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@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-08-04 21:04:30

Maybe, instead of spending so much time, thought, debate and money to find ways to keep people from arriving, we should put the resources into figuring out how to make it attractive to stay in the country of origin?
Education, local industry, strengthening the local economies seem like things worth fostering everywhere.
Not a simple problem to solve, but the status quo seems to be remarkably unsuccessful.
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-08-04 21:04:30

Maybe, instead of spending so much time, thought, debate and money to find ways to keep people from arriving, we should put the resources into figuring out how to make it attractive to stay in the country of origin?
Education, local industry, strengthening the local economies seem like things worth fostering everywhere.
Not a simple problem to solve, but the status quo seems to be remarkably unsuccessful.
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-07-19 03:00:52

"When a debate gets heated, it effectively hijacks the mental "radar" people rely on to flag suspicious content."
✅ Can you tell a bot from a human online? New experiment says nearly half of us cannot

Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves.
So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?
When Rihanna Kelver goes on road trips or ventures out alone to photograph the rural night sky, she often packs a small teal handgun.
Being a transgender woman in Wyoming is not easy, she said, but owning a gun sure seemed like it would be.
Then one night last September, Ms. Kelver, 28, d…

@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-20 19:33:09

Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues | Space space.com/astronomy/mars/did-v

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-09-27 10:56:33

I hope you never have to suffer from genocide while some toffs on the other side of the planet debate whether we should call it a genocide or not.

@donelias@mastodon.cr
2026-09-28 04:54:52

RE: sfba.social/@jeridansky/117345
There's not "AI anthropomorphism debate", there's anthropomorphism PROPAGANDA.
Those LLM companies are lying to sell their products and services and selling by lying is stealing …

@mela@zusammenkunft.net
2026-07-22 08:22:59

RE: mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/11
"Neutrality" doesn't exist. You cannot NOT take sides. If you avoid taking sides, you already chose the side of oppressors.

All over the world, but different everywhere, there are obstacles to open debate and the free exchange of ideas. There are blocks, surveillance, identification requirement and legal or social consequences. Self-censorship out of fear is an even bigger dampener than direct censorship. Mullvad helps people everywhere to avoid these obstacles. Many of these people are heroes. Others are the opposite. Some will say and do things using Mullvad that others think are despicable. This is part of the pa…
Take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
- Elie Wiesel

Trump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…

@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-09-12 05:39:49

Parliament is going to debate this. This doesn't mean that they will actually vote on it, but MPs get to argue for or against.
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK - Petitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitio

@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-10 12:45:05

Tell the city administrator that infrastructure co-ordination is NOT optional and there will be one group responsible, no discussion, no debate, here is your order. That group checks with the departments, province and utilities on what is coming up for the next 12 to 18 months. Also, if there is an emergency they are consulted so that ALL parties are informed.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-08-19 11:55:45

'I'm Not That Informed on National Security,' Graham Says in South Carolina Debate (Emily Davies/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/poli
memeorandum.com/260819/p22#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-08-19 02:30:42

Darline Graham defends her resume in South Carolina debate after saying 'national security is not my thing' (Olivia Patel/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elec
memeorandum.com/260818/p152#a2

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-07-12 14:09:28

RE: hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/1169
There's some debate btw that the original Classical Greek τὸν τεθνηκóτα μὴ κακολογεῖν was about trying to not attract annoying bad ghosts in the wake of a death, so take this all as you will.