How State Tech Policies in 2024 Set the Stage for 2025
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How State Tech Policies in 2024 Set the Stage for 2025
EFF has been at the forefront of defending civil liberties in the digital age, with our activism team working across state, federal, and local levels to safeguard everyone's rights in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Trump May Tank U.S. Economy Faster Than Any Other President
Trump May Tank U.S. Economy Faster Than Any Other Presidenthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-may-tank-us-economy-faster-than-any-other-president/BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Imani Perry traces blue through Black American life, starting with her grandmother's room
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[META MODPOST] New Temporary Rule Change
I've noticed a lot of troll-like behavior from many accounts saying the same thing, usually complaining about a source shared in an article. In an effort to increase the quality of the comments sections of posts made in this community, I am adding a new rule to this community.
Poisoning The Well attempts attacking a source used in an article or report shared here will subject you to a temporary ban from this community. To be clear, anyone is welcome to point out parts of a particular article that are false or seem to be without proper sourcing, but for now, statements like "X website is pure propaganda" or "X website isn't news" will not be allowed.
This isn't a rule I wanted to make, and I would like to lift it at some point, but it appears to be needed for now.
#DougFord on Trump Today 1/?
""@ColinDMello: Doug Ford on Trump:
"I can't control what the president says (about the 51st state) I don't think too many people can."
[edit: note this 👉] "He has some smart people around him and anyone who thinks Donald Trump is not a smart negotiator, he's a negotiator, … "
Same media: You can't call someone a fascist unless they say they're a fascist!
Childhood neglect is associated with slower development of working memory abilities throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. Neglect was defined as experiencing emotional or physical neglect.
Childhood neglect is associated with slower development of working memory abilities throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. Neglect was defined as experiencing emotional or physical neglect.https://www.psypost.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
“The American Civil Liberties Union has warned trans and nonbinary Americans that if they submit a new application to change the gender marker on their passport, they risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents while their application is being processed.”
lilithsaintcrow.com/2025/02/a-…
Lili Saintcrow | A Certain Tone
I’ve made it to the 200pg mark in the copyedits, which means only *mumblemumble* ah yes, 117 to go, a good indication I’ll finally clear them this week. It isn’t that the book is …Lili Saintcrow
I am giving myself license to Not Work while my lizard brain acclimatises to the subliminal sense of panic induced by the current news cycle. (Last happened around this time in 2022 during a certain 3 day "special military operation" in parts east of here.)
I can't focus on work during Interesting Times and I'll just hurt myself if I try.
@cstross I have to work or we don't eat, so it's pushing against that weight and trying to keep body-plus-soul intact by severely limiting all other activities I'm engaged upon.
I mean, not that I ever go anywhere anymore, due to the plague(s). But still.
Russia to Trump: Back off Ukraine’s rare earths
The Kremlin delivers a warning to the U.S. president over his military aid proposal for Kyiv.
politico.eu/article/kremlin-ru…
#Russia #Ukraine #news #war #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #SlavaUkraini #uspol
Akan weights in the form of #mudfish
Ghana / Côte d'Ivoire, 18-19th c.
Copper alloy
On display at Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Symbols of: wealth, power, transformation, resilience
#AfricanArt
See ALTs for more info!
![“Cast copper alloy figurative weight in the form of a coiled mudfish with raised dot pattern.” photographed on display at museum in 2020 H x W x D: 0.6 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm (1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.) National Museum of African Art 68-36-67 “Visually, [Akan] weights fall into two distinct categories: geometric and figurative. Stylistically they are divided into early (c. 1400-1700) and late (c. 1700-1900) periods. During the late period, figurative weights increased in both number and variety, although geometric weights were still made. Generally, late-period figurative weights have added details and textures beyond the basic form that would identify the subject.” “Some weights’ forms were selected just for their beauty or to display the owner’s status. Many, however, evoke Akan proverbs, whose meanings vary with time and place—more than one interpretation can apply. Hence water creatures were popular weights, with their associations of fluidity, flexibility, and movement between worlds.” “Th[ese] weight[s] [are] in the form of mudfish, a symbol of wealth and transformation. The mudfish lives when ordinary animals would die, surviving the loss of water.” Info via Smithsonian NMAA](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/21350334 "“Cast copper alloy figurative weight in the form of a coiled mudfish with raised dot pattern.” photographed on display at museum in 2020 H x W x D: 0.6 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm (1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.) National Museum of African Art 68-36-67 “Visually, [Akan] weights fall into two distinct categories: geometric and figurative. Stylistically they are divided into early (c. 1400-1700) and late (c. 1700-1900) periods. During the late period, figurative weights increased in both number and variety, although geometric weights were still made. Generally, late-period figurative weights have added details and textures beyond the basic form that would identify the subject.” “Some weights’ forms were selected just for their beauty or to display the owner’s status. Many, however, evoke Akan proverbs, whose meanings vary with time and place—more than one interpretation can apply. Hence water creatures were popular weights, with their associations of fluidity, flexibility, and movement between worlds.” “Th[ese] weight[s] [are] in the form of mudfish, a symbol of wealth and transformation. The mudfish lives when ordinary animals would die, surviving the loss of water.” Info via Smithsonian NMAA")
Hundreds of Ducks Found Dead of Suspected Bird Flu Around Chicago
Hundreds of Ducks Found Dead of Suspected Bird Flu Around Chicagohttps://gizmodo.com/hundreds-of-ducks-found-dead-of-suspected-bird-flu-around-lake-michigan-2000558438BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
LTS to LTS (22.04 to 24.04) upgrades are back!
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@aral If you want to make normal working-class people really aggressive and make them battle-ready for the communist revolt of the proletariat, send them this:
vinay.sh/i-am-rich-and-have-no…
The "capitalism-loving" clown who desperately wants to be like Elon, who sold his company Loom to Atlassian for almost a billion dollars, never again has to work a single day in his life, broke up with his girlfriend for no reason other than being a toxic moron, and now has not a single fucking idea what to do with his life now that he won capitalism (other than trying to climb a mountain in the Himalayas with zero mountaineering experience, of course, and very likely endangering some Sherpas).
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in reply to SnowshadowII • • •#DougFord on Trump 2/?
"@ColinDMello: Doug Ford on the Canada-US border:
"When President Trump says he needs our border tightened up, we acted immediately and we're going to continue to act immediately."
#Onpoli
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