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In Wyoming, the legislature has decided, that you cannot require others to address you by your preferred pronouns — thinking that this will only hurt trans people, Trump wants to persecute.

So citizen Britt Boril calls in to a committee meeting and deliberately misgenders the male chairman as madam, which he takes offence to — because our rule about allowing disrespect was not meant to be used against us!

(And no, you should never misgenders others, but damn… this move was brilliant)

@mekkaokereke

18 percent of all cars sold worldwide in 2023 were EVs.

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/executive-summary

But in the US, it's only 6.5%.

https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/articles/percentage-of-electric-cars-in-us.html

Why? Because Americans are by and large offered the most expensive EVs.
Those of us with more modest means get priced out, and the more affordable EVs aren't allowed into the US.

Because profits.

Executive summary – Global EV Outlook 2024 – Analysis - IEA

Global EV Outlook 2024 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

IEA

The Office of the President of Ukraine officially denies any involvement in tonights terror attack in Moscow.

This message is crucial, because Putin could very well be interested in using this terror attack, false flag operation, or whatever this is, as an excuse for mobilization.

Glassdoor adding users’ real names, job info to profiles without consent

Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/glassdoor-adding-users-real-names-job-info-to-profiles-without-consent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

Ars Technica
Whether you’re looking for a cheap CarPlay device or trying to understand the movement of particles in an electric field, Amazon has you covered.

Remember when I said you wouldn’t be able to test your web products on alternate browsers in Europe?

Well guess what? You can’t see this Apple bug/feature outside of Europe either.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/08/ios-17-4-nerfs-web-apps-in-the-eu/

iOS 17.4 Nerfs Web Apps in the EU

Apple has seemingly restricted the functionality of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in the latest beta of iOS 17.4, specifically targeting users within...

MacRumors
This seems like a pretty good statement regarding Threads from @Gargron https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/
What to know about Threads

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

Mastodon Blog

I'm experimenting with aggregating links posted on Mastodon and Bluesky. I extract the links from posts on public server timelines and rank them by popularity and recency: https://linklonk.com/social

I don't link back to Mastodon posts or user profiles to prevent abuse/targeted harassment.

I would love to get feedback from the Mastodon community about the design. Are there any ethical concerns that I'm missing? How could it be improved?

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