Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics....
In 2015, Democratic Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper voted for Senate Bill 34, which restricted law enforcement from sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state authorities. In 2023, now-Sacramento County Sheriff Cooper appears to be doing just that....
Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention....
DeSantis' June 5 tweet touting Florida's role in the politically important state came after Iowa told his administration its help in the recovery effort of a building collapse was not needed.
Now that the relationship with China has soured and the People’s Republic of China has become the greatest adversarial threat to the U.S. and Western security, policymakers should revisit thi…
It seemed strange that Twitter posted this update on its business blog until the company mentioned that rate limiting has had a "minimal" effect on advertising. Many pointed out that limiting the number of tweets users could read per day would make it harder for advertisers to reach users and for Twitter to make money....
Scientists at the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction said that the world's average temperature had reached 17.01C on 3 July, breaking the previous record of 16.92C that had stood since August 2016.
Astronomers recently announced that they had discovered 62 new moons around the ringed planet Saturn and more are being added to the list. So, how have they lain hidden for so long?
A global study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that economic inequality on a social level cannot be explained by bad choices among the poor nor by good decisions among the rich. Poor decisions were the same across all income groups,...
David Lloyd Walther, 57, admitted to downloading the materials to a computer at Faith Baptist Church in Round Rock, where he served as pastor prior to his November arrest.
The Mizan news agency of Iran's judiciary confirmed the executions, describing the two men as having insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad and promoted atheism....
The two men executed, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare, died at Arak Prison in central Iran on Monday. They had been arrested in May 2020, accused of being involved in a channel on the Telegram message app called “Critique of Superstition and Religion,” according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Both men faced months of solitary confinement and could not contact their families, the commission said.
"Critique of superstition and Religion"
In my dictionary, when you cannot leave a religion then it is called a cult.
And this is why this subject matters. People keep getting killed for promoting atheism. I've worked with iranians in the past and some among them told me how happy they were to work remote from Iran, in a country where they can stop faking being a muslim. It was a relief for them for the duration of their stay.
An "amateur hour" Javascript bug is self-DDOSing Twitter, sending infinite requests from users related to — or possibly even causing — Elon Musk's "temporary emergency measures" to stop web scraping.
Watch the European satellite, called Euclid, soar to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida's Space Coast. The launch took place today, July 1, at 11:11 a.m EDT.
US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world (www.theguardian.com)
American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights
Speak up now: What should our community guidelines be? (kbin.social)
Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics....
Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show (www.sacbee.com)
In 2015, Democratic Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper voted for Senate Bill 34, which restricted law enforcement from sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state authorities. In 2023, now-Sacramento County Sheriff Cooper appears to be doing just that....
Twitter’s running busted ads for Amazon and Sky TV (www.theverge.com)
Ads from Amazon, Sky, and On Running are showing people a placeholder image with Twitter’s logo.
Can we please remember to talk about things on the fediverse besides the fediverse itself? (kbin.social)
Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention....
Extremist-Related Mass Killings Have Been On The Rise (fivethirtyeight.com)
An article showing the massive increase in extremists related killing and attempted killings over the last few years.
Ron DeSantis bragged about sending help to Iowa — 10 hours after being told it wasn't needed (www.nbcnews.com)
DeSantis' June 5 tweet touting Florida's role in the politically important state came after Iowa told his administration its help in the recovery effort of a building collapse was not needed.
JWST Has Now Captured All 4 Giant Planets (media.kbin.social)
Quantum computer built by Google can instantly execute a task that would normally take 47 years (www.earth.com)
A new quantum computer can execute calculations in mere moments that would take the most advanced supercomputers 47 years to process.
China is in default on a trillion dollars in debt to US bondholders. Will the US force repayment? (thehill.com)
Now that the relationship with China has soured and the People’s Republic of China has become the greatest adversarial threat to the U.S. and Western security, policymakers should revisit thi…
Twitter says it couldn't tell people about rate limiting in advance | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
It seemed strange that Twitter posted this update on its business blog until the company mentioned that rate limiting has had a "minimal" effect on advertising. Many pointed out that limiting the number of tweets users could read per day would make it harder for advertisers to reach users and for Twitter to make money....
World sees hottest day since records began (www.bbc.com)
Scientists at the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction said that the world's average temperature had reached 17.01C on 3 July, breaking the previous record of 16.92C that had stood since August 2016.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the Sun releasing a strong solar flare – see the bright flash on the top right area of the Sun (media.kbin.social)
Why Saturn has another new moon (www.bbc.com)
Astronomers recently announced that they had discovered 62 new moons around the ringed planet Saturn and more are being added to the list. So, how have they lain hidden for so long?
Reddit braces for life after API changes (techcrunch.com)
Reddit and its communities are preparing for a life after the platform's API changes forced popular third-party apps to shut down.
Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad choices, study finds (phys.org)
A global study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that economic inequality on a social level cannot be explained by bad choices among the poor nor by good decisions among the rich. Poor decisions were the same across all income groups,...
Our infant solar system may have survived a nearby supernova explosion (www.space.com)
Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest that a supernova erupted in the vicinity of the solar system as it was forming.
Delete Twitter Account’ Searches Soar 292% (www.valuewalk.com)
'Delete Twitter account' searches have risen by 292% in the U.S. as Elon Musk limits how many tweets users can view
FAA approves first VTOL flying car (kbin.social)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/tech/flying-car-faa/index.html
Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images (www.nbcnews.com)
David Lloyd Walther, 57, admitted to downloading the materials to a computer at Faith Baptist Church in Round Rock, where he served as pastor prior to his November arrest.
Iran hangs pair in rare blasphemy case as executions surge (www.9news.com.au)
The Mizan news agency of Iran's judiciary confirmed the executions, describing the two men as having insulted Islam's Prophet Muhammad and promoted atheism....
Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits: "It's amateur hour" - Waxy.org (waxy.org)
An "amateur hour" Javascript bug is self-DDOSing Twitter, sending infinite requests from users related to — or possibly even causing — Elon Musk's "temporary emergency measures" to stop web scraping.
SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope on a six year mission to map the 'dark universe' like never before [Video] (cdn.jwplayer.com)
Watch the European satellite, called Euclid, soar to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida's Space Coast. The launch took place today, July 1, at 11:11 a.m EDT.
Notable U.S. State laws taking effect from July 1 (www.nbcnews.com)
July 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for most U.S. states, and with that comes the enactment of new laws. Here's a list of the notable ones:...