Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

The Biden-Harris FTC is on a roll.

It's suing corporations for abusing their power.

It banned noncompetes.

Now it's investigating "surveillance pricing" tactics where companies use personal data to set different prices for everyone.

This is government working for the people.

Iowa's nearly full abortion ban goes into effect Monday, July 29th.

Here's what we can do about it now. https://emmagoldman.networkforgood.com/projects/229469-help-keep-emma-s-doors-open?utm_campaign=dms_email_blast_3433394

Just convinced my friend to donate his huge collection of DVD's to one of the public libraries in town.

Many people don't realize that there are those who can't afford the internet, which means they don't have access to all of the streaming services out there.

The library for many is their only access to an internet connection as well as entertainment. Music, movie DVD's, and of course both audio and physical copies of books.

So if you have any laying around, consider donating them.

David Graeber: “The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”

Wow. Scientific American blasts SCOTUS rulings:

"Science is dismissed and disdained in this war on reality."

"technically incompetent, in some cases corrupt, politicos in robes with power over matters that hinge on vital facts about pollution, medicine, employment and much else."

"In rejecting facts to please their political party—and their patrons—the justices of the Court’s majority have broken their oath, made to both the Constitution and the American people."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-courts-contempt-for-facts-is-a-betrayal-of-justice/

BREAKING: In a stunning leak, JD Vance is found to be calling for a federal response to stop women from traveling from red states to blue states to receive reproductive healthcare.

Please share. People need to know.

#vance #election2024 #abortion #freedom #travel #kamala2024 #kamalaharris #trump #uspolitics #womensrights #healthcare #reproductivecare #jdvance #prochoice #prolife #uselections2024

Chemical analyses find hidden elements from renaissance astronomer Tycho Brahe's alchemy laboratory

Danish Tycho Brahe was most famous for his contributions to astronomy. However, he also had a well-equipped alchemical laboratory where he produced secret medicines for Europe's elite.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240725154836.htm #science

Q: Elon rate limited future President Kamala Harris' campaign account? He can do that and so much worse! He can mess with the visibility of her posts! Why is she using Twitter anyway? Why isn't she using Mastodon?

A: Remember how she had a Zoom call for Black women and 40,000 people joined?

Q: Yeah? What's your point?

A: Those women were on Twitter.

Q: But why are those Black women on Twitter? Why aren't they here on Mastodon? It would be better for me if they were here!

A: *deep sigh*

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Wes Streting can’t blame the NHS for its failings: that’s all down to political choice and he’s now responsible for them https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/07/26/wes-streting-cant-blame-the-nhs-for-its-failings-thats-all-down-to-political-choice-and-hes-now-responsible-for-them/ Wes Streeting is saying the NHS has failed. But that's not true. Tory decision-making on the NHS failed. Now, he has to show he can make better decisions, and not blame NHS staff if he can't.

Are there any astrophotographers among the Mastodon hive mind? I have some incredibly basic (like, beyond naive) questions about how to put together a beginner's setup.

Thanks in advance for any help

Mastodon users donate a quarter million dollars in 2 days for VP Harris #MastodonForHarris

Over the last two days users from the social media service Mastodon have started a campaign which has raised over $250,000 for VP Harris. User Heidi Li Feldman started the modest campaign on ActBlue two days ago, with a humble goal of one thousand...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/25/2257916/-Mastodon-users-donate-a-quarter-million-dollars-in-2-days-for-VP-Harris-MastodonForHarris

Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/26/britain-drops-challenge-icc-arrest-warrants-israeli-leaders-netanyahu-gallant

In case you missed it, I published an interactive guide about CSS grid areas.

🔗 https://ishadeed.com/article/css-grid-area/

If people just fucking listened to trans kids and trans people in general, they would know the biggest threats to us aren't social media but narcissistic, abusive parents, legislators banning our access to necessary care, and widespread discriminatory systems that promote violence against us.

But they don't want to listen.

If anything good comes out of the CrowdStrike disaster it’s that, hopefully, everybody in the cybersecurity vendor industry learns to be a little more humble.

This era where many people have promoted themselves to be gods fighting terrorism etc is so stupid.

There’s people being paid more than doctors - who fix humans - who think they’re Cyber Batman. Selling solutions that often don’t work, aren’t secure, and negatively impact user experience and availability.

You’re Cyber Jabba The Hutt.

This is not getting enough attention.
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-transgender-daughter-vivian-wilson-interview-rcna163665

For THIRTY YEARS now it's made sense for creative people to have their own site as the 'hub' of their online presence, but most still go "nah, I'll just keep shovelling everything into the most popular platforms even though it disappears in minutes & they'll do bad things with it"

Since it is "System Administrator Appreciation Day" a big hug for our lovely @admin and all the other beings that keep the fediverse running.