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protecttruth, 6 days ago to random

This expose of a conserv law prof shows he treated women horribly and abused power over their careers.

It also shows how much money sloshes around conservatives. Google and Amazon contracts. Federalist Society. Jones Day. AEI.
So. Much. Rightwing. Money.

WSJ piece 2
WSJ piece 3

br00t4c, 7 days ago to random

Nigel Farage faces questions over convicted fraudster's campaign role

#wirefraud

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/09/nigel-farage-questions-convicted-fraudster-campaign-role-george-cottrell

GossiTheDog, 8 days ago to random

A company paid a ransomware group.. then had their info leaked by the same ransomware group anyway. Not isolated at all, eg UnitedHealthcare paid $20m and then got extorted again by the same person.

Stop paying ransomware groups. You are directly funding serious organised crime. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pandabuy-pays-ransom-to-hacker-only-to-get-extorted-again/

timrichards, 7 days ago to DoctorWho

I've only just realised that William Russell died at 99 years old this week – he was one of the very first companions on Doctor Who. An entertaining actor, will be much missed. RIP.

William Russell obituary | Stage | The Guardian

#DoctorWho https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary

tzimmer_history, 8 days ago to random

Weekend reading: As the Right is using the Supreme Court to re-impose a reactionary order on the country, I exchanged letters with Madiba Dennie about the dangers of judicial supremacy – and how to get out of the Originalism Trap.

This week’s piece:

🧵1/

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-originalist-supreme-court-vs

dansup, 8 days ago to random

I had a pretty rough day and contemplated just giving up on @pixelfed because it seems like I can’t catch a break

But after calming down, I started to remember all the big milestones and the people who believe in our platform and in me

I’m not ready to give up, in fact this was the kick in the ass I needed to get my priorities straight and focus on shipping the app ASAP and also Groups

I’m a few months behind on my NLnet Groups milestone and need the money so that’s my focus after the app

❤️

thisismyglasgow, 8 days ago to glasgow

Looking up at the former Ruchill Hospital Water Tower. Built in 1892, it was designed by Alexander Beith McDonald.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #ruchill #watertower #tower

davew, 9 days ago to random

This would make a fine campaign ad.

mekkaokereke, 8 days ago to random

😮Eddie Hall had a 2 on 1 mixed martial arts fight against 2 much smaller men? This is just a terrible idea. Extremely dangerous. Who sanctioned this?

Yes, a smaller, much more skilled martial artist can defeat a bigger, stronger, more athletic person. But if that larger stronger more athletic person is anywhere close in skill? It's not even a fair fight. There are weight categories for a reason.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSFB0eImofw&t=21m15s

And I can't believe they made the survivor get back in there alone. Evil.

jeffjarvis, 8 days ago to random

Attention must also be paid to Will Lewis' editor from the ever-more-execrable Telegraph:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/07/washington-post-new-ceo-leadership?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

aral, 8 days ago to Games

I thought God of War and Baldur’s Gate 3 might have ruined most games for me by setting the bar so high but I’m really enjoying one of the loveliest games I’ve played in a while and it’s… are you sitting down?…

Cat Quest!

(Yep.)

It’s a gentle/sweet/fun Zelda/Final Fantasy/Skyrim inspired 2.5D cartoon-like RPG that you can dip in and out of made by a small studio in Singapore. I stumbled onto it on PlayStation Plus but it’s on all platforms.

https://www.thegentlebros.com/catquest/

#games #catQuest #RPG

gamingonlinux, 9 days ago to random

When game devs take a stand against Windows Recall

noellemitchell, 9 days ago to Health

Why do I feel like we're making the same mistakes with bird flu that we did with covid?

Dismissing this case with "oh he had chronic conditions" is extremely dangerous. Not to mention the fact that there's a lot of people who have multiple underlying health conditions.

#health #news #birdFlu #virus #pandemic #covid #press #media #worldNews

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-health-ministry-bird-flu-patient-died-chronic-disease-not-virus-2024-06-07/

AnnaAnthro, 10 days ago to linguistics

The Puzzling Story of How Cryptic #Crosswords Crossed the Atlantic | by Ben Zimmer | Beyond Wordplay #linguistics

https://beyondwordplay.com/the-puzzling-story-of-how-cryptic-crosswords-crossed-the-atlantic-a984ad4ba60f

mekkaokereke, 11 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

99.7% of Venture Capital money goes to people that are not Black women.

0.3% of Venture Capital goes to Black women.

The 11th circuit court cited civil rights law when it said that it is racist to stop anyone from having access to VC based on their race, and that setting aside VC for people of a given race is racist.

So they ruled against a group of Black women looking to give their own money to Black founders. For violating the civil rights. Of white men that want that 0.3% too.🙂🙃

1/N

ElleGray, 11 days ago to random

morale in hospitals is currently very low and this is one of the reasons

shekinahcancook, 10 days ago to Archaeology

The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman - And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright, by Sarah Durn February 10, 2022

"...Archeologist and textile expert Rita Wright, professor emerita of anthropology at New York University, is the first to ever study Pu-abi’s garments based on the only surviving image of her. Her findings have just been published in the new book Art/ifacts and ArtWorks in the Ancient World. Atlas Obscura spoke to Wright about the role of women in ancient Ur, what we know of Queen Pu-abi’s life, and why textiles are so often overlooked in archeology.."

Textiles are overlooked because they are "women's" handiwork, of course. The modern science of archaeology began in the days where the only things considered to be of value were gold and jewels, or weaponry. Anything women did was considered uninteresting, not important, or presumed to be part of a "fertility cult."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ur-queen-puabi-mesopotamia-textiles

#Archaeology #WomensHistory

StillIRise1963, 11 days ago to random

See, we Black people aren’t ALLOWED to have any fucking feelings. Racists think they can dictate my feelings or judge them.

ElleGray, 11 days ago to random

I think the bears are doing this on purpose. It looks like fun. Drugs, mosh pit, bungee jumping, trampoline. A forest rave

elizabethtasker, 11 days ago to random

I lost my right to vote in the UK due to living out of the country for too many years. That rule was lifted this year, and I received the email today saying that my voting registration was accepted!

.... just under the wire for the July 4 election...!

I'd also registered to vote by proxy, but by random coincidence, I will be in the country. Apparently, that's fine so long as I beat my nominated proxy voter to the polling station 🤣

arstechnica, 11 days ago to random

Tool marks on ancient Egyptian skull suggest attempted cancer treatment

“An extraordinary new perspective in our understanding of the history of medicine.”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/tool-marks-on-ancient-egyptian-skull-suggest-attempted-cancer-treatment/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

arstechnica, 11 days ago to random

Microsoft reopens beta program to test “new features” for Windows 10

Support ends next year, but Windows 10 remains the most-used version of the OS.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-reopens-beta-program-to-test-new-features-for-windows-10/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

idoubtit, 11 days ago to Paranormal

Reflections on #cryptids as mascots and loving your local #monster. #cryptozoology

Location and imagination equals cryptid
https://sharonahill.com/location-and-imagination-equals-cryptid/

ifixcoinops, 22 days ago to random

Wanna guess what I'm making?