I suspect most people outside of the UK won't have heard about the post office scandal, but it seems highly relevant to learn about now (given *waves* this):

For over 15 years, the software post offices in the UK had to use contained severe bugs, particular in accounting, that everyone at Fujitsu/horizon and the post blissfully ignored. Over 900 (!!!) postmasters were sentenced for alleged theft and fraud, some went to jail, some committed suicide. All because the software was shit and everyone who could do something about it didn't care and swept it under the rug.

Everything, including how it was uncovered, about this seems bizarre and Kafkaesque, but we better prepare for it to happen more often.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

https://types.pl/@pigworker/116211919028571818

Any journalists want to write an article about all the environmental costs of the more than 10,000 Starlinks that are now in orbit? All I'm seeing are breathless articles mindlessly worshiping That Awful Billionaire for crossing the 10,000 satellite mark.

Every single one of those will come down in an uncontrolled reentry. That's a lot of metal in the atmosphere, and a lot of dice-rolling to see if any more pieces will make it to the ground.

SpaceX is truly awful.

Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?

In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.

In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.

Edit: this article is based on LLM generated material, and I haven't spent the time to check its sources

https://tboteproject.com/

so uh
we rescued a set of 4K movie film scanners

does anyone need a set of 4K movie film scanners

if you have a need for a cinema film scanner (or can give it a good home!), and can arrange to have it transported from the Seattle area, message me on fedi or e-mail me at [email protected]

Severe weather batter parts of U.S., with threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes starting later Sunday
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/severe-weather-batter-parts-of-u-s-with-threat-of-thunderstorms-and-tornadoes-starting-later-sunday?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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URGENT#MutualAidRequest to help a homeless disabled trans couple stay sheltered another week

Goal (due March 7):
Goal met! Thank you!

Hello, Fedi. Weekly post to try and to keep my partner @LukeOrion and I sheltered for another week. We need to raise $360 by Saturday morning (March 7). We are a disabled trans couple that’s been dealing with homelessness for over a year now. We’re trying to keep staying sheltered at an extended stay hotel.

I’ve been starting to get music production commissions and Luke has got another art commission again. We do both need to be able to stay inside to work on those.

Please boost for us, thank you!

My Venmo, CashApp, or Luke’s PayPal:
https://linktr.ee/magicalgrrrl

My Ko-Fi:
https://ko-fi.com/magicalgrrrl

#MutualAid #TransCrowdfund #DisabledCrowdfund #MutualAidSavesLives #QueerCrowdfund #TransMutualAid #DisabledMutualAid #QueerMutualAid

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NEW: The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission.

Tom Homan highlights how secrecy aims to block accountability, the immoral lawlessness at the core of the Trump administration.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/tom-homan-masks-trump-admin-accountability

#Ukraine Starts Restoring Engines from russian Shaheds for Its Own Drones

✍️ Taras Safronov

The Zampotech Charitable Foundation reports that it takes about two weeks and several donor engines to restore one engine.

The Shahed uses a Chinese MD550 engine, which costs between $12,000 and $17,000.

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