The New York Times has recently replaced an outgoing transgender opinion writer with someone who has a regressive gender agenda: https://fair.org/home/pamela-pauls-gender-agenda/

#fair #juliehollar #fairnessandacuracyinreporting #gender #thenewyorktimes #nyt #bias #reporting #journalism #newyorktimes

If you are considering running your own Mastodon server (or similar service) and it will be hosted in the United States, please read this general best practice guideline from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer

#eff #electronicfrontierfoundation #law #legaladvice #bestpractices #fediverse #dmca #digitalmillenniumcopyrightact #section230 #corynnemchserry #rights #anonymity #copyrightlaw

Mozilla to launch a social network in early 2023: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

#mozillasocial #mozilla #fediverse #firefox #socialmedia

The Black Speculative Arts Movement is a global community of intellectuals from the African Diaspora that seek to present, promote, and support human centered speculative imagination to catalyze streams of new thought that envision an inclusive future society: https://www.bsam-art.com/

#blackspeculativeartsmovement #speculativearts #bsam #art #afrofuturism

The Taliban have banned women from colleges and universities, effective immediately: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/women-banned-from-universities-in-afghanistan-taliban-says

#taliban #afghanistan #women #womensrights #education #highereducation #pbs #newshour #pbsnewshour

Colleges lowering listed tuition to more accurately reflect costs can encourage better decision-making for prospective attendees and families: https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/12/private-college-tuition-rates-finally-dropping.html

#shirinali #slate #slatemagazine #colbysawyercollege #colbysawyer #college #tuition #marketing #education #highereducation #educationcosts #southernnewhampshireuniversity #snhu #newhampshire #privateeducation

Weightlifting is for everyone and can provide tremendous benefits: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/08/strengthen-your-heart-bones-and-maybe-even-your-brain-a-beginners-guide-to-weight-training-at-any-age

#joelsnape #guardian #theguardian #weightlifting #resistancetraining #exercise #workingout #fitness #health #activity #beingactive

Other grains than corn can be popped (and should???): https://www.treehugger.com/how-cook-any-whole-grain-popcorn-4858738

#treehugger #food #cooking #grain #grains #popping #quinoa #rice #barley #pearlbarley #arboriorice #rice #shortgrainbrownrice #brownrice #buckwheat #melissabreyer

Turnout in the Tunisian election is 8.8%, with a strongman expected to cement his control: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/17/tunisian-parliamentary-election-records-just-88-turnout

#guardian #theguardian #tunisia #elections #election #simonspeakmancordell #democracy #authoritarianism #strongmen #strongman #northafrica #arabworld #kaissaied #قَيسسَعيد

Seven out of 10 American workers fired in a recent survey were given no reason or bad reasons for being let go and most did not receive severance: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/workers-fired-2022-just-cause-nelp-report/

#maggieduffy #motherjones #labor #laborrights #atwill #justcause #unionization #unions #organizing #organising #organization #organisation #organizedlabor #organisedlabour #nelp #nationalemploymentlawproject

2022 has been the deadliest year for Mexican journalists in decades, in part due to lack of public trust in the institution and political opposition: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/2022-has-been-the-deadliest-year-on-record-for-mexican-journalists

#christophersherman #pbs #pbsnewshour #newshour #mexico #journalism #murder #crime #targetedkilling #politicization #freedomofthepress #amlo #andrésmanuellópezobrador #andresmanuellopezobrador

The January 6 Committee has will make criminal referrals for the former president: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/17/1143874968/jan-6-committee-trump-criminal-referral

#npr #barbarasprunt #claudiagrisales #45 #january6 #jan6 #j6 #january6committee #congress #crime #criminals #insurrection #sedition #treason #highcrimes #highcrime

After World Cup matches, France and Morocco have come to an agreement about visas: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/france-and-morocco-resolve-visa-tensions-after-world-cup-clash

#theguardian #guardian #france #morocco #visa #visas #worldcup #diplomacy #softpower #culturaldiplomacy

@matuzalem There are a decent amount of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters in Puerto Rico, but the _real_ problem is that they are funny-looking and speak Spanish.

I thought I was done with tooting about Twitter, but the new guy is going full fascist pretty fast, so if you are leaving Twitter, check this: https://www.fedified.com/

#twitter #fedified #fediverse #mastodon #followers #tools

@matuzalem Likely, but this is something. Strictly speaking, Puerto Rican statehood is in the Republican platform: https://www.pr51st.com/republican-party-platform-puerto-rico/

The House of Representatives have passed a bill that will allow for a binding referendum on statehood or independence for Puerto Rico: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-passes-bill-allowing-puerto-rico-to-vote-on-statehood-independence

#congress #houseofrepresentatives #decolonization #puertorico #statehood #pbs #pbsnewshour #51ststate #independence #farnoushamiri #danicacoto #newshour

@DJNoneYa This was always somewhat funny, somewhat sad. It is getting increasingly sad.

Flickr owner SmugMug have announced the non-profit Flickr Foundation, with a 100-year plan for a digital commons: https://www.flickr.org/

#commons #flickr #flickrfoundation #smugmug #photography #freeculture #openculture

International Domain Names pose interesting options for hacks and also spoofing: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/12/14/idn-is-crazy/

#idn #idns #internationaldomainnames #domainnames #uri #uris #url #urls #danielstenberg #unicode #punycode #internationalisation #internationalization #i18n #hacks #hacking #spoofs #spoof #spoofing #hack #domainhack #domainhacks