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@scotsoma we've made it too dangerous for kids to play in the streets, too dangerous for people to cycle, apparently now also too dangerous for pedestrians to not be dressed in high viz at all times? Kids, pedestrians, and cyclists are not causing the problem here.

Ron DeSantis is a person who exercises authoritarian control over society and seeks to impose his ideology and will upon the people they rule. Fascism is a political ideology that is characterized by extreme nationalism, militarism, and a focus on national unity, strength, and order, often at the expense of individual freedoms and rights.

In a fascist regime, the leader typically holds all power and authority, and there is little to no room for dissent or opposition. The government is often centralized and controls many aspects of citizens' lives, including the economy, media, and education. Propaganda and manipulation of information are also common in fascist regimes, as the leader and the ruling party seek to control the narrative and maintain his grip on power.

Fascism is widely considered to be a harmful and dangerous political ideology and has been responsible for numerous human rights abuses, wars, and acts of genocide throughout history.

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We want to enhance EU cooperation to defeat criminal networks.

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Senior Twitter employees admit under oath that Twitter made exceptions to its racism policies to accomodate racist tweets by Trump, even going so far as to change their polices to avoid having to enforce them on Trump's tweets.

I don't watch football myself, but for those of you who do, @sjvn has it all scoped-out, and he spends way too much time watching TV, so he'll have it down: How to watch the Super Bowl 2023: Your best streaming bets https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-watch-the-super-bowl/

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Dear journalists, just so we're all on the same page - heckling the President of the United States during the State of the Union isn't normal, isn't American, and isn't okay.

I don't care what point they thought you were making. This was neither the time, nor the place to make it. THAT'S the story. We're all clear on that, right?

@mikec415 Wow. I hope that school district has lawsuit money, because they're going to need lawsuit money.

I am very pleased to see student-centred books like this one now being published on open science & the replication crisis. It has become ever more transparent that when you stop discussing & teaching the issues of the past, and why change was needed, those issues tend to repeat & become a problem again. With some luck, & with more books on the topic, we might start to make a lasting change here.

Congrats @drcpennington on the book. Can’t wait to read it & put it on my class reading list!

The Washington Post now flags journalists' profiles as verified on Mastodon.

I made a scale visualization of the shapes and relative sizes of WASP-12 b (a very hot Jupiter) and Saturn.

Saturn is spinning pretty quickly, which draws it out into a squished ball shape (oblate spheroid), whereas WASP-12 b is pulled into a long football shape by the tidal forces from its parent star.

#astronomy #space