Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994; mass shootings dropped by 43%.

George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004; mass shootings increased by 245%.

These numbers tell the whole story.

The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore.

It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that mostly isn't relevant...

I know there's a lot going on, but the Senate just passed a reckless amendment that would prohibit the enforcement of mask mandates on public transportation at the federal level for the next fiscal year.

Shamefully, 10 Democrats voted in favor of a ban:
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO
Brown (D-OH)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Manchin (D-WV)
Rosen (D-NV)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Tester (D-MT)

Yet another revelation....

Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show

At least one of those firms argued a case before Chief Justice Roberts after paying his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars. #SCOTUS #corruption

https://www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts-chief-justice-wife-10-million-commissions-2023-4

This is what an erupting volcano looks like from space.

Credit: NASA Johnson
More details: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38985/sarychev-peak-eruption-kuril-islands

The first beta of #Tusky v22 is out, including:

- View trending hashtags
- Edit image descriptions and focus point
- "Refresh" menu for accessibility
- Support Mastodon v4 filters
- Show detailed differences when a post is edited
- Option to show post statistics in the timeline

Fixes including:

- Show player controls during audio playback
- Correct post length calculation
- Always publish image captions

Full details at https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#v220-beta-1