#Mark Rebilas

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Four favorites from an awesome chase with @MikeOlbinski 8/21/24 to southern Az near Santa Rosa, AZ.

📸 by Mark Rebilas @rebilasphoto

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Kendrick Lamar commands the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (2025) by Mark J. Rebilas

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first start of spring training | 📸: Mark J. Rebilas

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Bills RB James Cook shares contract wish: $15M a year

Jan 26, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Buffalo Bills running back James Cook (4) against the Kansas City Chiefs during the AFC Championship game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images James Cook has given an inkling about the figure he wants in his next contract: $15 million. The Buffalo Bills running back appeared on Instagram Live on Wednesday, then…

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Dodgers Trade Stunted Catching Prospect Diego Cartaya to Twins for Hard-Throwing DSL Arm

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports On Thursday the Dodgers and Twins agreed to a small trade involving former Top 100 Prospect, Diego Cartaya, a 23-year-old Venezuelan catcher who has struggled to develop as he’s been exposed to upper-level pitching. The Dodgers designated him for assignment earlier this week. In exchange, the Dodgers received hulking 20-year-old DSL righty, Jose Vasquez, a…

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Der Kampf zwischen den Mavericks und den Suns endet mit einem Auswurf von drei Spielern nach einem Schlag

Erst ein Foul, dann eine Ohrfeige, dann ein Schlag bei den Mavericks-Suns. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images) Die Spannungen zwischen den Dallas Mavericks und den Phoenix Suns eskalierten am Freitag schnell. Drei Spieler, Jusuf Nurkić von den Suns und PJ Washington und Naji Marshall von den Mavericks, wurden rausgeworfen, nachdem ein Kampf das Spiel im dritten Viertel unterbrochen hatte. Der Kampf…

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Snoop Dogg Calls Out Lil Wayne Over Kendrick Lamar Halftime Show Criticism

On February 13, 2022, Snoop Dogg electrified the stage during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show at SoFi Stadium, where the Los Angeles Rams took on the Cincinnati Bengals. (Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) In a recent podcast appearance, Snoop Dogg expressed his disapproval of Lil Wayne’s reaction to Kendrick Lamar being selected as the headliner for the Halftime Show,…

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Georgia WR Colbie Young arrested on disturbing charges

Jan 9, 2023; Inglewood, CA, USA; Detailed view of a Georgia Bulldogs helmet during the CFP national championship game at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Yet another Georgia football player has been arrested, and the wide receiver is facing some very troubling charges. Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young was arrested on Tuesday morning and charged with assaulting…

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Los Angeles Rams Roster Bubble: Former Jim Thorpe Award Winner At Risk of Being Cut

After two preseason games, the Los Angeles Rams roster is starting to take shape. NFL teams need to make hard decisions to get down to 53 players from 90 by August 27th. That means several players are vying for just a few available spots. These are the Rams that may barely miss being rostered. Los Angeles Rams Roster Bubble Jake Hummel, ILB Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Jake Hummel…

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Draymond Green tried to argue his case. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)Draymond Green might have another suspension in his future.Two weeks after returning from a five-game suspension for putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold, the chronically embattled Golden State Warriors forward was ejected from a game against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday for taking a wild swing at center Jusuf Nurkić.The play in question came in the third quarter, as Green and Nurkić jostled for position on an in-bounds play. For seemingly no reason, Green spun around and connected on a hard right to Nurkić's face.The play was immediately called as a foul and later upgraded to a flagrant 2, an automatic ejection.Green will almost certainly face a fine for the incident, with a suspension depending on how the league office reviews the incident.At the time of his ejection, Green had 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 turnovers.

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The founder of the controversial, hard right-linked facial recognition company Clearview AI sought to recruit the New York Police Department to endorse their services to an anti-child abuse non-profit, Hatewatch has learned.

Hatewatch reviewed a trove of emails, first reported on by Buzzfeed, that detailed the relationship between the NYPD and Clearview AI. Clearview AI founder Ton-That put the NYPD and the non-profit group Thorn in contact after meetings with Ashton Kutcher, Thorn’s cofounder. Kutcher and Ton-That discussed possible investment, according to a former associate of Ton-That who spoke to Hatewatch.

