Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

IF WE CAME FROM BABIES WHY ARE THERE STILL BABIES?? Check mate science!

And because things must be strongly consistent, AND because any user can REWRITE THEIR OWN FUCKING HISTORY AT ANY TIME, you have to, as an indexer, account for lots of different edge cases where your recorded history diverges.

The protocol for federation is built to make federation as difficult and painful as possible. It is built so that Bluesky, the private company that makes the protocol, is the only 'indexer', the only one with a whole view of the network.

More on the #Russia FSB 'Snake' #malware from #CISA: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/aa23-129a_snake_malware.pdf

@freemo @TruthSandwich @shuttersparks And this racism now has, with Musk, a platform with global reach, and the alacrity with which people in very many places swallow white supremacist ideas tells us that white supremacist thinking is hardly confined to any one society.

Anyone who still thinks that Elon Musk is "just" a spoiled rich white boy tech bro whose political views are, as New York Times tries to tell us, "complicated," needs to read Popular Information's outstanding commentary on his blatant attempt to spread white supremacist disinformation following the choking of Jordan Neely by Daniel Penny on a train in New York.

Musk is a crude out & out white supremacist. And his platform makes him dangerous.

#ElonMusk #WhiteSupremacy

https://popular.info/p/elon-musks-obsession-with-anti-white

@BigAngBlack "Encourage free schools, and resolve that not one dollar of money shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian school. Resolve that neither the state nor nation, or both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford every child growing up in the land the opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, Pagan, or Atheistical tenets. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate."

— Ulysses S. Grant, Speech to the Society of the Army of Tennessee (1875) —

#RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #EducationMatters #SeparationOfChurchAndState #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Rebellion #Confedereds

@fsinn

These are the Republican billionaires funding the Texas GOP.

They are the ones who give Abbott his marching orders.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

@RobertDaleParker

Illinois is about to become the first state to ban . . . book bans at public libraries and public school libraries.

https://bookriot.com/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-ban-book-bans/

#Books #Libraries

If thoughts and prayers did any good, all of mine would have seen Ted Cruz lose his job long ago.

"Entire [Editorial board of Neuroimage] resigns over actions of academic publisher [Elsevier] whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees

Extremely relevant to discussions I've had here yesterday about #academic #publishing

$2700 to publish in their journal. Elsevier made nearly $3 billion in revenue with 40% profit margin last year.

Another example of #academia being pay to win

#scicomm

New to Mastodon. Thought id give an #introduction!

My name is Dillon. I am a biologist and Science communicator mainly active on the instagram. If im not hyperfixating on my R code, I am creating online courses and educational material, being opinionated about conservation, or out looking for frogs!

Anyone mind giving me a primer for how Mastodon works? Im still very new to it all

Picture is of my favorite salamander! (Bolitoglossa mexicana)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/us/texas-allen-shooting-gun-control.html?unlocked_article_code=Vc0Tn4uYsn1Smlng3v5HumX-AXLOOy8TysbZKgCaZtRXy53XtHxO4sHNalHMq8jdfEzG4wAaQoMy8VxmheFu4kU1DWX-MUijTQ1RjMe2qAaMpK1WyW96VGQqajfS_dDcFKBTtMR8M774Ng9rt_Qq0ttJhz613UlHdbs35xKrTYFpOvsKmEA5syjPcAF3qhIdymY-Hw3iyq7n_tiXTpDyeTrMrgV4Z-NXLpUGEVHfMLbU5DzT3CAWdhco8fdOxkIHHeTwMO8638zlZvP90lZCWQKQV66WLUjvguQuwr3SovVft_HXpkcR-9sQMO9FfpQv12RNNuR_kwCVFT4CBc3O5Dq8Tvg&smid=url-share

Texas Singer and songwriterJames McMurtry was wearing a dress at his Nashville show last night because the state of Tennessee just made drag shows illegal

How media enables white supremacy.

First pic: How NY Times depicted an unarmed Black teen killed by law enforcement—“problematic & no Angel.”

Second Pic: How NY Times depicts a white woman who unapologetically stole $700M & harmed countless people—“a loving mother & a new beginning.”

#RussiaIsATerroristState

OH, I SEE HOW IT IS. HOME FROM WORK NOW AND YOU'VE GOT TIME FOR BOOSTS AND FAVS. WELL, SOME OF US WERE SLOGGING AWAY HERE ALL DAY AT THE TOOT MINES.

Why am I, a white dude doctor hunter guy, so fucking angry about mass shootings? Well, because:
1. My kid might get killed in one
2. My worst fucking nightmare at work is dead kids
3. My staff might get shot at work

Y’all, I don’t live in fear. I hike, hunt, climb. My wife and I take our now 2 yo up 14,000 ft mountains and out cross country skiing in 10 degree weather. This mass shooting thing though— it weighs on my mind. It’s an ever-present threat now. Rare but not that rare. Unpredictable.

Do nothing lawmakers are killing our children. 🤬😭😩#itstheguns #banassaultweapons

Well, it finally happened.

Medicare, America's national health insurance program for seniors 65+, is now over 50% privatized.

In 2017, private plans comprised 33% of Medicare enrollment.

In 2023, private plan enrollment via Medicare Advantage plans reached just over 50%.

We have sold out our seniors healthcare security to the profiteers.

#Medicare #HealthCare #HealthCareInsurance #USPol #USPolitics #Retirement #SocialSecurity

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/half-of-all-eligible-medicare-beneficiaries-are-now-enrolled-in-private-medicare-advantage-plans/