"Two armored vehicles arrive, lights flashing. Two men in green fatigues, helmets and body gear jump out. They point their weapons, and begin to kick and beat the two men on the ground — one alive, though he would end up unconscious and hospitalized, one already dead. The latter’s name was […]

Web developers and app-builders: do not forget the lessons of the pre-broadband years! Make code efficient and images small. Many people have slow connections, even today. #programming

Does anyone have a recommendation for a lightweight LMS that I could run in my own VM? Ideally a nice UI that is mainly for a simple set of three or four subjects for an internship program. It would be nice to have a set of questions at the end that could be manually reviewed. 7 Best Open […]

Trump 100% knows the most modern representations of this: Hitler purged the SA and then built the SS. The SA helped Hitler rise to power, but they wanted to share the power and presented limitations to his aspirations. The SS helped him stay in power and carried out Hitler's aspirations, often […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” “Wilhoit’s Law” about conservatives keeps getting credited to the […]

Comment from Reddit: The fact that he got a second term despite stealing kids from their parents and locking them in cages, killing a million people through his negligence during Corona, and waging a coup on our nation's capital says way fucking more about this country than it ever could about […]

Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people's doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens & others were […]

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

To boost profits, UnitedHeath cherry picked 109 counties to stop offering Medicare Advantage Plans in, affecting around 200,000 disabled and senior citizens. Although not in this article, UnitedHealth is also exiting state Medicaid managed care plans, like MyCare Ohio, at the end of the year […]

Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people. And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off. Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts. Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]

Dockworkers Across Europe Meet to Call a General Strike for Gaza https://www.leftvoice.org/dockworkers-across-europe-meet-to-call-a-general-strike-for-gaza/ #freepalestine #blockeverything #blocchiamotutto

Wow! I didn't know this existed. SBS unleashes landmark docu-drama The People vs Robodebt - SBS About https://www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/2025/08/20/sbs-unleashes-landmark-docu-drama-the-people-vs-robodebt/ #robodebt #auspol

The Waterloo police are all over social media saying how they have an orange squad car to spread awareness about truth and reconciliation. Truth is, I did not go to the event today because their presence disturbs me. Last year, when I did go, the cops were the very […] [Original post on c.im]

#federal agents grabbed & shoved #journalists in a hallway outside a NYC #immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the #hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing #Trump’s immigration crackdown & members of the public seeking to observe & document their actions. #law […]

You know, one advantage of #brexit from the perspective of the #europeanunion is that we have lost a huge foreign policy liability. I mean, none of the European colonizing nations (which by this point represent only a minority of EU member states, although a powerful one) have really done the […]

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries. He said this out loud.

I don’t know it is related to the government shut down, but my Social Security has not deposited. I really need your financial support now more than ever. for US folk, my Zelle is [email protected] or find other ways to give on https://sightlessscribbles.com/support/ #mutualaid […]

The WEHI RCP Discovery Internship Program is now open for course credit opportunities and welcoming open source contributors from around the world! You don’t need to be a student to join us—anyone passionate about research software development is encouraged to apply as our internships are fully […]

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

"ICE goes masked for a single reason - to terrorize Americans into quiescence." - from a decision issued today by a federal judge (appointed by Reagan)

I used to aim for 100 rejections a year, but that's lowballing it. I don't know how many magazines/anthologies/etc I've sent work to this year, but in this month alone, I've received 54 rejections. I've sent things out to 85 places this month. I've had four acceptances. Holy crap […]

Sigh https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/30/met-officers-suspended-over-alleged-abuse-of-suspects-and-support-for-tommy-robinson #acab

Would you believe this is the same police force that spawned the killer of Sarah Everard? Yes you would!! But it's trans women who are the threat is it? Some wack Billionaire in her castle seems to think so... #themet #misogyny #police #acab #ukpol #ukpolitics #patriarchy

In 2011, Aaron Swartz was arrested after he downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR via the MIT network. He was charged under federal laws (including wire fraud and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) with up to 13 felony counts, carrying the possibility of […]

"US will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule" https://www.reuters.com/world/usdot-will-not-enforce-biden-wheelchair-passenger-protection-rule-2025-09-29/ US Dept of Transportation "will not enforce the requirements imposing airline liability for mishandled wheelchairs or a […]

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has fired off a letter to GitHub, asking the Microsoft-owned code-sharing giant to consider whether it should be treated like a social media platform that endangers children. Starting December 10th, Australia’s new rules will ban teens under 16 from using […]

