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dangillmor, 4 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

You won't find this on the NY Times homepage, but "If Trump Wins" is very much the kind of journalism we need from the most important news organization in America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/07/us/politics/trump-policy-list-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yE0.HGUJ.n4G0j7au9_es&smid=url-share

If the Times -- and the rest of our news media -- did this kind of thing relentlessly, they'd be doing their jobs.

It's now or never, journalists. You -- and democracy, which makes what you do possible -- are a prime target of the fascists.

(Paywall-free link)

peterdutoit, 6 days ago to climate

This is absolutely the right call:

“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies.

“And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.” — Antonio Guterres

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Full remarks here: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2024-06-05/secretary-generals-special-address-climate-action-moment-of-truth%C2%A0

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pvonhellermannn, 10 days ago to random

#ClimateDiary Yep, this is where we are at.

shoq, 12 days ago to random

Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison. But he only served 9 months due to a sympathetic judiciary and massive public outcry from his political supporters. If that sounds uncomfortably familiar, it should.

trabern, 12 days ago to random

Just to recap, the guy who can’t shut up about how the 2020 election he lost was rigged just was convicted of rigging the 2016 election he won.

jschauma, 12 days ago to random

Wikipedia ain't asleep.

benjaminwittes, 12 days ago to random

Thoughts https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thoughts-on-donald-trump-s-conviction

ploum, 13 days ago to DuckDuckGo

Leave Google now and help others doing the same by:

1. Switching #Duckduckgo or #Kagi (using !g if Google is really needed)

2. Creating an email account on one of the many ethical alternative while asking gmail to redirect all email received.

3. Trying @organicmaps and adding your business information on OpenStreetMaps (opening hours, etc)

4. Creating a @peertube account on an instance and uploading your videos there

All those steps can be achieved by yourself, alone!

#degoogle

Privacymatters, 13 days ago to random

The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharing

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/us/social-media-children-influencers-cec/index.html?

Sustainable2050, 13 days ago to climate

Looks like global CO2 emissions finally peaked. Good. But no time to lose: onwards to a rapid descent!
From BloombergNEF via Justin Guay.
#co2 #emissions #ClimateChange

StopForTea, 14 days ago to random

This has been posted before, but it needs to be shared widely. Two websites have lost my money today, and all potential future purchases.

QasimRashid, 14 days ago to random

WOW this is incredible & terrifying.

Israel spent over a decade spying on ICC prosecutors to "retroactively investigate incidents of interest to ICC to prove Israel’s legal system is accountable."

Meanwhile Israel has banned all journalists from Gaza and has killed 100+ journalists. This is totally what you do when you're not guilty of war crimes.

How much longer will the USA, UN, & the world enable this injustice?
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/

MissingThePt, 14 days ago to random

Breaking: Trump New York criminal trial begins closing ceremonies, following which the symbolic criminal torch will be lit and transferred to the host city of the next Trump criminal trial, Atlanta.

ErikUden, 15 days ago to random

like all people

BrideOfLinux, 14 days ago to random

Here’s a breakdown of what each of the five units of the EU’s AI Office will focus on: With the EU AI Act incoming this summer, the bloc lays out its plan for AI governance | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/29/with-the-eu-ai-act-incoming-this-summer-the-bloc-lays-out-its-plan-for-ai-governance/

aral, 15 days ago to random

If your justification for the genocide of the Palestinian people is that what Israel’s doing is legal, may I remind you the Holocaust was legal too. Hitler was acting entirely within the laws of Nazi Germany while committing the genocide of the Jewish (and Roma, and gay, and disabled, …) people.

Legal does not mean moral, just, or right.

If something is legal but unjust, it is your moral duty to break the law.

No social progress has ever come about without moral people breaking unjust laws.

nextcloud, 15 days ago to random

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) includes new enforcement tools to finally apply the GDPR to US tech giants.

The problem? Big Tech is actively refusing to comply.

The EFF states, "Apple and Meta are daring the EU to enforce its democratically enacted laws..."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

Vivaldi, 15 days ago to linux

If you use Linux and feel let down by AI taking over your browser and the lack of easy customization options available, Sean Davis
@bluesabre tells you why our powerful browser is worth your attention.

Read all about it as Sean explains what it means to be a Chromium browser, shares his favorite features, and talks about our Linux Community and all the wonderful people behind making Vivaldi what it is today. 👇🏻

https://bluesabre.medium.com/the-best-browser-youre-not-using-93e4aad58b18

#linux #xfce #browser #vivaldi #tech #Technology #ai

tillathenun, 15 days ago to random

Cheap(ish) IONITY? Why, yes!

They've launched two new subscription plans which bring the costs down massively. Almost approaching Tesla Supercharger prices.

Euro road trips are going to be SO much cheaper.

See more details here:

https://www.electricfelix.com/blog/ionity-presenting-their-summer-2024-offering-lower-prices

fabio, 15 days ago to random

The home of the 5000-year-old #Yamnaya civilization, ancestors of most of the people currently alive in Europe, US, and all the way down to Iran and India, has finally been pinpointed in the valley laying between the Dniepr and Don rivers - just in the middle of Eastern Ukraine’s current battlefield. It was most likely a branch of the original Indo-European communities that lived in the Caucasian steppe.

From the Ukrainian steppes, these people spread throughout the whole continent within a couple of centuries, arrived in the UK about 4500 years ago, carried with them the language that evolved into the languages spoken by most of today’s people (from Latin, to Norse, to Germanic, to Sanskrit), the Y chromosome carried by most of men alive today, and probably also tolerance to lactose - and also susceptibility to genetic diseases like multiple sclerosis.

It’s sad to think that this may be the last archaeological finding in those lands for a while, as future archaeological missions will probably have to dig through km of landmines.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/05/archaeologists-identify-the-birthplace-of-the-mysterious-yamnaya

fabio, 15 days ago to Israel

“You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.”

#Israel has employed against the #ICC the same intimidation tactics employed by criminals in my home town, and so far got away with it.

Calling out Israel as a mafia State that ought to be eradicated in its current form is a collective civic duty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry

GossiTheDog, 22 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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