DB πŸŒπŸŒ±πŸ’¦

@dbattistella
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16 Posts
Researcher / Writer
Former TV Producer/Director
Culture, History, Science, Climate
Everything is Political
PronounsShe/Her
JoinedMay 21, 2026
LocationCanada

If you need any more reasons to boycott products that support that despicable colony, here's why you should avoid buying any chocolates that use the term 'chocolate-flavoring' or 'cocoa compounds'.

c: @julianyouhana
#Chocolate #LabGrown #BoycottIsrael #BoycottMondelezInternational #BDS

Flooding at the Greenford London subway station has been reduced by 90% thanks to.. *checks notes* ..a family of beavers.

After conservationists reintroduced a group of beavers into a nearby park, the animals began building dams, and the wetlands they created now absorb & slow floodwater naturally.

City officials had been planning major flood infrastructure works, but the beavers effectively created them on their own β€” while also boosting biodiversity and restoring the ecosystem around them.

Since 2010 the UK has cultivated a care-less society: care less about others, children, the vulnerable, the sick, the earth; careless with reality, honour, respect. The wave of defiance coming now is about people refusing not to care - it's the care-more revolution & I'm excited.

It's too bad that LLM grifters sought to shine their reputation by calling it "AI".

It didn't shine their reputation.

It ruined the world's opinion of the fascinating & legitimate science -- and remarkably creative uses -- of actual artificial intelligence.

A brilliant piece of writing that is more timely now than ever.

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/09/jewish-settlers-stole-my-house-its-not-my-fault-theyre-jewish/

Jewish settlers stole my house. It’s not my fault they’re Jewish.

Palestinians are told the words we use dwarf the decades of violence enacted against us by the self-proclaimed Jewish State. A drone is one thing, but a tropeβ€”a trope is unacceptable. No more.

Mondoweiss

When Sites Need to Walk Away

The Internet Archive has a new book: VANISHING CULTURE. (Digital copy is free.) According to a Pew Research Center report, 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are no longer accessible. But that’s not the whole story. In a new study published in Internet Archive's book, VANISHING CULTURE, data scientists working with the Wayback Machine have found: 16% have been restored through the Wayback Machine.

https://chriscoyier.net/2026/04/28/when-sites-need-to-walk-away/

When Sites Need to Walk Away

The Internet Archive has a new book: VANISHING CULTURE. (Digital copy is free.) According to a Pew Research Center report, 26% of pages from 2013-2023 are no longer accessible. But that’s not the w…

Chris Coyier

Some browsers check what site you're on and render the page differently. Yup, you read that right.

TikTok gets special treatment. So does Netflix. Instagram. Even SeatGuru.

Safari and Firefox both do this. Chrome doesn't. There's a reason for that... Read on.

https://denodell.com/blog/browsers-treat-big-sites-differently?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=browser_quirks_post

Browsers Treat Big Sites Differently

Safari and Firefox change how big sites render based on the domain. TikTok, Netflix, Instagram… even SeatGuru. Chrome doesn’t. Why is that?

Den Odell

Just a girl on her longboard! 🀩

πŸ“ΉοΈ c: Valeriya Gogunskaya πŸ›Ή
🎡 c: Michael Buble' "Sway"

The Maple has created a database of Canada's provincial representatives who are invested in real estate. Does your MPP side with the landlord class?

#CanPoli #Landlord #Housing #Rent https://www.readthemaple.com/provincial-landlords/

Find Out If Your Provincial Rep Is A Landlord

The Maple examined hundreds of disclosure forms and then compiled and analyzed the results.

The Maple

What is Bill C-22? Why is it Not Good ℒ️ for Canadian privacy? What can we do to stop it, or to have it be amended?

βŒ›οΈ Time is running out - only FIVE DAYS left! Take action now, my fellow Canadians πŸ’ͺ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

With links to great articles & resources by @OpenMediaOrg and @eff

https://technically-good.ca/blog/20260521-bill-can-we-not-22/

#Canada #billC22 #bill_c22 #privacy #surveillance

On Bill C-22, which I Lovingly Refer to as Bill C-an We Not-22

What is Bill C-22? Bill C-22 is also called the "Lawful Access" bill, or "An Act respecting lawful access." It is, essentially, the Part II, the Electr...

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