Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

My first Waymo ride. I've been checking out FSD for a long time and all I can say is that Tesla is so far behind it's not even funny anymore. Waymo is easily handling LA's busy traffic while Tesla routinely shits all over itself even in benign suburban streets.

WOW. How did I not hear about this? A law went into effect in Illinois on July 1:

The law requires parents to set up a trust fund for their child if they earn income from their child’s likeness.

A social media user who makes money from content uploaded to YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, or another platform that features a child in 30% or more of their content must set aside 15% of the gross earnings from the video content into a trust.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/illinois-child-influencer-law-1235053914/

Added to that: The law also allows the child to request the deletion of any content they were featured in upon turning 18. If the parent does not follow the law, the minor may sue for damages.

UN chief: there is no way to keep 1.5C alive without a fossil fuels phase-out – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/aug/27/un-chief-there-is-no-way-to-keep-15c-alive-without-a-fossil-fuels-phase-out-video #PacificIslandsForum #Australianpolitics #AntónioGuterres #Climatecrisis #Australianews #Environment #Fossilfuels

Afghanistan Taliban govt rejects criticism of morality law as ‘arrogance’ https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/afghanistan-taliban-govt-rejects-criticism-of-morality-law-as-arrogance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Afghanistan #girls #JosepBorrell #radicalIslam #Talibans

Danielle Smith has brought Alberta’s health care system to the brink of collapse | Toronto Star

#ableg #abhealth #abpoli

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/danielle-smith-has-brought-albertas-health-care-system-to-the-brink-of-collapse/article_a00a00b8-63b6-11ef-9b91-237e1f493e9a.html

#TuesdayTiger again!
#bykvadraat

Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-classified-documents-411e8e3b4d31923560effdd0d2082af4
http://www.memeorandum.com/240826/p86#a240826p86

So in adventures in real life beyond watching and sharing news, and taking in the entire DNC this week, I made 28 sets of earrings, 10 single strand bracelets, 8 knotted and/or braided and beaded keychain lanyards, 1 beaded bookmark, and 2 fancy pattern paracord bracelets. Oh, and six simple necklaces. And wrote over 5k words on my web novel I keep trying to inflict on my followers. Been a busy week.

#crafting

Covid loves the Limbic system. OM NOM NOM NOM

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10320753/

Mochi hopes y’all remembered #nationaldogday and gave a few treats to your favorite pups! #mochislifeishard #jackchi #mastodogs #dogsofmastodon #InternationalDogDay

I've wanted to shout from the rooftops for a number of years:

== The word "#Terrorist" is pure #propaganda ==

If ever you hear someone using the word, your first question should be how the speaker is trying to manipulate you.

I'm not defending groups commonly labelled "terrorist". Many of them commit #atrocities and harbour #warCriminals. But so do many of the groups calling them terrorists.

Serious & honest reporters use more meaningful words.

#IsraelWarCrimes
#GazaGenocide
#USPol

Some Babylon 5 art to enjoy.

#scifi #scifiart #starships #spaceships #lightwave3d #3DModel #3dart #scifiartist #Fanart #Babylon5

Ex-Trump staffer reveals why she thinks old boss may back out of debate - Alternet.org

https://www.alternet.org/trump-back-out-debate/

“Hello dorkness, my old friend.”
—“Sound of Shyness”
#NerdASong
#HashtagGames

U.S. Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the GDP, about as much as Florida's economy, report finds | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/latina-women-workforce-gdp-labor-force-wage-gap-bd7f4cfd8e8163dd7313208787998ab2

re the age-old question "are bloggers journalists?" I think that after about 20 years we can now definitively say that in the case of Ezra Klein and Andrew Sullivan, "no, these bloggers are not journalists".