internet gryphon. admin of Beehaw, mostly publicly interacting with people. nonbinary. they/she
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internet gryphon. admin of Beehaw, mostly publicly interacting with people. nonbinary. they/she
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now
please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread
This Is Not A Faceless Megacorporation: a second reminder to be measured in what you expect of us
once again speaking for myself here, except where these sentiments have already been expressed by other admins. this is not a moderator document or anything, and it will not be stickied....
Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook (themarkup.org)
non-stickied PSA: Beehaw has signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact
although this is unlikely to substantially and directly impact us and is a more immediate concern for Mastodon and similar fediverse software, we've signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact as a matter of principle. that pact pledges the following:...
Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical (www.pcgamer.com)
community is something we generally take for granted, but there is incredible beauty in watching a community finally take flight
lightly adapted from a cohost post i recently made:...
Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women's health (19thnews.org)
Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site (www.pcgamer.com)
US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses” (arstechnica.com)
Megathread for Reddit News & App Shutdowns
if you want to post links or discuss Reddit over the next while, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy, thanks! (a more formal body may be forthcoming, but that'll come in the morning if so)
a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps
just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10....
Spain's first trans senator vows to defend gender self-ID law (www.openlynews.com)
Busting the union-busters: As thousands of workers push to unionize, their bosses are hiring union-busting companies to cling to power. Here’s how you can out-organize your boss. (briarpatchmagazine.com)
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible (niemanreports.org)
Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections (news.stlpublicradio.org)
Virginia students walk-out protesting trans Outing policy (www.losangelesblade.com)
By a 6-3 majority, Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student loan debt relief plan (www.supremecourt.gov)
(link is to the Supreme Court's opinion document)
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
White House unveils plan to make insurers cover mental health care (www.statnews.com)
In some states, gender dysphoria is a protected disability — and momentum could be growing (19thnews.org)
New York Just Became a Safe Haven State for Transgender Youth and Their Families (www.them.us)
Florida students walk out in support of staff who flouted DeSantis trans ban (www.theguardian.com)
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for 6 days in a row (grist.org)
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
Donald Trump is blocked from appearing on presidential primary ballot by Colorado Supreme Court (coloradosun.com)