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This is the Mastodon account for Richard Stallman. I founded GNU & the @fsf and with them launched the Free Software Movement. Please join or donate to the FSF: https://www.fsf.org I use this account to mirror the political notes from my web site, stallman.org. Read my linking policy: https://stallman.org/linkpolicy.html The views expressed here, as in stallman.org, are my personal views, not those of the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project. #FSF #GNU #FreeSoftware
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The Intercept
The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting
The Justice Department is weaponizing a law intended to protect those seeking abortions to punish reporters covering anti-ICE activism.
the Guardian
The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one | Seth Stern
Thursday’s arrests of Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort demonstrate the administration’s lawless crusade against routine journalism
Glossary
 *The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting.* The arrest of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minnesota was ordered by Persecutor General Bondi, after two courts had ruled there was nothing to arrest them for. It is an example
Tell Google and YouTube: Stop taking money from ICE. Take down vile ICE recruitment ads now.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a goal of hiring 10,000 new ICE agents to power the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine...
Online Letter Campaign, no JavaScript
 Everyone: call on Google and YouTube to stop showing recruitment ads for the deportation thugs. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
the Guardian
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
 Scotland has legislated new buildings must include swift bricks that provide nesting spaces for swifts. These special bricks contain a cavity that small birds can nest in. The added cost of construction is minuscule, but business owners think a little more profit is worth destruction of endangered species.
Slate Magazine
A.I. Is Causing Meltdowns in American Offices. It’s Only Getting Worse.
A.I. and ChatGPT were supposed to revolutionize work. They’re only creating chaos.
 People who use Pretend Intelligence for work meetings and job interviews are causing chaos in business. Some of them are trying to use it to compensate for their own lack of ability or knowledge. People who catch on to this learn they cannot be trusted.
The Onion
What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace
President Donald Trump signed the charter for his “Board of Peace” Thursday, establishing himself as presiding chairman of a new international ...
Board of Peace - Wikipedia
 (satire) *What To Know About [the bully]'s Board Of Peace.* Almost all the 21 countries that signed up for the persecutor's "Board of Peace" are authoritarian. Paraguay is arguably democratic. I don't know about Armenia, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Mongolia; perhaps they are democratic. Indonesia was democratic but is heading towards military domination.
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the Guardian
Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offence under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens claim
Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community
2025: January - April Political Notes
 *Criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu may be an offense under Australia’s new hate speech laws, Greens warn.* An expert said, *It seems that the implication is criticism of Israel, and the Israeli government, and suggesting it is