Actor Ashton Kutcher attends the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash in Los Angeles in February 2022. (Photo by Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Network)

Ton-That sent the email to NYPD Lt. Felix Rivera and a person whose name and email were redacted by the NYPD’s Records Access Office.

Ton-That, March 19, 2019, 6:23 p.m. ET: Hi [redacted], Felix Rivera can tell you more about how he’s used our software to solve cases.

A source close to Thorn confirmed that someone introduced Thorn and Clearview AI in 2019. Demi Moore and Kutcher founded Thorn in 2012. Thorn uses facial recognition technology for its Spotlight program, which is designed to help law enforcement identify victims of child sex trafficking. Thorn claims officers in “all 50 states and Canada” use Spotlight.

The introduction “went nowhere,” the source told Hatewatch in a call. There “were concerns with how that technology was deployed, and there was no interest in working with Clearview AI.” Still, the email further demonstrates Clearview AI’s ambitions to integrate itself in law enforcement operations across the U.S.

It is unclear if Rivera responded to Ton-That’s email. Thorn no longer has emails related to the introduction, according to the source, who declined to elaborate. Hatewatch requested further emails from the NYPD, but a records officer said there were no more emails to release.

Hatewatch emailed an NYPD spokesperson for a comment on the email. The spokesperson referred Hatewatch to its policy on facial recognition technology adopted in March 2020 and said their “previous practices did not authorize the use of services such as Clearview AI nor did they specifically prohibit it.”

Ton-That responded to Hatewatch’s request for comment via email, saying the “questions relate to old assertions regarding myself and my company. There are factual inaccuracies and these questions are irrelevant with regard to the myriad crimes we have assisted law enforcement in solving over the years.”

Ton-That did not respond to a follow-up request asking him to point out the purported factual inaccuracies in Hatewatch’s reporting.

‘TERRIFYING’ APP

Clearview has links to the authoritarian hard right, and Ton-That associates with white supremacists, as HuffPost previously reported. Privacy experts have raised alarm about the company because it amassed a reservoir of over 3 billion images by scraping photos from the web, without the consent of those photographed.

Research shows facial recognition technology is prone to racial bias. One study found it produces “higher rates of false positives for [Asian, Indigenous and Black people] at a factor of “10 to 100 times,” depending on the technology.

Clearview AI began as Smartcheckr in 2017. Extremist Charles “Chuck” Johnson claimed involvement in the company’s facial recognition algorithm that January, HuffPost reported.

Hatewatch and others have documented Johnson’s activism in detail. An associate of reactionary billionaire Peter Thiel, he has repeatedly collaborated with white supremacists and helped amplify a Russian intelligence-backed plot to sway the French elections in May 2017 through his now-defunct website GotNews.

Johnson set up a far-right crowdfunding platform, WeSearchr, in 2017. Former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh shared messages from the WeSearchr Slack channel, a nexus for far-right figures including Ton-That, Johnson, neo-Nazi Andrew Auernheimer and more, with HuffPost and Hatewatch.

Johnson said in the messages he hired Ton-That to create facial recognition software and that the software could be used to “identify every illegal alien in the country.”

Johnson confirmed to Hatewatch that he views himself as a co-founder of Clearview AI. Ton-That has denied this. Johnson, who challenges his designation as an extremist, also told Hatewatch that Ton-That met with Kutcher in early 2019 about a possible investment in the company. Johnson was “against the meetings,” which he claimed led to Ton-That introducing Thorn and the NYPD.

Clearview AI began seeking funding from investors in 2018,The New York Times reported. The company secured an initial seed investment of $1 million in July 2018 from backers including “Thiel, the venture capitalist David Scalzo and Hal Lambert.” Lambert is the creator of MAGA ETF, an investment fund that tracks companies aligned with Republican beliefs.

Investors and Schwartz’s friends had versions of Clearview AI on their phone in 2018, according to The New York Times.

Kutcher referenced a facial recognition “beta app” on his phone during an appearance on YouTube program “Hot Ones” that premiered Sept. 26, 2019. He called the app “terrifying.”

Kutcher is a successful investor, and co-founded Sound Ventures and A-Grade Investments, two venture capital firms.

Hatewatch contacted Kutcher’s publicist and Sound Ventures for comment on the alleged meeting with Ton-That. Neither responded. Sound Ventures denied it invested in Clearview AI to Business Insider in 2020.

Hatewatch attempted and failed to find up-to-date contact information for A-Grade Investment. Thorn did not respond to a follow-up request for comment on Johnson’s claims.

NYPD CONNECTION

Clearview AI has ingrained itself in law enforcement culture by offering trials to departments and bureaus from local to federal levels. The FBI agreed to pay Clearview AI $18,000 for a licensing contract on Dec. 31, 2021, according to public records. The Army, Justice Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have also signed contracts with Ton-That’s company.

The contract between ICE and Clearview AI, signed on Sept. 3, 2021, totals $500,000, records show.

The NYPD began speaking to Clearview AI about a trial period for its technology in October 2018. Richard Schwartz, a longtime New York political player and former aide to mayors Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, began arranging meetings with Deputy Inspector Christopher Flanagan. Schwartz mentioned his ties to former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and former Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple when arranging meetings. Ton-That also attended.

Schwartz, Oct. 17, 2018, 5:55 p.m. ET: “Hi Inspector Flanagan, A pleasure meeting you. My partner, Hoan, and I would very much like to meet with you on our facial-recognition app, as Greg suggested. I am personally highly committed to the success of the NYPD as I served as Mayor Giuliani's Senior Advisor and introduced him to [Bratton] and [Maple]. Please let me if there's a date that's convenient for you.”

Flanagan, Oct. 18, 2018, 10:58 a.m. ET: I would be interested in meeting up. Does Tuesday Oct 23 work?

Schwartz, Oct. 19, 2018, 08:56 a.m. ET: Good Morning Inspector Flanagan. Just wanted to follow up on your kind email from yesterday regarding a meeting on Oct. 23. Hoan and I are free anytime that day between 10:45 am and 4 pm. What works for you? Look forward to getting together.

Flanagan, Oct. 19, 2018, 10:06 a.m. ET : 11:00 is good. Our office is at 300 Gold street [84th Precinct] in Brooklyn or I can stop by your office on my way in. Either is fine with me.

Emails show Ton-That visited NYPD at least three more times before Ton-That signed a contract for an NYPD trial of Clearview AI that ran from December 2018 to March 2019.

Officers continued using Clearview AI long after the trial period ended, the emails show. NYPD Det. Damon Gergar wrote to Clearview AI to get a trial version in Dec. 2019.

Gergar, Dec. 17, 2019, 9:09 a.m. ET: Hi! I’m a detective with the NYPD and on a Homeland Security Investigations task force where I conduct mostly child pornography and pedophile investigations. Other members of my team investigate a wide variety of other crimes. I was wondering what I need to do to get a trial version of clearview? We would love to test it out, if possible. You can reach me at 914-[redacted], also. Thanks so much!

Clearview, Dec. 19, 2019, 10:37 a.m. ET: Hi Damon Gergar, you have been invited to Clearview! To active your account please click the button below”

Gergar and Clearview AI fostered a collaborative relationship that went beyond the NYPD. Gergar referred three ICE employees to Clearview AI, the emails show.

The first ICE referral was sent to Clearview AI on Jan. 6, 2020, at 1:32 p.m. ET. The next was a special agent, whose name is redacted, on Jan. 14, 2020, at 1:34 p.m. ET. Another came on Jan. 21, 2020, at 12:17 p.m. ET.

That same day, Gergar sent Ton-That his resume.

Gergar, Jan. 15, 2020, 10:54 a.m. ET: Hi, Hoan! Let me know if you receive this and what you think. Thanks so much.

NYPD officers continued using and requesting access as late as Jan. 2020, according to an email sent from NYPD and U.S. Homeland Security Det. Lynn McCarthy to Jessica Garrison, Clearview AI’s vice president of government affairs.

