Notices by bhaugen (bhaugen@social.coop), page 5

@Danetteb Correct.

In late 2023 or early 2024, a rare genotype in wild birds (B3.13) made the jump to cows. Starting in February 2024, Texas dairy farmers reported falls in milk production, yellow milk, and dead cats on several farms. This spread rapidly to other states. In spring 2024, more than one-third of retail pasteurized milk samples from 12 US states contained H5N1 genetic fragments that present no danger to humans, but indicate widespread distribution of the virus in dairy cattle.

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@dixon I've never worked at CF specifically, but when I was in infosec 2001-2014 the industry was hit or miss on it. Earlier the tendency to rush was present, but either it wasn't as strong yet or else I wasn't as attuned to it yet.

The part of IBM I was in (ISS/X-Force, 2006-9 and 12-14) honestly was pretty okay on this particular point. And when I took a step away from corporate and worked at Emory University Libraries 2006-9 it felt pretty balanced. I wonder if any of those are still things.

#tsunami #stern #geo
#SriLanka

We looked at the community to ask for Chitravadivel and I was thankful for my agency, stern and some editorial colleagues in that moment…

Chitravadivel was not at the left foundations of her house and it took us a while until we saw her nearby.

It was just moments after she had found her bike.

The bike to go to the hospital.
To help and then to rebuild.
Again.

[end of the thread]

AI Comes for a Centuries-Old Craft https://www.404media.co/email/35cebc72-71ce-416e-8b2e-853cbc2c24ce/

Out of all my relatives, friends and acquaintances in Israel, almost no one has ever considered the option of ending the war in Gaza as a solution to near-daily bombs falling on Tel Aviv.

It's either "this is the new normal, better get used to it" or "we need to destroy the Houthis".

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

@WeirdWriter Where do you go to disable those things.

@ljwrites thanks for your continued stories of the Korean situation and events. How else would I (here in US midwest farm country) feel like I have a ringside seat?

I appreciate it and hope you and your family stay safe.

"A system that insists that all the wealth must go to the wealthy and that the poor must be used and then destroyed will inevitably rob you and kill you. The system eventually gets around to you no matter how comfortable you are."

#wealth #EconomicElites #rich #Trump #Musk #oligarchy
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@serapath
Don't need to read it cover to cover, just need the part about surplus value.

If you grasp the outline of how capitalism works, it would help your analysis of how money works. As in, capitalists can happily profit from bitcoin as well as any other form of money. All they need is surplus value from underpaid work.

@serapath
Have you read any Marx?

@evan Is that in Montreal, or did I lose track of where you are now?

"And, if Trump’s tenure as President of the United States does not ultimately result in the death of democracy, it could still leave democratic norms in shambles. Trump’s deference to Elon Musk, Musk’s fascist capitalism, and white pseudo-Christian fascism and Zionism already endanger women, indigenous people of color, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, and dissidents across the world, as well as the planet’s ecosystem."

#Trump #ElonMusk #fascism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Further, while often resisting government intrusions, libraries also commonly operate as an arm of the state. For example, Lexis-Nexis, a library vendor used in many libraries, is participating in a project to assist in building ICE’s Extreme Vetting surveillance system."

#FobaziEttarh, 2018

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/

This is a classic example of presenting a piece of evidence as if it obviously supports the conclusion - even though it actually doesn't - and hoping no one notices.

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Shocked face: 😶

“Major #Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege

Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

And to everyone saying "COVID isn't over!"

You're right of course. It's endemic now. Which is sad that it ever happened.

But the start of this could be worse than the start of COVID. And there's *no* chance of us having learned our lessons, society-wise, from last time. That's what I'm saying.

We are in an abusive relationship with technology.

So, yes, give it a name. Explain it. Notice it. Be outraged by it.

But also, at every opportunity we have, we have to reject it. (I noted, as I read the original article that I was accosted and asked for my email address twice, the second time while reading a section about how invasive and useless that is)

There are places that the Rot has not yet reached. We must identify them, share them, and embrace them.

(Linux and BSD, the fediverse in general, peertube, physical media, jellyfin/kodi)

When The Rot comes to places that should have been safe, we have to destroy them. Starve them of the users that power them or actually burn them to the ground. If you don't sanitize the area, the Rot will spread.

That means Ubuntu. That means bluesky. That means, in many ways, mastodon as a software platform.

every once in a while I think about this Reddit post, where a woman discovers her boyfriend has been consistently lying to her to keep her feeling bad

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/gy79dx/boyfriend_wont_stop_telling_me_i_have_bo/

and I wonder what other varieties of manipulative lies people deliberately tell, one-on-one (such as https://www.askamanager.org/2024/04/my-boss-says-my-work-is-bad-but-all-evidence-says-the-opposite.html ) and en masse

and whether the victims ever find out, and what scars are left behind

"America experienced another school shooting on Monday that killed two and wounded a half dozen people in Madison, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the nation remained fixated on sightings of 'mystery' drones (and planes and stars mistaken for drones)."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #violence
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/drones-vs-guns

“[We] have a whopping 1.4 million people employed with the job of DENYING HEALTH CARE, vs only 1 million doctors in the entire country! That’s all you need to know about America. We pay more people to deny care than to give it. 1 million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care. If the purpose of “health care” is to keep people alive, then what is the purpose of DENYING PEOPLE HEALTH CARE?”

https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifesto-against-for-profit-health