| SimpleX | https://smp18.simplex.im/a#4rgJBQLPvQin-MtvAa_b8ZnJCUU465Vt0-yrZ_gvbxY |
Trigger warning: pardoned Jan. 6 defendants commit heinous new crimes
About trans rights:
They're a wedge issue. If you think it's okay to deprive trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn. Which puts you on a slippery slope to no human rights for anyone.
When you trace the roots of the modern anti-trans movement they boil down to some combination of bigotry and billionaire bullshit— the oligarchs think rights are for the rich.
So: trans-rights are human rights. No exceptions.
If a human tells me they are a tiger (seriously) it makes me want to keep that person out of my life, if I can help it.
We all might have cases where a family member is mentally ill, so I try to reduce my stress, chaos risk, emo-drama and sabotaging delusions "budget spend" for dealing with them, at most.
As Americans especially we are forced to wade through a storm of gaslighting by our politicians ("Up is down! Down is up!"), corporate advertisers ("You need our product or lifestyle such-and-such!") and VC (eg. on AI).
#US Award-Winning Journalist Shelly Kittleson Kidnapped In #Baghdad
Sources told The Times [UK] that Shelly Kittleson was taken by Kata’ib Hezbollah on a busy street in Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon
„The State Department said a suspect taken into custody by Iraqi authorities had ties to Kataib Hezbollah.“
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/03/american-journalist-shelly-kittleson-abducted-iraq
A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The two are media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss cited the First Amendment in his decision. The impact was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the president and Congress.
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Findings of a new study ([https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352]) in brief:
Asshole: Am I the asshole here?
Chatbot: No! Not at all!
Asshole: Hey, you're right! Now I'll act even more like an asshole!
Oh, and by the way, I like this chatbot so much that I plan to spend more time with it!
Coda:
Republicans: You know what? Let's not regulate AI at all!
American Heart Association urges people to favour plant-based proteins, replace full fat dairy
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/american-heart-association-urges-people-to-favour-plant-based-proteins-replace-full-fat-dairy/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into HEALTH @health-CTVNews
The American Heart Association’s new nutrition guidance, released on Tuesday, emphasized a dietary pattern rich in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, prioritizing plant-based protein over meat, while limiting sugar, salt and ultra-processed foods and replacing full fat dairy with non-fat and low-fat dairy.
Charlie Stross
David Roberts
synlogic4242
I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑🔥
Sebastian Lasse
Trump Watch 👀
Marc Abrahams
Alfie Kohn
CTV News