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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., tore into the homeland security secretary at a hearing, saying he will hold up Trump's nominees until he gets answers from her department.

During a tense public hearing Tuesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her handling of the deadly Minneapolis immigration operation.

And he blasted her for killing her dog, which she had described in her memoir as "untrainable," as well as a goat. Tillis, of North Carolina, argued that killing the animals reflected bad judgment and compared it to DHS’ fatal shootings of two American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis.

Then he senator threatened to block many of Donald Trump’s nominees until he gets answers to questions he has posed to the administration about Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Charlotte.

I've been saving this reference for when I felt confident enough to tackle it. That day is today. But I had to make my own brush (for the first time) to get the results I wanted. Thoughts?

Timelapse: https://mastodon.social/@BallShapedMan/116167787215845649

If you watch the timelapse you'll notice I paint a few times then lose my shit and paint again. That was frustration with the brushes I have available to my, then making my own brush, and then painting again.

Researchers tested different medical scenarios with the chatbot. In more than half of cases in which doctors would send patients to the ER, the chatbot said it was OK to delay care.

ChatGPT Health

OpenAI's new health-focused chatbot

frequently underestimated the severity of medical emergencies, according to a study published last week in the journal Nature Medicine.

In the study, researchers tested ChatGPT Health's ability to triage, or assess the severity of, medical cases based on real-life scenarios.

Previous research has shown that ChatGPT can pass medical exams, and nearly two-thirds of physicians reported using some form of AI in 2024. But other research has shown that chatbots, including ChatGPT, don't provide reliable medical advice.

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I still remember... an apartment I lived in till the age of 8... like I could draw a map of the interior...

I still kinda remember some of the places of my relatives that I've been to frequently, although those memories are a little bit more blurry.

I remember some of the schools I've been to... like the general vibe of it, idk if I could actually draw a map... more of a notebook doodle maybe

I used to draw maps of my neighborhood when I was in brooklyn... yeah so... I wasn't allowed much computer time and didn't have a phone... and my brain kinda turned my attention to the surroundings and I just get so bored and draw a map of the neighborhood lol.

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260303214805/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric

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Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure

Iran endured a day of unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure on Tuesday as US airstrikes pushed the death toll in the country close to 800 and the offices of the assembly of experts – the body due to select a replacement for the assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei – were bombed.

It would be an extraordinary security lapse if it emerges that many of the 88 elderly clerics on the assembly had been in the building in Qom voting at the time. “There was another hit today on the new leadership, and it looks like that was pretty substantial,” Trump said at a White House event, although it was unclear what specifically he was talking about.

In Tehran, a building that is home to a body that mediates between Iran’s parliament and the Guardian Council of clerics and lawyers was also attacked.

The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.

Iranian Kurdish armed groups have thousands of forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border, primarily in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Several of the groups have released public statements since the beginning of the war hinting at imminent action and urging Iranian military forces to defect. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been striking Kurdish groups and said on Tuesday that it targeted Kurdish forces with dozens of drones.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.

Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.

Users in Europe of Meta's AI smart glasses may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc.

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A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says more than 650 US military personnel have been killed and wounded within the first two days of Iran's retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 by Iranian Armed Forces against US military installations and warships across West Asia.

"In the first two days of the war, 650 American troops were killed and wounded," Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini stated on Tuesday.

He emphasized that it was natural for the US military to deny or conceal the casualties; nevertheless, Iranian intelligence as well as all field reports confirm the toll.

He said that the Iranian strikes, which included missile and drone attacks, against US naval assets and military headquarters in Bahrain, forced the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to flee towards the southern Indian Ocean.

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Social media giant Facebook is currently experiencing a massive worldwide outage, preventing users from accessing their accounts.

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WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump administration confirmed Monday that the war in Iran remains on track to conclude swiftly, provided conditions cooperate, while also acknowledging it retains the flexibility to develop into Biden’s fault if necessary.