Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Tory MPs saying flights of asylum seekers must leave for Rwanda before the next election.

Rwanda has said it will take around 200.

That's ONE flight.

This is a fuss over nothing, which will make no difference whatsoever.

Sunak won his vote, but he's no credibility left at all

Dead man walking.

Just call an election and get on with it!

@Mrfunkedude

Thanks!

Note that the "data livestock" part is openly inspired by the great work of @aral, who coined the phrase "[Surveillance Capitalism companies] are factory farms for humans" https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy

Lightroom and Photoshop SPEED EDIT: The Starry Flight https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2QyronT7xXk&feature=youtu.be

What the hell nonsense is this?

It's worth reading the definition of genocide[1] — it's very specific and quite clear. If you find yourself supporting people who are actively committing one — regardless of who they are, regardless of why the day they are, regardless of what anyone else has done to them, you should seriously rethink the choices that have led you to this point. There is no such thing as a justifiable genocide.

And yes, those people may have also done good things, may have done things you agree with, may be the less bad choice among many terrible choices. But in all of those cases, you do not need to support the genocide, and if you feel the need to still side with them, you have a moral responsibility to very clearly condemn that genocide, at the very least.

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/learn-about-genocide-and-other-mass-atrocities/what-is-genocide

#UDHR 75th Anniversary 🧵 15/n

Article 24

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of[…] lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

I am looking to find others here who are cynical Christians. People of faith ,who want to occasionally discuss mattters of faith, but not be argumentative about it.

If that is you or anyone you know here, please let me know.
Bear in mind that anyone who wants to argue with me - tell me what I must or should believe - I am not interested. I want genuine engagement. And people who understand that I prefer the company of passionate atheist anti-church people often.

Just in case you think she’s a viable alternative

Disinformation researcher accuses Meta of meddling in Harvard’s research https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23989458/harvard-disinformation-researcher-meta-meddling-joan-donovan?utm_content=buffercc3d9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

DOH !

US govt close to dropping Firefox:

Because Firefox blocks Google Analytics code, someone at the US government tech department is about to drop support for the Firefox browser from US government websites - because they think the browser is not being used by site visitors

https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/11/firefox-brink/

Is a 3-page long resume a crime? 👀

#JobSearch #TechJobs #Recruiters #GetFediHired

Israel presses ahead with bombarding Gaza, including areas it told Palestinians to evacuate to https://apnews.com/article/7625885f326b5a294479c6e8fc61355c

On Thursday, December 7th, news broke that Israel killed the beloved Palestinian writer, poet, and professor, Dr. Refaat Alareer. Refaat was passionate about storytelling and used his love of literature and poetry to inspire a generation of Gazans to tell their stories to the world.

#RefaatAlareer #Gaza

The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza

Israel has targeted courthouses, universities, and legislative halls. It has razed orchards, farmland, and greenhouses. Adam Johnson asks: Does any of this sound like a “hunt for Hamas?"

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/hunt-hamas-narrative-gaza-israel-palestine/

9 December 1914 | A Czech Jewish woman, Markéta Lubiková, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

The EU has passed the AI Act — another set of rules that let them fine US big tech companies since there aren’t any European ones.

The law will require foundation models, including GPT & Gemini, to comply with transparency obligations before they are released to the public. These include respecting EU copyright law and providing a summary of training data. There also rules around preventing systemic risks.

Failure to comply results fines of €35M or 7% of global revenue
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4350934-europe-ai-rules-deal-reached/

Do you want another reason why the fediverse is fucking essential to humanity? I will give you one that I urge you to take seriously.

If and when the Trumpistas do take over, the ONLY source of “real” news (assuming all you journalists aren’t dead or in prison), will be this decentralized model that can survive many different efforts to crush it. It won’t be easy, but it will be possible. Unless they could shut down the entire web. (Which they just might try.)

This is really quite something... #Antarctic sea ice extent is back to a record low for the current date. This is actually below 2016, which was previously a massive outlier in November and December.

More sea ice graphs at: https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/