Mastodawn

Dear Europe: Germany has shown the way forward, by making the Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory within its sovereign digital infrastructure. Now it's time for other countries to do the same! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware #openstandards

robloblaw 2d ago

Charlie Stross 2d ago

SF STORY PREMISE:

SETI program decodes an alien signal clearly targeting us.

Hi! We see you're still facing the Great Filter! We want to help! Based on your anatomy per broadcasts we decoded, here is a blueprint for a device that will solve your problem!

Humans: decode blueprint.

It's for an improved guillotine.

robloblaw 2d ago

Harms Committed 2d ago

"It could take 20 years before birth defects from rubella become common again."

"Unvaccinated children have to grow old enough to become pregnant."

"We will see babies being born who are blind, deaf and have heart disease."
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Author: Patricia Callahan
Publication: ProPublica @ProPublica
March 19, 2026
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#USA #Russia #Japan #Nigeria #Healthcare #Eugenics
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.

ProPublica

robloblaw 3d ago

joel b 4d ago

bzzz! spring time is coming

#Macrophotography #Bee #Insect #Hymenoptera

robloblaw 3d ago

Zus.Kotcho 4d ago

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#photography #abstractphotographyart
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#abstract #texture #wabisabi
#fineartphotography #nature
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#nature_brilliance #photoart #foto
#photopainting

robloblaw 4d ago

The Weekend Spy

5d ago

https://keepandroidopen.org/

The tech industry has becoming increasingly fascist. Don't give your data away to unethical companies. I share a lot of YouTube clips but I use Libretube through F-Droid to stop ads and tracking. Highly recommend.

And did you know that even if you delete your account on most websites, that they still hold some of your residual data for an indefinite amount of time? They legally don't have to clear it, unless you specifically ask in writing.

Authoritarianism is so trendy everywhere now, Hollywood celebrities might start showing us their japandi-design-inspired gas chambers.

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

robloblaw 4d ago

Show thread

George Monbiot 5d ago

Claim 1: “Renewables are not competitive”. Oh yeah? As the UN reports, over 90 per cent of new renewables worldwide produced electricity for less than the cost of the cheapest fossil fuel alternative. www.euronews.com/2025/07/22/m...

Solar is now 41% cheaper than ...

Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows

The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point”, according to two United Nations reports released on Tuesday.

euronews

robloblaw 4d ago

Robert Sanscartier 5d ago

New Study Finds Biochar’s Climate Benefits May Diminish Over Time in Acidic Soils

https://bioengineer.org/new-study-finds-biochars-climate-benefits-may-diminish-over-time-in-acidic-soils/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

New Study Finds Biochar’s Climate Benefits May Diminish Over Time in Acidic Soils

Biochar, a carbon-rich substance derived from biomass pyrolysis, has been widely regarded as a transformative tool for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils. The promise of its

robloblaw 4d ago

mau 🏳️‍🌈 #EndFossilFuels 5d ago

We also gave bad petrochemical, mechanical and electrical engineers too much money.

There's a genre of videos showing "creative" applications of Internal Combustion Engines, in which a motorcycle gets repurposed into a water pump, or multiple small motors get rigged together to make a loud, stinking dangerous mess of a vehicle.

ICE's make it possible to bring insane ammounts of force to bear with little effort and cost.

The fuel is so energy dense it can overcome a crap systems lack of efficiency and excess of friction. So efficiency, friction, and quality play no role in the design and manufacturing.

A lot of "modernity" works the same way. Not with careful application of the required force, but with overwhelming waste.

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bri7/statuses/116252641960599241

robloblaw 4d ago

James Gleick 4d ago

It turns out a DEA organized-crime task force was running a massive investigation of Epstein and 14 co-conspirators for drug trafficking and prostitution. That is, until Trump took office in 2016.

The investigation silently vanished.

Now the second Trump administration continues the cover-up.

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-18-2026?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

March 18, 2026

I was intending to take tonight off, but there’s big news—I mean, aside from all the other big news—that I want to make sure gets attention.

Letters from an American