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"And, also, neither cigarettes nor lead paint are speech. The issues involving social media are all about speech. And yes, speech can be powerful. It can both delight and offend. It can make people feel wonderful or horrible. But we protect speech, in part, because it's so powerful."

Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For | Techdirt First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz…

‼️article in techdirt on kawsuits: www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/e...

The final paragraphs:
"The relationship between social media use and mental health outcomes is complex, highly individ ual, and mediated by dozens Of confounding factors that researchers are still trying to untangle."

Orchids!

the big cluster of 8 is my most successful Phaelenopsis bloom yet!

#orchid

It's a screencap of Odo from Star Trek Deep Space Nine aka DS9 played by René Auberjonois he is a Shape shifting security chief on Deep Space Nine and he states to someone " I'm always suspicious of people-"

And he continues with "-who are eager to help a police officer."

DoW makes me think Dow Jones. Cuz it really is all about the money.

Ok, earbuds are silent, going to play it in them now!

Don't worry, nobody else in that cohort will allow it.

the U.S. military has been undermanned for years, we are absolutely unready for any kind of meaningful conflict. i imagine the regime will back out before they try to force a draft. it would not go well for them.

Is she *in* Iran? It might be shocking to you, but there's a variety of opinions on the US intervention. It's not as if there was a referendum on intervention to see if the majority supported it

That's still a lot of optimism, in light of every other major attempt at regime change by the US.

Pinguicula flowers incoming!

Same argument that succeeded in getting insurance to cover "maintenance" (a.k.a. pointless) chiropractic and naturopaths as primary care docs.

I honestly haven't been seeing much difference. I tell it to pipe down when it offers unsolicited commentary.

AGI WILL FIX! 😅

🖤

Also, we have to see if Trump is going to ratfuck the actual people whose lives and freedom are on the line. And if the place is going to look like Syria for the next 10 years.

Liberation TBD. This isn't a one-man regime.

From 1983: Lise Meitner, Physicist, Is Dead at 89; Paved Way for Splitting of Atom

It was reprinted in honor of Women's History Month

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/s...

Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.

Support for the Iran war is at an abysmal 38%, per G. Elliott Morris's average of polls. That's the lowest initial support for a war in memory. Also, CNN finds 59% don't trust Trump to make right decisions with force in Iran. There's no rally-around-flag effect. 4/

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

There's a lot of territory between confidence that LLM-based chatbots are not sentient and the idea that consciousness "in silico" is impossible. There is little reason to think we've created synthetic consciousness at this point.

There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

🚨 Drone strike near Dubai airport briefly halts operations just as Dubai airspace reopened Video circulating online shows a drone strike at Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Saturday, triggering an explosion and smoke and forcing a temporary suspension of airport operations, according to AP. Dubai’s airspace had already been closed earlier in the week as the regional war escalated, suspending flights for several days across the UAE and neighboring states. Airport authorities said operations partially resumed after the brief halt, though airlines — including Emirates and other international carriers — are currently operating reduced schedules. Dubai International Airport is usually the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic, handling more than 95 million travelers in 2025.

Emirates Support @EmiratesSupport Our post from 11:08am Dubai time regarding operational status is no longer current, and has been deleted to avoid causing unnecessary confusion. Emirates has resumed operations. Passengers who have confirmed bookings for this afternoon’s flights may proceed to the airport. This includes customers transiting in Dubai, if their connecting flight is also operating. Customers can check the flight schedule for upcoming flights, as well as book seats to travel: http://emirat.es/nowoperating Emirates continues to monitor the situation, and we will develop our operational schedule accordingly. We would like to thank our customers for their understanding and patience. The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority and will not be compromised.

🚨Drone strike near Dubai airport briefly halts operations just as Dubai airspace reopened

Vid circulating online shows a drone strike at Dubai Internat'l Airport (DXB) on Sat., triggering an explosion & smoke & forcing a temporary suspension of airport ops, according to AP.

Dubai’s airspace had...

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Imaging trusting the generals, who always had positive progress reports on Afghanistan.

Dipshits for false hopes counter to all historical evidence

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.

"Do not put your dick in it. It's fucked enough already."

- 24th century proverb