Hoping the fediverse can help out: I'm in touch with a Ukranian family in #Toronto who are trying to get their cat (named Milana, in photo) from #Kraków, #Poland to Toronto this spring. They can cover some transport costs but are trying to connect with someone already making the trip. Email milana at hypatia.ca if you can help. Please boost!
Rather appalled by this positive treatment of this decision, which illustrates why creating “victim rights” in the context of prosecutions creates irreconcilable conflicts. Note that this involved the GOVERNMENT screwing up by not giving adequate notice, which winds up prejudicing the DEFENDANT in connection with the GOVERNMENT’S confession of wrongdoing and unsustainability of the conviction.
Important #SaveTXO update: We now have a GoFundMe that is LIVE and accepting donations!
This money will go to support the staff, but donations will also go a long way towards showing that there's a will to keep this magazine alive. https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff
One piece of slang that has long embodied the short attention span Internet age is TL;DR, short for “too long; didn’t read.” With the explosion of generative AI tools, we’re rapidly entering the age of TL;DW: “too long, didn’t write.” A January survey from Fishbowl found that 40% of nearly 12,000 workers have used ChatGPT