OK...the NWS Bot collection is now fully populated and ready to go. I'm sure bugs will come up along the way, but I think it is 95%+ stable. There's an index page at nws-bot.us including a map (borrowed from NWS) to find the right bot for the area you want to follow.
CA Gov. Newsom signed #AB3218legiscan.com/CA/text/AB32...
PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
I wrote about the dynamics that keep Project 2025 on the public’s radar and have prompted the media to cover it in a distinctly different - and better! - way from how the mainstream political discourse usually treats the extreme Right. How Project 2025 Became Toxic. New piece:
The public history of Project 2025 reveals a lot about how Trump understands power - and how the mainstream discourse (mis-) understands the extreme Right
google replacing reverse image search which worked with google lens which does not work is perhaps their most shittifacious of their acts to enshittify their business
This Physicians for Human Rights report about the impact of the 6 week abortion ban on women and medical care is devastating. Quotes and anecdotes about how people have been harmed. phr.org/our-work/res...
Florida's extreme abortion ban has created an unworkable legal landscape that endangers both patients and clinicians.
I have been reading John Carroll for years, so when I saw his updates about his illness, I knew he was better prepared than most to navigate this. And yet he still encountered a number of hurdles to a cancer diagnosis and treatment plan. The story of his initial hospital stay happens far too often.
It all started to look seriously bad when my legs began to swell up, which I initially — stupidly — shrugged off. By the time it became apparent that my kidneys had stopped working, I grabbed an Uber ...
Doomed to get lost in the news cycle, but the Senate tonight held the CEO of Steward Health Care in criminal contempt. First time this has happened in more than 50 years. now Ralph de la Torre, CEO of troubled Steward system, could serve prison time. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
Ralph de la Torre, who may now face prison time, is the first person in more than 50 years to be held in criminal contempt by the Senate, lawmakers said.
Jealous, I love his books!
The news is so awful today that I'm going to have to limit my browsing to my emotional support science feeds.