https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.34KO.w5_2QxUw1u5R&smid=url-share

> When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.

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Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?

And how exactly can we tell whether America has crossed the line?

The New York Times

https://www.stateofdocs.com/2025/documentation-tooling-and-api-docs

> This comprehensive report explores how teams track their docs’ success, the future of the industry, the ongoing impact of AI on documentation, and much more.

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@ximenes That was just me. When posting my #FederatedMemory items I always use a content warning so someone has to at least click before seeing my propaganda ;)
Less meat is nearly always better than sustainable meat, to reduce your carbon footprint

Plant-based protein sources still have a lower footprint than the lowest-impact meat products.

Our World in Data
Open repositories are being profoundly impacted by AI bots and other crawlers: Report from a COAR Survey

Executive Summary Every day, multiple bots access the repository at all hours 24/7. We estimate performance degradation due to bot activity about once or twice a day, and at least once a week the s…

COAR

The 2024 data shows a similar picture of middle-class origin dominance of publishing. Although there are year-on-year variations, since 2019 there has consistently been more than 60% proportions of middle-class origin people in publishing occupations. In the same period, working-class origin proportions have never been above 20%.

https://thebeemagazine.com/publishings-class-problem/

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Publishing’s Class Problem

When you’re a child, your social class doesn’t determine how good you are at reading and writing. Yet half of our published writers are from middle-class backgrounds, and only 10 per cent are working class. Why?

The Bee

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> More than three-quarters of global agricultural land is used for livestock, despite meat and dairy making up a much smaller share of the world's protein and calories.

https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture

Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture

More than three-quarters of global agricultural land is used for livestock, despite meat and dairy making up a much smaller share of the world's protein and calories.

Our World in Data
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants

An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.

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