AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

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."

"Cancel culture."

Fuck #Texas .

#politics

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg58x8/texas-officials-would-rather-close-library-than-stock-books-they-dont-like

KS cops ‘chased’ elderly man for driving 3 mph over limit then tased him, lawsuit says https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article274215550.html

Check out my segment with @NPR's Morning Edition on Manhattan DA Bragg's new lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan.

"Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over attempts to interfere in Trump case" https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169435021/manhattan-da-bragg-sues-rep-jordan-over-attempts-to-interfere-in-trump-case

On the eve of trial, after two years of denying it, Fox News' lawyers suddenly disclosed that one of the corporate officers of Fox News is a guy named "Rupert Murdoch."

It was an oopsie, an oversight, anybody could've overlooked that Rupert dude. Uh huh. Sure.

"If [#SCOTUS]... were to uphold the ruling handed down by U.S. Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in #Texas, the #FDA’s authority to vet and approve drugs, considered the gold standard around the world, could be permanently undermined...

“This kind of Monday morning quarterbacking logic would allow courts to invalidate almost any FDA approval,”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/07/texas-abortion-pill-decision-fda/

#Judges are NOT #Doctors

#Health #Healthcare #Abortion #AbortionRights #WomensRights #WomensHealth #Freedom #FreedomToChoose #USA

The US has at least 34 bitcoin mining operations. They consume more than 3,900 megawatts of electricity. That is nearly the same amount of electricity as 3 million households. In Texas, where 10 of the 34 mines are connected to the state’s grid, it's estimated the increased demand has caused electric bills for power customers to rise nearly 5 percent. The additional power use across the country also causes as much carbon pollution as adding 3.5 million gas-powered cars. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

A very silly man who managed to raise £20k to buy drones for the Russian army was hacked by the Cyber Resistance Group who instead ordered him £20k worth of sex toys. And, very sadly, he's not been able to get his money back.

#GoodNews #Ukraine #Russia #Drones #SexToys #Hacking

https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/05/russia-ukraine-war-fanatic-orders-20000-of-drones-but-gets-sex-toys-18560584/

9-15 April 2023: This week in science we fought antibiotic resistance and observed a shapeshifting galaxy!🐘🍄🔭🧊💊💧
#TWIS

Elephants https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-elephants-appear-to-have-been-domesticated-but-not-by-humans
Silver leaf https://www.sciencealert.com/plant-fungus-infects-human-in-first-reported-case-of-its-kind
Galaxy https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-just-found-a-radio-galaxy-that-turned-into-a-blazar
Ice Ic. https://www.sciencealert.com/disputed-variant-of-ice-could-exist-in-nature-after-all-according-to-a-new-experiment
Greenland https://www.sciencealert.com/the-greenland-ice-sheet-is-getting-close-to-a-melting-point-of-no-return
Bacteriophage https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-antibiotic-free-way-to-treat-drug-resistant-infections

#elephants #fungi #pathogen #space #galaxies #CubicIce #bacteria #AntibioticResistance #GoldenStaph #bacteriophages #ClimateChange #science #ScienceAlert #STEM

Ukrainian police join hands with US tech company Find My Parent to develop the app "Reunite Ukraine" that would help reconnect families separated during the conflict.

"If we find even one child in such a way or reunite one family, it will be already a victory, a small one, but with every step we will be able to return children home."
- Oleksander Fatsevych, deputy head of the National Police

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine

Read more here🔗 https://www.trtworld.com/life/ukraine-launches-mobile-app-to-find-missing-children-displaced-by-conflict-66847