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"I am proud to announce that the United States has safely destroyed the final munition" in its #chemicalweapons stockpile. -- President Biden in a statement

"The 1849 feticide law that was widely interpreted as a near-complete abortion ban doesn't apply to consensual abortions at all, a Dane County judge ruled Friday.

A physician providing an abortion only commits a crime 'after the fetus ... reaches viability,' which is around 20 weeks post-fertilization, Dane County Judge Diane Schlipper said."

Not a clear win for abortion rights, but this makes Wisconsin a far better state than it was yesterday. With the new "liberal majority" taking over the state supreme court Aug 1, this ruling will likely be upheld.

https://madison.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/1849-wisconsin-lawsuit-dane-county/article_f02cbb64-1ced-11ee-a9e5-2f21a19142dd.html

Link to decision:
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/70/2708d854-1cf6-11ee-a35e-8bafa89936c1/64a85d506761e.pdf.pdf

1849 Wisconsin law doesn't ban abortions, Dane County judge says

A physician providing an abortion only commits a crime "after the fetus ... reaches viability," which is around 20 weeks post-fertalization, Dane County Judge Diane Schlipper said in her ruling.

Wisconsin State Journal

They have brought forward the release date of Baldur's Gate III to August 3, 2023 on PC and September 6, 2023 on PS5.
Good news!

With a massive content, it would seem. :0)

I bought the game on #steam 2 years ago already.

#baldursgate #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #rpg #fantasy #games #gaming #videogames #PC #Sony #PS5

Have you always wanted to work at an organization that puts people and freedom at its center? The FSF is seeking a full-time deputy director: https://u.fsf.org/3vp
FSF job opportunity: Deputy director — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

It's probably obvious to most of you, but a big difference between the commercial social media platforms and the fediverse is that as those commercial platform grow, they get additional revenue from ads, from selling personal information, and otherwise monetizing their users. While that is turning out to not actually pay the bills for them, in the fediverse, just about every instance is run by volunteers and funded by donations or out of the volunteers' pockets. It's a labor of love and a hope for a better future. When traffic grows, we need to expand our capacity.

That is why I am asking, if you are able, please consider donating to the instance you on to help keep the fediverse ecosystem going. Typically the /about web page will have details on how to donate.

Note: I am well aware that many of you are not in a financial position to donate - and that is OK. We are here to serve you as well. Donations are completely optional.

My greatest advice to those concerned: Start archiving. If you come across something you believe is valuable: make a copy.

If you follow a guide on how to install and configure software and you found it helpful: make a copy.

If you come across a video you really enjoy and find yourself coming back to again and again: make a copy.

If it means anything to you: make a copy, or you'll wish you did.

I saw this and decided I'm going to use it intentionally:
"'curlprit' for too many GET's causing a 429 is just the perfect typo."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36553236#36555184
Twitter Is DDOSing Itself | Hacker News

Polite reminder that if you're driving the right kind of car, the guy doing this to twitter right now can also do this to your steering and anti-lock brakes.

Elon Musk ordered major changes to the Twitter ranking algorithm this weekend after ... President Biden's tweet about the Eagles got higher engagement than his did.

Inside the secret system that's showing you all his tweets first, from @zoeschiffer and me. https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system

Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm

Platformer
For python devs here who write async code, this is a good gotcha to be aware of. https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2023/02/11/the-heisenbug-lurking-in-your-async-code/
Textual - The Heisenbug lurking in your async code

Textual is a TUI framework for Python, inspired by modern web development.

Textual Documentation