A Lloyd Flanagan

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A Lloyd FlanaganAug 19, 2023
Sean KleefeldAug 19, 2023
Gaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
“I will always be on the side of the libraries”: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a fierce supporter of libraries. The author of American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Sandman, Coraline, and so many more has had a lifelong love affair with reading. And he credits librarians for fostering his curiosity about books and learning at a young age. Gaiman spoke with I Love Libraries recently about libraries, comic books, book banning in the U.S., movies, and more.

I Love Libraries
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 19, 2023
mccAug 19, 2023
Some ideas just clicked together in the right way in my head and I realized something: Eventually on Mastodon I'm going to get told I should try out Linux by someone who was born after the first time I installed Linux
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 19, 2023
Cory DoctorowAug 19, 2023

It's a breathtaking fraud: #SoCal, America's largest gas company, spent millions secretly paying people to oppose California environmental regulations, then illegally stuck its customers with the bill. We Californians were forced to pay to lobby *against our own survival*:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article277266828.html

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/19/cooking-the-books-with-gas/#reichman-jorgensen

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A Lloyd FlanaganAug 17, 2023
ScalziAug 17, 2023

These are not the End Times, but they certainly are the Uncomfortable Middle Times for sure.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/world/americas/canada-wildfire-evacuation-yellowknife.html

Canada Wildfire Forces Citywide Evacuation of Yellowknife

Officials told residents to clear out of the Northwest Territories city of Yellowknife by Friday afternoon. Most were expected to flee south by road.

The New York Times
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 16, 2023
Ars TechnicaAug 16, 2023

Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc

Windows Secure Time Seeding resets clocks months or years off the correct time.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/windows-feature-that-resets-system-clocks-based-on-random-data-is-wreaking-havoc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc

Windows Secure Time Seeding resets clocks months or years off the correct time.

Ars Technica
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 15, 2023
Show threadDrew HarwellAug 15, 2023
New York Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander tells me in a statement: "We have not received any explanation from the platform about this move" and "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons"
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 14, 2023
Black IntellectAug 14, 2023

She Wasn't Able to Get an Abortion. Now She's a Mom. Soon She'll Start 7th Grade.

https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/

She Wasn’t Able to Get an Abortion. Now She’s a Mom. Soon She’ll Start 7th Grade. 

After the fall of Roe v. Wade, some travel hundreds of miles to get an abortion. This is the story of a girl who couldn't.

Time
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 11, 2023
Cory DoctorowAug 11, 2023

The saga of the #Sacklers, a multigenerational billionaire crime family of mass-murdering dope-peddlers, is an enraging parable about how the wealthy, the courts, and sadistic high-powered lawyers collude to destroy the lives of millions, profit handsomely, and evade justice.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/11/justice-delayed/#justice-redeemed

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Pluralistic: The Sacklers woulda gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those darned meddling feds (11 August 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

A Lloyd FlanaganAug 10, 2023
Show threadGeorge Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Aug 10, 2023
From Sen. Brian Schatz: "Lahaina Town on Maui is almost totally burnt to the ground. Firefighters are still trying to get the fires under control, and our first responders are in search and rescue mode. If you want to help, please do so here. Thank you." hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
A Lloyd FlanaganAug 8, 2023
ScalziAug 8, 2023
Hey Ohio Mastodonians, if you have not done so already, today is your day to vote on Issue 1. Don't forget to disappoint the conservative politicians who want to take away your rights and scheduled a vote on a traditionally low-participation date to sneak it by you! Here's a helpful sign about it. #uspol