LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here’ pred 20 urami in 7 minutami LGBTQ+ people in the US contemplate heading north as they wrestle with the president’s assault on the communityThe number of LGBTQ+ Americans inquiring about moving to Canada has soared since Donald Trump’s re-election, campaigners have said, as people across the US wrestle with the fallout of rising anti-gay rhetoric, anti-trans executive orders, and the more than 600 bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights.“So much is happening in the US right now and a lot of it is terrifying,” said Latoya Nugent of Rainbow Railroad, a North American charity that helps LGBTQI+ individuals escape violence and persecution in their home countries. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules pred 20 urami in 7 minutami Researchers convinced large language model chatbots to comply with “forbidden” requests using a variety of conversational tactics.(Wired)
Military sites could be used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers, minister says – UK politics live pred 20 urami in 8 minutami Starmer to ‘go up a gear’ as ministers consider changes to human rights laws in bid to head off Reform UKThe most significant moves in Starmer’s reshuffled cabinetZack Polanski spoke to the Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker, following his victory. Here is some of the write up of the interview:Asked if the Greens might hypothetically stand down candidates in a pact with the new party, he said: “It’s not my starting point, because at the moment I’m not quite sure what Zarah Sultana’s and Jeremy Corbyn’s platform is going to be.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peter Mandelson lauds Trump as ‘risk-taker’ in call for US-UK tech alliance pred 20 urami in 19 minutami British ambassador to Washington says US president has sounded ‘wake-up call to the international old guard’Donald Trump is a risk-taker sounding a necessary wake-up call to a stale status quo, Peter Mandelson has told the Ditchley Foundation in a speech before Trump’s second state visit to the UK this month.The UK’s ambassador to Washington portrayed Trump as a harbinger of a new force in politics at a time when business as usual no longer works for fed-up voters. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
300 South Koreans detained at Hyundai plant in US to be released, says Seoul pred 20 urami in 21 minutami Footage of raid by US immigration officials showed detained workers in handcuffs and with chains around their anklesSouth Korea has said negotiations with the US to secure the release of its nationals detained in a raid by US immigration officials on a Hyundai plant in the state of Georgia have been “concluded” and that they would soon be freed and flown home.It follows the arrest of more than 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai-LG battery site being built in the southern US on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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