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The way we talk about housing in public discourse is so broken. How does kicking unhoused people out onto the street "deal with" homelessness in any sense other than a murderous one?
"Montreal's public transit agency is lifting a temporary rule against loitering in the Metro — a controversial measure established in mid-March to help deal with rising social problems in the network, including homelessness."

eduGAIN is expanding across Africa! 🌍
Five new countries: 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇬🇭 Ghana, and 🇹🇿 Tanzania have joined, bringing the total on the continent to 14. 🎉
At the heart of this progress is eduID.africa (by UbuntuNet Alliance & WACREN under #AfricaConnect3), and now more researchers and students can now access global services with one trusted identity.

Five new African members join eduGAIN! | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Today, online services are crucial for research and education. These can be for e-learning, teaching and conferencing, scientific collaboration, analysing and sharing data, accessing journals and libraries. Access to these resources is usually controlled with a user name and password. As the number and variety of services expand, often being delivered by service providers outside

The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/air-france-brigitte-bardot-france-paris-sainttropez-b2761148.html

US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to challenge Apple's and Google's grip on app stores; the 2021 version never made it to a floor vote (Amber Neely/AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/0

Bipartisan Open App Markets Act revived to challenge Apple's App Store control
Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan "Open App Markets Act" aimed at breaking Apple and Google's app store dominance.

This headline tells you where the US is heading, fascism. Also it tells us to avoid any travel to the US if possible.
"SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice"
https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-scotus-allows-trump-admin

SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
Justice Sotomayor called the order a "gross ... abuse" of the court's authority. Also: Law Dork in the media.

"Climate futures: What’s ahead for our world beyond 1.5°C of warming?"
#Climate #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement

Climate futures: What’s ahead for our world beyond 1.5°C of warming?
This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Read Part One. Humanity stands at a critical juncture in the climate emergency: As countries worldwide prepare to submit their climate commitments for the next decade, scientists report mounting evidence that we are very close to breaching the 1.5° Celsius […]

ABC News says it has "made the decision to not renew" Terry Moran's contract after suspending him for calling Stephen Miller a "world-class hater" (Brian Stelter/@brianstelter)
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1932543451179925550

Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) on X
BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew," an ABC spokesperson says.

🕸️ Browsing If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? – Pivot to AI (https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter).