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"The night before Meta’s announcement, Mr. Kaplan held individual calls with top conservative social media influencers, two people said." nytimes.com/2025/01/10/technol…
So many of my colleagues lost their house in the fires. Please consider joining us in supporting the relief effort.
The Caltech/JPL disaster fund link was provided by our lab director and is listed below. And please keep JPLers in your thoughts for the weeks to come.
Thank you.
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2024 was another record-breaking year for clean energy in the U.S. Here are some stats from an upcoming report I'm working on for Cleanview: - 96% of new power capacity was carbon-free - 74% more solar added vs. 2023 - 99% more battery capacity added…
This would seem to be a NYY version of a news story that others beat them to that is different mainly bc it focuses less on the specifically anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ nature of the changes at FB, unless I'm missing something?
‘Critical Opportunity’ – Israeli Soldier Faces War Crimes Complaint in Sweden
A legal complaint was filed against an Israeli soldier in Sweden. (Photo: via Hind Rajab Foundation X page) By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a war crimes complaint in Sweden against Israeli sniper Boaz Ben David for …BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Transphobia is a rich man's game. It allows billionaires to position themselves as brave truthtellers challenging the status quo without really risking anything because the group they're demeaning lacks much of any institutional power. It gives them the thrill of martyrdom without any sacrifice.
Huh, each minute of animation in #WallaceAndGromit #VengeanceMostFowl takes at least a week to create. 30 animators work daily at the studio. Such an amazing and bonkers way to make a film (clay animation), with so much love put into every frame.
It is creations like this that make me feel more positive about humanity.
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A Kentucky worship leader associated with Ken Ham’s Creation Museum in northern Kentucky is in jail after confessing to sexually abusing a teenager for several years, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said. …
How ‘Will & Harper’ Inspires Understanding: Teen Activist Rebekah Bruesehoff Says ‘Transgender People and Those That Love Them Are Scared’
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Teen Trans Activist Rebekah Bruesehoff on 'Will & Harper'
Teen trans activist Rebekah Bruesehoff describes how she found common ground with the documentary "Will & Harper."Rebekah Bruesehoff (Variety)
from @pluralistic comes this link to a great article about how the DNC completely rigs the candidate selection process and was even taken to court for it
"Later in the hearing, attorneys representing the DNC claim that the Democratic National Committee would be well within their rights to “go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way.” "
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DNC Lawyers Argue DNC Has Right to Pick Candidates in Back Rooms
Attorneys claim the words 'impartial' and 'evenhanded'—as used in the DNC Charter—can't be interpreted by a court of law.Michael Sainato (Observer)
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BREAKING: The Biden administration extended Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela through 2026. This will help keep nearly 1 million people temporarily shielded from Trump’s extreme deportation agenda.
I doubt this is new. Tech companies have been providing referral bonuses for decades and it’s a no brainer to start referring random people for a chance at extra money.
If anything, the referral bonus budgets have tightened up since layoffs flooded the job market with candidates.
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Know their names: The Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, at least 217 journalists and media workers have been killed.Mohamed A. Hussein (Al Jazeera)
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Twitter is now an alt-right zombified version of its former self, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is actively enabling anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate, TikTok might get banned in the U.S. ... the entire social media landscape so many of us have built careers and…
Game: Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle (Windows, Switch, Android, iOS, MacOS) (gamerip) (2018)
Song: Final Brock
#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic
Want to learn traditional Irish tunes ? This website is a "pépite" ! You can choose your speed, your tempo, very nice for beginners
Traditional Irish tunes on The Session
thesession.org/tunes #website #irishmusic
Traditional Irish tunes on The Session
Find Irish traditional tunes: jigs, reels, hornipipes and more.thesession.org
Evan Urquhart
in reply to Evan Urquhart • • •If you'd like to know more about where the anti-trans editorial bias in coverage at NYT comes from, read my story from earlier in the week, reporting on what a former NYT editor claims about top-management's hostility towards the trans community at NYT. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Bias at NYT: Trans Former Empl...
Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out
Evan Urquhart (Assigned)