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I wish that were hyperbole. It’s not. A quick rundown of what apple intends to do: An algorithm will scan user images as they are loaded into iPhotos and compare their digital signature against an independently maintained database of known child sexual abuse images. Once a match has been determined the image will be assessed by a human who will then alert law-enforcement if deemed appropriate. The problem is that there is a lot left unexplained....

What Will The FAST Act Do? If signed into law by Newsom, the FAST Act will allow for the establishment of a council comprised of fast food workers and their advocates as well as restaurant and franchise representatives to negotiate everything from salary to hours, a godsend for workers in an industry that has been plagued by wage theft, unsafe conditions, and sexual harassment. The bill also provides for an hourly wage of up to $22 per hour for fast food workers, almost half of whom are over the age of 25 — a low-end living wage, especially for those with children, in one of the most expensive states in the country....

RELATED: The 11 Best Toy Robots That Teach Kids Coding And STEM Skills Though many of the top products incorporate smart technology, “robotics” doesn’t necessarily refer to AI. The robotics toy category often refers to digital interactions away from a screen and spans such sub-categories as vehicles, learning and exploration, programming and coding, STEM toys, boys role-play, and drones. Success in each category helped launch robotics as a whole, into the top 25 toy categories of 2016....

Born in China and adopted by a family in the US when she was 10 years old, YiYi had some previous exposure to rallies through climate change and BLM events over the past year. But this rally was different. Instead of advocating for a broad goal or as an ally to others, she was giving voice to her own experiences. Suddenly, with a surge of passion YiYi broke away from the cameras and the voice recorders and headed down to the street to join the rest of the rally participants....

Amanda says it was a great decision. Her au pair arrived with limited English skills but quickly picked up the language through daily interactions and immersion in an English-speaking culture. She watched Amanda’s kids, driving them to and from school, and performed light housekeeping tasks. After 12 months with her, Amanda says she feels like the Milanese woman will be part of their family forever. Au pairs can seem like an elegant solution to the thorny problem of child care — and often times they are....

It was not as though my desire to sleep outside stemmed from some sort of curiosity about camping. I had been camping with various YMCA father-daughter groups and alongside my brother’s Boy Scouts troop. I liked it, but knew the difference between that and sleeping in the yard. Still, for a kid, even the smallest sort of adventure is an adventure. And every adventure has its benefits. Outside, as dusk fell on Dallas, I let my imagination go into overdrive....

RELATED: This 6-Foot-Tall Inflatable Dinosaur Sprinkler Is Ready to Soak Your Kids Big Mouth Toys Dinosaur Sprinkler From the same folks who make of this ginormous magical unicorn that sprays water from its horn, Big Mouth’s ‘Jurassic-sized’ inflatable T-Rex towers over kids at almost 7-feet-tall. It’s easy to inflate (pump not included), attaches to any standard garden hose, and shoots water out of its snout. Buy Now $50 Happy Dino Sprayer For younger kids who might be frightened by a Theropod nearly three times their size, Intex’s vinyl Dino Sprayer is not only smaller at 2-feet-tall but also maintains a much happier disposition ⏤ and the kid-friendly smile to prove it....

Kids Rocking Climbing Gear: Harness Why: Kids need harnesses if they want to climb anything that involves ropes (i.e. anything beyond bouldering). What You Should Look For: Kids’ rock climbing harnesses were originally one-piece full body contraptions —which helped keep them upright — that would only last until your kid outgrew it. Now, you can invest in a two-part harness. The two parts are made up of a vest and a traditional harness, each with its own tie-in point, that allows your kid to grow with it; once he or she is big enough, you can retire the shoulder portion and just use the regular harness....

Sitting Stretching Exercise: The Chair Stretch Consider this a warm-up to the real deal, or a quick fix if you’re locked into your seat for another hour of work. From sitting, reach both hands behind your head and clasp fingers together. Inhaling deeply, turn palms to face the ceiling and push upward, straightening your arms and pushing your chest forward as you do. Hold for 10 counts. Exhale deeply and release the stretch....

And yet, optimist that you are, you are still searching for a way to fit a workout into your day without disturbing the family schedule or requiring much in the way of space (see: playpen, crib, and inflatable house). What you need is a little guidance — a readymade routine that gives you a good sweat in 20 minutes or less (sometimes, a lot less) — that you can easily follow while keeping one eye (or ear) on the kids in the next room....

