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My larger point is simply that this is a bad law that impacts both Mastodon and Bluesky (and the wider Fediverse/Atmosphere) and it seems like a reason to work together to fix the law (i.e., with @gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) than to use it to take potshots at each other. The law is bad.
A depressing number of news outlets are reporting this without mentioning the minor detail that it would be unconstitutional.
Magistrate Judge Holmes describes that USG wants to free THREE people, two of them far more serious criminals than KAG Is alleged to be, to prosecute KAG. One has already been freed to halfway house. So Pam Bondi is letting a criminal alien run free to try to prosecute KAG.
Deploying ICE, the Border Patrol, the LAPD, the LA County Sheriffs, and now the National Guard and maybe the Marines over a small protest at a Home Depot is not the show of force they think it is.
"The key to lasting peace is clear: Putin must get nothing that justifies his aggression. Any rewards shows him that war pays off. If Putin decides who joins NATO or where NATO's infrastructure can't or can be, his appetite for war will only grow," Zelensky.
This is a clear violation of the religious rights of Texan Buddhists, among many others. The Buddhist Churches of America has fought many times for the separation of church and state. Time to get active once again.
#texas #religiousfreedom #politics
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-senate-passes-bill-to-force
Texas Senate passes bill to force Christian date labels (B.C. and A.D.) in public schools

The push to replace C.E./B.C.E. with B.C./A.D. is the latest effort to inject religion into education

Friendly Atheist
US Citizen Detained by ICE and Told His REAL ID Is ‘Fake’

Leonardo GarcĂ­a Venegas, a U.S. citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE despite presenting a valid license.

Newsweek
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of “killing” children with DOGE-led USAID cuts
"The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/bill-gates-accuses-elon-musk-of-killing-children-with-doge-led-usaid-cuts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of “killing” children with DOGE-led USAID cuts

“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”


Ars Technica
‘Get rid of the pseudoscience’: top doctor’s plan to improve America’s health https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/eric-topol-health-book #Coronavirus #Worldnews #Science #Society #USnews #Health
‘Get rid of the pseudoscience’: top doctor’s plan to improve America’s health

Eric Topol says we can prevent age-related disease and live fuller lives – but only if we reject anti-science ‘malarkey’

The Guardian
@anthony @foone Probably just head canon, but I think of disk as magnetic storage and disc as optical.