Connecticut troopers falsified data on traffic stops reported to racial profiling board, audit says
The rate limiting incident in Twitter isn't really what pushed me over to use Mastodon more and more. Currently there is a hashtag on Twitter related to the French riots that's calling on the expulsion of all Muslim, African, and Arab immigrants from the entirety of Europe. The entirety and trending hashtag (at #2) is filled with images encouraging mass killings and lynchings of Arabs. There is no come back from this.
As of today, all 122 NWS stations that the University of Iowa created rss feeds for are now published on Mastodon. The best way to find them is to search for "iembot_" and the three letter assigned to the NWS forecast office. In addition, the NHC Atlantic Officeis published at @iembot_nhc_atlantic . These are not official bots from the NWS or University of Iowa. There were put together by a group of "weather intensive" people in order to inform like minded Mastodon users of weather forecasts and other reports that the National Weather Service in the US sends out.
Daily Mastodon trending topic report:
1. You’re using it wrong in many ways that personally offend me
2. This place was better without any people
3. Open-source software
4. You’re being polite but not in the way I prefer
5. The Fediverse (“fedora universe”)
6. Should we de-federate Toyota if they start a server?
7. Top 20 Fediverse alternatives to Wikipedia
8. Historical evidence that Hitler invented quote tweets
9. Cats
10. It’s weird how people create accounts but don’t stick around
Birdwatchers Unite!
Do you participate in Cornell University's ornithology programs? Do you use the eBird database? Do you use the eBird or Merlin apps? If so I want to follow you and build a list of fellow eBirders so we can share knowledge, experiences, photos, etc.
#eBird #Merlin #ornithology #birding #BirdWatching #BirdInventory #Cornell
The most insidious myth that I was taught in American schools was that inequality and injustice are somehow artifacts of the past, and that America marches inexorably towards greater freedom and equality with every generation.
Not only is this take entirely unsupported by actual history, but this comforting myth absolves us of having to take action to fight inequality and injustice. Just sit back and relax and everything will just get better.
Police seek people who targeted multiple D.C. sites with explosive devices https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-seek-suspects-targeted-multiple-dc-sites-explosive-devices-rcna92288
One of Steely Dan's engineers' daughters have just found a DAT tape of the infamous song that got accidentally destroyed - and it's gorgeous #SteelyDan
#introduction. Hello. I’m a center-left Twitter refugee from #Kansas #USA looking to engage in topics such as #politics #news #currentevents #realitytv #truecrime #sports and learning about other countries and culture. Nice to meet you, in advance.
Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/ron-desantis-pastor-says-gay-people-should-be-put-to-death/
#RonDeSantisPastor #GayRights #LGBTQ #HateSpeech #ReligiousExtremism #FreedomOfExpression #Politics #News
Looking over the headline stories in the news, this story doesn't even appear. So I thought I'd post it here:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/7-shot-2-trampled-shooting-nightclub-kansas/story?id=100593361
Donner... party of 5?
Donner? party of 4?
Donner?
Normally I'm willing to force my way into spaces that don't prioritize me, because that's the only way to exist as a citizen of the internet when you're blind. I'll use inaccessible apps and I'll share posts with undescribed images and I'll click unlabeled buttons just to see what they do. I have to if I want to participate in online culture.
But some days I don't have it in me, and this is one of those days, and it's indescribably nice to have a place like this that doesn't expect me to.
So. Cal. engineer (hardware/software since 1968, retired, he/him), born at 313 ppm, musician, chef, now living in West Virginia. KW2P ham radio (the original social network), father of three, grandfather, astronomy, solar dynamics, photography, writing, birding, birdwatching, eBird, fountain pens, cats and dog, reader of banned books, scary fast Python jockey, Chairman of the Charcuterie Board, Whisk Manager, Compuserve refugee, founder of The Church of The Unwarranted Assumption. Crypto is short for cryptography. Blog: shuttersparks.net
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"To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire
"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous amount of fumes and everything." --Donald Trump