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State Department renames LGBT travel advisories to “LGB” (breaking the old URL in the process).

travel.state.gov/content/trave…

This isn’t only significant because it was intentional. “LGB,” like the tortured legalese around zygotes (the cell thingy that goes into the other cell thingy is the boy!) are signs that they’re importing the UK’s transphobia campaigns of the last 10-15 years, including giving cis queer folks safe harbor on the right, IF they’re anti-trans.

It’s been devastatingly effective.


LGB Travel Information

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex travelers can face unique challenges when traveling abroad.
travel.state.gov

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‘If a billionaire disappears, does the world lose a scientist? No.
An artist? No.
A healer? No.
A teacher? No.
A farmer a horticulturist? No
The world loses nothing of value.
Because billionaires produce nothing.
They consume.
They extract.
They pollute.
They destroy nature.
They build empires on suffering.
Their existence is not a triumph of the system.
It is proof of its failure.’ of Economic Growth (GDP)

There’s a vital alternative system it’s called a #WellbeingEconomy

#climate #politics

A post by Atheist Adam on white text on black - no religion, no government should be at the mercy of billionaires. “Think about it. If a billionaire disappears, does the world lose a scientist? No. An artist? No. A healer? No. A teacher? No. The world loses nothing of value. Because billionaires produce nothing. They consume. They extract. They build empires on suffering. Their existence is not a triumph of the system. It is proof of its failure.”
#politics #climate #wellbeingeconomy

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Trump said the recent air traffic accident in Washington D.C. was caused by the aviation authorities hiring for diversity, equity, and inclusion (picture 1).

So I was looking for information about this diversity program, and it appears it was launched under a US president in 2019 (picture 2).

You got that right. Trump is blaming a diversity program which was launched under the Trump administration.

Whoops.

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#OTD in 1814.

Lord Byron's semi-autobiographical tale in verse The Corsair is published by John Murray in London and sells 10,000 copies on this day and over 25,000 in the first month, going through seven editions. Walter Scott is to say of Byron's poetry: "He beat me out of the field in description of the stronger passions and in deep-seated knowledge of the human heart."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cors…

The Corsair at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/21811

#books #lietarture #poetry

The Corsair, A Tale. By Lord Byron. First edition title page.

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Project Gutenberg
#books #poetry #otd #lietarture

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Happy #DataPrivacyWeek! 🥳🎉

Email & Calendar @Tutanota

Chat @signalapp

Search @duckduckgo & @MetaGer

Browser @firefox & @torproject

Maps @openstreetmap

Play @fdroidorg

Android @lineageandroid_nitter

More inspiration on how to #deGoogle your life: tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to…

#PrivacyAware #dpd


How to De-Google your life: The ultimate list of best private Google alternatives. | Tuta

Start DeGoogling today and prevent Big G from exploiting your data! Learn how to replace Google apps with private ones in this detailed guide.
Tuta
#degoogle #dataprivacyweek #privacyaware #dpd @The Tor Project @OpenStreetMap @Tuta @DuckDuckGo @MetaGer @F-Droid @Signal @Firefox @u/lineageandroid_nitter

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The PC is Dead: It's Time To Make Computing Personal Again

My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0

vintagecomputing.com/index.php…

A photo from a 1970s Apple II advertisement.

The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again

How surveillance capitalism and DRM turned home tech from friend to foe. For a while—in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s—it felt like nerds were [...]
www.vintagecomputing.com

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Joint statement from 13 state attorneys general: President Trump is misleading the American people on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility i... atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/…

Joint statement from 13 state attorneys general: President Trump is misleading the American people on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives | Washington State

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Nick Brown, with the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont today issued a joint statement addressing Pre…
www.atg.wa.gov

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‘Astonished and somewhat terrified’ – Victorians’ reactions to the phonograph

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph – the world’s first device capable of capturing and playing back sound.

aeon.co/videos/astonished-and-…

#information #communication

Portrait of Edison by Abraham Archibald Anderson (1890), National Portrait Gallery. Thomas Edison is portrayed in a three-quarter length or half-length pose, characteristic of 19th-century portraiture. He is dressed in formal attire, typically a dark suit with a vest and bow tie, reflecting his status as a distinguished scientist and businessman.

‘Astonished and somewhat terrified’ – Victorians’ reactions to the phonograph | Aeon Videos

Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the phonograph
Aeon
#communication #Information

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76 Years Ago Today Daytime TV Changed As The Very First Soap Opera Aired “These Are My Children” cordcuttersnews.com/76-years-a…

76 Years Ago Today Daytime TV Changed As The Very First Soap Opera Aired "These Are My Children" | Cord Cutters News

Today marks the 76th anniversary of a pivotal moment in television history: the birth of the daytime soap opera.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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Wir haben unseren dreizehnten Do it blind (DIB) Workshop im @metalab veranstaltet. oskars.org/posts/do-it-blind_1… #make #blind #inklusion
Drei junge Männer stehen vor drei 3D-Druckern. Einer hält ein Smartphone zum Ohr, die anderen Zwei erfassen die Filamentspulen der 3D-Drucker. Kisten, Kartons und divers Arbeitsmaterialien füllen die Regale an den Wänden. Ein Erste-Hilfe-Kasten, ein Kunstobjekt und ein 3D-Drucker hängen an einer weißen Wand im Hintergrund.

