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#RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/ " In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory. "

https://www.cornellonfire.org/actionsevents/how-to-disrupt-fossil-fuel-business-as-usual

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In summary, trade wars & threatening to withhold your bulk export goods is a terrible way to get what you want from the world.

All US farmers are doing with this trade war is make openings for other countries.

Because crop exports can be replaced a lot faster than you'd think. And so can we.

But more importantly, lots of other places around the world could grow huge amounts of cotton. They just didn't yet.

Up until 1861 US cotton had been so cheap, there was no way for anyone else to grow cotton competitively.

All that changed when the South stopped exporting!

Farm trade wars are wild because we've already done similar things in the past, and it did NOT work out for the US farmers in question.

Let's talk about the trade war part of the US Civil War, one of the biggest farmer self-owns in world history.

We are frankly overwhelmed by the screenings that have taken place and will take place of our new documentary InterRebellium 01 The Estallido Social!

There are over 30 screenings across 4 continents, that we know about.

A huge shoutout to the comrades in St Petersburg who translated the entire documentary into Russian!

We hope that these screenings spark thoughtful discussions among all comrades who attend.

#Florida to become second state to ban #fluoride in water, alarming experts - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/florida-fluoride-water-ban " The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water is considered among the greatest public health achievements of the last century."

And the beat goes on: Calibre 8.3 eBook Manager Brings Enhanced Performance https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-3-ebook-manager-brings-enhanced-performance/

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Join us, First Amendment lawyers Floyd Abrams, David Bralow of @theintercept, Kendra Albert, and Seth Stern for an urgent discussion about the Trump administration’s targeting of law firms, nonprofits, and other institutions.

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Moby releases hundreds of pieces of music "to provide free instrumental music for creators. any creators. all creators". License: "there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products." https://mobygratis.com

"In the heart of West Africa, a resistance movement has taken form—not through guerrilla warfare, but through governance. President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso stands as perhaps the most targeted African leader today, facing an unprecedented 15 assassination attempts in just two years...Traoré has committed what the imperial powers consider the ultimate transgression—pursuing genuine sovereignty. His crime? Refusing to be controlled by Western imperialism."

https://bettbeat.substack.com/p/anti-imperialists-really-need-to

"Privacy on Trial: Meta’s DOJ Battle vs. Purism’s User-Centric Philosophy"

Meta claims it’s not a monopoly.

The FTC disagrees.

At the center of the case: Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp—moves the FTC argues were calculated to "neutralize competitive threats" and consolidate power across the digital landscape.

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Harry Potter fans tend to argue for the seperation of art from the artist.

That's a maybe.

But unlike, say, Lovecraft, your money is going to an alive person that is trying to eradicate my people *using* that money.

I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror if I did that to any minority.

SB 2880 out of Texas has the goal to wipe information about abortion pills from the internet. It is carefully designed to scare people into silence and will chill free speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/texass-war-abortion-now-war-free-speech

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Ok, so I'm (still) in the throes of upgrading my venerable Drupal 7 block to a modern Drupal... I spent *ages* trying to get things working with Drupal 10 (note, I ran a Drupal dev shop for over a decade, so this *should* be easy-as. Heh)... It occurred to me, why go to D10 if D11 is stable. & given that, why not the new 'Drupal CMS' (based on D11) 🤔... So I've installed an instance with the aim of migrating my D7 to it... anybody else try this? Recommended? (I've already got a D10 theme...)

“Good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy,” EFF told AP News of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. “Lawmakers should be strengthening and enforcing existing legal protections for victims, rather than inventing new takedown regimes that are ripe for abuse.” https://apnews.com/article/take-it-down-deepfake-trump-melania-first-amendment-741a6e525e81e5e3d8843aac20de8615