"You know eggs are dear when people start dying potatoes at Easter."
The latest from Lizzie Stark: wapo.st/42xJnky
RFK Jr. Says There Are No Autistic Poets. We Asked an Autistic Poet. – Mother Jones
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The evil stupidity of this fool is unspeakable...
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."Mother Jones
📖 Generative AI in a Nutshell: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI leanpub.com/ainutshell
This is a fast-paced, practical, and visual guide to the strange new world of Generative AI. It is like an extended version of Henrik's viral video with the same name.
Find it on Leanpub!
#books #ebooks #ai #career #technology
ICE is going after US citizens, not in some future, but today.
ICE is breaking US law, and as such, the American people may be fully within their rights to defend themselves against ICE in whatever ways a reasonable person would do so.
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#USpol #coup #ice #rendition #kidnapping #deportation #HumanTrafficking #TrumpTrafficking
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his U.S. birth certificate in court.Jackie Llanos (Georgia Recorder)
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Claire Wardle and I talk about the limits of the word “misinformation” and how it’s often used too broadly or inaccurately.
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#MisinfoResearch
Matthew Facciani on Instagram: "Dr. Claire Wardle and I talk about the limits of the word “misinformation” and how it’s often used too broadly or inaccurately. I still use the term outside of academic writing as a way to start deeper conversations about h
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First EU Leader Meets With Trump on Tariffs | Balance of Power: Late Edition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-04-17/balance-of-power-late-edition-04-17-25-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Claire Wardle explains why that funny dog video matters more than you think. As academics, we often focus too much on whether information is true or false—but how content makes us feel is just as important.
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Matthew Facciani on Instagram: "Claire Wardle describes why that funny dog video matters more than you think! Sometimes, as academics who study the internet, we focus too much on the veracity of information, when how the content makes us feel is super imp
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Grande spettacolo per la seconda prova del CIAR 2025 sulle strade delle Langhe dove si sono ritrovati i mammasantissima del rallismo nazionale, Era la rivincita del Ciocco e rivincita è stata per il quattro volte campione italiano Andrea Crugnola (Citroen C3 Rally 2) che ha vinto un corsa dominata dall'inizio alla fine. Sul podio anche il solito noitv.it/2025/04/crugnola-torn…
Andrea Crugnola torna dominatore al rally della Regione Piemonte - NoiTV
Grande spettacolo per la seconda prova del CIAR 2025 sulle strade delle Langhe dove si sono ritrovati i mammasantissima del rallismo nazionale, Era la rivincita del Ciocco e rivincita è stata per il quattro volte campione italiano Andrea Crugnola (Ci…Redazione NoiTV (NoiTV)
Are you on Bluesky? Ads are coming for your feed: techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/blue…
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#mastodon #twitter #bluesky #fediverse #social #socialmedia #facebook #threads #ads #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #privacy #security
Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads | TechCrunch
Graze, a startup that lets people build and monetize custom feeds for Bluesky's social network, has attracted new capital. Pre-seed investors, led bySarah Perez (TechCrunch)
This bizarre schadenfreude and division into teams, completely disconnected from the reality of the underlying protocols, distributed systems, how things do or do not work together, that amounts to pure cheerleading is not helpful.
It is, in fact, the _opposite_ of helpful for any real work in this area. Whether you are trying to get people to move or working on improving the underlying infrastructure. It is, at the _absolute_ best, a distraction.
Musk’s crew of twentysomething goons is building out Trump's "Gold Card" visa, designed to give “high-level people” a “route to citizenship.”
Each card sells for $5 million and would replace the E.B.-5 visa program.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Minions Have a New Job on Trump’s “Gold Card” Scheme
The absolute worst people are working on Trump’s plan for “Gold Card” visas for immigrants.The New Republic
‘They F**ked Up’: Lil Wayne Claims The NFL Tricked Him Into Thinking He’d Perform At The Super Bowl
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lil-wayne-nfl-super-bowl-halftime-show-snub_n_68012d22e4b027910a160227?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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‘They F**ked Up’: Lil Wayne Claims The NFL Tricked Him Into Thinking He’d Perform At The Super Bowl
The rapper vowed to never perform at a halftime show after what he saw as a major snub.Jazmin Tolliver (HuffPost)
Israel has blocked humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since March 2025, leading to a worsening humanitarian crisis. The Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, stated that no aid will be allowed in until Hamas returns hostages from the 7 October attacks. The situation in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of over 51,000 Palestinians since the conflict began, with more than 50% being women and children.
