Lunatech @Lunatech@qoto.org

@gwaldby I love when the right wing starts getting accidentally correct about things, like, hey, if you are going to cap insulin then why not as well offer free dentistry and chemotherapy.

Yes? Right away?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-college-walkout-desantis_n_63f7a52de4b0e2590d423d36 Students walk out protesting fascist #RonDeathSantis bigoted racist policies. Among his administration’s most hotly contested actions was a request for Florida universities to hand over information about “persons suffering from gender dysphoria” who’ve received care at campus clinics. #LGBTQ #DontSayGay #GOPcultureWars

So let me get this straight: Every single federal judge in every single jurisdiction in the U.S. is subject to a binding code of ethics — except the justices on the single most powerful court in the country?

Hello?

Holy crap: Scott Adams goes full-bore racist. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/23/dilberts-scott-adams-white-people-should-get-the-hell-away-from-black-people/

In fact, the Fediverse is now so critical to the tech industry that GitHub rolled out support for Mastodon profiles this month.

That's not a small thing.

Again, if you want to talk to tech people, a Fediverse presence is paramount.

https://mastodon.social/@nova@hachyderm.io/109790532829442644

@fediversenews

PROUD BOY JEREMY BERTINO told jurors today of the "all out revolution" members of the extremist group anticipated in the run up to Jan. 6.

MY REPORT:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/22/2154476/--All-out-revolution-Ex-Proud-Boy-leader-tells-jurors-of-desperate-road-to-Jan-6?_=2023-02-22T17:08:56.000-08:00#comments

@kevinrns Some time in a year or two:

There’s a day of hate being planned against Jews for the 25th. Some shitheads on Telegram are calling for it. I have no idea if anything will happen or not, but people want it to happen. They want more pogroms, more massacres. Check in with your Jewish friends. This shit is getting worse and we are not okay

As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20.

What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20

ICYMI: Canada’s National Women’s Soccer Team Wants Equal Pay https://jacobin.com/2023/02/canada-national-womens-soccer-team-fair-pay-working-conditions-sports/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Meet Alaska State Representative David Eastman. Republican.

He wants to know how much money fatal child abuse will save the state

Here’s the quote, "in the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it's not good for the child, but it's actually a benefit to society because there aren't needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child's life?"

Republicans never get to say they are pro-life. Ever.

@kevinrns @halfcocked @VPS_Reports
We ban books that enrich or at least engage our culture, but won't ban guns that "kill" our culture?

If this was in a fictional story you wouldn't have to ban it, no one find it credible enough to read.

Black people were *more* likely to *want* to get vaccinated than white conservatives, but less likely to be able to.

Black people had significantly less *access* to the vaccine. The places with the highest Black vaccine rate, where the places that addressed access as much as hesitancy.

When the government wouldn't step up, Black women did. Again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j1wI4T9SKGA

This is totally insane. They are essentially burning plastic and calling it a “biofuel.” It’s just fuel in another form. 1 out of 4 people who breathe in this poison will get cancer.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/climate-friendly-us-program-plastics-fuel-cancer

55% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court.

66% support setting term limits.

73% support establishing a code of ethics for SCOTUS justices.

Public opinion is clear: it's time to reform the Court.

Fourth Circuit: Individuals Have a #FirstAmendment Right to #Livestream Their Own Traffic Stops https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/fourth-circuit-individuals-have-first-amendment-right-livestream-their-own-traffic

While you were paying through the nose at the pump in 2022, Big Oil raked it in.

Shell's profits hit ~$40 billion. That's more than double the prior year and the most money the company has ever made in its 115 years of existence.

It's time for a windfall profits tax. Now.

If I’m slack I keep the lights on to keep racking up payments and fuck over Elon then sue lmao

https://www.platformer.news/p/new-cracks-emerge-in-elon-musks-twitter

Report: "#Librarians Sue Over Missouri Law That Bans 'Explicit Sexual Material,' Spurred Book Removals" https://www.infodocket.com/2023/02/23/report-librarians-sue-over-missouri-law-that-bans-explicit-sexual-material-spurred-book-removals/ #libraries #books #legal

In the US, you can view a lot of BMI indicators as another way of saying "Lots of Black people fall into this category."

High BMI is associated with shorter life (Black people in the US have shorter lives. Because racism.).

People with high BMI are more likely to die from covid! (Black people are more likely to die from covid. Because we're exposed much more, and get worse care when we get it).

A lot of what you're seeing is the medical outcomes of systemic racism.