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@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-12 14:49:34

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Letter:

Dear Minister Miller,
I am writing to you in my capacity as president of the Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada. The members of our association have been distressed to see the recent news about cutbacks in a number of federal government units that are very important to all Canadians who are interested in the history of our country: Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, Parks Canada, and Statistics Canad…
Letter:

While we cannot expect the federal government to address problems at the provincial level, in your role as Minister of Canadian Heritage, we hope that we can count on you to advocate on behalf of all Canadians to maintain and enhance the role of agencies that collect data and records and make them accessible to broad publics. We recognise that the country faces many current challenges, but we do not want short-sighted decisions to have long-lasting effects on the future study of the co…
@samvarma@fosstodon.org
2026-03-12 20:48:40

In early April I'm flying to Florida to play a show with Steve Augeri, 60m of Journey material.
So, just spent the afternoon watching old live videos, and fuck they were awesome and Neal Schon was a total badass.

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-02-10 03:16:18

And speaking of @… , send an email to their president robin.sparkman@propublica.org with text similar to the following:
Dear Robin Sparkman,
I am writing to you in solidarity with the ProPublica Guild. It is past time that you agree to a fair contract, complete with the protections these workers need to continue producing award-winning journalism…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-07 11:45:44

Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for employee and executive compensation, as part of a performance-linked scheme introduced in October 2025 (Kyu-seok Shim/Reuters)
reuters.com/business/samsung-e

@cowboys@darktundra.xyz
2026-03-11 01:11:10

Cowboys Get Update on Trey Hendrickson’s Decision Timeline heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-co

Following the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last month,
Democrats have refused to support long-term funding for the Department of Homland Security unless Republicans agree to reforms on the tactics of federal agents carrying out Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
“The American people rightfully expect their elected representatives to take action to rein in ICE and ensure no more lives are lost,” Senate minorit…

@Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-07 15:18:13

This is the most stupid commit I had to make in a while

A commit message diff adding the following to the file called LICENSE:

As the Software could be loosely categorized as an operating system under California and Colorado law: 

- Residents of Colorado will have their license revoked starting December 31, 2027.
- Residents of Colorado will not be able to acquire an license of the Software starting December 31, 2027.
- Residents of California will have their license revoked starting December 31, 2026.
- Residents of California will not be able to…
@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-03-06 13:20:57

Ich erinnere mich wieder, warum ich beim Skifahren immer die Skihütten gemieden habe und lieber gehungert habe.
Wie kann man so viele Classics und Hits der 80er und 90er so verhunzen? Die Musik kann doch keiner mögen, ausser man trinkt viel... Ooooh! Das ist ein Geschäftsmodell!!!

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-30 04:01:30

Filing: Chinese AI chipmaker Axera aims to raise up to ~$379.2M in a Hong Kong IPO, offering 104.9M shares at ~$3.61 each; trading expected to start February 10 (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-29 15:25:41

China's SMIC plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in its SMNC unit for ~$5.8B, making the unit wholly owned, per a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific