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Georgimus Prime 27m ago

pzmyers 🕷1h ago

It's useful to see American religion revealed to be an incoherent and inconsistent mess empirically.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/17/i-dont-understand-american-christians/

Georgimus Prime 29m ago

Robert Reich May 31

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

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Miss Megaphon 15h ago

@kibcol1049 this is good!
Did you know that pigeons can do that, too?

https://www.science.org/content/article/pigeons-spot-cancer-well-human-experts

Pigeons spot cancer as well as human experts

But pigeons as medical pathologists probably won't fly

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

The Conversation UK 7h ago

Dogs and cats both give you a brief mood lift, but only one of them seems to raise your stress levels too.
https://tcnv.link/jCVvpt8

If you’re feeling down, maybe don’t pet your cat, new study suggests

Dogs and cats both give you a brief mood lift, but only one of them seems to raise your stress levels too.

The Conversation

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

George Monbiot 7h ago

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Belfast riots, Palestine A...

The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy?

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

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Indivisible ❌👑13h ago

Fortunately, House Democrats were able to block the bill to reauthorize FISA.

But this fight to protect our civil liberties isn’t over. Email your Members of Congress and demand they don’t vote to reauthorize FISA without major reforms like closing the loophole that allows warrantless mass surveillance: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-congress-say-no-warrantless-ai-mass-surveillance/?source=mastodon

Tell Congress to Say No to Warrantless AI Mass Surveillance

The War on Terror-era legislation that authorized decades of civil liberties-eroding mass surveillance expired June 12. . Congress has a choice to make before they reauthorize this bill: will they greenlight warrantless mass surveillance of American citizens, or uphold the Constitution and prevent more of Trump's authoritarian powergrabs? Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was passed in 2008 as a counterterrorist measure, but has a long history of abuse from the federal government, especially when it comes to surveillance. Congress has a choice to make: Will they greenlight warrantless mass surveillance, or hold the line and reject any effort to move forward without serious privacy guardrails. FISA as it is currently written: Allows warrantless backdoor surveillance of people in and out of the country Offers little to no protections against the administration targeting critics, activists, religious minorities, or communities of color Actively chills our freedoms of speech and association Two years ago, this reauthorization legislation sailed through Congress with bipartisan support. That can’t happen again. Democratic leadership and members must hold the line for our civil liberties. And any Democrat or Republican voting for unfettered spying on US citizens should hear from their constituents. Let your Members of Congress know you expect them to reject reauthorization unless it includes significant reforms to protect our civil liberties against this authoritarian regime.

Indivisible Guide

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

Angry 12h ago

Summary of the Iran deal:

Iran: we want 25 billion

Trump: get your shit together or we’re going to give you 150 billion!

Iran. …

Trump: you know what, make it $300 billion and we don’t even have to talk about your missiles or the proxies

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

Tim Richards 7h ago

Now free for all to read (but please consider subscribing)...

Like most people, I'm enchanted by the penguin, with its waddling gait and its vague impression of being a little person in a suit. You're probably fond of them too. But none of us is as obsessed with penguins as travel writer and nature guide Jamie Lafferty, who spent years and lots of cash in the attempt to meet all 18 species of the bird in the wild...

https://www.patreon.com/timrichards/posts/review-of-by-148174882

#penguin #book #review #penguins #bird #birb #birds

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

samim 8h ago

Close them

Georgimus Prime 2h ago

dell cameron 17h ago

NEW: A trove of internal records from Dialog, the secret society cofounded by Peter Thiel, was left exposed online. WIRED obtained a second cache of records that reveal who's really attending, how they're screened, and what personal details they were promised would stay private.

Leak Exposes Members of Peter ...

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

WIRED