Vermont Cop Was Allegedly Watching Matt Walsh Video When He Hit and Killed Cyclist

gizmodo.com/vermont-cop-was-al…

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #police #mattwalsh #manslaughter #vermont

Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.

propublica.org/article/educati…

#News #Education #CivilRights #Trump #Discrimination #Students

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“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”

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#News #DOGE #SocialSecurity #Trump #Government #USPolitics

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It's hard to say this, but science (& research more generally) is just being **stopped** in the US right now. This is just one university, losing nearly a billion dollars in project funding pretty much overnight. That's people's jobs, and the research that could save lives.

wsj.com/health/healthcare/john…

#America #science

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@God

#WeevilWednesday

"Weevils, long-nosed beetles, are unsung heroes of pollination"

"A special kind of intertwined plant-pollinator relationship, thought to be rare, is present in hundreds of weevil species"

“We are highlighting a group of insects that most people want to see killed, and we're showing that they can actually be pretty important for maintaining ecosystems and products that we care about,”

fieldmuseum.org/about/press/we…

#Nature #Pollinators #Biology

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From the DMZ at the depressing border to North Korea, to beautiful temples and burial mounds to fantastic #beaches . #SouthKorea has it all. Join me to see a detailed itinerary that you can do too.
#travel #BUCKETLIST #travelblog #vacation backpackandsnorkel.com/South-K…

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension.

As federal datasets disappear from view, scholars explain why it is important to collect and maintain this information:
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Huge win. Huge. Canadian Court upholds government restricting crypto bullshit use of electricity

"B.C. wins case for power use limits by cryptocurrency miners"

(Its not "mining" its wanking, nothing produced, nothing mined)

"The decision upheld an earlier court ruling against Conifex Timber Ltd., a forestry company located in Prince George .... The company was seeking unrestricted access to B.C. electricity."

nationalobserver.com/2025/03/1…

#victory #sanity #productivity #wealth #canpoli #Canada

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I urge going further.

There is nothing produced in crypto, no farms selling eggs, making a small profit, no furniture makers making cool chairs for a choosy market.

There are no eggs in crypto, no chairs, no electric planes built, not a single candy, no fertilizer, just counterfeit money.

REQUIRE crypto build its own renewable green energy source for 120% of their wanking needs, ALWAYS more than they use.

And data centres too.

No crypto use of utility power.
Counterfeit

#Canpoli #Canada

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It is effectively impossible for democracy and billionaires to co-exist.

➡️ jacobin.com/2021/06/billionair…
➡️ inthesetimes.com/article/democ…
➡️ inequality.org/article/billion…

#USA #Government #Politics #History #Economics #Capitalism

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Belfast is a street art Mecca with many beautiful and artistic murals. But you need to know where to find them. Our Belfast self-guided tour shows you where they are. #Murals #Belfast #NorthernIreland backpackandsnorkel.com/Norther…

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.

St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
propublica.org/article/st-luke…

#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law

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One of my biggest gripes with this platform, fixed!

We should now see *all* replies, regardless of which server we're on, or which server they're posted from.

social.growyourown.services/@F…

Thanks @FediTips for the good news.


Some good news about #Mastodon, there has been a very significant bit of code added which will automatically fetch all the replies in a thread. This means everyone will be able to see a thread's whole conversation no matter which server they are on! 🥳

The code has just been "merged" which means it should become available in the next update to Mastodon, hopefully within the next few months.

(Those who want the technical details can see the Pull Request at github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…)

(Via @rolle)


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Hot off the press, y'all - new research from the folks at the Developer Success Lab.

I'm copying and pasting from an email I wrote to @flourn0 after reading a draft of the now available "No Silver Bullets: Why Understanding Software Cycle Time is Messy, Not Magic."

Because I don't think I can advocate for the quality of and need for this work any better than I did in that email:

A team of aerospace and biomechanics researchers is exploring how people with physical disabilities could venture into #space, visit the Moon, and even travel to #Mars.
#Disability
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Elon Musk’s Tesla hopes to win back customers by offering free charging if you buy a $100,000 Cybertruck

fortune.com/2025/03/05/tesla-f…

Paywall Free: archive.today/X7D10

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #elonmusk #nazi #corruption #doge #firemusk

Some good news about #Mastodon, there has been a very significant bit of code added which will automatically fetch all the replies in a thread. This means everyone will be able to see a thread's whole conversation no matter which server they are on! 🥳

The code has just been "merged" which means it should become available in the next update to Mastodon, hopefully within the next few months.

(Those who want the technical details can see the Pull Request at github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…)

(Via @rolle)

@sjwrenlewis on the button:

'The most effective way the Labour Govt. can reduce the threat from the populist right is to ensure the economic arguments made by populists against immigration have as little purchase as possible. That means providing more money for public services, not keeping taxes low. [Labour's] opposite approach, at a time when the two right wing populist parties in the UK attract nearly half of all voters in opinion polls, is very worrying'!

#politics
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/…

You should all be following @SeanCasten -- a member of Congress who gets what's at stake and is talking about it here with some of the clearest language I've seen.

Example: his thread about a Republican move to reward tax evaders and crooks, via a political scam you won't have heard about anywhere else.

mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/11…

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MAGA STUPIDITY RULES!

"The ironic bit is this is going to hit red states the hardest as they depend the most on federal school funding"
- Aure

2,200 layoffs in a workforce of 4,400!

Trump needs money for his $4.5 trillion in wealthy tax cut

Mass layoffs the latest sign that Trump wants to end the Department of Education. What will change if he succeeds?

The department closed offices and sent "reduction in force" notices to employees Tuesday night.
#AureFreePress
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Uncomfortable truths about Trump's Adoration of Putin!

Let’s not mince words. Here are five highly uncomfortable facts about President Trump and his regime
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

thehill.com/opinion/white-hous…

Keep ‘em coming. Pressure works.

“NEW: Across the country, Americans are organizing against the administration's antidemocratic orders. The organic nature of these actions creates the basis for strong opposition in the months and years to come”
- Democracy Docket democracydocket.com/opinion/ra…

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Puerto Rico is known for its beautiful beaches, old world architecture, wonderful food, historic forts, flora and fauna and the popular San Juan cruise port. Here are the best things to see and do: backpackandsnorkel.com/Puerto-…

Sources: the BBC plans to ask the UK government to take on the full costs of the World Service to counter Russia's and China's "aggressive" disinformation drive (Michael Savage/The Guardian)

theguardian.com/media/2025/mar…
mediagazer.com/250312/p9#a2503…

Trump’s Own Advisers Are Freaking Out About His Tariff Chaos

thedailybeast.com/donald-trump…

Paywall Free: archive.today/uS1tl

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #tariffs

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"The United States must convince Russia to do this [30-day ceasefire]. That is, we agree, and if the Russians agree, the ceasefire will start at that very moment"
- President Zelensky

#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

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"Russia will not agree to a 30-day ceasefire because it will just enable Ukraine to regroup and rearm"
- Russian MP Viktor Sobolev

He added that a temporary ceasefire is unacceptable and only plays into Ukraine's hands.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war