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It remains unclear who is going to run the [National Archives], which is in charge of record keeping for the entire federal government. This is a particularly important role considering that large parts of the federal government are currently being purged or shut down, and there is uncertainty about what will happen to their records.

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Here’s why this matters: imprecise and euphemistic language is the language of fascists, authoritarians, and oppressors — power-craving leaders who either don’t want people to know what they are doing or don’t want them to think too hard about the illegality or immorality of their actions.

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“It is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the US for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged, while vulnerable people in the US from other parts of the world are being deported and denied asylum despite real hardship,” it said. “We reiterate that South Africa remains committed to finding diplomatic solutions to any misunderstandings or disputes.”

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“Transgender people, like everyone else, must be able to realize their human rights so they can fully participate in sports with safety and dignity,” said Karla Gonzales Garcia, the director of gender, sexuality and identity programs at Amnesty International. “The policing of who can and cannot play sports could lead to problematic invasive testing of all athletes.”

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While the pink triangle originated as a symbol of sexual deviancy, it has since been reclaimed as a powerful symbol by LGBTQ+ people across the world. In the 1970s, with the dawn of the modern gay liberation movement, activists took the upside-down pink triangle and turned it the right way around to use it as a sign of their own difference – and the need for that difference to be accepted, embraced and understood.

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I feel very targeted at the current time. Now we are removing as many of the resources that help me be effective and feel welcome as we can.

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We should strive to have inclusive and equitable workplaces because it is the right thing to do. Not because the law requires us to do so.

Want to read: Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat 📚 just added on the strength of the NYT book review.

For most of us, it’s hard to imagine life without an internet browser. But as AI disaggregates information from text, video, and music into unique remixable AI chatbot answer streams, it’s clear to me that over the next decade the browser will need to adapt or die. 

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Happy holidays.

Everybody Hurts, via kottke.org

This quote rings true for almost anything.

It’s when times are hard, whether financially, or more crucially, when truth speaks to malicious power, that it becomes essential for the owner to be in the game first and foremost for the mission of journalism itself.

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news publications need to be owned by people who are devoted to the core pursuit of journalism.

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But we already have blogrolls and OPML.

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How is AI being adopted in the enterprise?

If you think you are the chicken and not the pig, you are wrong.

Over at the long version of me, find On transition, obeying in advance, and the right to association.