Always like this song
And never knew the origin of the line 'You don't have to call me Mister mister, the whole world calls me Hank', but now I do
Hey #spoonies ! Anybody want a sneak preview of the #turtleBower website?
We need someone to do the #altText for the dozen or so images on the site.
I can email you links of the individual pages and then you just reply back with yer lovely words and my web team will add them.
This whole project is by spoonies for spoonies, so if you've got a spoon to spare and want to help create a pilot project of collaborative convalescence and co-living, creating a space where we can thrive, boop me!
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"Rednecks, hippies, misfits β we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless. I don't like seeing anybody treated unfairly. It sticks in my craw. I hold on to the values from my childhood."
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Enough people have already mentioned that you can NOT just remove everything after "?", but there's more wrong here.
While YouTubes "si" query parameter can track you and who you send a link to, that is NOT true for static parameters like "utm_source" with "newsletter" or "utm_medium" with "email". All they tell the website operator is that the link was clicked X times from within the newsletter and Y times from an e-mail, but it's impossible to draw any connection here between two individuals that shared this link in some way.
These parameters aren't only important to advertisers (they usually aren't at all), but they are important to the website operator, especially if it's a small business with limited resources. It shows them if a newsletter is actually read or how many clicks they received from Mastodon and so on. It shows them that the mediums they are using are actually worth pursuing or if they should focus their attention on something else.
Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue
Uhhhh not really
That also has stuff like timestamps. And in some links, such as on youtube.com/watch?v=videocode, the actually important part of the link is also after the ? (as opposed to on youtu.be/videocode).
ICE has been systematically abducting sex workers too. For example, massage parlors, all year, but people are neither defending nor supporting these workers like the street vendor buyouts and "Adopt a Day Laborer" campaigns. From New York to Louisiana. truthout.org/articles/sex-workβ¦
Over 90 days in January and February, nearly 1,000 arrests in Queens, New York, targeted immigrant sex workers and street vendors. In Arizona, over 200 arrests were made. In Texas, 11 parlors were closed in February and May under emergency powers that bypass criminal charges. Across 20+ cities this year, police collaborated with ICE in similar raids.
"DecrimSexWorkCA ... has organized ICE patrols, and distributed over $20,000 in emergency relief to undocumented and other sex workers since 2023. Their model is mutual aid, not charity." Other migrant sex worker support mainly comes from other sex workers in other underfunded grassroots groups like Red Canary Song and Trans Immigrant Project.
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE β and Abandoned by Respectability Politics
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movementβs full solidarity.Kate Zen (Truthout)
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Hope this helps someone?
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Looking for the best alternative to Google Workspace. Currently trying Zoho, but meh, it's okay. I have a custom domain and looking for decent Linux support. I'm looking email, calendar, contacts, storage and possibly photos. Any suggestions or thoughts?
Repeat after me: "#Capitalism optimizes for capital accumulation."
Not for quality of work results. Not for survivable working conditions. Not for human needs met with the things we produce. Not for sustainable living on this planet.
For efficiency, yes, but we have to steer where it is we want to get to efficiently.
This is why we need regulation. Regulation is what enforces other values.
Capitalism is a demon hellhound pulling our plough. Regulation is putting a harness on it. And a muzzle. And maybe trim its claws and house-train it while you're at it.
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Dutch embassy cancels LGBTIQ+ rights event in Dakar after Senegalese government warning
The Dutch embassy in Senegal on Friday canceled an LGBTIQ+ event planned in Dakar after the Senegalese government issued a warning prohibiting activities that could be seen as promoting homosexuality, AD reports.NL Times
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CE/FBI have arrested 10 Dallas-area people following a "noise demonstration" at the Prarieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, TX. Around a dozen people gathered to make noise and shoot fireworks for detainees inside the facility who face threat of deportation under Trump's new immigration crackdown. After the demonstration, police claim that two people exchanged gunfire with ICE and federal troops on a nearby street. Subsequently, police arrested everyone in the area and are charging them with terrorism and attempted murder. That night, an 11th person was arrested after receiving a phone call from a loved one in the jail. He was arrested by FBI near Garland, TX with a box of zines in his car. Finding nothing to charge him with, FBI have turned him over to ICE in order to jeopardize his green card status. Raids of homes have continued apace, affecting several other houses across Texas. In one instance, the son of two of the defendants was taken into custody by the FBI.
All people of good conscience must rise up in defense of these people, who rightfully gathered to uplift the plight and suffering of detainees. As the Trump administration sends immigrants to "third countries" such as South Sudan, El Salvador, and Guantanamo Bay, it is the right and responsibility of all people to take urgent action in defense of a free life and society.
