@kathimmel But in the end, it all really comes down to this, doesn't it.
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@kathimmel But in the end, it all really comes down to this, doesn't it.
It’s good to see the important work the #ElectionTruthAlliance is doing, getting more airtime. If you hope to be able to vote to fix this mess that we're in, we've got work to do. #SwingState #VoteChangingAlgorithm #VoteTabulationMachines
https://youtu.be/UgIay64Obcs?si=JjAxjUZH26i27Clx
People you wouldn't expect—including centrist Democrats and even a Republican—are talking about comment revolution like leftists.
Do I care hope that Americans are starting to understand what the stakes are?
18½-minute video
https://youtu.be/UrG1S3SGx-Y
One thing this article kind of glosses over is that Lysenko rejected genetics and evolution on ideological grounds.
This led to a purge of biologists and politicians dictating science to scientists, which then led to starvation in the USSR and communist China (the starvation Mao was famous for came from listening to Lysenko).
The irony is that Christian Nationalists point at the starvation under Mao and try to blame it on atheism, even as they launch…
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This past week I listened to the #TechWontSaveUs episode "Can #Europe End Its Dependence on #US #tech "
The debate is good, but we should not replace Silicon Valley with the European equivalent. The goal does not justify the means.
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/271_can_europe_end_its_dependence_on_us_tech_w_aline_blankertz
There are currently over 40 known intersex variations, according to the Intersex Society of North America, which can cause individuals to make more or less estrogen or testosterone than average, be more or less sensitive to those hormones, have different sizes and
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Gov't officials mustn't use Signal to evade public records rules. "If you decide to have your communications...in a way that is not trackable or retrievable in response to a FOIA request, what you are doing is circumventing the law," @evacide told @axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/signalgate-encryption-trump-administration-downloads
Law firms dumb enough to attempt a deal with Trump, instead of just going to court? They already lost their self respect, and now they might lose their clients:
“And he has hinted that he sees the promises of nearly $1 billion in pro bono legal services that he has extracted from the elite law firms…as a legal war chest to be used as he wishes.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/law-firms-deals-trump.html
This is who we are now?!
clearly experts when it comes to folding
Skype is shutting down in May after more than two decades of service.
@Lizette603_23 @thezenlady Snopes confirmed in December:
❝ Snopes downloaded all three Ovia apps — one for fertility, ovulation and menstruation, one for pregnancy and one for infant care — and could not get past the basic information page to access the rest of the app without filling out the "country of residence" and "state of residence" queries. The state of residence query appears as a required field if the user chooses the United States as the country of residence.
RealPage Sues Berkeley Over Ban on Algorithmic Rental Pricing
https://gizmodo.com/realpage-sues-berkeley-over-ban-on-algorithmic-rental-pricing-2000585947?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Yep, the Switch 2 Joy-Cons will probably still drift because Nintendo isn't using Hall effect sensors. So, if you were thinking about upgrading, it might make more sense to swap out the joysticks in your current Joy-Cons. It's easier than you might think—and a lot more affordable.
Check out our fix kit (and accompanying guide!): https://www.ifixit.com/products/nintendo-switch-joy-con-switch-lite-gulikit-hall-effect-joystick
#iFixit #repair #NintendoSwitch
▶ "Point-Blank": Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave
#StopTheKillings #Outrage #HumanRightsViolation #MassGrave #Protest
@josephcox Or, these are the kinds of games we can expect to see going forward. Every false statement, every glimmer of hope the makes the market lurch could very well mean some kind of pump and dump transaction has occurred.
So a delusional billionaire with a breeding fetish and a ketamine addiction is effectively the president, we have a Russian asset as Director of National Intelligence and an anti-vax conspiracy theorist is running HHS.
Cool.
God bless America. 🇺🇸