Do it blind 13 im metalab

Unseren dreizehnten Do it blind (DIB) Workshop im metalab und damit den Ersten im neuen Jahr 2025 haben wir am 27. Jänner abgehalten.
Oskar
#blind #inklusion #make @metalab

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The Onion is hitting a bit hard today.

theonion.com/ice-agent-decides…

Onion headline: ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child

ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child

PHOENIX—Remarking that he wished to one day care so much about another person, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent Matthew Howe decided Thursday that he wants to have kids of his own after seeing the love and devotion of the immigrant parents …
The Onion Staff (The Onion)

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This epigraph makes me want to write another book so that I can put it at the beginning:

"While the work of no mortal is perfect, the only defect in this book is its brevity. Its merits are as many as its words. If any man fail to recognize them, let him wisely be silent, and, returning the book to him from whom he borrowed it, pray Allah for better judgment and mourn the hour in which he, unworthy, ever learned to read."

(Original source: gutenberg.org/ebooks/75179 )


Her Majesty the King : A romance of the harem by James Jeffrey Roche

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Project Gutenberg

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It's quite a ways off from February, but I've decided to try a silly thing.
In 2016, I started, and didn't finish, what I called Kaosuary, where the aim was for me to make, and post, a new beat/loop made with Korg's iKAOSSILATOR app for iOS every day in February. I gave up about half way through, despite how fun that thing still is after fundamentally not really changing in almost fifteen years, because I suck at following through on things.

This february, I propose #movuary. Same idea, but this time, using the Ableton Move.

For anyone else here who has a Move, or even Ableton Note for iOS, since the stock library is the same, just with more tracks, why not join me on this adventure?

Basically, the aim is to create and post something new every day in February made with the Ableton Move or Note to the platform of your choice, and share it with the world. It can be a four bar loop, a full-on song, weird noises with household items set to a grid, whatever.

I, personally, love to see what others are doing with this awesome little groovebox.

#LetsMove or something.

#letsmove #movuary
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Borris

Well, here we are, the first day of February. For every day this month, I will post a track I've produced only using the Ableton Move, each of which will be added to this thread, using the #Movuary hashtag. For those who have a Move, or the Ableton Note software for iOS, feel free to share your own creations here using the hashtag, and I will boost.

I'll start off with a little piece in D miner featuring a lot of subtractive synthesis. You'll find that I like writing in miner keys.

Anyhow, this one is called "Only the Beginning." It has a time signature/style change, one level of resampling to fit things into more than just the available four tracks, a vocal sample that says "NOOF," and so much more. What could possibly go wrong?

HQ download:
borris.me/audio/movuary2025/01…


#movuary

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Zach Bennoui

Yeah I started out with hardware when I was first getting into music, but I got a Mac pretty young and the fact that it could talk, and I was finally able to have a better understanding of what I was doing without having to look at a screen had a very big influence on me. Still have an old Motif XS just hanging out next to me, got pretty good with that, figured out how the sequencer worked relatively quickly, but never was able to do much sound design with it.
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Borris

For #Movuary day 2, I present yet another thing in the key of D Miner with subtractive synthesis. I promise I'm capable of doing other things in other keys.

This one is a remix, if you can call it that, of the NE S Wizards and Warriors title screen music. My uncle had this game when I was a kid, and I loved it's sound track.
Basically, I step entered the original theme, which consists of three tracks -- two pulse waves and a triangle, then had some fun with it.

HQ download:
borris.me/audio/movuary2025/02…

Original for context:
youtube.com/watch?v=ztxwMI2gaI…



Wizards & Warriors (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Acclaim's 1987 action-adventure game for the NES, Wizards & Warriors.Wizards & Warriors was the second game that Rare developed for the NES ...
YouTube
#movuary

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📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!

For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.

Help spread the word.

#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops

A colorful image showing 8 global switch suggestions presented in three columns. Upper left is the fediverse logo with text Join the fediverse #globalswitchday. In total we see 16 platform logo's in their respected brand color and underneath each logo the name of the platform. All switch combinations have an arrow in the middle pointing to the right (from to). In the left column: X to Mastodon, Facebook to friendica. In the middle column WhatsApp to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed and YouTube to PeerTube. In the right column: Reddit to Lemmy, Facebook Messenger to Signal and TikTok to loops.video.
#friendica #fediverse #signal #facebook #whatsapp #Mastodon #peertube #Instagram #youtube #pixelfed #lemmy #tiktok #reddit #x #loops #globalswitchday
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