Discord is about to require age verification for everyone https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-is-about-to-require-age-verification-for-everyone/

#Discord

In an interesting post exploring the contemporary relevance of John Rawls' political theory, Mark Braund sums up well a key political problem of our times:

'people’s attitudes & behaviours are shaped by their experience of life, and the institutions through which they engage with others. If those institutions reward competitive behaviour, people will behave more competitively. Imagine what would happen if they rewarded cooperation instead'...

#politics #economics

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/rawls-reversed

Striving to live in integrity with your values, whenever and wherever possible, is NOT the same as perfectionism.

Yes, living up to an ideal at all times is impossible. But recognizing what the ideals are, according to the core values you care about, is an essential first step.

And striving to live in accordance with them can be VERY uncomfortable. It can mean giving up privileges, rearranging your entire life, and questioning every aspect of the systems that surround you.

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#PalestineAction-linked remand prisoner #UmerKhalid was admitted to hospital ten days ago after his heart rate slowed and organs failed due to his hunger strike

Even though he gave up the strike and resumed eating, the damage of his desperate measure was immense.

This matter is not being widely reported on

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#GazaVerified campaigns that raised less than $200.0 in the past 7 days:

1. @[email protected] ($0)
2. @doaagaza ($0)
3. @joudfamily ($0)
4. @mohanad22 ($0)
5. @wael96 ($0)
6. @Rammyyyy ($0)
7. @mmotherps ($5)
8. @Zaki ($10)
9. @shathamohammed123 ($11)
10. @ibrahim46 ($11)
11. @Salem_family ($12)
12. @mohammedhamada ($15)
13. @alaa123 ($17)

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A surge in new datacenters, each with the power demand of 100,000 households and a cooling water demand of 1,000,000 m³ per year to train AI models on material obtained without consent on hardware now unaffordable to consumers so fascism-adjacent tech billionaires can sell us the idea that any skill is now worthless and in doing so creating the largest economic bubble ever while simultaneously destroying society and environment.

I think that about sums it up.

#genai #llm