WikiVibes is a frontend for Wikidata-structured sounds on the Wikimedia Commons (i.e. freely-licensed music): https://wikivibes.toolforge.org/

#wikiflix #toolforge #wikimediacommons #commons #magnusmanske #wikimedia #openculture #freeculture #music #wikidata

An Oklahoma lawmaker has introduced a bill that defines Hipsanics as terrorists and after he faced criticism, he is willing to change the language to “undocumented here illegally, or something like that”: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/18/oklahoma-bill-labels-hispanic-people-terrorists

#guardian #theguardian #oklahoma #racism #antihispanic #terrorism #actualterrorism #xenophobia #hate #law #erumsalam #stupidity

Over a half-million beds have been recalled: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225441201/beds-recall-break-collapse-injuries

#walmart #ap #associatedpress #recall #recalls #bed #beds #npr #wayfair #homedesign #unitedstatesconsumerproductsafetycommission #uscpsc #cpsc #overstock #overstock.com #wayfair.com

To all Americans reading this, note that seasonal infections (COVID, flu, and RSV) are up and vaccination rates are low: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/15/covid-flu-rsv-mask-policies-hospitals

#melodyschrieber #theguardian #guardian #cold #flu #rsv #covid #vaccine #vaccination #publichealth #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

The FDA have cleared Florida to import drugs from Canada: https://apnews.com/article/florida-canada-prescription-drug-imports-c2893394e952754c3d2a5a19b0edb8bd

#florida #canada #drugs #fda #foodanddrugadministration #medicine #ap #associatedpress #matthewperone #health

Most Americans have experienced real wage growth in the past couple of years, accounting for price inflation: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/workers-paychecks-are-growing-more-quickly-than-prices/

#sarahnadeau #centerforamericanprogress #cap #bidenomics #economics #wages #inflation #wagegrowth #goodnews #wageinflation #priceinflation #economyoftheunitedstatesofamerica #economyoftheunitedstates #economyoftheus economyoftheusa

Gun deaths in the United States are down since 2022, up since 2018, and way down since my birth (1982): https://www.thetrace.org/2023/12/data-gun-violence-deaths-america/

#thetrace #chipbrownlee #guns #gunviolence #death #killing #murder #gunsintheunitedstates #gunsintheusa #gunsintheus

Ants treat wounds with antibiotics: academic: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43885-w popular: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/ant-antibiotics/

#nature #entomology #ants #wounds #woundcare #antibiotics #eriktrank #luciekesner#joanitoliberti #quentinhelleu #adriacleboeuf #andreidascalu #douglasbsponsler #fumikaazuma #evanpeconomo #patricewaridel #philippengel #thomasschmitt #laurentkeller #UniversityofWürzburg #universityofwurzburg

The percentage of American adults who accept the fact that Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election fairly has decreased from 69% to 62%: https://www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2024/01/01/dec-14-18-2023-washington-post-university-maryland-poll/

#washingtonpost #wapo #polling #publicopinion #politics #depressingnews #fakenews #stupidity #scams #grifts #lies #conspiracytheories #45 #joebiden #biden #universityofmaryland

For those who want a brief intro into the public domain in the United States with a link to a much more thorough explainer from Duke University: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1221606624/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney

#nedaulaby #steamboatwillie #disney #copyright #publicdomain #law #commons #culture #remixing #adaptation #npr #lawoftheunitedstates #lawoftheunitedstatesofamerica #lawoftheus #lawoftheusa

I am jumping the gun for most Americans, but it has been 2024 for several hours in American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, so happy Public Domain Day! https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/

I hope you will join me in celebrating the expansion of the creative commons that we all share.

#publicdomainday #2024 #duke #dukeuniversity

Building on an earlier letter, Francis I explicitly allows Catholic clergy to provide blessings to same-sex couples and that these should not be disallowed: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-formally-allows-priests-to-bless-same-sex-couples

#catholicchurch #catholicism #francis #popefrancis #popefrancisi #francisi #pbsnewshour #pbs #associatepress #ap #samesexunions #homosexuality #relationships

Thousands of pages of intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election went missing in the final days of the last presidential administration: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/classified-russia-documents-missing-trump

#45 #russia #electioninterference #guardian #cnn #newyorktimes #nyt #thenewyorktimes #martinpengelly

Following from my last toot, if you want to know the _worst_ gifts to get anyone you care about: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-12-07/column-the-worst-tech-of-2023-an-anti-gift-guide

#losangelestimes #lat #thelosangelestimes #gadgets #gifts #privacy #shopping #brianmerchant

Mozilla have a gift guide if you need any last-minute ideas: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/tech-gifts-holiday-guide-2023-christmas/

#mozilla #gifts #privacy #privacynotincluded #gadgets #shopping

The formerly incarcerated in Michigan will now be automatically registered to vote: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219695211/new-michigan-law-means-people-leaving-prison-will-automatically-be-registered-to

#enfranchisement #michigan #voting #civilrights #politicalrights #npr #michellejokischpolo #wkar #

Google are dropping support for Usenet in February 2024: https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538

Mozilla roll out Solo, an artificial intelligence-powered website builder specifically marketed to small business owners and freelancers: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-solo-ai-website-builder/

#mozilla #solo #ai #artificalintelligence #websites #webdesign #rajsingh #solopreneurs #solopreneurship #freelancers #freelancing #smallbusinesses #smallbusiness

After a Taliban crackdown virtually extinguished opium production in Afghanistan, Burma has overtaken it as the largest producer: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/12/myanmar-opium-biggest-producer-overtaking-afghanistan-unodc-study

#war #conflict #drugs #heroin #drugtrade #drugwar #drugwars #burma #myanmar #poppy #poppies #theguardian #agencefrancepresse

The civilian proportion of deaths in the Gaza war is higher than the average in all world conflicts in 20th century at 61%: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/civilian-toll-israeli-airstrikes-gaza-unprecedented-killing-study

#yagillevi #gaza #gazawar #israelgazawar #israelhamaswar #warcrimes #atrocity #death #haaretz #israel