited food access envision a world that the establishment can’t, where strangers meet the needs of others, and where having enough to eat is a possibility. But getting there means political action. It means insisting that food is a right.
In a blog post, Waymo reveals some details of its secret sauce to safety by describing its model architecture, including how it uses both fast- and slow-thinking AI to predict behaviors.