Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration's Contacts With Social Media Companies (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-biden-free-speech.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240626/p69#a240626p69
Hmmmm--no problem, no Error 500. The problem isn't at this end of whatever trunk branch is causing those other glitches.
I haven't been over here in a long time because more of my friends I can find on Friendica....but there's been a new Mastodon issue that's cropped up, and it's across the network apparently, involving uploading photos. So I'm going to try to upload my #Skyhunters photo here and see what happens.
Metsola makes history as Malta Labour Party loses supermajority https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/metsola-makes-history-as-malta-labour-party-loses-supermajority/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The Grand Floral Parade Is a Highlight Reel of Pacific Northwest Enthusiasms https://www.wweek.com/style/2024/06/09/the-grand-floral-parade-is-a-highlight-reel-of-pacific-northwest-enthusiasms/
DC Bike cops escort ONE Trump supporter on horseback around DC
The feared attack on Capitol Pride, pro-Palestine protesters, or both by far-right extremists this weekend thankfully did not occur. Instead of a storm of Proud Boys, a single Trump supporter received a police escort around town, while a tiny crew of Christian nationalists trrash talked the LGBTQ community outside the White House. That Trrumper on horsenback got a LOT of cops escorting him. Wearing MAGA crap in DC is known to be a good way to get your ass kicked.
Adobe Swears It's Not Training Its A.I. On Your Photoshops
L: https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/adobe-terms-use-backlash-licensing-royalty-generative-ai-creative-cloud.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40629681
posted on 2024.06.09 at 22:53:07 (c=1, p=2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHy07TlibM
John McGuire and Marjorie Taylor Greene swarmed by protestors in brief Albemarle County voter rally and booed away. And so it begins: sane Americans rise up against the far right MAGA cultists...
#WarCrimes & #IHL violations:
"IL MIL made improper use of a US-made bomb in a deadly airstrike Thurs on a UN school compound in Gaza -current & fmr US DEF officials. The GBU-39 small-diameter bomb *same kind of bomb that IL used in an airstrike last month that killed dozens of displaced civilians at a tent camp -#Netanyahu called a “tragic mishap.”
MSF: “Patients are on the floor -blood everywhere -dead bodies are not being taken to the morgue bc the FAC -overwhelmed.” https://www.npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-s1-4995090/israel-gaza-school-strike-us-bomb
Alito's neighbor interviewed on CNN. Very brave and clear-thinking. We should be organizing for what's to come.
"Steve Bannon, onetime Breitbart honcho, onetime Trump campaign manager, onetime White House aide, current operator of a right-wing conspiracy podcast lie factory, has been ordered to jail by the judge in his contempt of Congress case. Bannon must report to an as yet unnamed federal lockup by July 1st to begin serving a four-month sentence."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#SteveBannon #crime #insurrection #contempt
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/arrogance-greed-and-stainless-steel
Steve Bannon Prison News Sparks MAGA Fury - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-prison-news-sparks-maga-fury-1909210
Excellent, now jail more of this evil bunch...
Trump next...
The mighty hunter seizes the hapless prey... too bad it's too late for Wrensday...
#bird #birding #feeder #outdoors #nature #BirdPhotography #Photograph
Has anyone tried out Pop Shell on Ubuntu #Linux?
https://github.com/pop-os/shell
I’m mostly interested in its ability to “stack” windows (turn them into tabs while their panes occupy the same space. Is that useful in practice?
Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider | AP News
Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment
L: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/apple-commits-to-5-years-of-iphone-updates-though-it-usually-releases-more-anyway/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40602537
posted on 2024.06.06 at 17:18:44 (c=0, p=4)
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.