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Dear wordy-nerdy whodunnit lovers - the latest Elle Cordova short is up! 😄

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RC2pFHS0mgU

#Elle_Cordova #Grammar #Writing

A grammatical murder mystery

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I'm blogging again.

Sort of.

It's one of my adhd tangents. I'm playing with a new tool, learning some markdown language as I go along...who knows where it leads.

https://write.as/randomaxe/

#Writing #KindaWriting #Blog #Blogging
Random Axe of Blogery

This, that, and other things.

Random Axe of Blogery
Shame on every supporter of this harmful bill, but especially the eight Democrats who voted with Republicans to forcibly out trans kids. With rising hate crimes and violence in the wake of the GOP’s increasingly extreme opposition to trans people’s very existence, Democrats should be fighting to protect trans communities — not joining Republicans’ attacks. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-democrats-pass-bill-forcing-teachers-to-out-trans-students_n_6a0f2d3ee4b084c012e3b6d4?nu
8 Democrats Help Pass GOP Bill Forcing Teachers To Out Transgender Students

The bill requires educators to get parental consent for changing a student's pronouns or preferred names on any school forms. It also bans teachers from talking about trans people at all.

HuffPost

#FollowTheMoney requested access to an unredacted version of #X’s first #DigitalServicesAct risk report from the @EUCommission – a request that the EU executive denied.

After the request, the Commission updated its internal rules to generally presume such reports to be confidential.

The European #Ombudsman found this to be “unreasonable” and that it amounted to maladministration.

https://www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-watchdog-slams-commission-over-x?share=1mY%2B4H%2ByW2F6Ad9Pgd%2BTdoFEAsvMSz869pZOp7URYWEzHEAyIZHyhccNPphfWlM%3D

Watchdog slams EU executive for hiding user risks on Elon Musk’s X

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy. As more of our lives take place in digital spaces, it's important to protect our right to speak out about the government online and anywhere else. https://takebackctrl.org/stay-loud

When our political class claim that we need to attend to the needs & interests of the rich because if we don't they'll move, or stop innovating, or become disincentivized.... what I actually hear is a dismissal, a downgrading & a general devaluing of the work the rest of society's (real) workers do to keep the UK working day in day out.

In the world of pandering to the rich, normal people are seen as second class, second-level contributors to society.

*We* aren't the parasites!

#politics

Target was selling American Girl doll costumes so I'd like to remind everyone about who did it first. https://beige.party/@Alice/109922682959201378
Alice McFlurry :bc: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The new “historical” American Girl doll was just released and I realized I pretty much had most of the clothes in my closet already, so please forgive me for this terrifying side-by-side.

beige.party

Reminder: a person in the RICHEST 0.1 percent causes more carbon pollution in one DAY than someone in the BOTTOM 50 percent does in a whole YEAR.

The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.

When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/blocking-access-harmful-content-will-not-protect-children-online-no-matter-how
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So

The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...

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