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Above all it described a boy and young man who tried hard to fit into the Black culture around him but never quite did.

It's aimed at YA readers. I think that's an appropriate audience because, let's face it, kids are molested, young men are assaulted, and queer people struggle to find their place in life.

Kids need to be able to find books that have situations they can relate to.

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Good News! China and the US Are Talking About AI Dangers - Scientists from the world’s two superpowers are concerned about the risks of AI—which may... - https://www.wired.com/story/china-usa-ai-dangers/ #business/artificialintelligence #fastforward #business

Tragically, on April 30, 1926, during a practice flight in Florida, Coleman's plane went into a nosedive and crashed, resulting in her untimely death. The African American community deeply mourned her loss, and her legacy endured.

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#BlackHistory 
#BlackMastodon 
#histodons #History #Aviation

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America does not need another President bent on dividing us. It's that simple.

"Ron DeSantis wants to unleash the DOJ on DEI"

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/desantis-doj-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-rcna89346 #DeSantis #DOJ #LGBTQ #equality

"As president, Florida’s governor says he would have the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division target diversity, equity and inclusion programs."

Holding Kids Back - We can always retain them if they can't read to standards but might those extra costs be better served in other more beneficial ways? https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2023/06/14/holding-kids-back/ via @nancyflanagan #reading

Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

An estimated 5 million, or 1 in 10, older Americans experience elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Working together across our networks, we can generate awareness and foster action to end elder abuse. Let’s work to keep everyone safe as we age.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/14/a-proclamation-on-world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-2023/

#PublicHealth #aging #awareness

"UK universities and tech companies are to receive £4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Solar #Technology #Energy

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/13/uk-innovators-get-43m-to-develop-space-based-solar-power

Justice Dept. reviewing classified documents found in Biden’s post-VP office

The case echoes the investigation into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents, but details provided by Biden’s lawyer suggest key differences

By Tyler Pager, Devlin Barrett, Jacqueline Alemany and Perry Stein
January 9, 2023 at 7:01 p.m. EST

The Justice Department has launched a review into the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, an institute in downtown Washington that Joe Biden started after serving as vice president, according to people familiar with the matter.

The White House confirmed the ongoing inquiry and said it is cooperating with the Justice Department and quickly handed over the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration — the agency tasked with handling presidential records. Roughly 10 documents were found, said one person familiar with the inquiry...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/09/biden-classified-documents-trump/

Read PDF version here:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:8c93b931-5157-370b-95c3-29d4a3e06405

1/4🔎#Google's harmful tracking ads business is now officially under investigation in Europe.

🚨In preliminarily findings, @EU_Commission confirms: since at least 2014, Google has abused its dominance in the #AdTech market - harming people, online journalism and competitors.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3207

It's fucking insane how addicted corporations have become to #tracking everything you do, everything you look at, everything you type, everything you think about.

They've gotten so brazen about it. Shit like this - the #Microsoft #Edge browser routing every image through some "AI enhancer" that also tracks what you're viewing - is now a default setting. I suppose at least people who use Edge can opt out, for now, if they know to.

We need #privacy legislation so badly.

https://www.neowin.net/news/edge-sends-images-you-view-online-to-microsoft-here-is-how-to-disable-that/

Well, won't he be surprised to possibly find himself quite popular where he's going.

"Montana man who shot at LGBTQ community sentenced to 18 years"

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/06/15/Montana-man-convicted-shooting-LGBTQ-community/2491686813719/ #LGBTQ #homophobia #guns #montana #hatecrime

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#PeterDavid has written so many things that so many people have enjoyed-- books, movies, comics, streaming, and more. You've undoubtedly enjoyed his work without realizing it. He's written things for #StarTrek, #Babylon5, #Oblivion, the #DCU, the #MCU (comics, TV, and movies), and more.

Only in America should a man as sick as he is, and as talented as he is, need to go begging to pay his medical bills, just to live.

Now you can see why the #WGA is striking. Streaming fees and movie ticket sales never trickle down to the people who do the most important job of all: creating the stories and characters you see on screen.

I rarely post a #GoFundMe, unless I know it's truly worthwhile. Please donate and say thank you to someone who has given you so many hours of entertainment.


#MedicareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HealthCareForAll #WritingCommunity #Writers #WritersLife #WritersGuildStrike

https://gofund.me/2adab918

What is this 8 bit sorcery?

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#8bit #C64 #Commodore64 #6502

Do you know there's a #fediverse alternative to Amazon-owned #Goodreads? #BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. You can follow and interact with users on different #BookWyrm instances and on #Mastodon. You can import from a Goodreads CSV export. You can create private shelves and curated lists. Join us at https://ramblingreaders.org or choose one of the other instances available #books #reading  #bookstodon @bookstodon

Really Republicans..Really?

Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank which entailed moving a Bible in the House member's lounge.

I would expect nothing less from today's Republican party... Sigh.
#News #GOP #Politics #USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/13/1182022488/arizona-house-censure-expulsion-bible-prank-ethics-investigation