@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-04-07 21:54:44
Avian bird flu surges in New York urban wildlife, increasing disease concerns https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/avian-bird-flu-surges-in-new-york-urban-wildlife-increasing-disease-concerns/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-08 02:51:42
Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-07 02:35:49
An immigration judge in California sued the Trump Department of Justice on Wednesday, alleging she was fired because of her political beliefs and affiliations with an immigrant-rights group, Fox News reported.
The judge, Kyra Lilien, alleged that the Trump DOJ declined to continue employing her past her probationary period for myriad reasons, including her age, her Hispanic heritage, and because she is fluent in Spanish. She named Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as a defendant in …
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-05-08 20:27:27
Replace "tax" with "revolution insurance" whenever you're reading about taxes in the US, and it clarifies the stakes much better.
For example:
1) "'...the wealthiest folks...they're paying more for revolution insurance than the poorest folks. But are they paying as much in revolution insurance as they could pay to help run the country the way that we run it? And the answer to that is probably not,' said Anthony Infanti, a law professor a…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-04-07 11:07:32
Exclusive: Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-supplies-iran-with-cyber-support-spy-imagery-hone-attacks-ukraine-says-2026-…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-05-07 02:06:32
Cowboys Concerns Raised on All-Pro’s Injuries Amid Adoree Jackson Visit https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/daron-bland-injury-adoree-jackson/
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-05-08 01:14:36
Cards QB Beck: Arm is 'strongest it's ever been' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48707485/carson-beck-ready-move-arm-injury-focus-cardinals
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-07 21:14:29
The California city of Whittier swung to Democrats this spring,
spurred by ICE raids and by anger toward election rules that long dampened turnout among Latinos
and kept them out of city government.
https://boltsmag.org/california-immigrant-organiz…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-06 23:28:31
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday struck down a series of Donald Trump’s policies that he ruled were rooted in
“anti-immigrant sentiments”
and ordered the administration to resume processing of asylum grants and immigration benefit applications of people from 39 targeted countries.
Last November, US Citizenship and Immigration Services indefinitely suspended asylum adjudications and froze immigration applications for people affected by a travel ban implemented after…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-08 17:46:38
The Trump administration moved to further limit legal immigration Thursday
with a new proposal that would place more restrictions on who can work legallyin the United States and for how long.
In a yet unpublished Federal Register filing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it was looking to tighten rules around work authorizations,
known as EADs,
-- particularly for those with humanitarian parole and non-DACAdeferred status,
as well as those facing po…
