@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-08-22 05:15:09
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-08-22 08:42:02
from my link log —
The secret court case 50 years ago that robbed transgender people of their rights.
https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/secret-court-case-50-years-ago-robbed-transgender-people-rights-1291857
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 16:39:05
The United Nations reported this week that
more than 117.8 million people were forcibly displaced due to conflict and violence worldwide in 2025.
One in every 70 people in the world are now forcibly displaced..
Disaster relief agency ShelterBox USA is delivering vital supplies across the globe as the United Nations recognizes refugees forced to flee due to conflict, persecution and violence on
World Refugee Day, Saturday June 20.
“On World Refugee Day, we hon…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-22 04:20:30
People Inc., a major food content creator, is ramping up social media video production that emphasizes human-made recipes and testing to stand out from AI slop (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/busines
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-24 01:20:47
Amazon tells third-party sellers to label product ads with AI-generated people to comply with a NY law requiring the disclosure of "synthetic performers" in ads (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/amazon-mak…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-07-22 07:47:42
"I've been giving to people on the ground in #Gaza for more than a year now. Inevitably, the people I'm choosing to support are among the most vulnerable of those who are able to reach me...
But, realistically, the people I am supporting have little real chance of survival..."
#GazaGenocide
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-22 16:15:52
Britain's Conservative Party leader
Kemi Badenoch has called defectors who left for Reform
“some of the most dishonest people” she has ever met,
as she ruled out allowing
“drama queens” to return to the party
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 15:04:44
Five people have reportedly been arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC,
with Donald Trump insisting repair work will begin “immediately”.
CBS News reporter Emma Nicholson tweeted on Sunday that an administration official told her five people had been arrested for vandalizing the pool
and another five issued federal citations,
bringing the total number of police reports filed to 14, including one related to an alleged 250ft gash in …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 04:35:49
Is politics becoming a "gerontocracy"?
World leaders are getting older
while the populations they govern remain young:
The global average leader is 63,
versus 30 for citizens.
From 90‑year‑old monarchs to 80‑year‑old presidents,
age gaps raise questions about representation.
DW spoke with Aksel Sundstrom,
a political science professor at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, who focuses on the absence of young people in politics.