Support the arrestees legal defense by donating to givesendgo.com/SupportDFWProteβ¦
Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters
EspaΓ±ol abajo Support DFW Anti ICE ProtestersOn the night of July 4th, local police arrested 10 people outside the ICE Prairieland detention facility in Alva...GiveSendGo
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The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You | The New Republic
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The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You
The Justice Department is looking at criminal charges against local election officials who donβt βsafeguardβ their systems. And yes, itβs as bad as it sounds.The New Republic
They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
How James Gunn's comments about "basic human kindness" triggered a predictable right-wing media meltdown.Parker Molloy (The Present Age)
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LA school district demands inquiry after Ice officers filmed urinating on campus | Los Angeles | The Guardian
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LA school district demands inquiry after Ice officers filmed urinating on campus
Officials in Pico Rivera say agents gathered before a raid and soiled parking lot after being asked to leaveRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
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Judge says DHS must stop race-based immigration arrests, granting temporary restraining orders
The judge's decision blocks DHS agents from stopping individuals based on factors like their race or the language they speak.ABC7 Los Angeles
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Some dangerous but frequently expressed myths spotted in the media:
Wealth trickles down from the rich.... (it doesn't);
The state is like a household & must therefore 'balance the books'.... (it isn't & doesn't);
The poor have only themselves to blame...(no, poverty is often due to external factors);
The rich got there through hard work.... (no, mostly the rich have either benefitted form inheritance or have, unacknowledged, good luck)....
Just sayin'
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I don't know why we're pretending this is complicated. ICE wears masks because we all saw what happened at Nuremburg when the Gestapo didn't.
That's it.
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Did a route ending way out in Lake St Louis, grabbed an order on the way home in MO'Fallon that turned out to be 2 BBQ grills, was fun stuffing those into a Chevy Bolt. Delivered those, grabbed a RX order in St Chas, and on the way saw a prescription order, $80 for 79 miles. βgrabby paws... slaps selfβ No touchee, 103 miles of range, that will drop on the highway, it's rush hour, there's no chargers out there, and we still have 9 miles on this order.
#today #work #gigwork #STL #deliveries
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Governor Signs Washingtonβs First-in-the-Nation Shared Streets Law Β» The Urbanist
Governor Signs Washingtonβs First-in-the-Nation Shared Streets Law Β» The Urbanist
# Cities in Washington will have the legal authority to create shared streets, which feature much lower speed limits and put pedestrians first, under Senate Bill 5595. Governor Bob Ferguson signed the bill into law Saturday.Mark Ostrow (Guest Contributor) (The Urbanist)
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Trump nominates a Tesla critic to lead NHTSA | Electrek
Heh, I don't think the war between them is over
electrek.co/2025/07/10/trump-nβ¦
Trump nominates a Tesla critic to lead NHTSA
President Trump has nominated Jonathan Morrison to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Morrison has previously criticized and...Fred Lambert (Electrek)
Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesnβt Praise Donald Trump Might Be βConsumer Fraudβ (No, Really)
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey just sent threatening letters to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming their AI chatbots violated Missouriβs consumer protection laws. The crimβ¦Techdirt
Hey! Stop what you're doing and nominate someone for the OpenUK Open Source Awards!
You can nominate any UK based person, project, or group. Including yourself π
We promise a glittering awards ceremony which is free to attend (no pay to play here) and a chance to show off how brilliant the UK's FOSS scene is.
#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenHardware #OpenUK
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Brief Congress update: my very own district in "deep red east NC" has been drifting to the center for years.
It's flippable in '26.
I'm so ready for this, I'm doing FARM FACTS FOR KIM HARDY.
For every donation to this link I will post one (1) farm fact!
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Ventura Co is one of the US's biggest farm producers, cranking out 1.5B worth of fruits & nuts alone in 2022.
Over 1/5 of the US's strawberry acreage, and 1/3 of all US acreage of lemons & avocados, are in Ventura Co.
And a little at odds with the "California agribusiness giant" image, nearly 3/4 of the farms in Ventura Co are under 50 acres.
One-fifth of the farmers- not farm workers, FARMERS- in Ventura Co are Latino.
Does anyone know of any #FreeSoftware implementations of the #RCS encrypted messaging protocol? There is the nine year old
github.com/android-rcs/rcsjta I wonder if that is usable?
GitHub - android-rcs/rcsjta: RCS-e stack for Android with GSMA API
RCS-e stack for Android with GSMA API. Contribute to android-rcs/rcsjta development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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So Bluesky is about to require people to verify their age, which means sharing their real identity. Iβve no problem with people knowing my identity but then Iβm not trying to hide from abusers. Or explore my gender. Or be a whistleblower. Or protest without getting arrested. Or or orβ¦ there are so many reasons people need anonymity.
Despite being myself online I am not keen to show Bluesky my scanned face or my bank card. So I guess I wonβt be sticking around there.
I gave my advice before I left, which was βSwitch to Mastodon, nobody there cares who you are, as long as youβre funny.β
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