Senate confirms far-right lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Harmeet Dhillon, the far-right lawyer nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has been confirmed by the Senate…
Is Judge Cannone Violating Karen Read Supporters’ Free Speech Rights?
Karen Read supporters who’ve been pushed even further away from the courthouse are suing Judge Beverly Cannone. Demonstrators’ “buffer zone” suit claims they have a right to publicly express themselves near, but not on, courthouse grounds. (4/3/25…
Podcast | Anti-Rights Movements
The Global Assault on Civil Society: Who’s Silencing NGOs and Activists? Eurochild launches a campaign to fight anti-rights movements. In this 5th episode of the Eurochild podcast, we talk about the shrinking space for NGOs. Across Europe and around the world, attacks on humanitarian workers, activists…
Slovenian children’s representative at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council
A blog by Petra Zega, Professional Associate at Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth. At the invitation of the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Livia Zara, the president of the Slovenian Children’s Parliament, attended the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva in March…
Bonobo Calls Are More like Human Language Than We Thought
Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language…
Trump Staff Cuts Hollow Out Extreme Heat Programs
Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency’s efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change…
Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans
The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives…
Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans
Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone…
Tesla Optimus Has Improved Walking and Actuators
Tesla Optimus has shown improved walking and improved actuators. The actuators will continue to be improved. The walking was mastered using reinforcement learning in a digital simulation. This training approach is used by all of the leading humanoid bot companies. The reports and claims from the humanoid robot companies is that training of skills is…