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Given that we know #AlexJones is a liar, I guess there's probably a video of #DonaldTrump suckin' a ding-dong, huh.

«È così che è partita un’azione collettiva da parte di sette associazioni (Arci, Libellula Italia, Asgi, Spazi circolari, Ass. progetto diritti, Nonna Roma, Cild e Baobab) e 14 cittadini e cittadine stranieri tra cui alcuni minori. “Abbiamo presentato un ricorso collettivo al tribunale civile di Roma per chiedere innanzitutto che venga dichiarato il carattere discriminatorio della condotta della questura”»

A Roma si è costretti ancora a stare in fila fuori dalla questura per il diritto d'asilo
Sono centinaia le persone che si affollano in fila di fronte alla porta di via Patini ormai da molti mesi. Almeno da fine ottobre 2023, dicono le testimonianze degli operatori. Così è partita un’azione legale collettiva da parte di sette associazioni e 14 cittadini e cittadine stranieri tra cui alcuni minori. "È una condotta discriminatoria"

'Bloodbath at the RNC': GOP staffers to be purged as Trump-aligned leaders take over - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/bloodbath-at-the-rnc/

'Bloodbath at the RNC': GOP staffers to be purged as Trump-aligned leaders take over
Newly-elected Republican Party officials loyal to former President Donald Trump are planning a mass purge of staffers at the Republican National Committee, with as many as 60 officials on the chopping block, a new report shows.Politico reporter Sam Stein dubbed it a "bloodbath at the RNC."Some of ax...

Zelensky dismisses Foreign Intelligence Service’s first deputy head: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/13/zelensky-dismisses-foreign.html

Curry-DPO: Enhancing Alignment using Curriculum Learning & Ranked Preferences
Pulkit Pattnaik, Rishabh Maheshwary, Kelechi Ogueji, Vikas Yadav, Sathwik Tejaswi Madhusudhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07230

Curry-DPO: Enhancing Alignment using Curriculum Learning & Ranked Preferences
Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) is an effective technique that leverages pairwise preference data (usually one chosen and rejected response pair per user prompt) to align LLMs to human preferences. In practice, multiple responses can exist for a given prompt with varying quality relative to each other. With availability of such quality ratings for multiple responses, we propose utilizing these responses to create multiple preference pairs for a given prompt. Our work focuses on systematica…

The Justice Department charged #Alexander #Smirnov last month with #lying to the FBI when he alleged that President Biden and his son Hunter were involved in a bribery scheme in Ukraine.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is now asking …

Scoop: Raskin presses GOP on "sinister" disinformation on Biden
House Democrat wants Republicans to reveal why they relied on the allegations of a now-indicted FBI source.

TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld (Alexandra Sternlicht/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2024/03/08/tiktok-non-disparagement-cla…

TikTok shareholders who make any ‘disparaging statement’ about the company risk having their entire holdings seized 
A former TikTok employee has complained to regulators about the company allegedly retaliating against him for speaking out against its policies.

Curry-DPO: Enhancing Alignment using Curriculum Learning & Ranked Preferences
Pulkit Pattnaik, Rishabh Maheshwary, Kelechi Ogueji, Vikas Yadav, Sathwik Tejaswi Madhusudhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07230

Curry-DPO: Enhancing Alignment using Curriculum Learning & Ranked Preferences
Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) is an effective technique that leverages pairwise preference data (usually one chosen and rejected response pair per user prompt) to align LLMs to human preferences. In practice, multiple responses can exist for a given prompt with varying quality relative to each other. With availability of such quality ratings for multiple responses, we propose utilizing these responses to create multiple preference pairs for a given prompt. Our work focuses on systematica…

'Deeply troubling': Trump campaign accused of concealing settlement payouts to multiple women - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-campaign-settlement/

'Deeply troubling': Trump campaign accused of concealing settlement payouts to multiple women
An aide to former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign is now alleging that millions of dollars in campaign donations were paid out to an untold number of women, and that a law firm helped cover it up.The Daily Beast reported on a recent court filing by A.J. Delgado, a senior advisor to Trump's fi...

Melania Gets Paid To Campaign For Her Husband – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2024/02/13/melania-gets-paid-to-campaign-for-her-husband/

Melania Gets Paid To Campaign For Her Husband - Digby's Hullabaloo
I guess she hasn't received her check recently Melania has been conspicuously absent from the campaign trail since Trump announced. Maybe that's why. She used to get paid for it: A super PAC aligned with former President Donald Trump paid his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, $155,000 in 2021, according to new financial filings. The New York Times first reported that the group, Make America Great