Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

Would anyone be truly surprised if the Florida GOP's endgame is the burning of all climate change books? If so, at least rising sea levels might dampen the bonfires.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-book-bans-florida-b2270116.html

#DeSantis #Florida #GOP #GQP #Republicans #GeorgeOrwell #bookban #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #politics #uspol #uspolitics

Unions must do better than just supporting their members regardless of what they do. How about protecting the reputation and integrity of all their members from bad actors by proactively disciplining and removing them. Police unions, like all unions, have an obligation to all their stakeholders, the citizens, their customers and the institutions they are part of. This knee jerk defense of the indefensible doesn't benefit anyone. Unions should be the ones removing the bad actors in their midst because they make all the union members look bad and jeopardize the role they unionize around. Don't circle the wagons around the bad actors, expel them!

Article: Atty. Antonio Romanucci calls out police unions for not condemning Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Memphis police.

#Unions
#KeepUnionsStrong

https://flip.it/eQpVwj

This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode the deficit.

3) Demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

4) Repeat.

Don't let them get away with it.

Life after religion is a wild ride.

Realising things about yourself in your 40s that most people realised about themselves in their teens is quite something.

#exvangelical

Tyre Nichols can be heard crying out, "Stop, I’m not doing anything” and “I’m just trying to go home," as Memphis police officers beat and kick him.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gz9v/tyre-nichols-footage-memphis
#News #MEMPHIS #police #TyreNichols #policebrutality #BlackLivesMatter #bodycamerafootage

To understand why so many Americans have such contempt for the pharmaceutical industry, read this NY Times explainer on how a company gamed the patent system to enrich executives and shareholders -- and rip off everyone else. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/business/humira-abbvie-monopoly.html

The thing is, what the company did is legal. So if you're looking for who made it possible for sleazy corporations to do this, look at Congress, too.

"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." ~ Bjarne Stroustrup, C++ inventor.

OMG so, so perfect. Via @jodotcom

Trump's secretly funneled $1 million dollars to help fund the Arizona Cyber Ninjas fraudit, using several shell companies to hide his tracks. This is yet another clear violation of the law. Add it to the list, Jack Smith. https://youtu.be/9gsS2My8S0w

White supremacy is having empathy for the insurrectionist white woman killed by police for trying to overthrow the government but having scorn for the innocent Black man beat to death by police as he called for his mom while just trying to get home.
#tyrenichols #blackmastadon

Trump Made Secret $1M Donation to Arizona 'Audit' Trying To Overturn Election
One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential race results has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election "audit" in Arizona?
Now the Guardian can reveal that the person who partially bankrolled the failed attempt to prove that the election was stolen from Trump was … Trump.

International Olympic Committee plans to let Russia and Belarus compete even as genocidal invasion of Ukraine is ongoing. Another sick move from this corrupt body

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/hamilton-nolan/104862/dear-opponents-of-ron-desantis-everywhere-get-your-shit-together

Heartbreaking to see how people's lives have been shaped by rapacious pharmaceutical patent abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/business/humira-abbvie-monopoly.html

Just wanted to provide an update to this. I actually responded back to him in a very civil way, and he/she responded back much more politely. I've noticed this trend in general:

Upset person comes in guns blazing.

I respond by giving this person a big hug.

Person initially confused, but then defuses and gives a light hug back.

Doesn't always work, but most of the time it does! It can be hard, but always be kind to people! Especially to those who aren't kind to you. They need it most.

Any fellow #Linux users out there ever tried installing #blendOS? Looks pretty interesting.

"A seamless blend of all Linux distributions."

https://blendos.co/

#Fedora #Arch #Ubuntu #Gnome #Flatpack

You don’t become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer’s Paradox

I have said it before, I will say it again: Assuming the courts don't stop these faith-based government agents like DeSantis, there is JUST ONE immediate course of action that might stop this insanely dangerous zealotry of state-sanctioned book-banning:

We pressure 10 major universities to declare an emergency and immediately deny student applications from states #editingHistory for political aims. It will work in a matter of weeks. But it won't after two years of normalization. #ActNow

@meltedcheese I live in Florida. Your average Republican parent here doesn't often run around boasting about sending their kids to FSU or Broward Community College. Anyone with a mega yacht, or works for the owner of one (about 1/4th of our population), talks Ivy League schools, or nothing. It would create instant panic pressure from their status-driven kids, too.

I started to learn about #opensource #osint due to the War on #ukraine. I attempt to be very discriminating regarding what I read and see on social media. This site NewsLit.org has wonderful quizzes #quizzes to test the ability to tell if it’s fake or not. newslit.org/tips-tools/tool-ty...