Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

...One of the boaters hit the Harriott worker. Then, several other boaters, all white, jumped into the fray and begin beating the worker while he’s on the ground. While that is occurring, a young Black man [Aaren, 16] can be seen swimming from the still idling Harriott – some 30 yards from the dock – [to aid his co-worker until the offshore workers could assist]. But for some inexplicable reason, the boaters, who had to hear the shouts coming from the riverboat, remained. https://www.alreporter.com/2023/08/07/brawl-erupts-in-montgomery-after-white-boaters-attack-black-city-worker/

🇰🇷South Korea postpones plan to ease virus curbs amid recent COVID-19 surge.

"We were going to announce plans to lower the disease level of COVID-19 to Class 4 and lift all mask mandates at hospitals on Wednesday, but the schedule was put on hold," an official from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.

#COVID19 #SouthKorea @auscovid19

Source: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/08/113_356498.html

Is TicketMaster running restaurants now?

Covert and confusing ‘service charges’ anger US diners

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/07/restaurant-service-charges-us-los-angeles

> They’re not tips – and sometimes, they’re only revealed on itemized receipts, which patrons call dishonest

Frank Artiles to face trial in February over Miami “ghost candidate” case -
The alleged scheme was one of three instances of independent "ghost candidates" that appeared in Senate races during the 2020 election in Florida, supported by dark money-funded campaign ads.
https://apple.news/Av9kJMxIqTpaaE_Glcgis9g

'You’ve been warned': Miami Herald details how DeSantis 'violated his own principles' as Florida gov https://www.rawstory.com/youve-been-warned-miami-newspaper-lays-out-5-ways-desantis-violated-his-own-principles-as-florida-gov-2662914299/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news

Pretty fun watching the Conservative nutters foam at the mouth over the end of #incandescent light bulbs.💡

It's not like we have #ClimateChange, #GunViolence, or anything that actually matters to worry about. 🤦

All I will ever say about the #Trudeau separation is my best to them both and that Canada now sports the most eligible bachelor on the planet and just maybe the history of the world. #cdnpoli

Bram Moolenaar, Author of the Open Source Vim Code Editor, Has Died: https://thenewstack.io/bram-moolenaar-author-of-the-open-source-vim-code-editor-has-died/ by @sjvn

It's a sad day for me and many other writers and programmers.

For me, Pete Buttigieg is the most articulate spokesperson for rational governing.

The #republican party overall I consider to be a form of organized crime ... evil and stupid in equal parts --- as such an existential threat to democracy and the planet.

Apparently, the guy who said "I, alone can fix it" only did what other people told him to do.

Judge denies Trump’s request for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4105346-judge-denies-trumps-request-for-new-trial-in-e-jean-carroll-case/

How is this different from extremist Muslims these same people decry? 🤨

#USpol #religion #fascism #extremism

https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/110849089229387915

Nebraska teen, mother imprisoned for abortion is just a taste of post-Roe America https://therealnews.com/nebraska-teen-mother-imprisoned-for-abortion-is-just-a-taste-of-post-roe-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

In blog post today, Zoom claims, "For AI, we do not use audio, video, or chat content for training our models without customer consent."
https://blog.zoom.us/zooms-term-service-ai/

But terms of service give Zoom permission to do just that, without further consent:
https://explore.zoom.us/en/terms/

Terms grant *separate* permission for Zoom to use content "(i) as may be necessary to provide Services to you" and "(ii) for the purpose of... machine learning, artificial intelligence, training, ... or Zoom’s other products".

#SayHerName: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Black Women Killed by Police & DeSantis’s New Pro-Slavery Curriculum https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/7/kimberle_crenshaw_say_her_name

Aug. 7th, 2019, part 5:

-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) thinks it’s "extremely disappointing" that people are calling for gun reform. She says "there are times for political debate, but this is not one of them"

-Former WH Counsel Don McGahn’s attorney claims attorney client privilege covers McGahn’s work as WH Counsel

La exposición crónica a contaminación por partículas finas (PM2.5) y NO2 puede aumentar el riesgo de cáncer de próstata y colorrectal en mayores, según estudio
🔬https://journals.lww.com/environepidem/Fulltext/2023/08000/Additive_effects_of_10_year_exposures_to_PM2_5_and.12.aspx
🗞️https://www.infosalus.com/salud-investigacion/noticia-contaminacion-aire-puede-aumentar-riesgo-cancer-prostata-colorrectal-mayores-20230807135859.html
#CalidadDelAire #Salud

Vanishing point, 33rd street 7 stop in #nyc for #photomonday #fotomontag #photography #subway #mta #queens

One Kenyan protester said that TikTok works as a tool in preventing police brutality: “The phones keep us safe in a way. People protesting point them at the police officers so they don’t arrest or shoot us.”
https://restofworld.org/2023/kenya-protests-live-on-tiktok/