Good Morning, News: US Border Patrol Takes PNW Firefighters Into Custody, Portland City Councilors to Fly to Vienna, and Avalos Writes with AI
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The Mercury requests small monthly contributions and subscriptions; donations are tax-deductible and support the editorial team. Earl Sweatshirt released Live, Laugh, Love, an album blending irony and earnestness; the artist called a lyric a flex and said, "I've been duped so many times," to NYT culture reporter Joe Coscarelli. U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a firefighter worksite on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, checked identifications, detained two people, and an Oregon resident has been unreachable since agents allegedly disappeared him. Portland City Councilors Jamie Dunphy, Candace Avalos, and Mitch Green will travel to Vienna for six days to study social housing, funded from office budgets. Councilor Avalos has used OpenAI's ChatGPT to compose three published columns.
Last Friday, Earl Sweatshirt dropped the contrarian and beautiful Live, Laugh, Love, an album laden with both irony and earnestness. While the vibes of that particular lyric feel real, the artist freely admits it's a flex. "I've been duped so many times,"he said to NYT culture reporter Joe Coscarelli, during an interview. Anyway, if you know me, you know I'm making everything about this album, and you want me to shut up about it. SO LET'S GET TO THE NEWS. ⚡
This story has been rightfully everywhere; US Border Patrol agents entered a firefighter worksite on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula- where a crew of 44 was battling a blaze for a privately owned company-checked their identifications and took two into custody. One man is an Oregon resident, OPB reports, but his attorney has not been able to contact him since Wednesday when border patrol agents dissapeared him.
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