Little Bits: Issue #22 for February 2025
Exciting times are ahead, a motivational message and loads of new curated bits found in February 2025 while surfing the Internet for you to enjoy.
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In a further assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion, DC are currently removing Black Lives Matter Plaza, brick by brick..
#Corruption #RemoveTrump #Fascism #Nazism #News #CurrentEvents #HumanRights #BLM
Migrants detained in Panama expressed fear of returning to their countries.
“They will execute me without hesitation,” one texted.
“I am LGBT. My country harass these people. I cannot live a normal life in my country,” said another.
☀️This Week In Global Museum.
A Daunting Museum Mission | Madrid Museum Ordered To Remove Mummy | Guggenheim Tightens Its Belt Again | Museum Investigate Whales Keeping A City Awake | Nailed-Head Rituals & Advocacy With Urgency | More Museum News.
http://www.globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery
Five years ago today, police burst into Breonna Taylor's home and shot her dead. @19thnews spoke to her mother, Tamika Palmer, about her ongoing quest for truth and justice, and how she is spending today. “I just want to honor her myself,” Palmer said. “I don’t want to argue with the world, I don’t want to share her with the world, I don’t want to have to prove that she deserves justice.”
#BreonnaTaylor #News #USLaw #USPolice #Blackmastodon @blackmastodon
Hello #fediverse: This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 39F at Logan airport and visibility is half a mile.
GBH News reports that MIT and Boston University are tightening budgets in anticipation to cuts to federal funding.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been confirmed as secretary for health and human services.
The NY Jets have announced that they will be parting ways with QB Aaron Rodgers.
We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about their loved ones.
“To me it’s the desperation, the frustration that I know nothing of him. It’s a terrible anguish. I don’t sleep.”
News continues to flow at breakneck speed and independent newsrooms continue to reveal and analyze what’s happening around the world. Highlights for us this week were @ProPublica's exposé on DOGE’s potential impact on social security, @KnowableMag's explainer on pregnancy at altitude, and a lovely interview by @thecontinent of the beloved Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed. Please check out these stories and all the others in this thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and give them your money. ⤵️
#Media #Journalism #News #Newstodon #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday
Attended the hearing today for State of Washington v Trump. You’ve probably heard by now but the judge agreed that Trump’s attempt to ban trans healthcare indirectly through federal funding appropriations is likely unconstitutional.
The DOJ lawyers fucked it up in a big way. You could hear the judge getting annoyed with their incompetence.
I’ll have a more in depth article sometime tomorrow, need to review my notes and the transcript.
For now, celebrate the win! 🎉
Sundance’s Future In Utah Looks Bleak As Park City Mayor Laments Anti-LGBTQ+ Flag Bill
#Festivals #News #Politics #ParkCity #RobertRedford #SaltLakeCity #Sundance #SundanceFilmFestival
https://deadline.com/2025/03/sundance-relocation-lgbtq-flag-utah-1236350703/
New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially #LGBTQIA+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won't go anywhere.
If we're going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/
#Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #transphobia #HumanRights #Republicans #GregAbbott #fascism #genocide #News
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
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Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.
Custom Keyboard Company WASD Keyboards Goes Defunct?
Can keyboard enthusiasts find answers to the questions we all have been wondering, has WASD Keyboards company gone out of business or was it acquired?
![Avatar for Axios [National News] 🤖](/proxy/identity_icon/366208678877592282/8645706047.jpeg){kind=icon}
Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire
#axios #news #usnews
🚨 #PROOF ELON MUSK LIVES OFF OF GOVERNMENT #WALFARE (your money btw??
Jasmine #Crockett 🔥 #EVISCERATES Musk As #Conflict of #Interest Gets Laid Bare
DavidV: Elon Musk NUTTA GENIUS or BILLIONAIRE!! It's a LIE! TastingTraffic LLC >> CALLS BULLSHIT! 💩
Remedy: DavidV Calling for a FULL #IRS AUDIT OF THIS DIRT BAG 🚔 #CROOK #TAX_RETURNS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS TO #VET HIM AND HIS #CREW OF #THIEVES (HIS IP THEFT WIZARDS btw 🚔 🚔 🚔 ) #NOT_PROGRAM_ENGINEERS..
TastingTraffic LLC has hired overseas in every country on earth for the last 2.5 decades.
#MUSKRATS 🐀 🐀 🐀 CREW OF THIEVES are all WAY to #YOUNG to know ANYTHING in terms DEEP MINDED PROGRAMMING.
Under 35 years of age are simply Useless.🎩 BlackHat TALENT at BEST! >> To Destroy this🦅 GREAT country once and for all.
IT IS WHAT #LOSERS DO WHEN THEY #CANNOT_WIN!
