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"Digital Restrictions Management is the practice of imposing technological restrictions that control what users can do with digital media. When a program is designed to prevent you from copying or sharing a song, reading an ebook on another device, or playing a single-player game without an Internet connection, you are being restricted by DRM. In other words, DRM creates a damaged good; it prevents you from doing what would be possible without it. This concentrates control over production and distribution of media, giving DRM peddlers the power to carry out massive digital book burnings and conduct large scale surveillance over people's media viewing habits."
What is DRM? | Defective by Design
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What the f-ck are 'Trump Grants'?
#PellGrantReform #CareerTrainingPrograms #TrumpEgo #EducationGrift #HigherEducationFunding
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What the f-ck are 'Trump Grants'?
President Donald Trump’s ego knows no bounds, and GOP legislators know it, which is why they’ve come up with the idea to name a new Pell Grant after him. Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” ...Daily Kos
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This is the conversation that a lot of cis people just aren’t going to like. Puberty blockers are the compromise and kind of an extreme one. Real trans liberation and equality would be letting trans teens have a normal adolescence tech.lgbt/@deilann/11526733926…
i will state it again and againi'm against puberty blockers for kids
because to even be considered for blockers, a kid almost certainly has been socially living as their gender for years and deserves to go through puberty alongside their peers
i'm pro HRT
the early effects of HRT are essentially all reversable and essentially every kid put on hormone blockers ends up put on HRT
robbing kids of having their adolescence alongside their peers is wrong
(this does mean puberty blockers for trans masc kids so they can wait a couple years to go alongside the other boys. but you get my point)
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If I could force every cis conservative, each and every one who wants to use their lived experiences as a shackle on us, to spend a year as the opposite physical sex -- in simulation if nothing else -- I probably would.
Though I'd rather help people instead, because I'm not a ghoul.
Still, until these asshats recognize that their lived experiences are not our lived experiences, they're going to keep eliciting moral panics because they won't put forth the effort to understand.
(And until the assholes get kicked out of power for being creepy shits, they're gonna keep pushing on these moral panics to keep control.)
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Trump filed a lawsuit against ABC which ABC didn't fight. They just gave Trump the $16M, even though the case was so laughably bad Trump would have lost.
ABC thought that by appeasing Trump, they'd protect themselves.
They were wrong.
"I think we're going to test ABC out on this... Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers!"
- Donald Trump
#DonaldTrump #Trump #ABC #Disney #Lawsuit #USPol #Politics #JimmyKimmel
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Ces spectacles « historiques » devenus des chevaux de Troie culturels de l'extrême droite
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"« La Dame de pierre », « Murmures de la cité », « Souviens-toi Cornilly »… Tous ces spectacles déroulent un récit simplifié de l'histoire de France avec, en arrière-plan, un message identitaire et religieux. Et se développent grâce à des financements publics comme privés, dont ceux du
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And once again Victoria and other states lean into crime incidents instead of societal inequality and unfair economics.
If only they doubled down and beat federal politics up as awfully! Albanese's bullshit defences and complete lethargy on housing is only worsened by the states not believing in public housing.
Prices are surging on me, so I wonder how many people will have to resort to crime in the next year.
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Apparently, this video of Charlie Kirk keeps getting taken down.
2-minute video
youtu.be/3wUq3t9f6ug
CHARLIE KIRK VIDEO THAT KEEPS GETTING REMOVED OFF OF SEVERAL PLATFORMS
I had not planned to share this publicly, but I believe Advar, who spoke with Charlie Kirk while I was very ill, would have wanted me to. After my interview ...YouTube
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Just how the NeverKleen self-cleaning litterbox achieved its incredible results was unclear. Until the null dimension filed a protest and we had to take delivery of sixty five thousand tons of returned cat turds.
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It just doesn't get better than this.
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Press Releases
Transcript: Congressman Crow's Floor Speech on the Concerning State of US Politics & the Path Forward to Unite Our Country
September 19, 2025
Transcript: Congressman Crow's Floor Speech on the Concerning State of US Politics & the Path Forward to Unite Our Country
WASHINGTON — A transcript of Congressman Jason Crow's (D-CO-06) full speech from the House floor.Representative Jason Crow
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If the USA builds a feasible Fusion Reactor, then they will only share it with a few 'Friendly' countries at a very Heavy Fee with exclusive control.
However, in today's Globalized & Connected world, it is impossible to contain any breakthrough tech forever. Eventually, every country will get it
#mastodon #tech #fediverse #science #knowledge #physics #fusion #energy #politics #scicomm #OpenScience #opinion #thought #usa #discover #explore #quote #truth #analysis #writing #journal #commentary
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It's like when schools change the way math is taught and everyone is outraged.
It's not because they have a passionate love for their fifth grade math lessons. Of course not. They hated them.
They just don't like being out of date.
My own approach is to talk about the planets (and moons) as *places*. Once you get a geographic feel for the Solar System, I think it sticks better.
