Mastodawn

All aboard the Crazy Train! There is no significant vote fraud, but for the right-wingers to justify suppressing vote, there has to be, so . . .
1. "Conservative" activist tries to commit vote fraud to prove it's running rampant by woke liberals.
2. Activist gets caught and prosecuted, ironically proving fraud isn't allowed to go undetected.
Rinse and repeat.
https://wapo.st/4taZcJK

Conservative activist convicted in voter-fraud case

In Wisconsin, Harry Wait said he set out to expose the potential for voter fraud. He ordered mail ballots in the names of others — and got charged with felonies.

The Washington Post

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 1h ago

Techlore 3h ago

🚨 UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots in various contexts. Your silence is a yes.

Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 1h ago

Brian Vastag 3h ago

Hard agree.

"**Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’**

‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/neal_stephenson_death_of_metaverse/

Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’

: ‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’

The Register

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 1h ago

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇2h ago

"The Jetsons Lied to Us."

Twonks on the AI Revolution.

A+, no notes.

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 1h ago

Robert Sanscartier 22h ago

#USA #US

Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay

After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create

https://www.desmog.com/2026/03/24/climate-disasters-are-hitting-homeowners-through-insurance-bills-and-states-want-big-oil-to-pay/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay

DeSmog

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 1h ago

emptywheel 1d ago

Pretending Jared was qualified to invest $2B for MbS has bought him American service members to put at risk. Jared’s conflict here could lead direct to American deaths, even before you consider he is painfully stupid.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nb6uhiglzowsdcbgwv2itwa7/post/3mhsre3foq22y

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 4h ago

Brent Toderian 5h ago

If you’re in your car in traffic and you see people moving smoothly on bikes in a protected bike-lane, or a full bus zooming past you in a bus-only lane, sure you could be mad at them for moving faster than you, or you could be someone who understands geometry and knows that providing mobility choices that take less space makes getting around cities better for EVERYONE.

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 10h ago

kim_harding ✅10h ago

5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/middle-east-iran-conflict-environment-climate
War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds

Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

The Guardian

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 10h ago

kim_harding ✅10h ago

New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the world is watching
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/new-mexico-just-handed-meta-its-first-courtroom-defeat-over-child-safety-and-the-rest-of-the-country-is-watching/
A jury in Santa Fe on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties after finding the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangered children.

We don't need age verification, we need Big Tech to take responsibility for their algorithms and platforms...

New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching | TechCrunch

The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.

TechCrunch

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia 10h ago

kim_harding ✅10h ago

Eco‑anxiety: how do young people relate to the climate crisis?
https://theconversation.com/eco-anxiety-how-do-young-people-relate-to-the-climate-crisis-277520

Original research review paper here https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.70114

Eco-anxiety: how do young people relate to the climate crisis?

New research questions the “eco-anxiety” label and whether it really encompasses the complexity of the emotional, mental or physical distress young people feel over the planet’s woes.

The Conversation

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