Pablo Rrrrrrr

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Brooklyn Library Books Unbanned
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Hey, who remembers that time that the South lost the Civil War, so slavery was abolished? But racist Texans didn't want the slavery party to stop, so they kept slavery going for another 2 years after abolition? But then a bunch of Black Union soldiers from the United States Colored Troop under General Gordon Granger marched into South Texas with guns, and threatened to shoot anyone that wouldn't release their slaves? So then those Black soldiers finally forced those racist Texans to release their slaves? But then American people pretended that Juneteenth celebrates the news of slavery reaching the far reaches of Texas, when "the news" was really Black Union soldiers with guns? Because we lie to ourselves and talk about Texas like a distant space colony that was out of contact with the rest of humanity, but in reality people traveled to Texas every single day during that two years, and everyone knew what was going on? And no white people went to jail for keeping slaves for 2 years after abolition, because Lincoln was a self-admitted white supremacist and slavery sympathizer?

Happy Juneteenth!

Good privacy decisions begin with proper knowledge about your situation—and we’ve got you covered. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/privacy-loves-company
Privacy Loves Company

Most of the internet’s blessings—the opportunities for communities to connect despite physical borders and oppressive controls, the avenues to hold the powerful accountable without immediate censorship, the sharing of our hopes and frustrations with loved ones and strangers alike—tend to come at a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Now that Google official killed search engine with AI summarise and added chatbot box to it. For those who wants alternatives to Google search try (this is sorted list):

Brave
DuckDuckGo
Ecosia
Kagi
Marginalia Search
Mojeek
Qwant
Startpage

Add more to below 👇

“Both Russian and pro-Trump U.S. actors are amplifying and spreading misinformation about Alberta separatism in the hope of fraying Canadian unity and sowing distrust.” An overt attack on Canadian sovereignty, meant specifically to manipulate Canadians. That’s what’s fuelling Alberta separation.

Russia and U.S. amplifying Alb...
Russia and U.S. amplifying Alberta separatist narratives to stoke division, distrust: report | CBC News

Moscow has long tried to meddle in foreign elections. What's newer is Canada's neighbour overtly trying to influence and fan flames of referendum bid, warns a new report on foreign interference.

CBC

⚡️Ukraine reportedly launches dozens of drones at Moscow ahead of Victory Day Parade.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Ukraine's military launched dozens of drones towards the Russian capital throughout the night on May 8, just one day before Moscow is set to stage its annual Victory Day military parade.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-reportedly-launches-dozens-of-drones-at-moscow-day-before-victory-day-parade/

Ukraine reportedly launches dozens of drones at Moscow ahead of Victory Day Parade

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Ukraine's military launched dozens of drones towards the Russian capital throughout the night on May 8, just one day before Moscow is set to stage its annual Victory Day military parade.

The Kyiv Independent

NEW: The Fifth Circuit would like to run the United States.

The far-right federal appeals court and the district court judges below them are taking actions to control and influence what happens outside of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-would-like-to-run-the-us

The Fifth Circuit would like to run the United States

The far-right federal appeals court and the district court judges below them are taking actions to control and influence what happens outside of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Law Dork
FYI for those in the US (at least) with expensive prescriptions for pets - Costco prices for pet meds is really good. I am saving about half from what my vet charges. We were getting into the $300/month range

Edit: fulfilled!

@ashleyyrain I’m in need of an aircon unit, with my bedroom temperature hovering between 31•c—37•c it’s unbearable during the day and very difficult to sleep at night. Any amount helps, but the unit I’m looking for will cost us about $400.

Venmo- Jenica-Lake
Wise- DM for details.

Thomson Reuters, known for the Reuters news agency but is a data broker, powers ICE tools. Includes a system Palantir made for ICE, according to former Palantir employee. DHS sources also believe Thomson Reuters data in ELITE, the ICE tool for targeting neighborhoods https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.

404 Media
Over the last few months I have been setting up my online business presence and I now have a website that I'm reasonably happy with (Wordpress as I got fed up with fighting with raw CSS) so if you know of anyone who needs UK based remote Linux sysadmin support, or help with setting up web, email, chat or fediverse servers, feel free to point them at https://moortech.uk to get in touch. Thanks! #jobs #getfedihired  #fedihireuk
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