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Un immense livre en train d’être brûlé par des petits personnages avec marqué « I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books »

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France: Le Pen found guilty in embezzlement trial – DW – 03/31/2025 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been convicted of National misappropriating European Parliament funds through her National Rally party. The impact on her presidential run remains unclear.

A little good news:

www.dw.com/en/france-le...

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Majd. Before the war Majd was a software engineer, he wrote this beautiful thread about what happened to him and his family including Zeina, 4, Lareen, 6 and Mona, 8. Mona was so traumatized that she’s not been able to speak and needs care.

@edidin.bsky.social pm me and I'll give you the signal invite. They are super helpful with everything. transworldexpress.org

Why isn't Shohreh Aghdashloo in Dune? She only speaks in command voice

While the liberal is part of the oppressor, he is the most powerless segment within that group. Therefore when he seeks to talk about change, he always confronts the oppressed rather than the oppressor. He does not seek to influence the oppressor, he seeks to influence the oppressed. He says to the oppressed, time and time again, "You don't need guns, you are moving too fast, you are too radical, you are too extreme." He never says to the oppressor, “You are too extreme in your treatment of the oppressed,” because he is powerless among the oppressors, even if he is part of that group; but he has influence, or, at least, he is more powerful than the oppressed, and he enjoys this power by always cautioning, condemning, or certainly trying to direct and lead the movements of the oppressed.

"you are moving too fast"

Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...

If you think abortion information isn’t being censored, think again. Advocates have had their accounts suspended and posts removed. It’s time to fight back. #StopCensoringAbortion

Who is ready to bring it?

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...

Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨

Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion

My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them.

EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.

Netanyahu gifted Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington | CNN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted US President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday, an Israeli political source told CNN.

In other news, The Onion's stock dropped by 20% today for unknown reasons...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...

I have these for cheese utensils!

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

It's a good start to build allies

*sad pirate noises*

Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, “there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @nytimes.com. "This is an ongoing, increasing problem.”

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

If you have some free time or there’s something you’re avoiding, the govt has asked employees to report any govt official or agency who might still be trying to use DEI practices. This is the email: DEIAtruth@opm.gov Anyone can share their thoughts to that email, or as one person has apparently already done, subscribe them to any services.

Here’s a fun activity.

photo of a bodysuit filled with garbage and a taped portrait of Elon Musk hangs upside down on the gate near piazzale Loreto in Milan, Italy. Photo from Ansa Italia 2025

Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)

1. Making video games
2. Computer Science
3. CS->pre-med->CS
4. DevSecOps

Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us.

"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK

Let's put this TikTok thing into perspective:

Currently there are no major communications platforms (print, cable news, and now social media) not under control by the far right.

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...

Inside the State Dept., senior political appointees repeatedly disregarded their own experts on Israel's human rights violations.

These officials cracked down on leaks by threatening criminal investigations and classifying material critical of Israel.

New, @propublica.org

YouTube video by media.ccc.de 38C3 - BioTerrorism Will Save Your Life with the 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective

Good talk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzk...

Four massive animal penises cast in metal stand outside the University of Florida's Animal Science building in Gainesville, FL. The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.

Four massive animal penises cast in metal stand outside the University of Florida's Animal Science building in Gainesville, FL.

The statues, created by artist Carol K. Brown, were erected in 1988.

Pun intended.

Happy new year everyone!

a very vey long pole

a selfie of the cease and desist

Artist makes website that lets you take selfies through NYC's network of traffic cameras. NYC Department of Transportation sends cease and desist. Artist nails cease and desist to a very very very long pole & holds it up to one of the cameras to take a photo of it

www.404media.co/traffic-cam-...

Oh hey! There's a new Monument Valley game out