Trump attorney defends the right to assassinate political opponents https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/9/2216316/-Trump-attorney-defends-the-right-to-assassinate-political-opponents?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #leftistnews #news #VSN
Biden’s Challengers Had A Very Bad Week In New Hampshire https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-challengers-new-hampshire-campaign_n_659da9f6e4b075f4cfd4287d?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
A Curated List of 20 Palestinian Short Stories, in Translation, Online
https://arablit.org/2024/01/09/a-curated-list-of-20-palestinian-short-stories-in-translation-online
At least activist shareholders and their supporters have an actual financial stake
Chinese military officials visit Pentagon for first time in four years
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/09/chinese-military-officials-visit-pentagon-for-first-time-in-four-years-00134622
The SEC's Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/sec-x-account-compromise/
> The US financial regulator says its official @SECGov account was “compromised,” resulting in an “unauthorized” post about the status of Bitcoin ETFs.
This cat loves a blanket cave more than anything else.
Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants (2003):
"The unions claim Coca-Cola bottlers hired far-right militias of the United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) to murder nine union members at Colombian bottling plants in the past 13 years."
And Coca-Cola is one of the better liked corporations. Let’s hope they never get a cocacola.social account 😅 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia
Rep. Greg Pence, (R-Indiana), brother of the former VP, announces he will not run for reelection to Congress after three terms. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/09/greg-pence-not-running-reelection-us-house-6th-district-congress/72161199007/
"About 9 in 10 Chinese parents and two-thirds of American parents place hard work among the most important values to pass along to children. In Sweden, it’s 11 percent. This makes a lot of sense: Parents everywhere want to set their kids up for success, but 'the economic environment really shapes what that means,' Doepke said."
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/01/america-failed-parents-rich-countries-raising-kids/677023/
#parenting #families #children #paidleave #childcare #labor #insurance #medicaldebt #gunviolence #gunsafety #longread
X's 2024 plans include peer-to-peer payments in app push
Ex-Twitter isn't exactly rolling in cash - has anyone thought about how much it'll cost to run all that new stuff? Peer-to-peer payments, AI integration, additional exposure to stuff you hate, and more: That's what's coming to the site formerly known as Twitter in 2024, according to statement today.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/09/xs_2024_plans/
⚡️Russia shells 9 communities in Sumy Oblast, damaging homes, cultural center.
Russian forces shelled nine communities in Sumy Oblast on Jan. 9, damaging homes and a local cultural center, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
First results are in: 2023 temperatures were stunningly warm https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/first-results-are-in-2023-temperatures-were-stunningly-warm/
In the second half of the year, every month set a record
That lost shaker of salt
A key ring full of keys to things I no longer own or have access to
#OddItemsInTheJunkDrawer #HashTagGames #TrueStory @hashtaggames
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.