The United States government has long been criticized for excessive surveillance of citizens and non-citizens alike. To many, this practice contradicts the American ideals of personal liberty and privacy. Directives for mass surveillance are most commonly made after major tragedies or during political upheaval. After the 9/11 attacks, the Patriot Act allowed authorities to detain  hundreds of immigrants  for prolonged periods despite not being accused of a crime. These detent

"I Lied to You" Scene Still Music has always been deeply connected to culture. I remember as a young child my father would play the songs of artists spanning centuries, their voices kept alive through music. My mother would tell the stories from Africa, of our family and history, sharing the melodies of our culture. Storytelling through music and folklore passes history down through generations, preserving the voices of culture. The magnetic and life changing film released Ap

Jayce Talis, the scientist behind Hextech, working with the arcane crystal. (Riot Games, Arcane ). This November is a big one for computer scientists and engineers. It marks the 37th birthday of Wojciech Zaremba, the computer scientist who founded OpenAI , and the third anniversary of the release of ChatGPT , one of the first accessible language learning models available to the public. And when their compilers switch off and the television switches on for a Netflix binge, the

Ali Baba, a character in 1,001 Nights Fairytales may help children fall asleep at night, but they are more significant than bedtime entertainment; they are more like capsules for cultural values. In the case of Shahrazad, they saved her life. The storyteller of the 1,001 Nights , Shahrazad, tells 1,000 stories, one each night, to delay her husband from killing her. One of these stories includes the renowned classic “Aladdin,” a story that teaches the importance of being mindf

The 4chan logo (Wikipedia) The Internet is a horrible place. One of the most horrible parts of the Internet is, as many are familiar with, 4chan, a mostly-anonymous online forum centralized around images to share ideas across a variety of topic boards, such as /k/ (a place for 4channers to gather and discuss weaponry, oftentimes those regarding the Rhodesian military ), /mlp/ (notorious for not just My Little Pony  discussions that are grossly inappropriate for the intended a

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