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futurebird, 3 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago) to random

The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

lanartri, 7 hours ago (edited 5 hours ago) to random

WrenArcher, 17 hours ago to random

Going to the restroom for a trans woman can be so anxiety inducing. I know for me it can be anyway. All I wanna do is get in and get out without any issues, hassles or problems.

But I had something happen while I was at lunch with my mother in-law that was rather affirming as a woman. It’s the opposite of what I’ve imagined could happen to me going to the women’s restroom.

I was washing my hands when a woman about my age came out of the other stall. She looked at me, straight in the face and asked if I could zip up the back of her dress. She didn’t even wait for a response. She just turned around and pulled up her hair. Then said, “It’s so hard to do this by yourself. So much easier when you have help. Thanks.”

She didn’t see me as a predator. Didn’t see me as someone who shouldn’t be in there. She saw me as another woman who simply would understand the need to have help zipping up the back of her dress.

I almost started crying.

I, a trans girl, went into the women’s restroom and nothing happened, except for another woman asked for my help.

TheBreadmonkey, 5 hours ago to random

With everything that's going on in the world, at least Birdseye - a self-proclaimed ethical fishing business, owned by a massive conglomerate, previously fined billions for fraud, artificially inflating the value of produce, price fixing, overturning ethical standards, discrimination, hazardous working conditions, destroying culturally significant land for offices and public health violations - but apart from all that (and all of the product recalls for E.coli, Salmonella and fatal bronchiolitis), an ethical fishing company who use the highly destructive bottom trawlers (responsible for damaging up to half of Norway’s cold water corals reefs), but apart from that an ethical fishing company who buy a third of their produce from pirates who deal in illegal catches and over-fishing.....have commissioned someone to spend 100 hours to make a cute miniature sandwich! Aah, sweet!

World's smallest fish finger sandwich measures under 1cm tall
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/15/worlds-smallest-fish-finger-sandwich-measures-1cm-tall-20844820/?ico=mosaic_weird

b9AcE, 21 hours ago to random

"Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes in mountains, official says"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/helicopter-iranian-presidents-convoy-accident-says-strate-tv-2024-05-19/

No comment.

yatil, 3 hours ago to random

Love that we here in Germany are basically prohibited from getting vaccinations, even voluntarily, unless we meet certain condition – mostly age and existing illness.

“You first have to get LongCOVID before we allow you vaccinations to avoid the thing you got” is bad policy. https://zirk.us/@AlexKourvo/112469763159775160

jtmuehlberg, 1 hour ago to random

"The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday."
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/20/middleeast/icc-israel-hamas-arrest-warrant-war-crimes-intl/index.html

stefan, 1 day ago (edited 18 minutes ago) to fediverse

Hey everyone! I recently posted about my latest project, a universal fediverse sharing button: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-sharing-button/

Is this something that you'd find useful for your website or blog?

#WebDevelopment #WebDesign #UXUI #fediverse #SocialMedia

EDIT: Thanks everyone for sharing and trying this out! I fixed an issue on iOS some of you might have run into, just FYI.

mondoweiss, 1 day ago to Palestine

Israeli soldiers rounded up Ahmad Safi and his male family members in Khan Younis and made them stand atop a sand dune for 12 hours as the soldiers took cover behind them during a firefight with Palestinian resistance fighters. This is their story.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/what-its-like-to-be-used-as-a-human-shield-by-the-israeli-army/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

SuperMoosie, 1 day ago to random

Gina Rhinehart, Australia's richest woman, has been trying to use her power and influence to remove a painting of her from the National Gallery.

She has even got swimmers that her company sponsors to write letters to have it taken down.

Renowned Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira is famous for a caricature style which challenges power structures, and he says his Australia in Colour series is no different.

Ordinary Australians are not having a bar of this. They have raised 30% of the money raised to put the painting on a massive billboard in Times Square for the world to see.

Want to help stick it to the multi billionare? The link is:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/put-vincent-namatjira-s-work-in-times-square#/

Captain_Jack_Sparrow, 7 hours ago to iran

How can we encourage #Putin and #Netanyahu to take more helicopter flights..

#Iran #Raisi #IRGC

elduvelle, 23 hours ago to newhampshire

Missing person report in #NewHampshire #Vermont #DartmouthCollege
Please share!

“Kexin Cai
~115 lbs, ~25 years old, 5.7 feet
Last seen 15 may 2024 with Biktrix white electric bike with fat tyres and front rack.
For any information that can help us find her please call Lebanon police dispatch at 603 448 1212”

Dhmspector, 1 day ago to random

I’ve been in this business, writing software professionally, since I started my first software business at 16 in high school an an Apple ][. That’s 45 fucking years. It would never occur to me to steal other people’s code, let alone their likenesses, voices, or art.

Just eject these thieving “AI” companies into the sun. These people, and the VCs that fund them, are a cancer on the software industry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/technology/ai-voice-clone-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.1KUx.2vYNvYuSXMmW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

penny, 13 hours ago to random

I…am running low…

radiofreefedi, 1 day ago to random

Our pop-up channel for the FediVision 2024 voting period is live.

It's an alternative way you can hear the entrants if a linear format. It's on our main site below our regular channels.

Keep an eye on @announce and #Fedivision2024 for info, fun and light hearted lobbying.

To kickoff the voting period we'll have chat on for a bit as we are simulcasting our pop-up to the video/chat channel. The community will announce more hangouts fo the week.

https://party.radiofreefedi.net

https://fedivision.party/vote

tero, 1 day ago to apple

"Just like Apple, Meta is behaving as though the #DMA permits it to carry on its worst behavior, with minor cosmetic tweaks around the margins. Just like #Apple, #Meta is daring the #EU to enforce its democratically enacted laws, implicitly promising to pit its billions against #Europe’s institutions to preserve its right to spy on us."

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" | #ElectronicFrontierFoundation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

geekysteven, 1 day ago to random

Adam_Cadmon1, 21 hours ago to random

People still acting like Biden's personal pep squad.

"Don't you dare speak ill of the Biden...he may hear and then people won't vote for him! For shame!"

TCMuffin, 22 hours ago to random

Thank god we live in Wales :cymru_baner:

Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/19/schools-england-police-homes-absent-pupils

18+ leighelse, 23 hours ago to random

#Fedivision is an annual contest between amateur songwriters with ActivityPub accounts. It's loosely modeled on Eurovision. This year there are 72 entries, and voting is now open until next Sunday.

Anyone with an ActivityPub account (that's you, dear reader) can vote for up to three entries. Learn how to vote at https://fedivision.party/vote/

You can hear the songs at https://fedivision.party and there's a popup channel on Radio Free Fedi playing entries: https://party.radiofreefedi.net/

raph, 1 day ago to Israel

Once again, the issue is portrayed as a bunch of extremists who took over Israel. This is not untrue, but it hides the fact that before these extremists were anywhere near power, Israel was already systematically dispossessing, colonizing, and brutalizing Palestinians.

Every Israeli I know hates Netanyahu, Israel's messianic far right, settlements, and settlers. And I mean HATES them.

But Israeli society is still overwhelmingly supportive of the war.

1/9
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank

Kierkegaanks, 1 day ago to random

LALegault, 1 day ago to random

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna152701

sarajw, 1 year ago to random

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