I certainly know that's what worked for me.
Besides, some of the moons are frankly more interesting than some of the planets (I know, I'm biased, but still... Europa, Io, and Titan are super-cool and Uranus is kind of dull -- "TEMU Neptune").
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Are you struggling to buy your favorite headache pills, lotions, makeup or other shelf-stable goods while avoiding using amazon? For some brands it might seem like the only option if you only look at the first three pages of a search. But nearly always the manufacturer will sell to you directly— although their pages are buried. I almost thought ebay was my only option— (items on ebay are often expired)
Nope! The manufacturer will ship to me and it’s a few cents less than amazon. (not much less)
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I'm not sure I can. Peculiar family circumstances and all. But everyone should at least consider this.
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She-Hulk’s Tatiana Maslany Calls to Cancel Disney+ Subscription - Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype
Tatiana Maslany has urged fans to cancel Disney streaming services, sparking discussion amid growing backlash.Vritti Johar (SuperHeroHype)
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🚨 Gaza Verified: Emergency appeal for @aseelfromgz
Aseel, her lovely cat Liza, and her family are in the danger zone in North Gaza and need your help to get to the South.
To find transportation, rent land, and get a tent is going to cost them roughly $4,500 when you figure in the 40% commission they’ll have to pay when withdrawing the money in Gaza. They’ve already raised $330 thanks to your kind donations.
So now we have a goal:
$2,432/$4,500 → $2,068 left to go!
We’re past the half-way mark! Let’s do this!
(I’ll update this as I hear from Aseel as donations start coming in.)
Their preferred method (the money goes straight to them):
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt…
If that’s not possible, their GoFundMe (goes to Aseel’s cousin outside of Gaza and she still has to find another way to send it to them):
Please donate, and share this, if you can.
Together we can save the lives of Aseel and her family and adorable little fluffy Liza.
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🚨 I’ve just heard from @aseelfromgz after almost two days.She’s alive but things are not good.
They left their tent because it was not safe but had to return because they had nowhere else to go. She couldn’t reach me because the Internet was down.
I’m trying to find out if there’s any amount of money we can send over that will mean that she and her family can immediately move South and out of the danger zone.
(Her cat Liza also had her surgery yesterday but hasn’t woken up from it yet. She’s on a drip.)
Please, if you can, donate to her PayPal: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt… (her preferred account) or help her via her GoFundMe gofund.me/6c09f8504
Once I hear back about exactly how much they still need, I’ll update you all. On this post mastodon.social/@aseelfromgz/1… she put the figure at $4,500.
Anything you send will help.
Thank you!
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Aseel is part of the Gaza Verified family: gaza-verified.org
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fediAid #emergency
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Another $10 donation and it’s bedtime for both Aseel and me (it’s almost midnight here and two hours later for Aseel).
I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who donated this evening.
We managed to raise over $2,000 in around 3 hours.
And we still have a smidgen over $2,000 left to go before Aseel and her family (and… say it with me now… the queen of meow, Liza the cat) can afford transportation, land, and a tent to escape to the South.
Who knows, maybe we’ll wake up tomorrow to news that our goal has been met 🤞
And, if not, I intend to continue our drive in the morning.
I am 100% confident we will meet our goal tomorrow.
Thank you again and good night :)
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Good morning everyone! 🤗
How are you all doing this morning?
It was a late night last night so I gave myself an extra hour in bed this morning so I can function (at least somewhat) properly.
Aseel’s Internet connection is better in the evenings but I’ve messaged her to see if she’s online and we can continue the drive when she is. (She sends me the updates of the donations received to her PayPal account so I can’t give you an update of the ones we got while we were sleeping but I will the first chance I get.)
To recap the state of things from last night, we set out with a goal of raising $4,500 for Aseel, her family, and their adorable but currently poorly little cat, Liza with $330 already raised at the start of the drive. We managed to raise a little over $2,000 in about three hours thanks to you. As of last night, we had a little over $2,000 left to go.
And thank you all again for your support. You are literally helping keep entire families alive during a genocide and I love you for it.
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It’s with a very heavy heart that I learned that Liza has passed away.
“She’s like my daughter” she had said to me just a few days ago.
Please keep Aseel and her family in your thoughts at this difficult time.
And, if you can, please donate to her fundraiser so we can get them to safety in the South. I don’t want to lose another member of this family.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt…
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#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #fediAid #emergencyAppeal
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I presume that Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyer have enough money banked that they never need to work again, so I do hope they go down swinging, doing their small part to show that trump is thin-skinned loser with small-dick energy
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California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign S.B. 524
Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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#newz #StopTheGenocide 💚 #DontBeComplicit
Gazakrieg - EU-Kommission schlägt Sanktionen gegen Israel vor
Höhere Zölle auf Waren und Sanktionen gegen die Minister Smotrich und Ben-Gvir: Die EU-Kommission will so auf Israels Ausweitung des Gazakriegs reagieren.Deutschlandfunk
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Dear Globe and Mail: IT’S NOT A F_ING “CULTURE WAR” IT’S A BUDDING FASCIST DICTATORSHIP.
