Notices by 2xfo (rndanger@infosec.exchange)

@persagen
Oh cool, they want to bribe public schools to indoctrinate children with their religion. And they call _queer_ people groomers.

@persagen
I feel like they are deliberately misunderstanding the concept of "optional"

@inthehands
I'm curious whether the unable to vote population count includes children

@notroot @johncarlosbaez
Apparently he didn't get the surgery to correct that

@br00t4c
If she kept the money she wasn't slammed.

I'm not sure why we need violent action words for every ethical infraction that leads to exactly zero consequence.

@aaribaud @mindpersephone @welshpixie
I think it makes sense not to show the option to unblock users that are blocked at the instance level since they can't really be "unblocked", at least in theory. I can see how that could be represented better though.
But it doesn't make sense to me that server-blocked users could see and interact with your stuff unless you have specifically blocked them as a user.

@mcnado

Same article without the amp

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/23/texas-boogaloo-boi-minneapolis-police-building-george-floyd

I'm going to read it now

@patrickcmiller

Fascism is profitable.
Because killing people and taking their things is all profit

@bouriquet @aral @LALegault
Perhaps most important for Democrats to understand here: it's antisemitic to conflate followers of a faith with a national allegiance, especially when that nation is engaging in genocide.
The Jewish faith should not be used as a political shield for rogue states to wave away scrutiny with.

@Deixis9 @aral
The Biden administration has said the same things while still providing weapons to Israel that are directly used against Palestinians, all the while providing them with political cover in the UN, so i hope you won't mind if that doesn't convince many people that things will improve.

@hikhvar @V4N4D1S
"Hey fam, I'm here to show you how to edit a text file. Now before we begin, we need to know a little bit about what we're doing. A text file is a series of bits stored in sequence that a machine can read..."

@ChrisMayLA6
I've noticed this tendency in the US too. Someone will break a law and instead of using the existing laws against them a legislator will make a newer more specific law targeting the practice. This does two things in my mind: 1. It gives the impression that the law was not sufficient or that nothing illegal even happened; 2. Passing the new law takes all the attention away from enforcing the existing law, and even the infraction that caused the discussion to start can be obscured by this conversation.

I think the reason they do it is to look like they're helping. "How many bills did you pass" often qualifies as a metric for being good at legislating and usually no one looks closer than that. Maybe bills are their hammers and they just don't know how to use another tool

@colo_lee @evan
My grandma used to order a family-sized taco pizza for us. (She got normal pizza too but i just remembered the taco pizzas)

@aral @KimPerales
I copied it from the image. (I think it might be too long for alt.) Image text follows:

Dear Authors and Illustrators,
I want to update you regarding the Book Fairs Share Every Story/Celebrate Every Voice case. First, I want to apologize on behalf of Scholastic. Even if the decision was made with good intention, we understand now that it was a mistake to segregate diverse books in an elective case. We sincerely apologize to every author. illustrator, licensor, educator, librarian, parent, and reader who was hurt by our action. We recognize and acknowledge the pain caused, and that we have broken the trust of some of our publishing community, customers, friends, trusted partners, and staff, and we also recognize that we will now need to regain that trust. This case will be discontinued starting with our next season in January. For the remaining fairs in the fall, Book Fairs is working on a pivot plan as we speak. We will find an alternate way to get a greater range of books into the hands of children. We remain committed to the books in this collection and support their sale throughout our distribution channels. Our commitment to BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors and stories remains foundational for our company. Scholastic believes in the basic freedoms of all individuals. We oppose discrimination of any kind on the basis of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or national origin. We are committed to providing access and choice, and to helping young readers develop critical skills needed to exercise democracy and build a society free of prejudice and hate. Equally important, we pledge to stand with you as we redouble our efforts to combat the laws restricting children's access to books. This will not be our last communication on the matter, but we wanted to get this initial word out. We look forward to working to create a better and more just future together.
Sincerely,
Ellie Berger
President
Scholastic Trade Publishing

@Steve8282 @lednabwm @GatekeepKen @GreenSkyOverMe

@auzdavenice @patrickcmiller
If billionaires make money by foisting this on us then I must assume a conservative Justice has already taken a very expensive, very artistically commentated trip with them

@VulcanTourist @philip_cardella @mishi @pmroman @lednabwm @VeroniqueB99 @mrfrisky @johnb48 @br00t4c
I came in late, but...

The original intent of the Framers, I've read, was that there would be separate but equal branches of government, and they would specialize their separate crafts and protect their purview from the other branches.

That all goes away when you have people in all realms conspiring to their party with no regard for the strength of their institution. Now you get parties that align with each other across all branches to achieve things, often to the detriment of their own validity. (I'm thinking of how elected officials like to let the courts decide everything to stay out of contentious fights, for example)

@pmroman @VulcanTourist @philip_cardella @mishi @lednabwm @VeroniqueB99 @mrfrisky @johnb48 @br00t4c
I think you're saying there are better places to focus our energy than trying to ban parties, and I really have to agree. I'm trying to think of how "banning parties" could even be implemented and I'm very uncomfortable with it, honestly.

@textfiles
I mean,,,

@aral
... I'm not supposed to comment on that