Joshua Casey 😷 @JoshuaACasey@social.cleverlibre.org

Blowing up dams--even if the dam is a military object--is a specifically enumerated war crime under the Geneva Conventions, if attacking that object would cause the release of dangerous forces (specifically: flooding) that attacks or could cause severe losses to the civilian population

Random Linux distros be like: We're different! Choose us! All your favourite software! Customizations!

And it's just like...Ubuntu with a slightly different desktop environment.

Meanwhile, the Russians are busily destroying other dams and creating floods in other parts of occupied Ukrainian territory

https://khpg.org/en/1608812358

New pod! I talked to the brilliant Noah Berlatsky about Trumpism in the context of other fascist movements, and much more https://www.publicnotice.co/p/aaron-rupar-show-noah-berlatsky#details

Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro on Fox & Friends: It's too soon to politicize the smoke by lecturing about climate change (sound familiar?)

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Make sure you select the JSON information format. #pixelfed #instagramImport

"You are closer to the street than you will ever be to any billionaire"
Spotted in Edinburgh, Scotland

Protecting your privacy today is no longer optional. It’s a must. Read this thread for 10 simple ways to protect your identity online. More details in the thread below🧵⬇️

Have you ever been traveling abroad and not been able to watch #Netflix? That’s because of geo-blocking. Services see your IP address & block you. Using a #VPN can bypass these restrictions, but not all services allow this, so read their T&Cs.

Learn more: https://protonvpn.com/blog/geoblocking/.

Achieving total anonymity online is difficult – and if you use a service like #Gmail, you won’t be able to do it.

You can achieve a high level of privacy when you use services like #ProtonMail, @torproject, and an email alias service like @simplelogin.

https://proton.me/blog/how-to-send-an-anonymous-email.

@EUHomeAffairs @CdnChildProtect @BeBraveGlobal Wrong. Up to 80% of these reports disclose criminally irrelevant content and private communications of innocent citizens to the police, including family photos. Over the years this #ChatControl failed to reduce the volume of reported content. http://chatcontrol.eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Instead of focusing on virtual reality maybe we should focus on making actual reality suck less?

The Pope now owns a Warming Stripes stole to help start climate conversations.

Every year on 21st June we encourage everyone to use the Warming Stripes to start their own conversations and raise awareness of climate change.

How will you #ShowYourStripes?

https://www.ShowYourStripes.info

Closing out #WorldEnvironmentDay on @ClimateMigration with over a hundred boosted posts.

Special mention to CelloMom On Cars @CelloMomOnCars for her post (https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/110491612950435424) of Giacomo Grassi 's excellent graphical depiction of where we find ourselves right now on June 5, 2023.

We are all in this together. It's the challenge of our generation and the next. We can do this. The sooner we turn the ship, the better the chance of averting disaster.

#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateChange

What could possibly go wrong?