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And here comes the censorship.

Microsoft has been punishing those who use the words #Gaza #Genocide and #Palestine by not delivering their #email. Sender beware.

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This I find terrifying. And a bit discombobulating. Microsoft is no small company.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/22/microsoft-emails-gaza-palestine.html

"American diplomats in at least two countries have recently delivered internal reports to Washington that reflect a grim new reality taking hold abroad: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign aid is bringing about the violence and chaos that many had warned would come."

~ Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester

#Trump #Musk #DOGE #USAID #InternationalAid #GlobalStability #violence #chaos #terrorism #SexualViolence #HumanTrafficking
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https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking

Hectic two weeks leaves russia confident - and peace in #Ukraine feeling no closer

by Steve Rosenberg

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w387gr30ro

Grifter rips off thirsty crypto chumps.

Influencer who attended Trump’s memecoin dinner says he got a ‘Walmart steak’—and no access to the president
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/05/23/trump-memecoin-dinner-nicholas-pinto-bad-food/

#ImpeachTrumpNow #NoRepublicansEverAgain #RepublicansOwnItAll #RepublicanKakistocracy #VoteBlue #NoFascism #USPol

The standard excuse is "real artists study other artists, therefore AI is not stealing."

Here's the thing. Real artists study other artists, and do not produce nearly identical works, and if they do, they will contact the other artist and ask permission to publish the derivative work.

AI = plaigiarism-as-a-service

#Trump admin files motion to end #protections for #immigrant #children in federal custody

The Trump admin filed a motion on Thurs to end a policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, in a move that likely will be challenged by advocates.

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-5-22-2025#00000196-f917-d10a-a9b7-f9df05a80000

Reposting with alt.

Because I’m quite dim, I didn’t realise exactly what they had done and how extremely clever these women had been. #TransLivesMattter 👏👏👏

The government (and everyone else, frankly) need to stay out of trans people’s underwear. 🏳️‍⚧️

*edit to add the link to the Pink News article: https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/17/scottish-parliament-holyrood-trans-protest-supreme-court/

*edit 2 to add a link to an interview with Sugar, who organised and took part in the protest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbA0q0eqYnM (thanks to @anni for sharing this)