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Retired cis het white guy, nevertheless a progressive. Worked in IT focused on Apple. Don’t own a single MSFT product. Delving into HA, long time gardener, working toward permaculture.
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A clarinetist, a high school student, and four climate deniers write a science paper, with a little help from AI…

https://slrpnk.net/post/35510529

A clarinetist, a high school student, and four climate deniers write a science paper, with a little help from AI… - SLRPNK

Lemmy

Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny | Discussing climate change can make a difference. Focusing on the impacts in everyday life is a good place to start

https://slrpnk.net/post/35510627

Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny | Discussing climate change can make a difference. Focusing on the impacts in everyday life is a good place to start - SLRPNK

Lemmy

Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show

Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes.

DeSmog
We @openrightsgroup . are publishing today the legal opinion about the Home Office's use of ChatGPT4 in the asylum system decision-making process. The legal opinion concludes that these tools are likely unlawful, which could open the way for a legal challenge.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-artificial-intelligence-asylum-claims-backlog-b2937111.html
Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn

Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

The Independent

Cooperatives are a solid alternative to capitalism. 3 million worldwide, 1 billion members. No predatory shareholders, no permanent boss, no petty managers. One voice = one person. It's been working for two centuries and it works! Please consider sharing :-)

https://novafuture.org/economics/the-cooperative-an-anarchist-utopia-that-works-beautifully/

#economy #anarchism #history #democracy #business

Worker cooperatives: the economic model that challenges capitalism

Discover why worker cooperatives are more than just an alternative to capitalism: democratic governance, profit sharing, proven resilience. A model that has worked for two centuries.

NovaFuture

"'The formation of a union was the only vehicle to achieve and secure those rights, and I wasn’t going to let Cesar or anyone else get in the way.' ...

America loves a good story, and the Farmworker movement story is one we should keep telling. One man’s abusive behavior doesn’t change what happened."

#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #women #SexualAbuse #farmworkers
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"But it’s time to let go of the neatly packaged myth and embrace a messier and more holistic version: one where thousands of farmworkers, over decades, stood together in solidarity and changed the fabric of America forever."

#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #women #SexualAbuse #farmworkers
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"The difference between a movement based on commitment to the dignity of all people and a cult of personality is that the former holds the powerful accountable, does not treat survivors as dispensable, and recognizes that any social justice movement worthy of our support is far greater than one individual."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #women #SexualAbuse #farmworkers
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https://www.contrariannews.org/p/hard-truths

Hard Truths

A movement is more than one man

The Contrarian

"In a letter, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of blocking the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing an unredacted document from the Epstein files about an investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering, Bloomberg reports."

~ David Kurtz

#Epstein #Trump #PamBondi #ToddBlanche #coverup
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/its-my-war-and-ill-cry-if-i-want

It's My War and I'll Cry If I Want To

INSIDE: Joe Kent ... Cesar Chavez ... Jeffrey Epstein

Morning Memo
The #Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data
Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.
But while the debate about accelerating #globalwarming remains unsettled, a growing number of #scientists do agree on another troubling development: The effects of #climatechange are intensifying in ways that have surprised even experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/climate/the-weather-is-getting-wilder-and-some-see-a-dire-signal-in-the-data.html
https://archive.ph/J3N1k
#climage
The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.

The New York Times