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

Seriously looking like France will bring in a wealth tax. Background: https://www.politico.eu/article/gabriel-zucman-economist-france-wealth-tax/ (86% popular support!) Bloomberg on current politics […]

RJ May, the South Carolina GOP lawmaker who said drag queens and trans people “harm” children, just pled guilty to child porn charges. This is the same person the anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty presented their 2023 Legislator of the Year […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Every morning, I open the only proactive moderation tool available to #MastoAdmin folks, and every morning, I wish we had better tools. :blobfrowningbig: The fact these accounts all use the username "J" and yet there is no way to search for that and only that? […] [Original post on plush.city]

HAHAHAHA BBC: The perils of letting AI plan your next trip "...An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas – and being sent to destinations that don't exist. Miguel Angel Gongora Meza, founder and director of […]

1. A day after the Michigan church shooting, Republicans are silent after learning the shooter was a MAGA extremist. No investigations of Trump supporters as terrorists. No national conversations about the rights of cisgender men. The silence is deafening. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Jose Andres Bordones-Molina. Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez. Norlan Guzman-Fuentes. Important column from Will Bunch, saying the names of the ICE prisoners shot by a sniper in Dallas. Trump regime refused to release their identities, part of their broader effort to dehumanize immigrants […]

They locked this firefighter up for FOUR WEEKS without due process (finally released). He had proper paperwork and status to work in the US--visa being processed, he was contributing to helping fight fires in Washington. He was ONLY released because of legal action. "The attorneys argued […]

Bruce Schneier has a good high-level look at threat-modeling under an authoritarian government. Alas, it’s not amenable to a simple recipe approach, but involves carefully thinking through the tradeoffs […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

**‘She Died Free’: Tributes Pour In for Revolutionary Icon Assata Shakur** _“They wanted her bound, broken, and paraded as an example, but instead, she slipped their grip and lived out her life in exile, surrounded by people who honored her struggle and her survival,” said one admirer._ [A […]

Notice how some countries are punished and some are forgiven.... This is the same for people too. Why some and not all? Iran warned not to escalate after UK, Germany and France impose sanctions https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crme84w3n23o

2248 - Australian company Optus apologises for 'Anglo-Saxon' job ad An Australian telecommunications company has apologised for posting a job advert that stated a preference for Anglo-Saxon candidates. Optus, the nation's second-biggest provider, had included the description in a posting about […]

548 - the new Governor of Victoria, Margaret Gardner, and her history of wage theft. I've got a piece up today in Crikey about the new Governor of Victoria, Margaret Gardner, and her history of wage theft. It's a story about truth, power and expediency in Australian universities. Long story […]

I feel proud that Spain is sending its own Navy ships to help protect and shield the flotilla to Palestine. Me siento orgulloso de que España esté enviando barcos militares para ayudar a proteger y escudar la flotilla para Palestina. #gaza #israel #palestine #endgenocide #bds #apartheid […]

Y'all, STOP CEDING GROUND TO FASCISTS. Masks are a crucial healthcare tool as well as a tool to protect someone from surveillance. Everyone who is protesting ought to be wearing masks for their and each other's safety. Just because ICE wears socks on their heads and calls them masks does NOT […]

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 will return “Java Man” and over 28,000 other artifacts to Indonesia 🇮🇩 where they were taken from. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/netherlands-repatriation-indonesia-1.7644998 - - - Les Pays-Bas 🇳🇱 vont restituer « Homme de Java » et plus de 28000 autres artéfacts à […]

Being an Olympic athlete, having multiple graduate degrees, and being superintendent of the largest school district in your state don't automatically make you more important than people without these credentials. Regardless, having brown skin overrides any and all of those things in the eyes of […]

The Netherlands returns 'Java Man,' thousands of colonial-era fossils taken from Indonesia The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled they were removed in the colonial era "against the will of the people […]

Government are selfish institutions

From Teen Vogue, which is doing some of the best journalism about the extremist cult now in charge of the U.S. government: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dressed-as-ice-agents-to-assault-immigrant-women-horrifying-trend We need to assume that every masked person kidnapping people off the […]

Live now! Beau Vass's talk "A false sense of accessibility: What automated testing tools are missing" https://youtube.com/live/MTtvETBVW48 #id24 #accessibility #inclusivedesign

8359 - Dr. Rizwaan Sabir on Twitter A hacker found the FBI’s secret “No-Fly-List” list on an unsecured airline company server, and leaked it to the web. Now, a report from @CAIRNational shows that the list, which has with over 1.5 million names, is almost exclusively made up of Muslims […]