A new open letter urging the EU to stick to hard climate targets was signed by nearly 2200 international scientists: https://zenodo.org/records/17399532
Please spread the word widely and send towards your representatives for the upcoming decision.
Says a lot that the Hayes Valley open space on land that was supposed to be affordable housing (Proxy/Parcel K) is apparently secure, with no politician threatening to build the housing anytime soon; but the Hayes Valley open space that closes 1 block of street two days a week is fighting for its life.
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TIL that the original Mozilla dinosaur logo was designed by Shepard Fairey, later of Obama "HOPE" poster fame
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/the-original-mozilla-dinosaur-logo-artwork/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip:
🎵 Letter From God to Man
#DanleSacvsScroobiusPip
https://danlesacvsscroobiuspip.bandcamp.com/track/letter-from-god-to-man
https://open.spotify.com/track/4TPmB8Xol9mseNxIBfXgev
Ty Burns, Republican Oklahoma state rep. of the 35th District, just convicted of domestic abuse against his wife & daughter & resigned his seat.
#Republicans #crime
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The Register commenters FTW again 🙂
#Copilot #Microsoft
Ok, yeah, I'm not done processing my anger over liberals doing shit like this. So this historian sees a rise in right wing violence, sees the US government carrying out ethnic cleansing, sees a rise in white supremacist terrorism, and then says, "oh yeah... this reminds me of a time right around the 1920s. Hum... yeah, ANARCHISTS fighting the government! Yeah, that's the same thing."
FFS, IT'S THE RED SUMMER! If you want a parallel between today and some horrible time in US history, TALK ABOUT THE RED SUMMER. The point of the language of dehumanization that the right uses, the point of all the anti-black and anti-emigrant rhetoric, is that it leads to genocide. Trump already carried out an act of genocide (#USPol
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created "disrespectful depictions" (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/openai-pause…
Open letter to President Trump: Protect legal Ukrainian workers in US: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/open-letter-to-president-trump.html