ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Two state attorneys general are plainly running interference for Musk and his increasingly extremist-coddling deadbirdsite. They're deploying state power against a journalism organization -- one of the few -- that takes on right-wing media and lousy work in Big Journalism.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/missouri-ag-sues-media-matters-in-lawsuit-echoing-elon-musks-complaints/

This is incredibly dangerous to freedom of expression.

Given journalists' myopic continued presence on Musk's site, it seems they don't care.

Heads up other #mastodon instance admins, the any dot pink #spam #bots have started up again. We've just closed regos here until they pull their heads back in.

Quacks are crowing that the FDA has "lost its war" on ivermectin. Ivermectin still doesn't work against COVID-19. but by settling a lawsuit the way it did, the FDA did unfortunately hand quacks and antivaxxers a massive propaganda victory.

https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/03/26/no-ivermectin-has-not-been-vindicated/

Right-wing authoritarian politicians dominate Israel's government, but far-right Jews are also strong in the Republican party because they help shield its #ChristianNationalist power elite from accusations of antisemitism.

Ben Shapiro does this on a daily basis.

He made his own #antisemitism clear in a 2014 interview he did with a pro-Nazi podcast host in which he bashed "Jews in Hollywod" for conducting a "war on Christianity."

"Y'KNOW WHEN I WAS A KID WE GOT BEAT UP AND BODYSLAMMED INTO WALLS BY TEACHERS AND SOMETIMES FED INTO WOODCHIPPERS AND WE RENDERED DOWN LEAD AND PUT THAT DIRECTLY IN OUR DRINKING WATER TO TOUGHEN US UP AND I TURNED OUT JUST FINE OH AND ALSO I AM VOTING TO HAVE CONCENTRATION CAMPS ON AMERICAN SOIL AND THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE MURDERED AND UNPERSONED FOR BEING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY."

It's great to know that if you don't have bond money you can just request a different, smaller amount and pay that instead, I'm sure that is what happens for normal people all the time

""We must make America pray again:" Trump now selling Bibles"

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/26/trump-selling-bible-god-bless-the-usa

Religious coercion sure doesn't sound American. And Bibles with foundational US documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights don't sound particularly Christian.

Turning the US into a Christian version of Iran for profit and freedom from jail...

Do you know any people 35+ who actually believe high school was the best time of their lives?

(Please boost for visibility)
#HighSchool

Thinking about https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/DNOTE-ethical-web-principles-20240319/#verify today : "The web must make it possible for people to verify information and assess the trustworthiness of its source." #EthicalWebPrinciples

Folks, #ElonMusk is a full-on, raving fascist lunatic. It's time for sane people to have nothing to do with ANY of his companies, including both #Tesla and X/#Twitter. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/radicalized-elon-musk-puts-conspiratorial-055858883.html

This episode of Nova, with Western researchers asking questions about the origins of human settlement on Rapa Nui, would be a lot shorter if Western explorers hadn’t previously killed all the people who could answer them.

tests are showing existentialism levels at 49%

(49%) ■■■■□□□□□□

look up

Let’s see if the Fediverse works for this kind of stuff:

I’m looking for a teacher of classical guitar. Has to be San Francisco. Prefer someone who specializes, too. (Not just someone in a band who also owns a nylon-string guitar and can play Malageña.)

DMs welcome.

#classicalguitar
#musicinstructor
#sanfrancisco

And there it is, the first appearance of the #ansible, from 1974

An extraordinarily powerful protest as thousands line the seafront at San Sebastian in the Basque Country of Spain to denounce the ongoing massacre of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli state.

The sirens you can hear in the background are those of Guernica.

Mastodon hive mind, please work your magic!

I'm looking for recommendations on interesting YouTube channels that talk about videogames. Not streamers or such, but something more essay-lile, such as GMTK, DidYouKnowGaming, or NakeyJakey.

Thanks!

p.s.: boosts for wider visibility are greatly appreciate! 🥰

Billy Dee Williams recalls attending underground gay parties at the Met Opera House in the 70s
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/billy-dee-williams-recalls-attending-underground-gay-parties-at-the-met-opera-house-in-the-70s/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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