Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members: 'Complete and utter betrayal'
Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members: 'Complete and utter betrayal'
Alyx, a transgender woman who has served in the Air Force for 15 years, was approved in May for early retirement due to the Trump administrationโs policy prohibiting trans people from serving and enlisting in the military.Jo Yurcaba (NBC News)
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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified - Ars Technica
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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Trump is ineligible to travel to many countries due to his criminal convictions.
Mexico, Canada, Japan, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, South Korea, Ireland...
These countries ought to start enforcing that.
There are plenty who will just bend over and look the other way (India, UAE, South Africa, Israel, etc.) but plenty of them could just say 'Sorry, don't plan any trips here. Law and order and all that.'
The Trump Adminโs Branding Of An Indiana Detention Facility Is Getting Major Backlash | HuffPost Latest News
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The Trump Adminโs Branding Of An Indiana Detention Facility Is Getting Major Backlash
It's the latest move making light of harsh immigration policies.Li Zhou (HuffPost)
Oh my goodness.. Just look how excited this lil' guy is!
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So, if you get gerrymandered out of representation in your state, is that taxation without representation?
Asking for a nation. You may recall we had some issues with that around 250 years ago.
โก๏ธ Romania reportedly suspects Russian sabotage behind Azeri crude oil contamination.
The crude mixed with organic chloride, which was transported through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, threatened to seriously corrode infrastructure at OMV Petromโs Petrobrazi refinery, potentially triggering a national fuel crisis, G4Media reported.
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Romania reportedly suspects Russian sabotage behind Azeri crude oil contamination
The crude mixed with organic chloride, which was transported through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, could have seriously corroded infrastructure at OMV Petromโs Petrobrazi refinery, potentially triggering a national fuel crisis, G4Media reported.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
Patch Now: New WinRAR Flaw Used to Deliver Malware
ESET discovers a Russian hacking group exploiting the vulnerability to deliver malware through phishing emails. WinRAR patched it, but it's up to users to install version 7.13.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Courts Start Asking About The ICE Arrest Quota The Administration Is Now Pretending Isnโt A Quota
Arrest/ticketing quotas have almost always been found illegal by courts. They used to be commonplace, but courts (at all levels) have generally ruled that quotas pervert incentives so much they encโฆTechdirt
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith: "They don't have a right to see a judge... When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, did we give them due process?"
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process?...These people are not seeing a judge.โ
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Read more about it in Morning Shots:
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Referring to previous injusctices and pretending they were OK is typical conservative thinking. It leads to anti-LGBT, anti-woman, anti-black, anti-science, and anti-progressive policies and actions. "Everything was so much better before <insert hated thing here> was allowed."
Horrible thinking, horrible people.
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my friend's family has been here in the US before the US was the US
his family tree goes back to the 1500s
yes, some of the family speak Spanish
OMFG I"M SO SICK OF ALL OF THIS RACISM AND BIGOTRY
Girl Guides of Canada suspends U.S. trips over restrictions, safety concerns - National | Globalnews.ca
Girl Guides of Canada suspends U.S. trips over restrictions, safety concerns
The Girl Guides of Canada says it's pausing all trips to the U.S. starting in September, with plans to choose alternative locations, amid restrictions by the Trump administration.Sean Previl (Global News)
Did FN die?
So, while I'm not as active in the furry community as I used to be, I still have accounts on FurAffinity, InkBunny, SoFurry, Weasyl and FurryNetwork. Weird thing is that the latter isn't being updated any more, when I browse artwork sorted by latest posting, that page hasn't changed in weeks, one of the pics on the bottom row is from 3 July! Also the one or two people I'm following haven't posted in at least a month, maybe more. Anyone know what's going on?
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Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France
Shocker, Nestle is involved
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Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France
Claims that natural mineral water brands are filtering their water have shocked the country.Hugh Schofield (BBC News)
by showing the thief taking the result of this work, it also falls into the "content" trap.
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#Merz again urged that #Israel desist from annexing any further #territory in the #WestBank.
But the chancellor also underscored that Israel was obligated to provide for the #nutrition & #health of Gazans, saying that, having decided on a further offensive in an already devastated #Gaza, โthe Israeli government bears even greater responsibility than before for providing for their needs.โ
The main imports from Germany are frigates & torpedoes, the institute said, which are unlikely to have much use in #Gaza. It was not immediately clear what arms Germany would now withhold from Israel.
Still, the quick German response will be felt in Israel & is likely to be followed by other countries.
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"There's video effects, we can add as many buses as we want!"
(This is a reference to an ancient video)
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@jiri I think I'm misunderstanding you somewhere - your first response was that you deleted them without listening.
Fully agree that spam/scam calls are horrendous.
Yes. I translated "Sprachnachricht" to english without realizing that there are multiple means to voice messages. In german the "Sprachnachricht" or "Sprachi" is considered a voice message sent by so0me messanging app like telegram/whatsapp/signal/whatever. I always delete these without listening. If people want to talk to me, they may simply call.
Indiana gets a big EV charging boost and Pilotโs a big winner | Electrek
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Indiana gets a big EV charging boost and Pilotโs a big winner
Indiana awards $3.3 million to build 36 public EV charging sites statewide, boosting highway and community access by 2026.Michelle Lewis (Electrek)
A CORRECTED version of DHS's poster.
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#USpolitics #ICE #fascism #Nazism #antifascism #antiNazism #antifascist #antifa #antiICE #poster #immigrant #immigration #support #UndocumentedImmigrants #Protect #Your #Community #Communities
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At this point I just have to laugh and cry simultaneously when people fall for the enshittify rugpull again and again and again.
"Oh this new VC funded startup with no funding model is just giving away all these cool goods and services for free or very cheap! This is amazing!"
Later
"What the hell, now they want to cram ads and charge money for all this stuff we've been enjoying for free, and remove features, but also we're really locked in by network effects and vendor lock-in... Fine I'll pay up THIS time, but I won't fall for this next time"
Later
"Oh this new VC funded startup with no funding model is just giving away all these cool goods and services for free or very cheap! This is amazing!"
Keep 'em separated
Pretty fascinating this guy's background and things he's done.
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Keep 'em separated
Dexter Holland, the lead singer of the punk-rock band The Offspring, has a lot of different interests. One of them is biology.Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, Geoff Hunt (www.asbmb.org)
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Hegseth attended church service organized by โChristian nationalistโ pastor who doesnโt think women should vote and wants US to be theocracy | The Independent
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Hegseth attended church service organized by โChristian nationalistโ pastor who doesnโt think women should vote and wants US to be theocracy
Doug Wilson has faced criticism for right-wing views on feminism, slavery, and gay marriageJosh Marcus (The Independent)
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IRS Commissioner On Direct File Program: โItโs Goneโ
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NetherSX2 lets you enjoy PS2 games on Android with enhanced graphics, no ads, and full control. Get the latest NetherSX2 APK and start playing!0a48f8 (NethersX2)
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