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@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz it almost is. it looks like they hooked you with a super cheap first-year sale price.

"What’s The Deal With Snap Packages?": hackaday.com/2020/06/24/whats-

Ubuntu's new package manager seems like a nice potential with insurmountable design flaws.

Obviously the soviet Union was gonna fail I mean how did no one notice all those huge red flags

don't you just love it when your favorite app stops being developed because of the goog™ web.archive.org/web/2020030717

@monorail I think we found new evidence that reinforces that conclusion recently, like in the last year or two, but I also remember that it's just the latest bit of data we've found since the first time anyone said it could've been a space rock.

I went looking for images to make an editor wars joke. Ed and V.I. are easy enough, but when I went looking for E. Max, I was assaulted with pages and pages of teeth and ceramic dentalwork. That really creeps me out.

@zorinlynx it's because the gov is restricting "us" (often explicitly "we the people") instead of "them" (implicitly not people), no matter the reason.

uspol, facial recognition, Santa Cruz, + 

"As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California’s Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.

“Understanding how predictive policing and facial recognition can be disproportionately biased against people of color, we officially banned the use of these technologies in the city of Santa Cruz,” Mayor Justin Cummings said on Wednesday."

reuters.com/article/us-usa-pol

birdsite, glinner (+) 

Today just got better. Twitter finally agreed that the transphobe Graham Linehan used their service for hateful conduct, and they booted him off.

:flag_transgender: Support trans people and stand up for trans rights, even if you're cis, and don't give transphobes the time of day. :flag_transgender:

Today, June 26, is the gayest day in US history.

2003-06-26 (17 years ago): Lawrence v. Texas, striking down no-gay-sex laws nationwide.

2013-06-26 (7 years ago): US v. Windsor, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

2015-06-26 (5 years ago): Obergefell v. Hodges, legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

:flag_rainbow:
Happy LGBT+ pride month, folks!
And don't forget the "T" in there!
:flag_transgender: :flag_aromantic:

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