Nabil Harfoush

Observing an explosive growth in betting and gambling outlets heavily advertised across TV and streaming channels, and increasingly framed as just "a game" or "play". Given the abundant data on the negative social impacts of gambling, is anyone else worried about this phenomenon?

Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.

gandersocial.ca

Have you heard of Gander? Not the town, but the name of a new platform made by Canadians for Canadians. I welcome such platform and look forward to test its functionalities and interfaces.

On Repair: returning to Earth Transcendence is cool, but have you tried composting?

A new installment from the Institute of the Healing Arts. I love their writings.
open.substack.com/pub/meaningc...

Yes, quite ...a thing. It means that whatever the state does cannot be identified as terrorism. Yet one of the main root causes of terrorism is actually violence or excessive force used by the state.

In Southern Arizona’s Sky Islands, Trump administration’s funding freeze stalls crucial conservation work - AZ Luminaria This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. PATAGONIA — “Lo...

The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of Borderlands Restoration Network, which maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds

From @insideclimatenews.org

Sikorsky is now owned by Lockheed Martin.

"The first rule of fighting authoritarianism is that you cannot sacrifice people." --

If you haven't followed the news of this case, read this piece by @jysexton.bsky.social about the forced disappearance and illegal attempt to revoke the immigration status of a US green card holder.

Bluesky 1.99. Improvements: Videos are now up to 3 minutes long! A DMs "inbox" to approve or reject new direct messages. You can now mute accounts from a post's "..." menu. An improved moderation reporting flow. Better tablet-size layouts on Web. Better error reporting during signup.

📢 App Version 1.99 is rolling out now (1/5)

With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.

• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly

Even though I am on the other side of the Trade War that "Governor" Trump has started, this is indeed important and should be resisted.

Interesting research. Anything about state Terrorism?

#SOUTEX
#VictoriaClassReplacement
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Donald Trump's territorial ambitions are more than an idle threat Trump's tariffs against Canada are more about his territorial ambitions than border security.

An interesting contribution by Linda McQuaig, an author and journalist that I respect, about getting creative in countering Trumps annexation dreams.
rabble.ca/politics/can...

Horrible stats from Italy. I recently read a similar stat for Canada. Reading all of this I feel anger. We should all paint our faces with with multi-coloured stripes, and go to war, against these perpetrators. It's a first good but insufficient step to signal this in a sports event.

How do we feel about that? Cummings is a Native American woman-owned small business founded in 2009 as an aerospace engineering outfit with expertise in design, development, production and sustainment of capabilities like missiles, radars and command-and-control system technologies

File this under "laugh to keep from crying."

(For my Italian speakers here -- but you'll get it even if you don't speak Italian. )

I found myself watching Italian soccer matches. Many of the players, referees, and officials have a botch of red on their cheeks. Does anyone know what it is about?

YouTube video by Veritasium What Game Theory Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything

A really interesting perspective from game theory about almost any human behavior
youtu.be/mScpHTIi-kM?...

I hear you. I am new to BlueSky as well. It takes time to rebuild the network I had on other platforms.

Hi Rahaf, I finally made the switch from X to BlueSky. You might follow me ;)

You may want to check out "The Republic" by Plato.

Hello fellow Overlappers, the post on the Google group gave the final push to dump X and move to a better place. Glad that my first community on BlueSky is Overlap.