But then... why should I think that the G&M would do anything different from Disney or CBS right now?
#Trump #TheAmericanFascist #GlobeAndMail #CanPoli #CdnPoli
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Multiple US military officers casually show up as observers on a Belarusian/Russian military exercise, together with the Russian Deputy Defence Minister.
You read that right: While Belarus and Russia are training the invasion of Poland, the US military shows up in the audience.
If you live in the US, I hope you realize the gravity of such a signal to us Europeans. Especially after Trump has threatened to invade Denmark, and halted all US aid to Ukraine.
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between Trump and Putin seems more and more likely? Of course it’s not about Poland anymore, but as both of them want to revert back to the good old times: reinstating the Iron Curtain. Cutting right through Europe.
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“Where are the ‘Don’t tread on me’ people?”
Tim Walz is 🔥
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Two journalists received prison terms and two accountants probation in a case critics say targets independent media and discourages government criticism.
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#crime #corruption #news
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Why Attempts to Stop the Flow of Abortion Pills Into Texas Will Fail - Ms. Magazine
Shield laws, telehealth providers and international networks mean Texas’ new bounty-style restrictions are unlikely to stop abortion pills.Carrie N. Baker (Ms. Magazine)
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Watching British politicians rightly question Peter Mandelson's association with a Paedophile and then they all get dressed up and welcome King Paedo from the United States Of Child Rape....
#Trump #StopTrump #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #PeterMandelson #Mandelson #Epstein
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JD Vance and Stephen Miller capitalizing on the shooting of Charlie Kirk to plan a crackdown on a wide range of their opponents is directly out of the textbook that Adolf Hitler used to consolidate power.
We must not simply identify this as fascism—we must act accordingly while there is still time.
One simple step is to make sure that every political faction that does not desire to live in an autocratic society understands that anything less than total resistance to the crackdown means complicity. Democratic politicians must not be permitted to sit on the fence. Their complicity must be clear to all.
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It's Safer in the Front
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.CrimethInc.
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Is there a CSS property for "not italic?" For example, if I have a selector with a font-style of italic, and I'd like <em> or <i> tagged elements within those elements to display as non-italic.
#CSS
Something like this would seem to meet your need:
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.warning {font-style: italic;}
.warning :is(em, i) {font-style: normal;}
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(D) Ten Planks
* strengthening democracy
* combatting climate change
* supporting workers & the economy
* protecting and expanding voting rights
* supporting responsible gun safety measures
* promoting social justice and equality
* protecting reproductive rights
* addressing income inequality
* lowering healthcare costs
* investing in education
(D) Two Slogans
-Tired of the chaos?
-If we work hard & play by the rules, then we should *all* have the chance to succeed.
You're looking good wisdems.org
(And as a footnote: credit where credit due: that second slogan is what Working Families Parties long used as their slogan. Their goal was to push this to the mainstream of the Left. So it looks like this counts as a win for WFP. )
#activism #power #movement #union #democrats
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Jesse Duquette says:
"Hey @wsj when you’re the Mouth of Dumb Sauron you’re bound to need make a retraction or two"
#trans #lgbt #charlieKirk
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Oh hey, another anti-transphobia post is doing some sort of numbers, so please everybody be aware of @trans_rescue
They are an NGO based in the Netherlands and they help trans people leave unsafe countries around the globe. Sadly, that now includes the US. Please give them follows and boosts and, if possible, donations. They can always use money to save trans lives. 
@trans_rescue
Oh, and hey, HRC is calling for us all to send well-deserved nastygrams to the Wall Street Journal over their "reporting" on the Charlie Kirk shooting that endangered trans lives for NO reason. Mine is on the way.
act.hrc.org/page/177823/action…
Demand a Retraction and Apology from the Wall Street Journal for Erroneous Reporting
The Wall Street Journal published a dangerous, erroneous link between the Utah shooter and the LGBTQ+ community. Demand an apology and retraction today:act.hrc.org
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- I did this (68%, 111 votes)
- I might actually do this (9%, 15 votes)
- I would do this if it applied (19%, 31 votes)
- I would probably stay (reply if you like why) (0%, 1 vote)
- it would have to be egregious (1%, 3 votes)
- even then I'm likely sticking around (0%, 1 vote)
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Privacy isn't just about protecting
your own data, it's also about you protecting the data of others.
We all have a responsibility to
protect each other. Do not neglect this, or minimize the impact you may have.
Always ask for consent before sharing the data of others. Never assume.
This is a responsibility we all have towards each other: privacyguides.org/articles/202…
#Privacy #Safety #Security #Trust #Consent
Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others
In privacy, we talk a lot about how to protect our own data, but what about our responsibility to protect the data of others? If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you.Privacy Guides
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