McCarthy, Jan. 22, 2020, 2:48 p.m. ET: Hi, I am hoping to obtain access to Clearview, the facial recognition program. The program assisted to identify a subject of a case that we are currently working on. Thank you in advance.

The NYPD spokesperson told Hatewatch, “A facial recognition match is merely a lead; no one has ever been arrested solely on the bases of a computer match alone.”

Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights at advocacy organization Free Press, responded to Hatewatch’s request for comment on the email and Clearview AI’s relationship with the NYPD by saying it “was troubling from the start.”

Benavidez concluded: “The department lied over several years to the public about the extent of its relationship with the facial recognition app – all while allowing officers outside the department's facial recognition team to use the controversial tool.”

Photo illustration by SPLC

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Eminem tells Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music

Eminem and Vivek Ramaswamy. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters, Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) Earlier this month, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made news by rapping the Eminem hit “Lose Yourself” to an audience at the Iowa State Fair. The moment went viral and seemed to speak to Ramaswamy’s audacity and youth, which stand out in a field dominated by older…

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De nombreux noms ont tourbillonné autour des conversations centrées sur une vente potentielle du club du nord de Londres, Tottenham. Suite aux accusations de délit d'initié portées contre leur propriétaire Joe Lewis, beaucoup ont émis l'hypothèse que l'homme d'affaires obsolète pourrait choisir de vendre le club alors qu'il tente aussi d'effacer son nom. Le nom improbable qui vient d'entrer dans le discours de prise de contrôle de Tottenham Hotspur n'est autre que le rappeur américain Jay-Z, d'après l'un de ses associés. Le tarif de l'achat et le sort de l'actuel propriétaire révéleront bientôt si cet intérêt signalé est bien sérieux. Jay Z prépare le rachat de Tottenham Hotspur Le producteur de musique a suffisamment de poches pour se permettre l'offre publique d'achat de Tottenham Hotspur Né à Brooklyn sous le nom de Shawn Carter, l'ex copropriétaire de l'équipe américaine de basket-ball, les Brooklyn Nets, a une valeur nette de 2,5 milliards de dollars (1,95 milliard de livres sterling). L'homme de 53 ans a actuellement des sociétés dans les industries de l'alcool, du tabac, de la musique et des jets privés, entre autres. Tous ces investissements ne sont pas à but lucratif, mais le musicien empoche chaque année une somme décente parmi les plus réussis. PDJ: Plusieurs clubs de Premier League, dont Tottenham, intéressés par la signature d'un attaquant "fantastique" de 50 millions de livres sterling Carter avait précédemment cherché à investir dans les rivaux de Tottenham au nord de Londres et dans son autre club de Premier League, Arsenal. Rien n'est jamais venu de l'intérêt qu'il a montré à devenir copropriétaire d'une autre équipe sportive, mais il apparaît que le producteur de musique ne se soit pas résolu à renoncer à investir dans un club anglais. Une offre officielle ne sera certainement pas faite tant que le résultat du procès Lewis ne sera pas annoncé, mais en attendant, l'Américain pourrait commencer à rassembler ses finances et à consulter des conseillers. Les accusations contre le propriétaire actuel de Tottenham Les accusations portées contre le propriétaire de Tottenham plus tôt ce mois-ci ont créé un sentiment d'incertitude au sein du club. Les accusations détaillent comment Joe Lewis aurait donné des informations privilégiées a propos les sociétés qu'il possède ou possède en partie comme forme de paiement à diverses personnes dans sa vie, telles que ses intérêts amoureux, les chauffeurs de limousine et les pilotes de jet privé. Crédit image principale : © Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

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Vikings Could Pursue Former Broncos O-Lineman

Sep 19, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Denver Broncos guard Dalton Risner (66) against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah currently finds himself in a favorable position with approximately $9.5 million in cap space following the recent trade of edge rusher Za’Darius Smith.  The…

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Travis Kelce’s Ex Girlfriend Celebrates Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Win on the Field

Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images It was not a great Super Bowl for Kansas City Chiefs legend Travis Kelce. The Chiefs superstar finished the game with four receptions for 39 yards and was…

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JAWS and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot: Hanley Ramirez

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2025 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball Reference version unless…