PSA for everyone on Mastodon: You don't need to use link shorteners. All links count as 23 characters, no matter what.
All a link shortener does is keep people from seeing where the link goes*. Many of us will refuse to boost posts with shortened links precisely because of this.
Please, just put the actual link in your post!
* And make your link become useless if the link shortening service ever goes away for any reason.)
The carried interest loophole lets the super-rich pay less tax by treating their income as capital gains.
It's allowed private equity firms to avoid paying $1 trillion+ in income taxes since 2000.
VP Harris backed a proposal to close the loophole. This is a big deal.
The fascists who took over Florida's once-progressive New College at the behest of Ron DeSantis have been caught dumping vast numbers of books.
There do exist good uses for AI, like this from UC academics not monopolist grifters... (gift link)
A.L.S. Stole His Voice. A.I. Retrieved It. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/health/als-ai-brain-implants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C04.7HJv.hQPN3Bn7O2HH
The Israeli fascist politician Smotrich openly said it's moral to let 2,000,000 people starve to death in Gaza.
Stop being in denial of what we are dealing with here. This is a genocidal fascist regime that is comfortable throwing around Holocaust-level numbers of dead civilians.
Nothing to see here, just an Israeli minister saying it’s justified to kill 2,000,000 Palestinians by starving them. I wonder if Western media will decide that the official of a state accused of genocide at the ICJ justifying genocide and starvation is newsworthy. Quiet so far…
Governor Shapiro's approval rating in Pennsylvania is at 49%
The language of dehumanization — and of purging political enemies — has become popular on the extremist right.
At one time, praising a book like “Unhumans” might have ended JD Vance’s career. But incendiary beliefs are now a basic GOP qualification.
👉🏼 https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance
Protip: When choosing a root-of-trust encryption key for a hardware secure enclave, maybe don't use the vendor's asymmetric key literally labeled "CN=DO NOT TRUST - Test PK". New scoop by @dangoodin: Secure Boot is Completely Broken on 200+ Models from 5 Big Device Makers
Kagan MacTane (he/him)
Robert Reich
Church of Jeff
Alex Wild
It's Going Down
Elia Ayoub (he/him)
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Gil Duran
Kenn White