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
Whether there was any "interaction" with the video appears to be important in the case.Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
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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.
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#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
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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.”
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.
Alt.Latino: A Latin Jazz survey, plus Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso : All Songs Considered
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/1237991511/alt-latino-latin-jazz-ca7riel-paco?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"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,”
Plan your dream vacation to South Korea with our comprehensive travel guide. Discover how tradition and ultra modern living blend, explore the depressing DMZ, ancient temples and the best beaches for an unforgettable experience.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
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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Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working ‘in the darkness of ignorance.’The Conversation
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
The appeal court ruled that B.C. Hydro has the right to act in the public interest – in this case, to protect BC’s electricity supply and contain electricity prices for ratepayers.Canada's National Observer
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
Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates
The streamer published its own transparency report.
Congress reignites a bipartisan effort to ban hair discrimination
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324544/crown-act-reintroduced-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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
Since the pandemic began, America’s billionaires have seen their wealth skyrocket to an amount almost equal to a fifth of US GDP. This concentration of wealth is morally unacceptable — but it also represents a mortal threat to democracy.jacobin.com
Inflation eased a touch in February -- but Trump's tariffs cloud outlook
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325264/inflation-consumer-prices-economy-trump-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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France rejects controversial encryption backdoor provision
Encryption is saved, but "we must keep fighting for privacy"
techradar.com/computing/cyber-…
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #politics #france
Belfast is a fascinating city. Today we will explore the downtown area on a Self-Guided City and Murals Tour of Belfast. We provide detailed information and the best things to see and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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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.
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#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law
It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.ProPublica
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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)
Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i'm doing...GitHub
I'm not a developer, but AFAIK it should apply retrospectively because all it is doing is fetching more posts rather than changing the format of posts.
But I am not a dev! 😅
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:
Figuring out how to make spacecraft more accessible to astronauts with physical disabilities can also make them safer for long-duration missions.The Conversation
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
Demand for the vehicles has slowed considerably.Chris Morris (Fortune)
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5323229/hpv-vaccine-cancer-rfk?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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)
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i'm doing...GitHub
@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
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To say I have never been a fan of the way Germany views government debt is an understatement. Here I asked whether Germany’s debt brake m...mainlymacro.blogspot.com
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…
Quick thread on ANOTHER bill the GOP is bringing to the floor this week. Specifically, to repeal the DeFi Broker Rule that the IRS issued under the last administration.Mastodon
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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The department sent "reduction in force" notices to more than a thousand employees Tuesday night.Andrew Romano (Yahoo News)
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
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…
The biggest reason for long-term optimism is the most obvious: people are finding their voices. Please use yours.Democracy Docket
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.Catie Edmondson (The New York Times)
Puerto Rico is a popular vacation destination and stop on Caribbean cruises. We provide you with detailed information on the best things to see and do, and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
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)
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Ministers must cover full costs of championing western values abroad, senior BBC figures to argueMichael Savage (The Guardian)
Trump’s Own Advisers Are Freaking Out About His Tariff Chaos
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Paywall Free: archive.today/uS1tl
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #tariffs
The president has remained hell-bent on pursuing his plans anyway.Sean Craig (The Daily Beast)
"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
"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
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