Mastodawn

The May Day parade was great and these photos are so, so, so very South Minneapolis I just can’t even tell you.

If you want to know where that MSP resistance came from, what soil it grew in and how it bloomed, you can get a lot of your answer by looking at each of these photos — the art, and the faces.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/03/melting-ice-and-welcoming-spring-at-the-51st-mayday-parade/

Melting ICE and welcoming spring at the 51st Mayday parade • Minnesota Reformer

After a remarkably difficult winter, the 51st Mayday parade in south Minneapolis was especially poignant. The festival of puppets, music and protest art has long highlighted immigrant communities and decried U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This year, anti-ICE sentiment was omnipresent, though accompanied by Mayday’s typical celebratory energy. Tens of thousands of people crowded the […]

Minnesota Reformer

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)26m ago

Sam Litzinger 4h ago

I remember asking a veterinarian who worked with beagles that had been rescued from research labs why so many labs specifically used beagles as test animals.

His answer: “Because they’re gentle and trust us.”

Broke my heart.

https://apnews.com/article/animal-welfare-protest-wisconsin-75efa4aa05cd4dff7575590de1610d7c

1,500 beagles find safety after protests at Wisconsin dog breeding site

The first of 1,500 beagles being removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business are adjusting to their new lives as animal welfare groups move them to shelters to prepare them for adoption. Ridglan Farms in rural Blue Mounds was the site of a violent clash last month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray. But the Big Dog Ranch Rescue and the Center for a Humane Economy had already been working for months to purchase the animals and find them better homes.

AP News

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)28m ago

David Gerard 8h ago

Banks seek to offload risk to avoid ‘choking’ on data centre debt: Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom

what this means is packaging up the data centre loans like toxic waste bombs, pre-Global Financial Crisis style

https://www.ft.com/content/08aba5e4-5834-4e79-a48d-989a2c5bad0f
archive: https://archive.is/GoRyM

Banks seek to offload risk to avoid ‘choking’ on data centre debt

Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom

Financial Times

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)30m ago

kottke.org 1h ago

“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System. “The Senate was ineffective, and the liberal Jedi were out of touch…” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/they-would-never-use-the-death-star-on-us-alderaan-residents-reflect-on-their-support-for-the-empire-as-a-large-imperial-installation-enters-the-system

“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System

“For this focus group, conducted shortly before a sustained green glow began emanating from the station’s superlaser array, we spoke with residents who said ...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)30m ago

Joyce Lionarons 6h ago

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)35m ago

Steve Herman 2h ago

DHS tried to obtain a Canadian man’s location information, activity logs, and other identifying information from Google after he criticized the Trump administration online following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-demanded-google-surrender-data-on-canadians-activity-location-over-anti-ice-posts/

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn't entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

WIRED

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)37m ago

Glyn Moody 2h ago

#China has decided that firing a worker because an #AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same. - https://thenextweb.com/news/china-court-ai-layoffs-illegal-labor-law

China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.

A quality assurance supervisor identified only as Zhou joined a technology company in Hangzhou in November 2022. His job was to work with AI large language models, optimising their outputs and filtering sensitive content. He earned 25,000 yuan per month, roughly $3,640. In 2024, the company decided that its AI systems had improved to the […]

The Next Web

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)9h ago

walfischbucht 10h ago

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names | Facial recognition | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name

Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names

People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts

The Guardian

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)9h ago

MikeDunnAuthor 23h ago

One sign of how bad things are today:

In 1982, when Israel invaded Lebanon, Margaret Thatcher banned arms sales to Israel.

Today, when Israel invades Lebanon, the UK bans marches in solidarity with the people of Palestine and Lebanon.

salix sericea (@Ripple13216)10h ago

Davi Ottenheimer 10h ago

(UPDATED) No Active Shooter, No Assassin: White House Secret Service Shot Itself at Dinner https://www.flyingpenguin.com/no-active-shooter-no-assassin-white-house-secret-service-shot-itself-at-dinner/