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copdb, 2 days ago to acab

Yesterday Salt Lake City Police held a "Coffee with Cops" event at a Starbucks in downtown SLC. The goal of these events it to 'connect with the community', which would be much harder if they told people their backstory.

Two of the officers there were responsible for the killing of Nykon Brandon in August 2022. Brandon was an unarmed (he was in only shorts) homeless man who Fisher Brewing called the police on even though he had already left.

#ftp #acab

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RickiTarr, 13 days ago to random

Young people wanting to eat good food?! What's next?! Are they going to want to get paid more, own houses, take vacations?!

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4?amp

ChloeCat, 23 days ago to random

Proud to be part of the gifted kid --> burnt out catgirl pipeline

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Sherifazuhur, 23 days ago to palestine

Police arrest pro-Palestine protesters at Unversity of Texas, Austin (*Austin is known as the liberal zone of Texas *troops gave a 3 min warning *students restrained, some knocked to the ground *protests on other-than-Palestine have been permitted here) @palestine

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/24/ut-austin-israel-hamas-war-palestine-student-arrests/

bigzaphod, 24 days ago to random

I love how Quark seems to sell food and drink in his bar except it is usually all replicated on a standard food replicator - the same type as dozens of others that are all over the station and are apparently free to use by anyone??

JuliusGoat, 26 days ago to random

In 2017 American Nazis invaded Charlottesville, VA, which is a major U.S. city in case you didn't know. Maybe you remember this. They called themselves "Unite the Right." They wanted what Nazis want, and did what Nazis do, which was to kill.

https://www.the-reframe.com/americans-who-want-to-kill-americans/

gsuberland, 27 days ago to random

was randomly thinking about my English teacher in secondary school who was a miserable prick and an utter discredit to the art of teaching. something I didn't appreciate until at least a full decade after leaving school is that most subjects - even those whose classes were near-universally bemoaned as dull - are fairly interesting to study if they are presented well. there's something fundamentally compelling about understanding things, no matter how superficially dull the topic.

slcw, 29 days ago to worldwithoutus

Bad news out of the #MiddleEast... Despite international pleas for restraint following #Iran's largely symbolic strike on #Israel, #Netanyahu just ordered a #missileStrike on Iran. This escalation can only result in more conflict and death. At this point, I think the US has to seriously reconsider its support for Israel's far-right #Likud government.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-iran-missile-strikes/

thomasfuchs, 29 days ago to random

Thread about how we had “3D printed” houses over a hundred years ago.

Unlike the ones today these actually existed and were very affordable (think $6,000 in today’s money for a complete 1-bedroom house).

Today’s tech industry is a bullshit layer cake.

https://kolektiva.social/@sidereal/112293051206867591

jackofalltrades, 29 days ago to climate

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00368504231201372

Interesting paper. It correctly identifies the source of our problems: behavioral patterns, culture and power structures glorifying consumption and pronatalism. Authors recognize that targeting only symptoms of #overshoot (like #ClimateChange) with incremental technological interventions is a losing strategy.

ai6yr, 1 month ago to random

I am constantly amazed that the older folks around here aren't all dead of chemical-caused cancer, given how much Roundup and pesticides are applied to their yards. (These folks pay for monthly chemical dousing, even if there are NO PESTS to apply those chemicals too -- we call it the Visit From The Merchants Of Death). #chemicals #mutagenesis #pesticides

Green_Footballs, 1 month ago to random

The fact that every mainstream news site is now locked behind a paywall is a real boon for the spread of misinformation, because very few right wing sites have paywalls — which means their disinfo and propaganda can spread much more easily. Paywalls are a slow motion disaster.

mekkaokereke, 1 month ago to random

Oakland Airport wants to rename itself "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport?" Seriously?

What in the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim yeah we're in Anaheim but nod-nod wink-wink think of us as LA but we're the red one not the blue one but we're better because we have Ohtani wait what do you mean he's a Dodger now whatever bro we're still claiming LA" is going on here?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IDRj5KUF4

Is this early April fools? Tell me this is a bit.

josh, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Addressing indoor air quality saves lives and helps us achieve at work, in school, and in self-governance.

Brain function declines by 15% as CO2 levels hit 945ppm, and by 50% at 1400ppm.

Have you ever measured CO2 at your desk or a contentious City Council meeting? What you find might surprise you!

These scientists recommend mandating clean air in public buildings, with 800ppm as the upper limit. That's good policy: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0677

#IAQ #COVID #HealthAndSafety #PublicHealthPledge

fluffykittycat, 1 month ago to random

I want to plant a garden of plants that smell good. There aren't enough flowers that smell good and I wanna have lots of nice ones to Smell. Any suggestions?

caseynewton, 1 month ago to random

Florida is the latest state to demand that apps and websites verify users' ages. But it would probably be better to force the app stores to do the verifying https://www.platformer.news/monday-newsletter-2/

lauren, 1 month ago to threads

Feeding #Threads trash into #Mastodon is the functional equivalent of when Tom Sawyer got the other kids to whitewash the fence for him for free. Only in this case Tom is Zuckerberg and his cohorts, laughing at the "Fediverse" rubes.

petrillic, 2 months ago to random

Capitalism distilled.

JoshuaHolland, 2 months ago to Florida

I had no idea from the coverage that this was such a resounding win.

"The settlement was a resounding victory for the parents and LGBTQ advocacy groups who filed the lawsuit. It dramatically limits the law's application to a narrow set of circumstances that seldom occur in K-12 public schools."

#florida #fasscism #lgbtq #desantis

https://popular.info/p/update-say-gay-florida

rafal06, 2 months ago to random

Actually, by pirating I have a higher quality video than paying for Prime Video, because their stupid DRM doesn't support HD video on Linux, and from torrents I can watch in 1080p with no problem

Why didn't I think of that earlier

sidereal, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Alcohol is boring as hell. In my book, not drinking alcohol is one of the coolest things anyone could possibly do.

fluffykittycat, 2 months ago to email

Why did everyone stop using #email? We all.have accounts and k.ow each other's but I can't remember the last time I sent an email. It's not the fanciest digital communication system but it's there and it works. If you still use email please tell me more about your experiences. I'm thinking of making email cool again

drewdevault, 2 months ago to random

If governments want to get serious about cybersecurity and cyberwarfare they need to crack down on IoT. I don't mean your average smart home enthusiast's lightbulbs -- I'm referring to the needless internet connectivity of every consumer device plugged into a wall socket: your fridge, your washing machine, dishwasher, television, your car...

This is a national security problem.