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The government is putting more and more pressure on journalists reporting on ICE.

We all must speak out against these chilling tactics.

https://freedom.press/issues/ice-wants-to-work-in-secret-we-shouldnt-let-it/

A German software developer talks about why he's not riding the Artificial Intelligence train.

https://mertbulan.com/2025/06/26/why-i-dont-ride-the-ai-hype-train/

'I’m not riding the AI hype train. There are just too many red flags—how the models are built, how they’re used, the impact on people and the planet, the money behind it all, and the motivations of the companies pushing it.'

Wishing for a world where corporate motives didn't clash with the sacred trust of journalism

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/wishing-for-a-world-where-corporate-motives-didnt-clash-with-the-sacred-trust-of-journalism/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in #Ukraine since 2014, rules #ECHR - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/russia-has-committed-flagrant-human-rights-abuses-in-ukraine-since-2014-rules-echr "Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgment" and #warcrimes

Ag is a real job.

It takes real skills, knowledge, & people who gaf about what they're doing.

Stop treating agriculture like society's dumping ground.

Another crew was a bunch of minors who were working as "community service" for juvie.

They all smoked, bc juvie. Tobacco is packed with plant viruses that are super contagious; can be spread just by touch. So "don't smoke in the fields" is a key farm rule.

So they were completely new to farm labor & didn't really want to be there. Part of the job is I was supposed to "mentor" them.

News flash: inexperienced people who don't want to be there DON'T DO GOOD WORK. Even if they want to, they don't know how.

But berries, fruit, tomatoes, etc that are eaten fresh can't be automated w current technology.

I know because I worked for a lot of the startups that tried!

There's no way to pick fast enough by machine to be commercially viable, without bruising so they rot before they get to the store.

I did a short video on this. For anyone who might need to hear, like, *logistical* reasons for why drafting people into farm work is bad.

youtu.be/jyVIqq4VBy4

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US labor unions do the darndest things...

Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI Into the Classroom’

https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/

Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories "Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government" we wish... #climatecrisis

Purism manufactures the electronics of our Liberty Phone and Librem Key at our facility in the US for the following reasons:

We believe China—an adversarial country to the US—should not be manufacturing high-tech electronics for US citizens nor US government security devices.

Made in USA Electronics aligns with US interests.

We believe that US Labor laws are superior to China’s.
We believe that US Environmental laws are superior to China’s.

Learn more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/why-purism-manufactures-electronics-in-the-usa/

Climate activists victim of flakey arrests - https://theecologist.org/2025/jul/09/climate-activists-victim-flakey-arrests this is extremely worrying - and shameful for a PM and former attorney general to allow #uk

Just upgraded 2 of my 4 Mastodon instances to v4.4.0 - quite straightforward. Don't think anyone even noticed... Well done https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social team!

Right wing extremists try to destroy weather radar site. Why? Because conspiracy lies (stop calling them theories) are amazingly persuasive to people who want to believe lies and who ache for violence. https://www.wired.com/story/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories-geoengineering-weather-weapon/