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A need for changeImage from Midjourney created by the author.As a data-driven social work professor, I am preparing for the transformative impact that AI technologies will have on our field. While AI won’t replace social workers, it will significantly reshape research, practice, and education.Princeton University economist Ed Felten and his colleagues developed a unique metric called AI occupational exposure. This measure highlights the impact of AI on specific occupations by connecting ten AI applications (such as…

For many companies, those indirect emissions dwarf all the rest. Some companies and business groups contend that it is unfair to hold them responsible for pollution that they may not directly control. A graphics card maker, for example, may say it cannot control the coal plants that power its suppliers' factories in distant countries; an oil company might argue that it doesn't control how its customers use its products. They may drill it, but customers burn it. In California, Wiener and others are making their second…

WASHINGTON —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears likely to run for president in 2024.DeSantis has reportedly indicated privately that he will launch a bid for the White House. A former Trump administration official has announced a new political action committee intended to encourage a DeSantis bid. And DeSantis even made a trip to California this month to court influential conservatives and promote his new book. These are all strong indications that DeSantis will run. But comments that the Florida governor made about…

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania stars (L-R) Paul Rudd, Kathryn Newton, and Evangeline Lily, and opened on February 17 to mixed reviews.Image: DisneyMarvel’s latest entry to its superhero empire, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, opened last month to mixed reviews from both critics and diehard MCU fans alike. But a polarizing reception is the least of Marvel’s worries surrounding the film as the studio tries to pin down the scoundrels that leaked the movie’s script on Reddit. As detailed by TorrentFreak, Marvel is not…

In astrology, a red moon can often trigger an emotional tailspin. On the third album by Colombian American singer-songwriter Kali Uchis, she embraces these upheavals, delving into their effects on her love life. While her 2018 debut, Isolation, skipped between reggaetón, funk and bedroom pop, here Uchis couches her velveteen mood pieces in pillow-soft R&B, creating a suite of songs luxuriant enough to bathe in.The artwork for Red Moon in VenusThings start suitably mushy. Elegant lead single I Wish You Roses – its…

In June 2022, a young man in his 30s severely sick with mpox, the viral disease formerly known as monkeypox, was admitted to the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition hospital in Mexico City. Tests showed the patient was also HIV-positive, which he had not known, and that his blood had few CD4 cells, critical immune cells that HIV attacks. The man’s immune system was so weak it could not keep mpox in check and painful lesions kept…

Last December, Dark Horse Comics and Yoe Books announced a publishing partnership that would see Dark Horse release new titles from the boutique publisher. Today the publishers announced details for the latest project in their partnership, Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America. Written by Holocaust scholar Dr. Rafael Medoff, with art and colors by Eisner and Harvey Award Nominee Dean Motter, and featuring a foreword by whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid, the Whistleblowers graphic novel…

On the Shelf and Streaming Pamela Anderson tells her story Love, PamelaBy Pamela AndersonDey Street: 256 pages, $40Pamela Anderson: A Love StoryWhere: NetflixWhen: Streaming starting Jan. 31If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. If you’re planning to write a memoir any time soon, you might want to contact a documentary filmmaker first.Following in the narrative-seizing steps of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who chased…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Jan. 14. Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week Mass storm outages expose the power grid’s vulnerabilities. Since New Year’s Eve, hundreds of thousands of Californians have lost power — many multiple times — as a string of severe winter storms has provided the latest glimpse into how extreme weather tied to climate change is challenging California’s power grid in unprecedented ways.As the latest storm moves into Northern…

David Higares was on his fourth day without power in his Morada home in San Joaquin County when he woke up to indoor temperatures barely above 50 degrees.His lights had flickered twice since his neighborhood outside Stockton went dark Saturday, following one of the train of atmospheric river storms, but his home remained dark, he said. Each time he checked, it seemed Pacific Gas & Electric had again pushed back the estimate for restoring power.“It feels endless at this point,” said Higares, who lost all the food in…