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It’s not too late to do your job, FTC

Funding UNRWA is the primary factor perpetuating this conflict. I agree that aid should come, ideally from some neutral unbiased side, but funding UNRWA is the opposite of an investment in peace

Wouldn’t be surprised if Putin’s Russians executed Ukrainian POWs and then started looking for alibi opportunities

I wonder if the nonunion workers who didn’t get a raise (I assume) will endorse Trump

I never lived in LA and I have an LA Times subscriptions. As far as I can tell, it is still provides quality journalism, despite some questionable decision making. I keep supporting it primarily because I feel like if it goes under then it will leave a big news void on the west coast. I try to support local media in addition to some of the big brands

A reminder to support your local news and investigative journalism

Keep the Bradleys coming

“in the occupied Haifa Bay…”

The real news story is that the Haifa Bay is occupied

I also voted with my wallet against Spotify

Thanks! Seems close enough. I would still take anything coming out of Channel 14 with a grain of salt. It is considered to be Bibi’s propoganda channel 🤷

I tried, but failed, to find the poll Loewenstein referred to when he was quoted saying: “There was a poll just this week that found 70-80 percent of Israeli Jews support…", regarding what the title claims. Please share if you have it, I find it hard to believe this poll exists.

Where’s the antitrust suit when you need it, and how long before the the three mentioned companies start merging?

Ordered it a couple of days ago! I’m generally interested in the ancient biblical history and archeology so it seemed like a must read

Crazy. This is what happens when when antitrust laws are not being enforced (Instagram acquisition) and a tech monopoly can hold users as hostages: “(In a Supplemental Privacy Policy, Meta explains: “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”"

I consider email (and snail mail) a significantly more essential service than social media. Email service providers starting to block each other is much more likely to have a negative effect on my life than being disconnected from some friends, influencers or current news

I think it is because on Mastodon favorites don’t mean much besides showing some appreciation for the post. On the other hand, the Twitter algorithm would make posts with more likes more visible, but not as much as retweeting. So if you want to make a Mastodon post more visible you have to boost it

Funny that the first post I saw when sorting by Hot is a post asking what hot sorting is

Looks promising, thanks!

Another point I can think of is that storing a bunch of seeds in tubes at room temperature for many decades is trivial compared to cryo-storing microbes. Might make it easier to handle if you decide to produce the genetically engineered plants on earth. Just collect a few seeds from each strain that produces a specific useful thing and germinate the seeds when you need it