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How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. I helped by getting a 2024 Election Pack: Apologize.lol

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How is this not illegal??? Cards Against Humanity is PAYING people who didn't vote in 2020 to apologize, make a voting plan, and post #DonaldTrumpIsAHumanToilet—up to $100 for blue-leaning people in swing states. I helped by getting a 2024 Election Pack: www.Apologize.lol

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Alas, it couldn't find my registration which sucks cuz I could use the $100 right now

Although I don't know if New York is swing state-ish

So it might be less

I'm a little surprised that they kept such bad records at Morningside heights



Kamala Harris has announced a proposal to expand Medicare to cover home health care for seniors.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

in reply to unusual_whales

Harris said aides could help seniors do things as simple as preparing meals or putting on sweaters because it is “about dignity for that individual. It’s about independence for that individual.”

Read more: t.co/lWtinwxCks

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#Google #DeepMind scientists win #Nobel chemistry prize - theguardian.com/science/2024/o… first physics, now this: (AI) software is eating the (prize-giving) world...


Multiple former chief justices have come out against Prop 137, the ballot measure that would end judicial elections in the state.
boltsmag.org/proposition-137-j…


Per exemple, la llei ni tan sols esmenta les armes letals autònomes… Estic segur que és degut a que els lobbies i els estats que negocien amb el mercat de les armes estan totalment en contra que es prohibeixin i, per a mi, això desprestigia molt aquesta llei. Un exemple: el sistema Lavender, que decideix quins objectius ha d’atacar l’exèrcit d’Israel. Els mateixos que van desenvolupar aquest software admeten que fa un 10% d’errors, de falsos positius; és a dir, que detecta com a possible objectiu algú que no ho és en absolut; creu que una persona pertany a Hamás quan no hi té res a veure. El 10% de 37.000 (3.700 persones), que es la quantitat d’objectius que el sistema va determinar que tenien una alta probabilitat de ser membres de Hamás, van ser atacats essent completament innocents.

catalunyaplural.cat/ca/ramon-l…




Censorship in Europe: Major Palestinian news channels banned on Telegram


Last week, several pro-Palestinian Telegram channels were blocked in European countries, including the “Palestine Archive ??” channel with more than 15,000 followers and the “Resistance News Network” (RNN) with more than 166,000 subscribers. The exact justification of the ban are not known. While Telegram did not respond to a journalistic request, the RNN said that there was no reason for the closure. Anyone who tries to open up the channel in the affected countries now will receive the notification that they cannot be not displayed because they “violate local laws”. RNN and the online outlet The Cradle have spoken of an EU-wide ban.

While the legal basis for the blocking remains unclear, the political reasons are obvious. RNN itself explained to Peoples Dispatch: “We believe RNN was banned because we shed light on the reality of resistance on the ground, which upends the mainstream zionist narrative.“

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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Telegram is not a social for counter the censorship and be private, it's not good at all to use Telegram for this kind of messaging + with the arrest of Durov, it will even more difficult to counter govs when using Telegram

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ doesn't like this.

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Luckily we have your well thought out comments to explain the point /s
in reply to brrt

It's incredible that it needs to be explained that the issue is with the censorship regardless of what particular service is being censored or what you personally happen to think of it.
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

To combat censorship, first go out a anti-censorship platform and then try to solve the problem
in reply to foremanguy

What part of the government is making information illegal are you struggling comprehend? If there was some magical anti-censorship platform that was usable by regular people then it would just be banned, and then people using it would be arrested. This is not a technology problem.
in reply to Linkerbaan

Kind of hilarious how people in the west would always claims that the differentiating factor between them and countries like China was freedom of expression. Turns out what was really happening was that majority of people in the west were just swallowing their state propaganda uncritically, and there was no need for heavy handed censorship. Now that the state is losing control of the narrative heavy handed measures are promptly introduced.

As always, the west is no different from its adversaries, but people in the west are gullible enough to think they're special.

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Microsoft Continues Working On Hyper-V Dom0 Support For Linux

Microsoft Linux engineers have continued preparing the Linux kernel to support Hyper-V Dom0 for Linux to run as the root partition...
phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Hy…



Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests - theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o… "House majority leader outlines plan of attack on universities that fail to quash criticism of Israel" freedom of speech, what's that?
in reply to Glyn Moody

Weren't Texas trying to force Facebook to host Nazi speech not that long ago?


Last day to sign a European Citizen’s Initiative to tax the rich.

Not looking good.

*sigh*

Thank fuck the French Revolution didn’t require people to sign an online form or it might have all been just too much effort for some folks.

eci.ec.europa.eu/038/public/#/…

#TaxTheRich #EU #apathy

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in reply to Aral Balkan

Perhaps if you had to go out into the street and build a barricade out of wagons, furniture and debris people would get more excited about it.
in reply to Aral Balkan

No surprise if people aren't signing an on-line form: with all the scams going around, it is more likely that I'd ignore one based on the idea that it is better to be safe than sorry.

Maybe it is better in Europe, but it is so bad in the U.S. that I'd quip that our national motto should be "Scams R Us" given the texts and emails I get.





I wasn't sure I was ready to read about another virus. Throw in a coming-of-age tale during the end of the world as we know it, and the next thing I knew I had devoured 80 pages when I only meant to take a peek at the first chapter. My review of American Rapture is posted at wellwortharead.blogspot.com/20… #bookstodon
in reply to Well_Worth_A_Read

I pre-ordered this and can't wait for it to come! How did it compare to Maeve Fly (if you read that one)?
in reply to Mother Suspiria

@stina_marie This was my very first read by her. I missed out on Maeve Fly but need to get a copy. I had too many ARCs when it came out.


China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years - theguardian.com/environment/20… "IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s #renewables by 2030" the west still doesn't get it
in reply to Glyn Moody

Even if we import panels we can still reduce our need to import fuel whilst cutting CO2. Could it be that fossil fuel lobbying has held us back?
in reply to Steve

@steevc I think they have been spreading lots of lies about solar, so probably



ok but look at this, the University of Sydney has a digital collections library and several online jigsaw puzzles

digital.library.sydney.edu.au/…




If you would rather read CV Advice instead having a watch of me rush through a lightning talk.

foxleytalent.com/blog/getting-…

Better still, if you are attending this evening's London Django Meetup and want to sit down and go through your CV with me, I'll be there ☺️

#cvadvice #resumeadvice #python #django #lightningtalk