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No plans to allow any aid into Gaza, says Israeli minister
Israel Katz says blocking aid is ‘one of the main pressure levers’ on Hamas while military announces it has turned 30% of Gaza into buffer zoneHannah Ellis-Petersen (The Guardian)
Many thanks to Humble Bundle and their community of supporters who used purchases of books and games to raise money for digital rights! We at EFF are deeply grateful for you.
Their Social Impact Report is out now: blog.humblebundle.com/wp-conte…
"E' necessario cambiare le normative sui delitti più gravi e con colpevolezza conclamata". Questo il commento di Maria Grazia Forli, madre di Vanessa Simonini, dopo l'arresto a Pisa di Simone Baroncini. "Quest'uomo ha scontato solo 16 anni per un femminicidio grazie ad un doppio sconto noitv.it/2025/04/maria-grazia-…
Surajit Mazumdar, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at India's Jawaharlal Nehru University, spoke about the economic relations between India and the US in light of the recent "reciprocal tariff" threats by Trump and why the US calculation is completely off-base.
The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have
https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-trump-salvador-due-process-a1265923d0188dc375b01205a0742ac2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Molly White (mastodon.social/@molly0xfff@ha…) is by far the best journalist covering the always-sleazy cryptocurrency "industry" -- and in her latest newsletter she connects the dots in Trump's totally corrupt crypto dealings: citationneeded.news/trump-cryp…
Her lede should be in an indictment. "In an unprecedented abuse of presidential power, Donald Trump is dismantling federal cryptocurrency oversight while building a sprawling family crypto empire worth billions."
Trump’s newest grift: Building a cryptocurrency empire while destroying its regulators
Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is using presidential power to dismantle the regulators who could stop itMolly White (Citation Needed)
The overgrown shell of a building at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD
Read about it and see the rest at abandonedamerica.us/forest-hav…
The Abandoned Forest Haven Institution in Laurel, Maryland | Abandoned America
Forest Haven in Laurel, MD was never a great place, even when it was open. Now that it's abandoned, it's become something of an urbex playground despite its dark past.www.abandonedamerica.us
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Con @adrianomorselli abbiamo sviscerato cosa sono i pacchetti #Linux , vieni a scoprirlo assieme a noi!
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One of my favorite New Westminster haunts lets diners predict the results of the next election.
Unfortunately some are still bun-decided..😅
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/04/…
New Westminster restaurant's burger poll predicts election winners
In a long-standing tradition, Burger Heaven in New Westminster is conducting its "Bun-Official" election poll.Emma Crawford (CityNews Vancouver)
Governo lança "RG animal" e programa de castração para cães e gatos em todo o país - Gazeta
Segundo o governo, o ProPatinhas vai capacitar municípios para ações de castração, com apoio de emendas parlamentares e orçamento federal. As cidades deverãoGazeta Brasil
In a sharp rebuke on Thursday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request to further delay an inquiry into the wrongful deportation of a Maryland father.
#Tucson #Arizona
Maryland senator says he was denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/maryland-senator-says-he-was-denied-entry-to-el-salvador-prison-holding-abrego-garcia?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Maryland senator says he was denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says he was denied entry into an El Salvador prison on Thursday while he was trying to check on the well-being of of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigrat…PBS News
U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/17/us-intelligence-tren-de-aragua-deportations-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump’s deportation of Maryland man divides conservatives
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/17/abrego-garcia-conservatives-republians-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”Suzanne Gamboa (NBC News)
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American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately
A doctor born in the United States says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.Matt Lavietes (NBC News)
訂正 -アングル：日本の起債市場、復調の兆しもなお薄氷 ブリヂストン債半減 | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
トランプ米政権の関税が世界の債券市場を揺るがし、日本でも起債の延期・中止が相次ぐ中、住友ゴム工業の５年債が増額・条件改善で発行されるなど一部で明るい兆しが見え始めた。一方、市場の回復度合いを測る試金石として注目されているブリヂストン債は中止にこそなっていないが、額は期待されていた規模の半分にとどまり、なお薄氷を踏む状況であることを浮き彫りにした。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/17/doge-trump-grants-hhs-nih-backlog/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Opinion: It's time for public resistance.
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Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.
Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.Ars Staff (Ars Technica)
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