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.
A new kind of activist journalism: Hunterbrook investigates corporations (and hopes to make bank trading off its reporting) (www.niemanlab.org)
Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them (www.latimes.com)
It's barely June, and the Mayor of London is causing ANOTHER pride flag discourse on the app that is Twitter (www.thepinknews.com)
Queer people are getting their rights violated and removed in real time, and now we have ppl from all across the political spectrum arguing over a flag I have never seen before....
Ben Gurion, founder of Israel, admits having stolen land from Arabs and that's there's no reason for arabs to make peace. See more of his behaviour on this article (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13965815...
Pro-Palestine Protesters Disrupt Biden’s Multimillion-Dollar Fundraiser (www.leftvoice.org)
Inside the Young Democratic Socialists of America TRANS Campaign, and the Struggle for Trans Liberation (y.dsausa.org)
Washington Strippers Win Bill of Rights (inthesetimes.com)
The campaign’s primary focus for the new law has been on improving dancers’ working conditions especially around expanded safety regulations. Strip clubs in Washington will now be required to hire full-time security guards, add keypad locks to dressing room doors, and conduct sexual harassment training for all employees....
'Hamas mouthpiece': Netanyahu lauds new law allowing him to shut Al-Jazeera in Israel (www.haaretz.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the law’s passing, saying that “Al Jazeera has harmed Israel’s security, actively participated in the October 7 massacre, and incited against IDF soldiers. It’s time to remove Hamas’ mouthpiece from our country.”...
Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria (bbc.com)
Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people (www.axios.com)
Trump’s Justice Department would push to eliminate or upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racism that has favored whites....
minor PSA (bee-SA?): you should now be able to use the Blobbee emoji set under our emoji picker
we discovered this set the other day by olivvybee (Liv Asch), and obviously these are delightfully thematic for our instance. you should be able to find them in our emoji picker as follows. the emoji icon, at least on desktop, is the fourth from left smiley face on comment/post UI:...
A Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they're donating $5M to Black communities. (www.nbcnews.com)
The Legacy of Black Cowgirls (capitalbnews.org)
Now China donates 1,500 tonnes of Tibet glacial water to Maldives amidst water crisis (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion Conditional Commitment to Holtec Palisades to Support Recommission of Michigan Nuclear Power Plant (www.energy.gov)
if this happens, i believe this would be the first nuclear plant to be recommissioned in the US after previously shutting down
NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law (www.thecity.nyc)
The Farmers Leaning On Each Other's Tools (civileats.com)
The cost of specialized farm equipment is one of the biggest barriers for small-scale and beginning farmers. Cooperatives are springing up around the nation to help bridge the gap.
A mecca for rewilders: the community-led project restoring Scotland’s southern uplands (www.theguardian.com)
How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (www.nytimes.com)
(EDIT: Sadness canceled, read edit) Although relatable, I feel sad beehaw wants to leave lemmy (+ I propose talking to the inital sponsor of lemmy development to get moderation issues fixed)
EDIT: as one of the admins explained below, they plan to migrate to something whitch uses ActivityPub, which means that my concerns are gone. I liked the interactions between servers who are equally wholesome compared to beehaw, which will be possible after the migration because of ActivityPub. So therefore, my sadness is...
TIL lemmy has a traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns community (lemmy.ca)