Can Joe Biden Actually Enact Gun Control? Following the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, Biden promptly condemned the violence and called on the Senate to approve two bills passed by the House of Representatives on March 11—before the shootings—that would broaden background checks for gun buyers. He also called for an assault weapons ban. “I don’t need to wait another minute—let alone an hour—to take common-sense steps that will save the lives in the future, and I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” the president said on Tuesday....

We’re big fans of the Kindle Fire for kids, sure, but Samsung’s Galaxy Tab for kids is just as robust. It lets you, or your kids, choose between 10, 000 hours of kid-friendly activities, Parents can set time limits, and monitor what the littles are watching. The screen is a sizable eight inches. And it comes with a bumper case to guard it against the inevitable drops that will happen....

While there is absolutely nothing wrong with the dairy milk that was accidentally mixed in with the almond milk, HP Food still went through with the voluntary recall because for some people milk is an allergen that can cause discomfort when ingested. There has been only one reported case of this since the recall, but it didn’t require any hospitalization. Still, HP Food is choosing to play it safe and not risk upsetting customers who are expecting a dairy-free milk experience....

“To the lady [at] Dartford park who thought it was appropriate to breastfeed her baby [while] my child and very easily distracted husband sat nearby,” the woman posted on the Dartford Gossip Facebook page. “I don’t think it was necessary for you to react the way you did just because I asked you to go somewhere private, telling me to fuck off and squirting me with your boobs was incredibly uncalled for....

Visiting Sesame Street, Brett has a chat with Tamir while the two bake cookies together. And together, Brett and Tamir announce the “word of the day.” “Today’s word begins with the letter F,” Tamir announces to the camera. “Oh, I love the letter F,” Brett says, which plays right into his cuss-word-loving character on Ted Lasso. But the two probably aren’t thinking the same word. “Today’s word is… Fairness!” Tamir shares, after a drum-roll of course....

My step-father had very much modeled himself after Reynolds; the man could have been his doppelganger. He was equally tan and hairy, rocked a Reynolds’ mustache and could mimic the star’s signature laugh. So, it could be that my parents saw my adoration of Burt Reynolds as a proxy for the adoration of my step-father. But they were wrong. Sure, my stepfather could be charming and cool. But, he could also be angry and frightening and incredibly mean....

Released in late January, there are currently four different Buttheads who make up what the toy company calls “a ghastly group that loves to let it rip.” And they all have very punny names: Grim Ripper (grim reaper), Tushi (ninja), Robutt (robot), and Brainfart (zombie). Each five-inch figurine has at least 20 signature sound effects, most of which are fart-related. Not only can kids pull the Buttheads’ fingers to trigger the noises, but they can also use the timer feature to “set a stink bomb to prank your friends and family, or challenge your friends to a stinky duel,” Romper reports....

Instead of the six feet minimum for social distancing that’s been drilled into our heads since pretty much the start of the pandemic, the agency is instituting a three-foot recommendation between students attending elementary school. It’s recommending the same for kids in middle and high school as long as community transmission is low. All of these recommendations are still contingent on every student and teacher faithfully following other precautions like universal masking, contract tracing, hand washing, and, when a positive test pops up at a school, contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine....

Chappelle apparently doesn’t get paid for streaming residuals from Chappelle’s Show. Because Chappelle’s Show is owned by ViacomCBS, Dave Chappelle, apparently, has no legal right to prevent it from being streamed anywhere. That’s not super-uncommon in the media industry, and even Chappelle admits — in a recent Instagram post — this is “perfectly legal because I signed the contract” but he also points out “But is that right? I didn’t think so either....

The program expanded the original Child Tax Credit, a tax refund that initially gave parents an up to $2,000 tax cut at tax-filing time. The expanded credit became a fully-refundable credit, meaning that even the poorest parents could finally take part, and was worth about $3,600 per kid a year. Half of that cash was given out in monthly installments, the other half at tax-filing time. And while the Expanded Child Tax Credit was a whopping success — it lifted 4 million kids out of poverty — Congress let it expire as a result of failing to pass President Biden’s Build Back Better plan....