Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Today is the Day of Remembrance for the Japanese American community. 81 years ago today, when I was just a boy of four, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, setting in motion the evacuation of people of Japanese descent from the West Coast and our long years of internment inside ten barbed wire prison camps.

We must never let such a thing happen again in America, and and we must strive everywhere to prevent the forced relocation and mass incarceration of innocent people. #NeverForget #NeverAgain

Marian Croak is behind the tech that enables us to talk on FaceTime, Zoom, and other apps that connect friends, family and others around the globe.

Marian Croak from the Great Class of 1977 holds the patent for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which helps us make calls over the internet instead of a phone line.

Marian Croak has spent her life inventing. After graduating from #princetonuniversity and earning her Ph.D. from #uscedu, she worked at Bell Labs-Nokia in New Jersey, creating technologies “in service of humanity.” She went on to work for AT&T and is now vice president of engineering at Google.

In 2022, Marian, owner of 200+ U.S. patents, was one of the first two Black women to be inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Among her inventions is the text-to-donate function that her team helped create in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which has helped to raise millions of dollars since its inception in 2005.

Croak also leads the Research Center for Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology at Google, which “ensures that Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning positively impacts users and the world, particularly marginalized communities."

Content/photo credit Princeton University Instagram, courtesy of the Inventors Hall of Fame. #BlackHistoryMonth #MarianCroak

We must prevent, at all costs, the presence of an authoritarian wannabe in the White House. There are two men in Florida who currently want that position and that power. Either would be a disaster for America.

Koch-owned chemical plant evades detection of its toxic emissions at a terrible health cost to the public: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
https://www.rawstory.com/clean-air-act/

Using the Sun's gravity as a magnifying lens could make it possible to create a megapixel image of a planet around a distant star. Technical details here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.04866 #space #astronomy

Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.

#histodons #histodon #history #civilwar #TIL #introductions #FF #americanhistory #womenshistory #womensrights #military #CivilWarHistory

I almost went to work for the Carter administration in 1978. I was considering joining the chief counsel's office at NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration.) I was one of the few people at that time who was aware of the developments that were becoming the Internet and had a background in both that technology and law.

Carter is the best president of my lifetime.

Ukraine has a realistic chance to liberate russian-occupied Crimea by the end of the summer if it gets long-range missiles.We will do everything possible for Ukraine to win this year,- retired U.S. General Ben Hodges for Ukrinform.

Ok thanks. Long-range missiles? Anyone? Please?

Republicans like to call drag queens groomers. But WE always know who the true groomers are in the United States of America.

I'm pretty sure Mastodon is the first social network I've been on that didn't immediately ask me to betray all of the people in my address book.

Meta is incredibly evil—and they are actively destabilizing the world!

Here's just one more case of Meta receiving dirty money that sparked an uprising. This time in Moldova.

https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/meta-allowed-a-kremlin-linked-oligarch-to-run-facebook-ads-calling-for-uprisings-against-pro-western-government-in-moldova/articleshow/98021350.cms

Something real and different seems to be going on in new user metrics.

In the past we've had sharp surges whenever something ridiculous happens over on Twitter. Brief spikes above 2000 new users per hour, even some topping 5000, but this last week is different.

The rate had fallen below 500, but for the last week has been climbing in a sustained fashion, and is now rolling along around 1000.

Plenty of new Twitter crazy to point to, but this feels more like a solid trend.

#twittermigration

@SrRochardBunson I stand with Florida students. Schools have no business releasing health records to the FL Government! Walk out now. Shut it all down!

Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take this. It’s amazing Fox is openly admitting they’re in the tank for Republicans, and that Tucker Carlson saying they need to lie more to make more money for Fox and Murdoch (“protect the brand”).

I’ll take this every day.
#Fox #Murdoch #hannity #antitrust #BreakEmUp