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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117390178257090691 Immigration policy in the United States has been explicitly racist from literally day one, starting with the Germans and Irish and then progressing to the Chinese. https://www.history.com/articles/immigration-united-states-timeline#White-People-of-'Good-Character'-Granted-Citizenship

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  Fragment of world’s oldest peace treaty unearthed in Turkey Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite c... #ancient-egyptians #archaeology https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/we-have-found-traces-of-peace-thousands-of-years-old-fragment-of-worlds-oldest-known-peace-treaty-found-in-turkey

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  Elon Musk’s X Tried to Kill Nitter. The Project Just Said It’s Coming Back Two weeks after X Corp’s legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue. https://itsfoss.com/news/nitter-returns-after-legal-troubles/

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  Satellites Reveal America’s Top 15 Methane Super-Emitters A new report ranks the highest emitting methane sources from three major oil and gas basins in the U.S. #climate-change https://gizmodo.com/satellites-reveal-americas-top-15-methane-super-emitters-2000813130

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  ’There are no easy answers here’: New study forecasts a dire dip in food production if key Atlantic currents coll... Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture—and the results are concerning. #climate-change #planet-earth https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/there-are-no-easy-answers-here-new-study-forecasts-a-dire-dip-in-food-production-if-key-atlantic-currents-collapse

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  Fix, Find, And Generate Contact Avatars On Linux Without (You) Using AI Both introducing a useful script and talking about harm reduction with AI use. Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/y26ho #bash #technology #ai-ml #coding #contacts #linux #longread https://ideatrash.net/2026/08/fix-find-and-generate-contact-avatars-on-linux-without-you-using-ai.html

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  So it seems as though I have gotten a fracture in my right foot. Yaaaaay.

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  Chris Hansen gets banned from Roblox live on stage during online safety talk During an online safety panel at Crimecon 2026, Chris Hansen’s account is banned from Roblox while he is demonstrating a user chat feature. Archive: ia: https://s.fait... #safety #moderation #technology https://www.pcgamesn.com/roblox/chris-hansen-banned-from-roblox

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  You Are The Problem With The News https://ideatrash.net/2021/11/you-are-the-problem-with-the-news.html?fsp_sid=1571

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  Painting 1 of 3 rotor blades black on 4 Norwegian turbines cut bird collisions by nearly 72 percent, and the white tailed eagles under them stopped hitting the rotors altogether Smøla is a low treeless island off the northwest coast of Norway, an... #goodnews #energy https://www.ecoportal.net/en/painting-norwegian-island-black-turbine-blade-white-tailed-eagles/29212/

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  The Magic Trick Of Making It Seem Inevitable https://ideatrash.net/2026/08/the-magic-trick-of-inevitability.html?fsp_sid=1696

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  The Magic Trick Of Making It Seem Inevitable Ignore the investors behind the curtain. #computers #society #technology #ai #ai-ml #economics #psychology https://ideatrash.net/2026/08/the-magic-trick-of-inevitability.html

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  So, fun fact, if you * Run Wordpress * Use the ActivityPub plugin and your SITE gets federated * Have your cache plugin refresh the cache with every page update * And enable webmentions * And get someone with a wide range of followers boosting a post directly from the site to the fediverse (lol thanks @mwl@io.mwl.io ) You are going to spawn a LOT more php processes than you think you will. Adjust your settings appropriately.

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  Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night Winona’s 8 Flock Safety license plate cameras were stolen and poles cut overnight, leaving a $24,000 gap and no suspects. Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/l5cin... #privacy #uspol https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night

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  FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while... Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/a34xp #regulation #trump-administration https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger

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  Spotify expands AI remix and covers project with Merlin partnership Spotify says Merlin, which represents more than 30,000 independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group in backing its upcoming AI-powered remix and covers p... Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/h26qj #ai #apps #media-&-entertainment #music #music-streaming #spotify https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/spotify-adds-merlin-to-its-ai-music-remix-and-covers-effort/

