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Linux just cracked 10% desktop usage in North America, but no one's sure why

The shift stands out because the change was not gradual but abrupt. Linux's rise came largely at Windows' expense, while OS X saw only limited movement over...

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It’s true, it’s just terrible that JK Rowling hasn't washed her hands since 2018..

Claudia: lesbian space merc@lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 2d ago

This reminds me of the time I learned that JK Rowling hasn't washed her hands since 2018.

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a Kentucky jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – as she has sickle cell anemia and is now in a health crisis. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...

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It’s really starting to grind me down

Just sent an email to Rand Paul's office asking for Proof of Brain. I'll let you all know if I get a response.

A lot of education tech is extractive. Schools are underfunded but governments keep shoveling money at tech as a magical cure-all. Most school districts don’t need more tech. They need well-paid teachers, never-ending school supplies, and good textbooks. They want in on the grift.

Mashable@mashable.com · 3w ago

AI company Realbotix is piloting STEM robots for rural schools.

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

On a day trip, we met this super-sweet pup. She does not need to be rescued but the temptation was mighty.

This guy gets it www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...

The anti trans crowd was outraged by this study because it included clinicians who actually practice gender affirming care. Yet another systematic review that follows Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Utah, and Louisiana that finds this care is safe and effective with rare regret.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

www.maptap.gg July 19 98🔥 96🏅 99🔥 98🔥 98🔥 Final score: 980 I should hang it up after this.

As a result of the systematic dismantling of what few regulations we had (we’ve always needed MORE!!), which was a prime motivator among billionaires & corps throwing financial support behind Trump, everything will be Russian Roulette. One preventable disaster after another. And we’ll be on our own.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2w ago

It's a scam all the way down. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed implementation of food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

U.S. troops aren’t supposed to be policing an American city just because the president thinks it’s enemy territory. There’s no reason for this guard deployment to Memphis and definitely no reason for them to be shooting or killing ANYONE there Out

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4w ago

Don’t look away from Memphis. Don’t look away from Houston. Don’t look away at the nationwide ICE surge. The trump administration is counting on you losing interest and falling for its tweak in tactics. zeteo.com/p/trumps-vio...

I had a 20 minute conversation with my Senator this morning…

Airplane! - Boring Story Scene

Alt: An animated gif from the movie Airplane! In which Ted Stryker is implied to have hastened a woman’s death with his boring stories.

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ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will Bunch

Salgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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📣 A reminder that if you donated to the Graham Platner campaign via ActBlue within the past 90 days, here's the instructions on how to request a refund: help.actblue.com/hc/en-us/art...

Between this and the national guard in Memphis it’s kind of disturbing me (yes I know I’m a member of the media) the degree to which these killings aren’t really breaking thru rn

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4w ago

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I forgot how much I enjoy This American Life. This week’s episode about Maximal Americaness was great, especially the segment on Lake Michigan’s dunes.

NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social

ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics

The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.

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"I want to tell my fellow trans people that the Constitution protects them as much as anyone else. But when the Court won’t afford them the decency of acknowledging that bigotry against trans people is real, I can only tell them to give the Court the respect it deserves." @avaayers.bsky.social

The Supreme Court Keeps Embracing Convenient Lies to Excuse Rank Bigotry

Trans kids are only the latest victims of the justices’ willingness to buy dubious arguments in support of a reactionary policy agenda.

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I hope today is a stark reminder why "I will follow the law" was an absolutely horrible way to respond to a question about trans rights.