Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
@angelquicksey.bsky.social, Managing Director at New_ Public, on why the useful, alternative social apps and websites on the open web need to be celebrated 🎉
👋🏅🏆 Meet the winners of the first Open Social Awards
74 applications. 3 winners. One very different internet.
newpublic.substack.com
Omg, Bluesky, stop showing me pet death posts from people I do not follow. I do want to know if someone I know loses a pet, but not every time any person on the entire internet does.
Who else is still feeling the joy this morning? 🙋♀️🚀🧑🚀 THIS is what science can do!!
Lrp I am once again humbly recommending everyone to read these two novels.
This really isn’t a joke but I’ve always found it hilarious that the world’s no shit best hoodies are made in Pennsylvania but Fetterman doesn’t own any bc you either have to have an actual blue collar job or a friend or mild curiosity to know they exist.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 4mo agoGet in losers, we’re lighting John Fetterman the fuck up with enough jokes today that his Paid Literate will be forced to read them to him
Afroman found not liable. A complete victory for the rapper and a massive unforced error from the cops and their attorney. www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-...
Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos
Afroman won a jury verdict rejecting a lawsuit from police officers who claim the rapper defamed them by mocking them in social media music videos.
billboard.com
We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back. Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...
For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be.
A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.
19thnews.org
When I am given the option to ‘continue’ it should mean to continue with what *I* was doing, not what the website/app/device wants me to be doing.
Me, in 30 years having not gotten the news that the boycott ended
Axios@axios.com · 5mo agoLeaders of a high-profile boycott against Target announced today they are ending their yearlong campaign sparked by the retailer's decision to scale back some DEI efforts.
At a women in STEM event today, someone bemoaned the lack of women doing computer science. At tea, a young women who had left the AI/tech world told me this: “it’s just full of men lying about how good they are & constantly competing”. Just maybe the problem is with tech culture & not the women… 🤔
The man’s whole life is a lesson in the impact of zero repercussions.
Bridging the Divide on Firearm Policy is a new effort dedicated to bridging the gap on gun regulation. Over a year, it brought together leaders in gun violence prevention and gun rights spaces, in the hopes that they could find mutually acceptable gun reform ideas. It worked: thetr.ac/AoRup
Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest. In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last yr.Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.
Laws restricting abortions linked to rise in 'abhorrently high' maternal mortality rates
Rising state-level abortion restrictions in the United States were linked to a similar, parallel rise in maternal deaths from 2005 to 2023, according to research presented at The Pregnancy Meeting. ...
healio.com
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
There are ways as a designer, design researcher, or technologist to deal with this. I talk about that. The most important one is to stop trying so hard to make a business case for your work before you really understand how decisions are being made. It will comes across as a threat or an annoyance.
Threads just suspended @avindman.bsky.social’s campaign account, in case you need a reason to get off all Meta platforms.
...oh, for fucks sake. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT
The interim director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning with the uploads — and a DHS-level damage assessment.
politico.com
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised." Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
readtpa.com
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
theverge.com