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Texas Governor Abbott signals that he may (will?) defy the Supreme Court order regarding the border.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/01/24/475398/governor-abbott-signals-potential-defiance-of-supreme-courts-border-ruling/

In 1830, Andrew Jackson, as president, refused to heed a Supreme Court order regarding the removal of Native Americans from Georgia.

Jackson's refusal gave us the Trail of Tears.

Jackson remained popular.

The similarity: Both defiances are deeply racist.

The difference: In 1830 only white men could vote.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties#:~:text=President%20Jackson%20nonetheless%20refused%20to,and%20Henry%20Clay%20in%201835.

Pay attention to what's happening in this case: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just essentially ruled that it's fully legal to jail journalists for reporting leaked information, or any information they obtain from government officials without going through "proper channels."

This is a serious issue for #journalism in #Texas, #Louisiana and #Mississppi and we should hope the Supreme Court sets things right quickly. https://www.texasobserver.org/priscilla-villarreal-journalist-la-gordiloca-fifth-circuit/ via @TexasObserver

#SCOTUS #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment #news #politics #USpol #CriminalJustice #media #law

How does white supremacy continue to shape US and global society, and how can we fight for humanity against the racial order?

Geert Dhondt on Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity: From the US to Palestine

Saturday, January 27th 5pm at Autumn Leaves Books in Ithaca, NY

@Codeberg
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#codeberg #stickers #hackerspace

Meet us at #fosdem2024 in #brussel!

We have a stand in the K building, Level 1.

https://codeberg.codeberg.page/Events/events/2024/02-fosdem/

Get #Codeberg and #Forgejo stickers here.

you don't want to know how much time I spent last night thinking about using USENET as a modern communication platform

i have jetlag ok

Update on this: I'm leaning toward using LaTeX for everything and possibly exporting tutorials to html using pandoc or similar.

I've been re-doing one of my slide presentations in Beamer, and it's such a load off my shoulders feeling like I can just trust the presentation to scale text and so on reliably.

Animation is also a lot more intuitive for me in Beamer than in Powerpoint/LibreOffice.

Abolish Prisons Everywhere & Support the Global Strike for Gaza.

Learn more & get resources at http://uscpr.org, http://palestinianyouthmovement.com, http://palestinelegal.org, http://linktr.ee/HERO_Tent, and elsewhere.

#FreePalestine #StopCopCity

Exercise is too time consuming. I hate that it improves my mood while robbing me of time to get mad online.

Purism and Orpheum Films are pleased to announce their collaboration on the upcoming feature film ‘Legionario‘ in development.

The main character, played by Sebastian Eslava, uses a Liberty Phone for security.

https://puri.sm/posts/purism-liberty-phone-to-be-featured-in-orpheum-films-collaboration/

@lightweight @bitzero
Maybe M$ is just going through the motions to get public money through the "loan application program" since the SMRs MMRs probably won't be built.^1 An earlier article on the DOE and Bill Gates says that their "Natrium Fast Reactor" is much like a "Prism Fast Breeder" reactor for producing plutonium.^2 Maybe MegaCorporations want their own bombs now too, after rockets and satellites...

^1 https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/small-modular-nuclear-reactors-a-history-of-failure/
^2 https://mstdn.jp/@bsmall2/111417282332867196
https://thebulletin.org/2023/11/a-small-modular-reactors-demise-calls-for-big-change-in-energy-department-policy/

https://medium.com/prismnpen/twelve-year-old-stands-up-for-bullied-lgbtq-kids-wont-be-cancelled-ecf85c9d735b It really sucks that people like the folks running the Platte County School District have values that are so horribly malevolent, simple, and insecure. The world needs people who are better than this - strong people, more like Oliver, in fact. We need people with these oppressive values to fear the full shame of being exposed to the global society.

"As you know, running a successful business like eBay requires making very difficult decisions, like cutting costs instead of my eight-figure salary. Therefore, we have decided to axe a bunch of jobs to boost our profits. It's nothing personal, we just value shareholders more than employees."

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-worst-part-of-tech-layoffs-the-corporate-bullshit

Curation is the last best hope of intelligent discourse.: https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/curation-is-the-last-best-hope-of-intelligent-discourse

@massonpj yes - that sounds like a virtuous cycle in the making. One wonders why this hasn't long been obvious to most institutions... oh wait - corporate donations, funded chairs, research grants, etc. I suspect some core values at most institutions need to be re-evaluated. @apereo

The successful demonizing of diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education is part of a longstanding right-wing plot to restore white supremacy as fundamental policy in America.

The NYT's Nicholas Confessore has done a superlative job of show how, and why, this happened. This is a long article and you should read it.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/20/us/dei-woke-claremont-institute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P00.pT-f.NlzMGhxETFK0&smid=url-share

(unlocked article)

Extremist legislators in Tennessee and Oklahoma -- with more right-wing states on the way -- are looking to ban women from traveling out of state for abortions. They also want to imprison anyone who helps them.

https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-travel-bans-proposed-in

Resistance is not futile. This is fascism and has to be stopped.

I'm nervous about ditching Substack, given that the income my newsletter generates makes a difference in my life. I've had hopes of continuing to grow its audience this year rather than chasing side gigs that would be a bigger strain. As a writer and a disabled organizer, discovering that I could give my work away for free and that some folks would support those efforts financially was a godsend. But I'm an antifascist, and that means my work doesn't belong on Substack. https://organizingmythoughts.org/must-reads-on-a-new-less-nazi-friendly-platform/

Are you an #admin of a #Forgejo instance? What challenges do you deal in terms of #moderation or #spam?

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