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Louis Rossman is right (beehaw.org)

Squabblr now officially a "free speech" cesspool, admins removed or forced out by owner (squabblr.co)

So I mean, most of us knew this beforehand and being on the fediverse we probably do not really care, but what was always on the horizon has no happened, the owner of Squabblr finally had enough having to be a decent person and has decided that his site is now “free speech purism”, so he gets to continue to insult LGBTQ...

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)

**Synopsis:**The article discusses the FBI’s seizure of the Mastodon server and emphasizes the need for privacy protection in decentralized platforms like the Fediverse. It calls for hosts to implement basic security measures, adopt policies to protect users, and notify them of law enforcement actions. Users are encouraged to...

What is your internet service plan? (kbin.social)

How much do you pay? How fast are your your real world speeds? Where are you located?

I know what I'm doing, I just don't care (imgflip.com)

The space armament treaty says: no nuclear, biological or laser weapons in space. but kinetics... (sh.itjust.works)

A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination (apnews.com)

The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district’s dress code....

Chinese activist who mocked Xi Jinping flees to South Korea on jet ski, arrested (www.indiatoday.in)

Has anyone defederated your instance? Introducing Defederation Investigator (defed.xyz)

cross-posted from: lemmy.basedcount.com/post/113726...

Georgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity (apnews.com)

A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class.

Early bird (lemmy.zip)

Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let’s abolish venture capitalism (www.theguardian.com)

Do you support sustainability, social responsibility, tech ethics, or trust and safety? Congratulations, you’re an enemy of progress. That’s according to the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.

Gaza death toll tops 5,000, nearly half of them children: Officials (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive....

Russia dismisses Ukraine peace plan: ‘Let’s decide it on the battlefield’ (www.scmp.com)

Nebraska governor signs executive order defining men as "bigger, stronger and faster" (boingboing.net)

Nebraska governor Jim Pillen, a Republican not noted as a women’s rights supporter, yesterday issued an executive order “defining” males and females and the attributes thereof. The anti-transgender political grandstanding offers fusty explanations of the sexes–men are “bigger, stronger and faster” on average–in...

What’s Happening in Italy Is Scary, and It’s Spreading (archive.is)

What a difference a few months can make....

Demonstration in Essen: Against Israel and in support of a Kaliphate in Germany (www.sueddeutsche.de)

Translation:...

Tulsa mom pleads guilty to allowing 12-year-old daughter to get pregnant by grown man (www.fox23.com)

It was one of the most bizarre sex crimes in recent Tulsa history. Now it’s over, and both adults involved are headed to prison....

Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)

Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

Nearly 80% of Texas' floating border barrier is technically in Mexico, survey finds (www.cbsnews.com)

A joint U.S.-Mexico topographical survey found that 787 feet of the 995-feet-long buoy line set up by Texas are in Mexico.

Unpatchable AMD Chip Flaw Unlocks Paid Tesla Feature Upgrades (www.tomshardware.com)

Original source: www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/…/index.html#jai…

I feel called out (sh.itjust.works)

Electorialism (tempted to vote biden) (slrpnk.net)

I am so so divided on if I should vote for biden or not. I wanna vote third party to at least do something or should I just stay home and protest and advocate where I can? Thoughts?