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  Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $13... Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/h1rwe #bitcoin #blockchain #cryptocurrency #cybercrime #hackers #security https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/hackers-steal-over-130-million-by-exploiting-bug-in-offline-hardware-wallets/

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  The Truth About Football SIGN UP FOR DROPOUT.TV: http://bit.ly/2q7EQUdNow available in CANADA, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND.Football is good, old-fashioned fun. However, this fun does c... Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/f4hfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQtSdsR1-H8

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  Brains don’t always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years Thousands of skeletal human remains have been discovered with their brain tissue unexpectedly intact. Now, a team of scientists may hav... #chemistry https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/brains-dont-always-rot-scientists-may-finally-know-how-human-brains-have-evaded-decay-for-thousands-of-years

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  Ohio Republican proposes election bill that could protect transgender candidates The Republican at the center of Ohio’s anti-transgender name-change controversy wants to reform the election law that caused it Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollaps... https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/08/04/republican-proposes-election-reform-following-anti-transgender-controversy/

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  Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under ‘Big Beautiful’ Law A century-old rural Michigan hospital converted to a stripped-down model Congress created to help keep small facilities afloat, then it closed. The emergency hospital model... #emergency-medicine #graphics #health-industry #hospitals #midwest-bureau #multimedia #rural-health #southern-bureau https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/rural-hospital-closures-emergency-conversion-model-congress-michigan/

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  People With Disabilities Fear Service Cuts as Trump’s DOJ Questions Legal Protections The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren’t required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their ho... Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/hrgaj #courts #disabilities #hhs #medicaid #trump-administration https://kffhealthnews.org/syndicate/people-with-disabilities-fear-service-cuts-as-trumps-doj-questions-legal-protections/

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  Judge denies Trump administration access to Illinois voter data A federal judge ruled late Friday that Illinois is not required to hand over its complete, unredacted voter registration data, including sensitive personal information, to the Trump ... https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/judge-denies-trump-administration-access-to-illinois-voter-data/

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  AI Is Being Used to Boost Medicaid Enrollment, but Not Without Concerns Ahead of Medicaid work requirements, a health plan in California hopes to stanch the number of people losing coverage by using an AI program to schedule appointments and remi... #health-industry #medi-cal #medicaid #technology https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-medi-cal-ai-agents-reenroll-careforce-california/

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  Legal services contract expires, and unaccompanied immigrant children face deportation WASHINGTON—More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new... #dc-bureau #discrimination #human-rights #immigration #politics-&-gov #racism #the-courts https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/repub/legal-services-contract-expires-and-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-face-deportation/

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  Democratic state officials urge US Supreme Court to affirm pause on Trump vote-by-mail order WASHINGTON—States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of the... #civil-rights #constitutional-rights #dc-bureau #democracy #election-2026 #elections #the-courts #the-u.s.-constitution #voter-rights https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/repub/democratic-state-officials-urge-us-supreme-court-to-affirm-pause-...

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  Jon Stewart stumps Fetterman over ’weird line’ behind his MAGA-friendly turn Sen. John Fetterman ❲D-PA❳ was stumped cold when comedian Jon Stewart pressed him on where he draws the line for political support.Fetterman appeared on... #democratic-party #democratic-socialists #dsa #john-fetterman #jon-stewart https://www.rawstory.com/jon-stewart-john-fetterman/

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  Interactive Station Choosing Reworks mpdq around station-based queue building and script-local con… …figuration, with cleaner MP... https://github.com/uriel1998/mpdq/releases/tag/v2.4.0

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  EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation The EU’s age verification project confirms hardware-bound attestation is mandatory, raising concerns over Linux, custom ROMs, and open-source access. Archive: ia: https://s.faithco... #age-verification #linux-&-open-source-news #privacy https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/

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  When AI Mirrors Your Grudge -- Or Your Self-Blame https://ideatrash.net/2026/08/when-ai-mirrors-your-grudge-or-your-self-blame.html?fsp_sid=1656