North Carolina Gov. Stein signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
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North Carolina Gov. Stein signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train.PBS News
California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-03/california-gave-counties-power-to-inspect-ice-detention-centers-theyre-not-using-it?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it
Three of the four California counties empowered to inspect federal immigration detention facilities have not done so, and the fourth has conducted only basic reviews of food this year.Wendy Fry (Los Angeles Times)
Disabled people have been in the crosshairs as well.
Emily Beitiks, the interim director of the Longmore Institute, writes:
"I learned last night that the University of Toledo suspended their Disability Studies program, alongside other programs like Africana Studies, Asian Studies, and Women and Gender Studies, because Ohio Senate Bill 1 bans diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education. My heart breaks with this news, as I recall my own personal introduction to disability studies as an undergraduate and all that it unlocked for me: critical thinking, understanding my place inside bigger systems of power, and a community of scholar-activist friends and colleagues." #Fascism #Ableism #USpol #HigherEd #AcademicChatter
EU funds are flowing into spyware companies, and politicians are demanding answers
: Experts say Commission is ‘fanning the flames’ of the continent’s own WatergateConnor Jones (The Register)
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Dozens Arrested as 1,000+ Jews Demand Gaza Ceasefire at Rabbi-Led Yom Kippur Protest in NYC | Common Dreams
Brett Wilkins
Oct 03, 2025
Protesters then marched to the Brooklyn Bridge, where some sat down, locked their arms together, and sang while blocking traffic to the span. New York Police Department (NYPD) officers subsequently arrested at least 56 people, according to the New York Post.Many of the arrested protesters chanted, “Let Gaza Live!” as their hands were zip-tied and they were hauled off to an awaiting NYPD bus.
Asked why she was arrested, one keffiyeh-clad woman said, “Because I’m using this sacred holiday of Yom Kippur, as a Jewish person whose ancestors perished during the Holocaust, to protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people in my name.”
“And I say, not in my name,” she added.
Dozens Arrested as 1,000+ Jews Demand Gaza Ceasefire at Rabbi-Led Yom Kippur Protest in NYC
Protesters blocked traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge, embodying the ancient Jewish tenets of justice, righteousness, and saving life.brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Jack is cooking up a spooky pot of something, not sure what but I think it smells tasty @CuriousMagpie
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Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans (Lawrence Hurley/NBC News)
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Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans
The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status for up to 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, meaning some could ultimately be deported.Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
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We've released #Hollo 0.6.12 to fix a critical privacy #vulnerability where direct messages were being exposed in the replies section of public posts. Please update your instances immediately to ensure your private conversations remain private.
“But what if you were stranded on a desert island with a pig?”
Mate, I’m standing in Tesco with oat milk and beyond burgers.
And I don't see it as moral failing. Then with a smile turn to the question asker and give the same scenario with a dog, their dog, a kid, their kid,...
This #BandcampFriday, if you like good songs and fine music, my suggestion is to go check out this album by my ridiculously talented friend Rob Corcoran: robcorcoran.bandcamp.com/album… , which For Reasons, hasn't actually been released yet but is temporarily available for the duration.
I'd get it myself but am a bit skint. However, if there's any action on music.conniptions.org/ (my own Bandcamp) that may change. Fingers crossed and all that.
The Roku Streaming Stick Plus drops to only $29 in this Prime Day deal
https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-roku-streaming-stick-plus-drops-to-only-29-in-this-prime-day-deal-134656112.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Roku Streaming Stick Plus drops to only $29 in this Prime Day deal
This travel-size streaming device was our top pick for free and live content.Andre Revilla (Engadget)
The ‘Donny Hathaway Legacy Project’ Is Launched On His 80th Birthday
https://www.blackenterprise.com/donny-hathaway-legacy-project-mental-health/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The ‘Donny Hathaway Legacy Project’ Launched On His Birthday
Donny Hathaway churned out soulful chart-topping songs throughout the late 1960s and into the ‘70s, such as “A Song for You” and “This Christmas.”Ida Harris (Black Enterprise)
social.coop/@cwebber/115312308… cwebber@social.coop - In 3 days nearly the entire Bluesky team doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on the "WAFFLES" thing in response to upset users, and now Jesse Singal etc are using it as a Nazi slur against trans people bsky.app/profile/nogoodwyfe.bs…
It would have been so easy to just, not do this
Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber@social.coop)
Content warning: "waffles", bsky, seems it's a trans slur nowsocial.coop
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Found a post or two on blueskyabout all this. I'll leave it here for anyone who wants.
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in reply to Vee • • •Plastic surgery maybe?
Also note that an earlobe is too thin to expand the bullet or even slow it down very much. Such a shot would blow right through and transmit little energy in the process, rather like a bullet going through paper in fact.
When you shoot paper targets, a common problem is holes so small you cannot easily see them. There's just nothing there thick enough to react to the hit.
Such a hit will still leave a scar, but it won't be a big one. A plastic surgeon can probably remove or cover it up with little difficulty.
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