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Maryland Senate leader says text alert system in works following Capitol lockdown | The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4501596-maryland-text-alert-system-in-works-following-capitol-lockdown/…

Maryland Senate leader says text alert system in works following Capitol lockdown
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) said the state entered into an agreement with Motorola to implement a text message alert system earlier this week. The deal was made Monday, just days before police locked down the State House in Annapolis on Thursday afternoon for nearly two hours due to a security threat. Police confirmed…

Filing: API Holdings, the parent firm of Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy, raises $216M at a $710M valuation, down ~90% from its peak valuation of $5.6B in 2021 (Entrackr)
https://entrackr.com/2024/04/exclusive-pharmeasy-raises-216-m…

Exclusive: PharmEasy raises $216 Mn led by MEMG at $710 Mn valuation
PharmEasy has raised Rs 1,804 crore ($216 million) led by Ranjan Pai's Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) and existing investors.

One of the fediverse's great strengths is that you can block entire collections of ill-intentioned morons at once. My own policy is to defederate any server with "shitpost" in the domain name.
If only I could do that to my "fuck your feelings" magat neighbors.

I'm still learning about health vs body size and this article does a good job addressing the complexities revealed by the popularity of Ozempic and similar drugs.
"By treating obesity as a disease rather than as a moral failing, these drugs and the doctors who champion them do bolster the more righteous aims of fat activists to divorce size from moral judgment. But these drugs also exist for weight loss, and their entire justification is the argument that obesity is a health …

Here’s Who Should Pay for Everyone’s Ozempic
The people responsible for getting us into this situation, of course.

Sources: Sony made multiple filings in India to pull out a pact to merge its India operations with Zee Entertainment (Anto Antony/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-29/sony-is-said-to-have-wit…

Sony Is Said to Have Withdrawn Its India Merger Pact With Zee
Sony Group Corp. is said to have withdrawn the agreement to merge its India operations with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. from a local company court, taking the final step in scrapping a two-year-old plan that sought to create a $10 billion media giant.

So, I've been recently having a conversation with several folk about Slack vs Discord and which platform may be more advantagous for organizing events and building community. I and others were surprised to learn of how wide the gulf is on various people's ranges of experiences on each service, in terms of community, harassment, security tools, and users feeling welcomed.
I recognize that my experience as a femme-presenting person who uses my real identity is different from that of an anonymous person with a profile photo showing a bearded guy in a Patagonia vest holding up an IPA. This tracks with the discussions I've had today: tech bros generally seem to lean toward one platform while all of my other business-owning women friends opt to steer away from that service almost entirely.
If you're femme and use your real identity online, do you have a preference for Slack or Discord? Have you ever opted out of using either Slack or Discord? In addition to discussion of general vibes and security tools, we also can all recognize that there are some surveillance/privacy tradeoffs in play, as well. (Just as, if you're an organizer, maybe you have thoughts about which service offers tools or features or pricing that steers you one way or another, as well?)
What are your stories on this topic?

WR Michael Gallup facing uncertain future with Cowboys https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/wr_michael_gallup_facing_uncertain_future_with_cowboys/s1_14819_40048082

WR Michael Gallup facing uncertain future with Cowboys
Michael Gallup has spent his entire six-year career with the Cowboys, but his tenure in Dallas could be coming to an end soon. The veteran wideout faces the possibility of being released as part of the team’s cost-cutting maneuvers. Gallup is a release candidate, Pro Football Network’s Adam Caplan notes. Three seasons remain on his current pact, a five-year, $57.5M deal inked following the expiration of his rookie contract.  The former third-rounder does not have any of his base salaries …

I just fell for a very scary #aprilfools in a Facebook group for Icelandic Geology, which is usually a place for serious discussion - hell, they remove pictures that were obviously done by entering restricted areas or ask about how to circumvent police barricades.
But today, they accepted a post "Katla started to erupt today 🌋 Confirmed 👆"
Some things you just don't joke…

Of course: #Trump rented non-union auto parts factory to host "union" rally - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/02/02/tr

Netflix names Dan Lin, the producer of the Lego movies and the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, as head of film, replacing Scott Stuber (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts<…

Netflix hires 'It' producer Dan Lin for top film job, replacing Scott Stuber
Since forming his production company, Rideback, which is located in L.A.'s historic Filipinotown neighborhood, nearly 15 years ago, Lin has produced films including the "Lego" franchise and others that have grossed $6 billion in worldwide box office.