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We're continuing investigation to the performance issues, you can follow and react here: https://lemmy.world/c/friendicaworld
This refusal by Republicans to answer questions under oath about the Revolution Wind project only has 328 views.
Also, that Mr. Suess (thank goodness he's a lawyer rather than a doctor) who refuses to answer about their arbitrary and capricious administrative action is the VP of government affairs for Sinclair Oil.
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This is outrageous, unacceptable behavior. The #FossilFuel cabal runs these idiots. They and their ilk are taking down the planet. #Boosted
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To better understand the legal challenges facing offshore wind, students at Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab compiled lawsuits and legal comments submitted to federal agencies about Northeast wind projects between January 2020 and May 2025. The research shows legal networks driving this opposition—revealing a coordinated effort to delay offshore wind projects and undermine public support.
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Americans overwhelmingly oppose war with Iran and say the Trump ‘Hammer’ strikes made the US less safe, new poll finds
YouGov conducted a survey of 2,824 American on Sunday
85 percent of American adults said they do not want war with Iran, including 92 percent of all Democrats, 83 percent of independents and 80 percent of Republicans in opposition
Majority rules.....🤔.. oh yeah, we're not a democracy anymore...😡
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Americans overwhelmingly oppose war with Iran and say the Trump ‘Hammer’ strikes made the US less safe, new poll finds
Most Americans believe strikes on Iran will lead to wider war and disapprove Trump’s handling of war, YouGov poll findsEric Garcia (The Independent)
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Trump administration stops federal monitoring of violent crimes against trans victims - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/administration-stops-federal-monitoring-of-crimes-against-trans-victims/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Verified….and artful.
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a. men.
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#USFascismSummer is gonna suck BIG TIME before the forever “MAGA Marshal” Law kicks in — bringing the “Golden Age” of Trump’s economic prosperity for those offering the best deals of substantial tithes expressing tremendous loyalty to the most supreme president of all time.
#DeathToDemocracy
#AmericanFascism
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Ok folks, alert time with an action plan. It is apparently legal now for ICE to enter k-12 schools. Most American schools have a lockdown system that doesn't allow the public into the front door without someone buzzing you in, and they frown on activism in their halls by outside agitators. (Rightly so.)
However, what you can do, during a time of calm, is make an appointment to visit people in the administration, give them your number and tell them that you can be at the school in Y, (Y=time from house, etc.), so that you can document ICE and the kids.
Police cannot stop you from filming, although they may try, so the more of you in the phone chain, the better.
We may/may not be able to stop them from kidnapping babies to sell into slavery, but we can sure as fuck document them doing it, and show the faces of the victims so their family and lawyers can identify them.
#DoNotObey #Resist #Document. There will be justice, but we will need evidence.
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ICE Can Now Enter K-12 Schools
ICE agents were blocked from two LA schools amid rising fears of student arrests after new federal policies ended protections.Brian Boggs, University of Michigan (DCReport.org)
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@Janeishly I’m glad I live in a civilised country. A democracy, where such a thing is unthinkable. Unfortunately the US now are a police state, not a democracy.
I was a teacher. The first thing I’d have organized is a good hiding place in the School for all kids who could be targeted by the fascist. Lock the schools doors, and while ICE tries to enter, you hide the kids. Like under the Nazis and the Gestapo, but I guess that’s what the US have become.
#AnneFrank #StopFascism
I was a teacher. The first thing I’d have organized is a good hiding place in the School for all kids who could be targeted by the fascist. Lock the schools doors, and while ICE tries to enter, you hide the kids. Like under the Nazis and the Gestapo, but I guess that’s what the US have become.
#AnneFrank #StopFascism
@dgavin They definitely would. I've spent time in France and now Sweden where bloody Le Pen and Sverigedemokraterna respectively are absolutely intent on doing the same.
These people just cannot bear the idea of a society where we all just get on with our fun little hobbies, while contributing as little as possible to climate change (which, essentially, is all the rest of us want).
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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
It's been more than 2 months now since my first post on the topic of location data sharing between various 3rd parties came out – in case you haven't seen it, you should definitely start from there: Everyone knows your locationHow I tracke…tim (tim.sh)
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Both Mastodon and Bluesky offer decentralized alternatives, but only one puts users first. While Bluesky’s VC-backed model serves shareholder interests, Mastodon’s nonprofit structure safeguards a truly open internet. The future of social media shouldn’t be for sale.
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#decentralize #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky #activitypub
The Social Network That Can't Sell Out: Understanding Mastodon vs. Bluesky - phillipjreese.com
As users flee from Twitter/X, two visions of social media's future compete: Mastodon's community-controlled network versus Bluesky's venture-backed promises.phillipjreese@gmail.com (phillipjreese.com)
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If there is no actual decentralization then the "protocol" doesn't matter.
It's centralized.
Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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and if I were an undecided voter, this is supposed to convince me to vote for his party? Because everyone wants more garbage lying around? Ffs #sarcasm
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Trump orders cuts to fishing regulation, delighting industry but alarming conservationists
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/04/trump-orders-cuts-to-fishing-regulation-delighting-industry-but-alarming-conservationists.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump orders cuts to fishing regulation, delighting industry but alarming conservationists
The order would also reopen to fishing areas previously protected to preserve fish populations.The Associated Press (oregonlive)
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Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is re-interpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break #Amazon deforestation pledges again - theguardian.com/environment/20… "Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say #JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle" time to boycott them
Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattleJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
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The two tipping points for when we officially become a dictatorship could occur this week
1. The first way the Trump regime clearly becomes a dictatorship is by directly defying a Supreme Court order.
2. The second way we officially become a dictatorship is if the Trump regime can accuse any American citizen of being so dangerous as to justify being sent to a foreign prison, without any independent court review of the regime’s evidence.
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US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says
https://kyivindependent.com/us-shuts-down-office-combating-russian-disinformation-rubio-says/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of American citizens.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
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Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.
LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car.
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How is it even possible that a private company can record (and keep recordings!!!) of public spaces like that?
What do else do they do with those videos? How is the public informed they are recorded? How do people consent to be recorded?
There are no privacy laws at all?
What do else do they do with those videos? How is the public informed they are recorded? How do people consent to be recorded?
There are no privacy laws at all?
hey this article talks about AI bots on social media for police work and the other guys (social media) are listed has anyone seen any AI bots here on Mastodon?
Hacked Seattle Crosswalk Speaker
This is great
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Seattle Crosswalk Speaker Hacked - Message from Bezos
Satirical audio of "Jeff Bezos," asking Washington not to tax billionaires.www.reddit.com
getting to the point where microsoft windows installs are going to be downloading a vm image and then dd'ing that to your computer before applying system updates because the installer is so actively hostile
Persist with your local accounts. Don't succumb to MS's need for you to be online.Useful as MS has removed the BypassNRO script from preview builds
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I mean that's basically what the installer is already, install.wim is just a disk image that gets cloned to your drive. The trick, as always, is just breaking out of the stupid OOBE.
OMG I just realized how fucking replygal this response was. Please summarily ridicule me for being that much of a tool.
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America 2025.
Can’t afford to screen anchored cruise liners for infectious disease outbreaks.
More than happy to send celebrities into space aboard privately owned (but publicly subsidized) penis rockets.
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#quote by #TristanSnell - #McGonigal
Seattle cops have just activated their new 24/7 citywide AI surveillance camera network.
Cops at operations centers will be watching the video from over SIXTY HD cameras in three neighborhoods.
The cops are storing video for 30 days, or indefinably if a cop decides they want to keep it for "investigation".
Seattle residents tried to stop this dragnet, saying it will only empower Trump in our region.
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#Seattle #SPD #ACAB #copcity #PNW #Privacy #surveillance #police
SPD CCTV Cameras are live
SPD is now doing 24/7 surveillance of the CID, Aurora North, & Belltown/Downtown. The surveillance includes both people watching camera feeds and algorithms including object recognition. ALL vi…STOP SURVEILLANCE CITY
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😂 biological warfare that just happens to be organic
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- speaking of which, I wonder if UPenn ever regret (clearly being paid off to) graduating Trump? Especially now, as no university seems immune to his toilet use musings of defunding education and institutions of higher learning.
To their credit, it takes chutzpah for a university to graduate a student with a Grade 3 student’s intellectual level.
To their credit, it takes chutzpah for a university to graduate a student with a Grade 3 student’s intellectual level.
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads - theguardian.com/books/2025/apr… this is an awful development; needs to be mapped and fought #censorship #lgbt
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titlesElla Creamer (The Guardian)
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I've read that in the US, a very small number of nutty ideologues are responsible for the vast bulk of demands.
Sign this letter to tell your Senators to oppose Trump's "Fix our forests" act.
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#uspol #pnw #california #washington #Oregon
Oppose the So-Called “Fix Our Forests Act” | Cascadia Wildlands
The misleadingly-named ‘Fix Our Forest Act’ (H.R. 471) is bad news for forests — it seeks to greatly increase logging on federally managed public lands, all under the guise of wildfire suppression.Claire Barber (Cascadia Wildlands)
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States must promise their schools don’t use DEI or lose federal funding, Trump administration says
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2025/04/states-must-promise-their-schools-dont-use-dei-or-lose-federal-funding-trump-administration-says.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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States must promise their schools don’t use DEI or lose federal funding, Trump administration says
A spokesperson for Gov. Tina Kotek said Oregon school districts should await further guidance.Erica Meltzer (oregonlive)
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Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Musk PAC’s $100 giveaways put Wisconsin voters to the test
Musk’s super PAC is offering #Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition denouncing judges as his #DOGE efforts face pushback from courts.
How is this not bribery? How is this at all legal?
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Elon Musk PAC’s $100 giveaways put Wisconsin voters to the test
Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition denouncing judges as his DOGE efforts face pushback from courts.Ja'han Jones (MSNBC)
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@Luketoop Alt text: Rep. Sylvia Garcia
@RepSylviaGarcia
Let's be clear: the Department of
Education exists because states
wouldn't fund poor schools,
wouldn't protect kids with
disabilities, wouldn't follow civil
rights law, especially in the
South. Anyone calling to abolish
it is calling to turn back the clock
—and we can't let that happen.
@RepSylviaGarcia
Let's be clear: the Department of
Education exists because states
wouldn't fund poor schools,
wouldn't protect kids with
disabilities, wouldn't follow civil
rights law, especially in the
South. Anyone calling to abolish
it is calling to turn back the clock
—and we can't let that happen.
I thought my body was safe from microplastics. I was wrong
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/i-thought-my-body-was-safe-from-microplastics-i-was-wrong-1.7486007?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration
An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause significant processing delays, and prevent many Americ…Judd Legum (Popular Information)
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Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures.FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press (WECT)
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Need to emphasize this, since the AP article doesn't even include it...
75,000 to 85,000 additional SSA visits PER WEEK, would cripple the agency if it were at full capacity.
But doing that while simultaneously reducing staffing massively and shuttering offices is pure SABOTAGE.
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I suspect this is another one where the courts will have to intervene, and quickly.
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The Hill has a list of the 26 #SocialSecurity offices with set closure dates out of the 47 planned to be closed. Most dates are in April, May, or June. And most of them are in states that voted for Trump.
Staff reductions ,along with many field office closures, would have a very negative impact on quality and EFFICIENCY of SSA services.
To be fair, when I had to make changes to mom's social security account two years ago, I had to drive to California (600 miles one way) to speak to a person because neither the website nor phone (never did get a person, I was on hold for hours) was any use.
@dougfir Even before Trump's inauguration, this was still a problem, but things got much better in the last two years of the Biden administration. The SSA under Biden made a gargantuan effort to improve the responsiveness of SSA phone support (I personally k now people who worked on this). Needless to say Trump is not only throwing away all that progress but making things many times worse. Let's be honest about what's happening here: this is no accident.
A big tip others have shared before is to search for the number to your local office instead of calling the main number. That's who is going to help you eventually anyways. The main number just gets the ball rolling, often merely scheduling a call back appointment with the local to you office.
after close to 10 calls in 2 days, I have an in person SSA appointment scheduled for mid-May. I am a savy retired person and this was not easy! Multiple system hangups, 120+ minute phone wait times, website system taking me to the wrong application and a letter telling me erroneous information.
The SSA staff I did finally connect with (I figured out a work around local ph no.!!) were all kind and I was the same to them.
The CNN article is much better than the AP one, FWIW. Includes reference to the Diaz Memo. the already long wait times. etc.
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Young #cedar #tree is all dressed in magnificent #mosses & #lichen 💚
One of the lovely sights you can see & admire, while exploring the coastal temperate rainforests in BC.
#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #nature #wilderness #forest #green #rainforest #ecological #biodiversity #ecosystems #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #ProtectTheWild #NatureFirst #StopDeforestation #TreesAreEarthsLungs #mosstodon
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I had heard of this. It’s terrible & you’re so right - we must protect that magical treescaoe/landscspe. Thank you for all you do. 💚💚💚
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@RandomSarah It takes a global village of concerned citizens willing to do what they can to protect irreplaceable, biodiverse ecosystems that sustain lifeforces which all living beings depend upon for survival. Humans who become too disconnected from nature & too dependent on capialism, usually become greedy inhumane folks, who contribute to destroying ecological habitats & try to justify the destruction, after the fact.
EXCLUSIVE: The White House says it ignored a court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply, two senior officials tell @MarcACaputo. t.co/8WfTjeXlNH
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As I understand it, some of the planes took off after the order?
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As I understand it, some of the planes took off after the order?
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Zuck fights besmirching like any rich techbro
Looks like it's up to the fediverse to overcome the metaverse.
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Eat the rich
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It could be far better and we definitely need more feminism, but the numbers seem outdated, if not wrong:
politifact.com/factchecks/2014…
Do women own 1% of the world's land? No
Women around the world have a hard row to hoe, but do they really own just 1 percent of all the land? That’s the claim i@politifact
As far as I'm concerned, AOC is the leader of the democratic party.
She has my full support.
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europesays.com/1913904/ Today’s PSA for y’all… #PoliticalHumor #PoliticalHumor #Politics #USPolitics
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We have to be honest and pragmatic
With the USA reneging on support treaties. Calling #Ukraine the aggressor threating #Canada #Panama and #Greenland with annexation (invasion). Forcing all the allies to act counter to #trump and form an opposing alliance. And calling #Putin and chairman #Kim mates while criticising #Trudeau #zelensky and other #Democratically elected leaders. One thing is obvious
#USA is now a member of the #axis of evil states and not part of the time free world
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in reply to The Whore of Blahbylon • • •If one wants to enter any bathroom unnoticed, all they need is a mop and a bucket. Because nobody pays attention to the janitor.
#notatip #butreally #fekkinidiots
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