This week on Serious Trouble: Mouse on Manboy, my friend Mitch Epner shows up to prove he DOES have better cross-examination ideas than Joe Tacopina, and the hot hot Rule against Perpetuities action you’ve been demanding.
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/a-detailed-explanation-of-the-rule#details
Listen now (47 min) | You asked for it...
There seem to be a number of pundits insisting that anything short of putting trans people in camps is not "an attack on trans people's rights."
Please understand how ridiculous that sort of characterization is.
Tell me, are the “ethics in games-journalism” folks up in arms about the new IGN review of the Harry Potter game?
Despite saying the game suffers from “just about every issue that makes IGN’s performance review team cry,” and that you WILL fall through the floor a time or two, the site gives the game a 9/10.
The site has a side-bar about the anti-trans sentiment of its IP-creator, but ignores the anti-Semitic tropes in the game.
1. Florida teachers are being told to remove all books from their classroom libraries OR FACE FELONY PROSECUTION
The new policy is based on the premise that teachers are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.
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https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1617518566953349120
Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other "unvetted" book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution. The new policy is part of an effort to comply with new laws and regulations championed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R). It is based on the premise, promoted by right-wing advocacy groups, that teachers and librarians are using books to "groom" students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies.
Vivek Shah attended several Hollywood parties. While there, he preset the settings on his phone camera (including shutter speed, white balance, ISO, metering type, and exposure value) and asked friends or bystanders to use his phone to take photos of...
I've been speaking and writing lately about how tech companies try to shift the discussion on misinformation, polarization, harassment, etc., away from the systems and structures that are inherently toxic and toward questions of individual behavior.
This way they can blame their own users for any pathology and steer clear of calls for systemic change.
Today Elon Musk has come through with a perfect illustration for my future talks.
5 day average:
S&P 500: -2.09%
NASDAQ: -3.09%
TSLA: -18.73%
Other car makers:
Ford: -12.55%
GM: -7.7%
Toyota: -2.22%
BMW: -0.03%
Just saying
News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse (NOT bots).
Several posts long. Expand to see whole thread.
(Suggestions appreciated.)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS (English)
@ArcticToday
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@globalvoices
@mondoweiss (Palestine & world)
@newlinesmag
@openDemocracy
@rferl (Radio Free Europe)
@thecontinent (African continent)
@TheConversationAfrica (Africa)
@thenation (US & world)
@VOANews (Voice of America)
Continued in next post...
Ken White
Parker Molloy
Judd Legum
Eric Goldman (OLD ACCOUNT)
Carl T. Bergstrom
Chance The Lawyer ⚡︎
Ben Sandofsky
Zhi Zhu 🕸️