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@geekysteven It's sad how many people do NOT greet and thank the driver.

I mean, I don't overdo it. But if I walk past them anyway, a quick word or nod is only polite IMHO.

@volts.wtf ...your point is right. But also US electorate prioritizes, or simply prefers, entertainment over governance. Willing to bet vast swaths of Americans are just ignorant of ways, means, responsibilities, obligations of being a citizen of such a place as USA, & the myriad things our gov't does for us (& why). Too busy, gullible, lazy, apathetic, incurious, weak-minded, conspiracy-susceptible, etc...pick a poison. It depresses more than surprises me. And not sure the fix(es)

The Periodic Table of Elements, according to GPT-4o's new, smarter image generation

As top #TraitorTrump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
Goldberg reported, Ratcliffe named an active CIA intelligence officer in the chat at just after midnight in Russia. Witkoff's flight did not leave Moscow until around 2 a.m. local time & Sergei Markov, a former Putin advisor, said in a Telegram post that Witkoff & Putin were meeting in the Kremlin until 1:30 a.m.
#TrumpIsARussianAsset cbsnews.com/news/trump-envoy-s #trumpCoup #MAGAPUTINPARTY

people say “you can’t tax the rich, they’ll just leave” like that’s not the best possible outcome

One piece of misinfo we need to address is the claim that there are ‘vulnerabilities’ in Signal. This isn’t accurate. Reporting on a Pentagon advisory memo appears to be at the heart of the misunderstanding: npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-53398. The memo used the term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to Signal—but it had nothing to do with Signal’s core tech. It was warning against phishing scams targeting Signal users. 2/

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Call to action: nationwide protests and sit-ins. Saturday April 5th. “REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM” #3E #USprotests

Call to Action: On April 5th, take to the streets to say Hands Off. Spread the word, fire up your networks, and make sure everyone knows: “We don’t have kings in the US, and we won’t let a handful of billionaires run our country into the ground.” #3E #USprotests #HandsOff

Meanwhile, 'The UK has confirmed a case of H5N1 influenza of avian origin in a sheep in Yorkshire, a world first.
Infection identified through routine, repeated milk testing, enforced after avian influenza confirmed in captive birds on the same premises.' @bmj.com
cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza

Wednesday 26th March 2025
Document freedom day

Document Freedom Day is an international event to celebrate and raise awareness of Open Standards. Without Open Standards, how can we successfully communicate, share knowledge and scientific discoveries?

@tdforg
@dff

digitalfreedoms.org/en/

Co-director of No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was beaten by settlers then, while being taken away in an ambulance, arrested by Israeli soldiers.

#Israel #Palestine #WestBank #NoOtherLand

The safer you are in an environment of rising authoritarianism, the more obligation you have to make some noise on behalf of the people who are more vulnerable than you. Indeed, this is the only way you might avoid having the leopards eat your face.

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