@iuculano Wonderful graphic. Are you the artist?

I'm gonna try to clear up a few things

Meta is not gonna buy Mastodon or any server, this is based on absolutely nothing and untrue.

Yes, some of us indeed got contacted by Meta/Insta because they are working on a new social platform (this was in the news) and they are looking into joining the Fediverse (Mark Zuckerberg also told this in the recent podcast)

SO.

This contact was about a "heads-up" for a potential big platform to join the network and not for a "take over".

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Take a moment to ponder and appreciate freedom...
for everyone

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the #UnitedStates commemorating the #emancipation of enslaved #AfricanAmericans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General #GordonGranger proclaiming #freedom for enslaved people in #Texas on June 19, 1865. 

Courtesy of: #Wikipedia

#Juneteenth #Slavery #EmancipationProclamation
#BlackLivesMatter

Am I the only one who didn’t know that Barron is fluent in Slovenian and he and Melania speak it in front of Donald? What do you think they’re saying?

That's it, #Twitter is now officially dead. Pro-#abortion content is now being blocked.

It's OVER. If you can't even talk about #abortions, then any pretense of an "open platform" is moot.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-hunt-north-carolina-twitter-video-abortion_n_648b4257e4b0756ff8631dec

#BirdSite #VogelRIP #fail #FeeSpeech

THE definition of madness.
Midnight In Washington by Eleven Films 🇺🇸
https://youtu.be/I5D3iT4BhbQ

Seattle Washington is getting a new area code 564 when 206 area code is depleted est 2025. 📱 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-new-area-code-564/281-0b9aaf92-4aff-4e3b-93b0-e84e560bf345

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.
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Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.

#SouthCarolina #Charleston #Slavery #History #Research #HumanRights

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-grad-student-discovered-largest-us-slave-auction?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

JFC Google. Vet your algorithms.

#google #racism #australia #algorithms #search

Google sits in the hotel bed on their honeymoon, taking a drag on a cigarette. The shower turns off, partner exiting the bathroom.
"Get out," Google points, flicking ash on bedsheets.
Their partner is stunned. "What?"
Google huffed. "It's been 18 months, that's all I commit for."

The chicken hutch was haunted.

There were poultrygeist.

We got an eggsorsist.

Sorry, terrible yolks.

Eggsit stage left!

@dwnews_bot The flutes may have been used to train falcons 🦅 also. A trained bird would have been of substantial value for the owner, and a trainer would’ve been a desirable employee to a potentate.

“DeSantis currently has a net approval rating of negative 19 points….with 55 percent of respondents disapproving of him, compared with 36 percent who have a favorable view….”

People know evil when they see it.

Poor guy.

The Senate, on a 50-49 vote, confirms #ACLU lawyer Nusrat Choudhury to the US District Court for the Eastern District of #NewYork, making her the first Bangladeshi-American and female Muslim federal judge in the country.

@saxicola Yes she does. ☺️

Humans do their best work when they feel safe and supported. There is a contingent of humans who believe they do their best work when the stakes are high, everyone is yelling, and the deadline is imminent. This is called “surviving,” and while survival is fun, it’s not good work.

Police are working tirelessly to catch them

Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis.

#climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism

@Loukas An excellent guide. HOWEVER until governments & businesses do their part, which hasn’t happened yet, this is not going to make a huge impact.

⚡️🇺🇦Ukraine's path to NATO should be developed in context of preparations for summit in Vilnius - President Zelensky (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3723510-ukraines-path-to-nato-should-be-developed-in-context-of-preparations-for-summit-in-vilnius-zelensky.html #Ukraine #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive