Human rights chief warns against banning social media for kids
https://archive.is/2026.03.24-204653/https://www.politico.eu/article/michael-oflaherty-human-rights-council-of-europe-children-social-media-ban/
Ban the harmful algorithms of Big Tech social media instead.
No Kings Day may be over, but the message still stands. No crowns. No kings. Just people power. 🗽🎒
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Video of the #NoKings human banner in #SanFrancisco at Ocean Beach.
Message reads “TRUMP MUST GO NOW!"
I'm in the bottom right "W"
From Brendan Gutenschwager @BGOnTheScene
In 1991, the Space Shuttle upgraded its computer to the AP-101S, replacing two 60-pound boxes with one box. Since there were five computers on the Shuttle, this change freed up 300 pounds for additional cargo. The CPU was implemented in three boards full of chips, one below. These boards were much larger than the earlier 4 Pi boards.
@dsalo Frank Turner keeps writing protest songs, because he's punk a.f.: https://tidal.com/track/87988031/u
make america great again
Well I know I'm just an ignorant Englishman,
But I'd like to make America great again.
So if you'll forgive my accent and the cheek of it,
Here's some suggestions from the special relationship:
Let's make America great again,
By making racists ashamed again.
Let's make compassion in fashion again,
Let's make America great again.
Well I've been fortunate to go round the continent,
From California through the Midwest to Providence,
And I've mostly only encountered common sense,
Hospitality and warmth from Americans.
But I wish it was a bit less significant,
The program and the name of the president,
Because it seems to me the truth is self-evident:
You fought our king to be independent.
Ellis Island take me in,
Everyone can start again
In the shining city on the hill
Where nobody can be illegal.
Let's be a friend to our oldest friends
And call them out when they're faltering,
Remind them of their best selves and then
We'll make America great again.
@brooke ...and here I thought this parody was heading towards obsolescence!
Maybe I'd better record it properly...
(We could call this the "Pissing Away Our Freedoms" Tour. "Idaho Pisses Most Extreme...")
@brooke OR -- hear me out -- we put together a busload of us, and visit every single "illegal" bathroom on the route, and post video (from outside the bathroom) of anything that happens.
(...perhaps finding out some way to mix in a bit of public outreach... yeah, this is probably a terrible idea... except that when fascists demand obeisance, the best response is to pointedly disobey.)
@gwynnion I have to think these are the same people who might say "I used to like Star Trek until it went all woke".
@Bishopjoey @jannem @slothrop @neil
The more the world shifts right, the harder I feel I need to push in the other direction.
Free healthcare, UBI, no billionaires...
This is what happens when you boost AND favorite a post
@hellomiakoda By "America", they mean "me and maybe my rich friends, unless I need to throw them under the bus for some reason".
The rest of us are NPCs.
This is peak malicious compliance and I love it
https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
Edit : the blog author is on the fediverse if you want to follow him here, and he maintains a follow page on his site with many options!
@undercarbonated
P.S.
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They are the code devs (whoooo)
They are the code devs (whoooo)
I am the codebase!
Goo-goo gə-ÞOOB!
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@undercarbonated I believe that is officially accepted as a regional dialect pronounciation.
Alternate spelling: giþub (for those who prefer thorny code-issues)
@riley I think maybe the Nazis have been stöckpiling umlauts, leading to shortages in heavily umlaut-dependent places like Finland.
The resultant proofreading chaos is, of course, part of the goal.
@ai6yr Our backyard is big enough, and this would make a super-cool shed... but I have no idea how we'd get it there (even if it were local to us which is presumably not the case).
Sigh...