Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Russian propagandist Roman Saponkov writes the main achievement of the "special military operation" is capturing 320,000 Ukrainian children and turning them into Russians

"On 1st September over 320,000 children went to school at liberated territories and on Donbas, 29,500 of them are first graders. This is one of the main achievements of the SMO [special military operation]. We have torn over 1/3 million children out of the hands of the crazy rusophobic propaganda. Wonderful!
#AureFreePress

So now that I have X-ited Twitter for good and settled in the #Fediverse, it is time to renew my #introduction, or rather my #introduction thread.

I am a physics scholar, vice president of Université de Lorraine, in charge of the digital, data and #OpenScience policies. I also work for the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, in charge of the international side of #OpenScience.

#Foss
#OpenData
#Xodus
#TwitterMigration

GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ ‘safe places’ program in small Florida town | NBC4 WCMH-TV https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/gop-lawmakers-take-aim-at-lgbtq-safe-places-program-in-small-florida-town/ #fascism #Florida #USPolitics

Hello Everybody.
Please bear with me as I explore Mastodon for the first time. I am completely new at this, and there is much I don't know or understand.
I made two test-postings last month, but I really didn't know what I was doing at the time. The subject of the two test-posts was ancient #Mesoamerica, the culture area in which I am most interested. Forward into the unknown!

Got way too drunk on margaritas last night just like Jimmy would have wanted.

Labor Day reminder: If the min wage increased at the rate of inflation & productivity since 1960 it'd be $26 today—not $7.25. Meaning—billionaires & corps have stolen at least $19/hour from working Americans for 60 years.

That’s generational theft from the working class to keep people in poverty.

We don't suffer a lack of resources—but an excess of greed.

This Burning Man situation really does feel like a dress rehearsal for Musk’s first Mars colony

@WorkingFamilies A paramedic that's making $19/hr shouldn't be asking why a guy flipping burgers deserves $15/hr, he should be asking why he's only getting $19/hr.

Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”

Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of #Teneo #Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture

Leo declared in a slick but private video to potential donors, he planned to “crush liberal dominance” across American life. The country was plagued by “woke-ism” in corporations and education, “one-sided journalism” and “entertainment that’s really corrupting our youth,” said Leo amid snippets of cheery music and shots of sunsets and American flags.

Sitting tucked into a couch, with wire-rimmed glasses and hair gone to gray, Leo conveyed his inspiration and intentions: “I just said to myself, ‘Well, if this can work for law, why can’t it work for lots of other areas of American culture and American life where things are really messed up right now?’”

— ProPublica

#LeonardLeo
#fedsoc #federalistsociety

https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-teneo-videos-documents

Earlier: “For 100 years, cities have had home rule powers, the power of self-governance, under the state constitution, that does not require the legislature’s permission to pass laws. The state is trying to turn that on its head.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/judge-strikes-down-leges-power-grab-against-cities-hb-2127/

#news #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #law #democracy

ME: so what do you do
DATE: i'm an engineer
ME: oh nice i love trains
DATE: no like electrical engineer
ME: I know what makes them go cheryl

Apple Sells Over US$1 Billion Of New iPhones In Russia During H1 2023

#Apple stopped selling #iPhone and other products in russia in March

In April this year, the company stopped providing warranty service for Macs and iPads in the country.

But that hasn’t stopped Apple from indirectly selling to russian market. russian retailers have been buying iphones and related Apple products from other countries via parallel imports

Read more here🔗 https://www.russia-briefing.com/news/apple-sells-over-us-1-billion-of-new-iphones-in-russia-during-h1-2023.html/

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

A man in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for his tweets, and surprise: Elon Musk is NOT funding his legal bill as promised because there's a good chance that the necessary data to identify this man came from the second largest shareholder of Twitter: the Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

Musk has been awfully silent about this as you can't really make your “freedom of speech!!” argument when you assist with killing a retired teacher for the regime critic posts they made on your platform, only possible because that regime owns a huge chunk of “your” platform.

Good morning to NO ONE except MY GODDAMNED MAN Joseph Robinette Biden who successfully took on the thieves at big pharma and FORCED THEM to negotiate the prices of 10 drugs through Medicare.

The media doesn’t care but I do. You’re like Robocop but much slower.

Thanks to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling this May, the EPA was forced to remove protections from most of America's wetlands this week.

Harlan Crow's firm lobbied for the rollback while he secretly plied Justice Thomas with gifts.

Anyone see a problem here?

That's a nice dog!