They only know Ip theft. Most likely found on #BLACKHATWORLD;) SITE.
PROOF MUSKRAT HIMSELF cannot even code "HELLO WORLD" and is IN FACT #BROKE AS A #JOKE! He Lost 22 BILLION on TWITTER alone the day after AQUISITION. And had to #borrow billions from #Oracle (JEWS) to make that purchase?? And Btw musk was a NOSHOW at the SEC Audit for that purchase CONFIRMS OUR FINDINGS
🇺🇸 USA Treasury has propped this thief up with our printed money at the EXPENSE OF YOUR GRAND CHILDREN’S FUTURE
And now he has his THIEVES #SANITIZING ALL THE #EVIDENCE OF #STOLEN_IP and #illegally #printed_funds.
The Printing Press Keys were just handed over to the SAME #thieves responsible for
#STARTING_THE_STEAL! NOT STOPPING IT! 🚔 🚔 🚔
THEY are the #SWAMP that needs to BE #DRAINED!
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📛 DISCLAIMER: We Cover the 'Way' the #News is #COVERED_UP! 👿
WELCOME TO #DECENTRALIZED_GLOBALIZATION 🌐 #GLOBALIZATION is NOT Dead! It's just the Beginning!..
The NEW DIGITAL GLOBAL ORDER | NO NATIONALITY LEFT BEHIND | COMING SOON! 🌏 🌍 🌎
🔴 The #Next #Global_Superpower Isn't Who You #Think 🧠 WHO is TastingTraffic.com?
🧠 https://youtu.be/uiUPD-z9DTg
DavidV: 25 YEARS 24/7 Experience:
* Software Architect (PhD) Supervisor -25 years 300K PMS (project management) hours
* EXPERT BLACK BOX TESTER (1999)
* Founder of WebTafficCops.com the 1ST Dedicated CLICK FRAUD ENGINE on the Planet (1999)
* Founder of SEO (Search Engine Optimization, (1999)
* Founder of RTB (Real Time Bidding (1999)
* Founder of HFT (High Frequency Trading 2001)
* Founder of the first Screen Recorder (Applets) on the Planet (2000)
* Founder of DEVSECOPS (2000)
* Founder and CREATOR OF #BULLETPROOF MONERO full NODES via WWW. (2016)
🍷 🍾 #TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC | The Largest (WWW) #DIGITAL_TRAFFIC PROVIDER in the WORLD since 1999.
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JOBS FOR ALL WORLDWIDE COMING SOON;!
ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said. He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.
#News #Chicago #ICE #Immigration #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump
🔴🇺🇸Russian-asset Witkoff's statements prove he, and Trump’s delegation are guilty of already providing concession to Kremlin ahead of “Trumps ceasefire talks” – ISW warns (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3973858-witkoffs-statements-seen-as-concession-to-kremlin-ahead-of-peace-talks-isw.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
🔴🇺🇸More proof Trump and Americans are undermining and attempting to overthrow President Zelensky on behalf of Putin: PM Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize President Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump, NYT reports (more) https://kyivindependent.com/starmer-says-he-faced-pressure-from-us-to-criticize-zelenksy-after-oval-office-clash-nyt-reports/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
We’re excited to announce that, from Monday, we’re going to be the new admins of IndieWeb.social!
We’ve always loved how @tchambers has run IndieWeb.social. His direction has made it one of the best instances on the Fediverse!
Thanks to Tim for his trust in us to provide a safe and secure home for the server into the future.
Tim’s Blog Post 🔗 https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/03/27/the-next-stage-for-indiewebsocial.html
FAQs 🔗 https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/faqs/
#Fediverse #IndieWeb #Mastodon #SocialWeb #Announcement #News #SocialMedia
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
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Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property.
L.A. protests ignite anti-ICE demonstrations across the country https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/protests-ice-la-texas-new-york-atlanta
#axios #news #usnews
Why immigration lawyers warn you might want to bring a burner phone if you're going to the U.S.
#travel #immigration #law #politics #US #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadians-travel-to-united-states-advice-1.7498326?cmp=rss
For anyone still wondering whether technology or "AI" are neutral:
"Grok, the AI model from Elon Musk’s xAI, was sending strange responses to people on X earlier on Wednesday. In responses to a number of people, Grok focused on debunking claims of white genocide in South Africa – even when tagged into a post about totally unrelated topics."
https://www.theverge.com/news/667179/x-twitter-grok-ai-white-genocide-claims
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.
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Nike has made an expansive effort to convince consumers, investors and others that it is improving the lives of factory workers who make its products, not exploiting them. A rare view of wages at one Cambodian factory tests this claim.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-wages-clothing-factory-cambodia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nike #Cambodia #Labor #Work #Abuse #Exploitation #Business