AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

In another case of consequences for overt lies, #MikeLindell, aka #PillowGuy, is ordered to pay $5 million.

Maybe the #TruthIsBack? Is this a new era for #journalism? It’s been a good week for those that believe in a responsible #FourthEstate

#News #NewsMedia #Fox #FoxDominion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/20/mike-lindell-prove-wrong-contest

#NewSpecies!
New cascade frog from Vietnam just came in on #FrogFriday!

Amolops truongi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA8780-FFB6-A063-FC59-DD7FC1F40007
Publication: http://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2023-0004
#RafflesBulletinofZoology

#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogs #vietnam

For this #FediFriday / #FollowFriday I made lots of improvements to the website I built last week:

✅ 1-click following!

✅ downloadable CSVs for selected topics

✅ more topics! dozens of possible options, but only the most active ~20 topic areas are shown on any given day

✅ more listings! each topic offers 6-20 suggestions based on Mastodon posting activity within the last week

👀 soon: add yourself to one or more topics

Check it out, and let me know what you think!
https://fedifollows.fedified.com

The Space Elevator shows you what is at different altitudes as you scroll up, all the way to space.

https://neal.fun/space-elevator

#science #space

#FollowFriday to these accounts from #PBS and #NPR, we are very glad you are here!

(and if i missed anyone add them in the comments and I'll add them!)

Local PBS stations:

@gbhnews
@kcts9

NPR folks here:
@timkmak
@nellgreenfieldboyce
@casey
@eric
@shannonpareil
@steveinskeep

And PBS folks here:
@laurasanthanam
@philmeyer
@skrishna
@petertubbs
@Trailanderror

And in Germany, we welcome public broadcaster @NDR

& from Canada: cbcworld@botsin.space

Judicial interference with mifepristone. "Once courts dismiss core scientific judgments by the agency, there is no reason to believe they will limit themselves to this one medication. There is already political pressure against vaccines, antidepressants and other psychotropic medication, and certain cell-derived therapies. If judges begin to dictate the terms of medication access, then others will seek to use ideology and influence to advance their agendas." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi2587

Via Michael Beschloss:

Justice Abe Fortas forced to quit #SupremeCourt, 1969, over his secret financial relationship with rich friend

#ClarenceThomas

Some good news.
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RT @NILC
BREAKING: @POTUS is lifting restrictions on health care access for DACA recipients, allowing them to finally have access to the care they need.

This is a critical, long-overdue victory for immigrant youth whose #HomeIsHere.
https://twitter.com/NILC/status/1646552264385986560

New paper on auditing Elon's early impact on Twitter.
- Hateful users became more hateful
- Hate increased dramatically
- There was no overall change in bots

Paper (accepted to ICWSM 2023) is here:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04129

Tell me again that Trump is just like any ordinary American.

Biden administration sends millions to states for bridge repair, replacement

The Biden administration will allocate $295 million in federal funding to repair or replace nine bridges across the country, including in Michigan, Oregon, Wisconsin and Virginia, the Federal Highway Administration said Thursday.

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/04/13/biden-administration-sends-millions-to-states-for-bridge-repair-replacement/

#USPol #News #Politics #Infrastructure #Biden #Michigan #BidenAdministration

So for over a week now Elon Musk's circle of friends have been going on and on insisting that Bob Lee's killer was obviously an unhoused individual and blaming the city for not jailing more people.

Now, it turns out that the guy who killed him was another tech exec who knew him, and they were originally in a car together.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob-lee-killing-arrest-made-san-francisco/

Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation case https://www.nbcnews.com/media/fox-sanctioned-withholding-evidence-dominion-case-rcna79377

"According to a person present in the courtroom, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems played recordings Fox News producer Abby Grossberg made during 2020, which were not handed over to Dominion's lawyers during discovery.

"Grossberg, a former producer for Fox hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, has sued Fox News and said her deposition was coerced. In an amended filing Tuesday, she said she had recorded conversations with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others.

"The sanction gives Dominion a chance to conduct another deposition, at Fox’s expense."