@inthehands@hachyderm.ioArmed Conflict Location and Event Data gathers information on political violence worldwide.
❝These 50 [most violent] countries, ACLED says, account for 97 percent of all political violence in the world.
The United States is fiftieth—right behind Libya at 49.❞
That was in 2023.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196851/america-political-violence-terrifying-turning-point
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@drbruced@aus.socialI feel this Onion headline from 2008 could be applied (with a light edit) to Sussan Ley today:
https://theonion.com/black-man-given-nations-worst-job-1819570341/
@cdarwin@c.im
A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today,
and it must be resisted no matter what,
CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says.
“People are silencing themselves for fear that the government will retaliate against them,
and that’s not the America that we all love,”
Pelley told Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview after CNN’s Saturday telecast of
“Good Night, and Good Luck.”
The Broadway play, which recounts CBS newsman Edwar…
@arXiv_csCY_bot@mastoxiv.pageFASCIST-O-METER: Classifier for Neo-fascist Discourse Online
Rudy Alexandro Garrido Veliz, Martin Semmann, Chris Biemann, Seid Muhie Yimam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10789
@adulau@infosec.exchangeThe latest executive order from Trump administration removed the following sentence from a previous executive order.
" e) Open source software plays a critical role in Federal information systems."
🔗 https://www…
@wfryer@mastodon.cloudHappy Fourth of July!
There are many great things about the United States of America, but there are so many ways “we need to do better.” Together, we can.
Check out my article for Heal Our Culture: “Commit To Do Better”
https://open.substack…
@cdarwin@c.imForty-five billion will build a lot of stuff.
As a point of comparison: In 2023, the United States budgeted $12.8 billion to build new affordable housing.
We’re about to spend nearly four times on detention centers as we spend on housing.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197619…
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@outer@mas.to"The British used parts of North America as a penal colony. Convicts were transported by private companies and sold by auction to plantation owners. Between 1718 and 1776, it is estimated that 30,000-50,000 convicts were transported for penal labor to at least nine of the continental colonies." -- https://
@cdarwin@c.imCountries are going to have to compete with one another in order to attract not just the most qualified doctors, engineers and things like that, but workers of all kinds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social"America Is Becoming the World’s Largest Tax Haven"
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/largest-tax-haven/
@nerb@techhub.socialBollywood, French films, Spaghetti westerns and others take note.
The orange stain known as the greatest actor to ever appear on the boob tube hereby proclaims.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump · May 4, 2025, 7:18 PM
The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. …
@roelgrif@mstdn.socialAh, dus *de* manier om Iran te dwingen een oorlog te beëindigen is zelf die oorlog te starten?
@bici@mastodon.social @cdarwin@c.imThis terrible, terrible bill is going to do direct, material harm to the country
- our health care system is going to be weakened,
- close to 100m people will be paying more for health care or lose their insurance,
- tens of millions will struggle to eat,
- our existential transition to a clean energy future undermined,
- an unprecedented domestic political police force will be established,
- the fiscal integrity of the United States will be in jeopardy t…
@rae@bne.social @primonatura@mstdn.social"US adds 7.4 GW of clean power in Q1 2025, led by solar and storage"
#US #USA #America #SolarPOwer
@nerb@techhub.socialBollywood, French films, Spaghetti westerns and others take note.
The orange stain known as the greatest actor to ever appear on the boob tube hereby proclaims.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump · May 4, 2025, 7:18 PM
The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. …
@8bit_silas@social.linux.pizzaCongratulations to the USA desktop market share of Linux users
#linux #theyearofthelinuxdesktop
@lilmikesf@c.imAfter over 130 yrs of providing food to America, ranging from #Pineapples to #Pears to #Peaches to #PetFoods, modern marketing
![Enjoy Good health With Del Monte on the shelf Just reach for Del Monte Fruit Cocktail Whisk it open and there you are! Keep Del Monte Brand Fruit Cocktail handy ; Glowing summer color—enough to take anybody’s mind off winter for awhile. = Drain a No. 2, can of Del Monte Fruit Cocktail,, reserving syrup. In saucepan, blend 4 tsps. sugar, tsp. salt and 2 tsps. cornstarch. Add cup of the . fruit cocktail syrup and cook till thick and clear, about ] 5 minutes. Whip cup thick sour cream till …](https://s3.c.im/media_attachments/files/114/802/076/824/481/257/original/cc5942ffb1eb4d47.png)
@cdarwin@c.imPolitical turmoil in Washington has dried up job opportunities in what Professor Ladher calls
“the best research ecosystem in the world.”
Some decided they would now rather take their skills elsewhere, including Austria, Japan and Australia,
while others opted to stay in India.
As the Trump administration moves with abandon to deny visas,
expel foreign students and slash spending on research,
scientists in the United States are becoming increasingly alarm…
