European Far Right/Far Left: Ukraine are Nazis.
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RT @RabbiUkraine
Today I gave the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, @CinC_AFU, a box of matzah & wished him & all the brave defenders of ๐บ๐ฆ a happy Passover.
May we all be sitting around a table next year together, celebrating a free and united #Ukraine! ๐
Slava Ukraini! ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ
https://twitter.com/RabbiUkraine/status/1641453885981335565
@thexylom @msfreepress
@damemagazine @TucsonSentinel @themarkup @STAT
@ProPublica
@TheConversationUS @gbhnews We're hosting #Newstodon Friday tomorrow, let's make it a party! Refreshments on us!
All of my friends are rolling up to the party in their sexy Halloween costumes and Iโm floating in looking like Orko.
russia will lead the United Nations Security Council in April
The Presidency of the United Nations Security Council rotates on a monthly basis between 15 member states.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the move a "bad joke" and said that the world "can't be a safe place" with russia as head of the #UN Security Council
More here๐ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-to-chair-un-security-council-in-april/
#Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#ะกะปะฐะฒะฐะฃะบัะฐัะฝั! #StandWithUkraine
Sorry Meatball Ron
โPeople Are Loving That Disney Honcho Bob Iger Appears To Have Made A Fool Of Ron DeSantisโ https://flip.it/schAnN
> Among the unexpected sources of support for the magazine was the โfediverseโ [ . . . ] Many comments on the GoFundMe page mention that the donors learned about the Observer through Mastodon โ where { @TexasObserver } was one of the first journalistic outlets to set up its own server [ . . . ]
> { @jamescanup }, the magazineโs managing director, responded to the news of the shutdown by [ . . . ] setting up a GoFundMe campaign [ . . . ] donations quickly soared, raising the hope that there might be a way forward for a leftist publication in a deeply red state after all.
> [ . . . ] โThere are more Democrats in Texas than there are in any other state besides California.โ
Journalism is maximally profitable when it is maximally useless.
The stories that are the easiest to sell ads against are the ones that are relevant to the most people. The stories that are the most useful to any given person are likely *not useful* to people outside their community.
I don't need National news, excepting in very rare circumstances.
I need local news, which is only covered in very rare circumstances.
Sure! It's good for me to know what's happening in US or Global politics, but what happened at last night's school board meeting or city council or county commissioner's meetings has way more Impact on my life.
RT @PjotrSauer
My friend and thoroughly professional journalist @evangershkovich has been arrested by the FSB on obviously bogus espionage charges. Journalism is not a crime. Evan should be released immediately
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wsj-journalist-on-spying-allegations-a80657
A few days ago, @TexasObserver was on its deathbed. Now the crusading nonprofit newsroom is getting a second chance after raising $300,000 in a crowdfunding campaign:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/
Testing out Bard (Google's "AI")
So far I've asked it technical questions (tell me about Class 0A ESD protection / tell me about ACES-Hy), paranoia questions (will OSIRIS-Rex bring an alien virus back from Bennu?), philosophy questions (What is the purpose of life?) and it's been all right with all of them. I asked if drag queens should be banned in Florida, and it provided 4 drafts, all with an emphatic 'no'.
Fun, but I'm not sure how useful.
#Google #Alphabet #AI #Bard
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.