77 yrs ago #OTD at Castle Recording Lab studio D in Nashville singer #HankWilliams signs away 50% of his #SongPublishing to session producer #FredRose's accountant son #WesleyRose of #AcuffRose. Ol Hank's very first 1946 recordings would be released as 4 #78RPM discs in early 1947 by #SterlingRecords. Williams would soon #MoveitOnOver to the fledgling MGM label, record some 220 more songs in a short, but busy career that ended badly in the back of a #Cadillac at age 29 on New Year's Day in 1953. The car he died in and blue #NudieSuit he wore when he died are on exhibit at the #museum dedicated to his life in #MontgomeryAlabama
Solidarité.
“When the premier says teachers are practicing ‘emotional blackmail,’ do you think he’d speak that way to doctors or other professionals?” Marc said. “So why is it that when he speaks to teachers — who are mostly women, let’s be honest here — he’s so condescending? Because he knows that on some level, we’re soft-hearted and we’ll do whatever it takes for our kids. Not anymore. The only thing this government respects is strength. So I’m not bending anymore.”
https://therover.ca/quebec-teachers-are-winning-this-strike/
“The inhumanity of it all is disgusting.” Islanders Speak Out At #Gaza Vigil in #Orkney
By Mike Robertson The rain falls relentlessly on around 30 people in the ceasefire vigil and the bombs fall relentlessly on the Palestinians in Gaza. Yet still the major governments of the so-called free world look on with only mild disapproval. Those behind these dreadful acts show indifference to global opinion, disregarding the thousands of civilian casualties in their pursuit of…
The race to define what’s next for AI in libraries https://sites.northwestern.edu/northwesternlibrary/2023/12/11/the-race-to-define-whats-next-for-ai-in-libraries/ (interesting) #AI #search #libraries #prototypes
anyone knows why #alixpress is asking private data from EU customer before to finish a purchase ? I opened a complaint to alixpress audit team to know more about it; I won't fill the data request form, I think these big #ecomerce business are rose bigger than before, to big to belive it pssss... #EU parliament you're falling by pieces or you don't care at all. #gdpr ?
Skull of gigantic pliosaur sea monster found on ‘Jurassic Coast’ | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/world/skull-pliosaur-fossil-documentary-intl-scli-scn/index.html
Vodafone UK Donates 2 Million Free Mobile Data SIMs to Public https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/12/vodafone-uk-donates-2-million-free-mobile-data-sims-to-public.html
⚠️🇺🇦Ukraine latest: Russia invaders deploy reserves near Kupiansk, prepares defense fortifications, says commander (more) https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-december-11-2023/ #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
Trump Explodes At Jack Smith’s Petition SCOTUS Expediting https://politizoom.com/trump-explodes-at-jack-smiths-petition-scotus-expediting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
FISA "Reform" Bill Would Greatly Expand the Entities Forced to Surveil Users
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38605525
#hackernews #tech
This is a *bad* idea…
“Capture Automatically Shares Your Photos With Friends With No Preview”
“Every photo that a user takes with the camera on the Capture app is automatically shared with their friends.”
Yeah - don’t do this. All you’ll be doing is automatically sending *shitty* photos to your friends…
Kate Cox Flees Texas Death Panels To Get Abortion
Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03865-y
> Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour.
‼️🇺🇦Corruption Crackdown: Financial declaration of Presidential staffer reveals huge earnings, authorities charge him with bribery (more) https://kyivindependent.com/assets-declaration-tatarov/ #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
Israel will pay a very high price for its viciousness. They won't know who, when or where the next threat is going to come from
Qatar PM warns: Gaza war putting entire generation at risk of ‘radicalisation’
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.