There it is, then. The future of the country. DeSantis will be worse than even Trump.

That’s a pretty nice list of services. I’d love an add-on version of https://ytd.mstdn.social/

Thanks!

Lol. I need this book.

Trading permanent hostilities with your largest neighbour in exchange for extra security from said neighbour. We live in depressing times.

awarding 12 protesters a total of $14 million in compensation following a three-week trial.

If this catches on, we’re looking at billions of dollars worth of compensation. Hopefully it comes out of the bloated police budget, and not just by taxing people.

This is not a fun fact. This is not fun at all.

Very detailed post. Thanks for sharing. I’m saving it for now, but will give it a read later. You could also make it a post on its own.

Very interesting!

sad, funny, true.

The number of bills to restrict gender-affirming health care for transgender youths has grown from one in 2018 to 36 this year… Bills seeking to limit transgender sports participation have grown from zero in 2018 to 58 this year.

based on disinformation about gender-affirming medical care, which is supported by all relevant accredited medical associations

There is something very wrong with our political system if representatives can vote on a “medical issue” when all medical associations oppose it. I don’t know what the solution is, but this is wrong. There has to be some mechanism to prevent such abuse of majority power, especially when it harms minorities.

It’s pronounced ‘jif’

It is.

Stephen Wilhite worked on GIF… while employed at CompuServe in the 1980s.

Wow. I didn’t know gifs were that old.

RIP.

… he was denied entry by Indian authorities without any explanation.

an immigration officer at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) at Thiruvananthapuram airport said the reason for Osella’s deportation cannot be revealed. “He was denied entry as per orders from higher officials. No reason can be revealed,” he said.

he was surprised at the decision to deport the scholar since his work rarely touched upon hot-button political issues of the day.

Neither the conference nor the organisers had anything politically sensitive as it was being jointly organised with government agencies, universities and some of the top academics.

This is very strange. At first, I thought it had to be because Kerala is governed by CPI(M) and the centre by BJP. So it was political. But the last two quotes make that unlikely. I wonder if any information will be revealed.

🤣

Hackers should focus their efforts on petroleum corporations rather than environmental protection agencies…

Monsanto is the worst of the worst.

Monsanto… never manufactured PCBs in Ohio or discharged them into Ohio waterways, Bayer said in a statement.

Yeah, sure, you’re settling out of the goodness of your heart.

the company reached a $648 million proposed class action settlement with about 2,500 cities and other local governments

The execs deserve to rot in prison.

See also: What is Lemmy? What is Lemmygrad? What’s the difference?

That’s a very well-written summary. Thanks!

Oh yeah that’s a good idea.