Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler accused of rape

This also involved his Wife, Bridget Ziegler a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a far-right group that identifies as a parental rights advocate and tries to elect right-wing candidates to school boards. The group opposes references to race or LGBTQ identity in the classroom, and has called for books on gender or sexuality to be removed from school libraries.

A woman told the Sarasota Police that she and Christian and Bridget Ziegler have been involved in a three-year-long three-way sexual relationship. And that the Rape took place at her home when she and Bridget were there alone together

Another Hypocritical Right Wing Christian Exposed As A Hypocrite

#News #RepublicanCrimes #RepublicanImmorality #RepublicanHypocrisy

Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler accused of rape

The Florida Democratic Party issued a statement calling on Christian Ziegler to step down as state Republican Party chair.

^{Aaron Navarro (CBS News)}

Robert De Niro tells Gotham Awards his speech was edited without his knowledge

Apple Censored his Speech evidently they don't want to offend their Republican Masters...

This is Outrageous

#News #Apple #GothamAwards #Censorship #DeNiro #BBC #TakeBackTechnology #TakeBackArt #EndRepublicanMeddling

Robert De Niro tells Gotham Awards his speech was edited without his knowledge

The actor says the speech he was reading was edited, removing critical comments about Donald Trump.

^{By Ian Youngs (BBC News)}

The FDA proposes banning a food additive that's been used for a century

This sounds like a good thing to Ban

#Food #FoodAdditives #ThroidToxicity #News #FDA #NPR #BVO

Videogaaaames. And news!
#Videogames #News #Comedy

https://youtu.be/bo0hrK1ADj0

Rebirth of Expectations || CheckPoint 525

Stories on: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Squardron 42, QuickPoints, the Annapurna Interactive Deluxe Limited Edition Collection, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebir...

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Ach Mist, das war's dann wohl mit meinen Statistiken zu #Mastodon als Trafficquelle für @heiseonline:

Hab gerade bemerkt, dass die schönen neuen Vorschaukarten den URL-Parameter abschneiden, über den wir überhaupt erfahren, dass Besuche von hier kommen. Je mehr Instanzen diese neue Vorschau nun anzeigen, desto mehr Einstiege werden darüber kommen und für uns nicht mehr erkennbar.

Weiß nicht, ob wir das überhaupt beheben können/wollen.

#Fediverse #MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #News

Carbon-rich peatlands continue to be cleared and drained in an Indonesian protected wildlife reserve known as the “orangutan capital of the world,” with 26 kilometers (16 miles) of new canals dug so far in 2023, up from 9 km (5.6 mi) in 2022, according to an investigation by the advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN).

by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/deforestation-for-palm-oil-continues-in-indonesias-orangutan-capital/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #Deforestation #PalmOil

Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

JAKARTA — Despite various commitments from global brands and the government to protect Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, home to some of the rarest species on Earth, development of new palm oil plantations and drainage of carbon-rich peatlands continue i…

^{karencoates (Conservation news)}

Marvel VFX Artists Will Vote to Unionize

Some Good News

#News #Unionization #Variety #SFX #Marvel

Marvel VFX Artists Will Vote to Unionize

Visual effects (VFX) crews at Marvel Studios will begin to vote to unionize on Aug. 21. Ballots are due on Sept. 11, and the vote count will take place on Sept. 12. A press release sent Aug. 7 note…

^{Angelique Jackson (Variety)}

Your next Zoom meeting could be used to train AI, India is pushing ahead with their revised data privacy bill, several alarming vulnerabilities in popular CPUs and more!

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Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2023-abbotts-border-boondoggle/

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#politics #news #USpol #Texas #GregAbbott #HB2127 #democracy #journalism #comics

Apparently, the #DailyMail has just launched "Woke Watch", where red faced pillocks send in angry e-mails, complaining about transgender asylum seekers giving their house prices pronoun cancer, or something.

Anyway, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should one e-mail wokewatch@dailymail.co.uk to #Troll, #Shitpost or just plain take the piss. No, that would be WRONG. Oh, for shame!

#News #UK #Media

Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative

Guess What Disney Is Writing Checks For

#News #WGA #WritersStrike #SAG #ActorsStrike #NPR

Happy #Newstodon Friday, a day to celebrate the journalists and publications on the #Fediverse.

This week, we're highlighting @justinmiller's deep investigation into the #pollution, corruption, and waste surrounding Greg Abbott's ever-growing #border-wall,. This is the cover story to the July/August 2023 magazine issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbotts-billion-dollar-barrier/

If you enjoy reading #news on Mastodon, remember to support outlets you love with donations & memberships.

#politics #HumanRights #immigration

Abbott's Billion-Dollar Barrier

Texas’ border wall is rearing its head—concerns about wildlife, public thrift, and property rights notwithstanding.

^{Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)}

In an eerily similar #SwampSunday #News story, a girl was rescued from a "pond and swamp area" in #FernhillHeath, near #Worcester, in the #UK.

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23635806.fernhill-heath-girl-stuck-swamp/

Next up, this #SwampSunday, a #Disabled woman is recovering after being rescued from a #Massachusetts swamp in #BorderlandStatePark. She was trapped in mud for over a week and is presently recovering in hospital.

#News

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/emma-tetewsky-stuck-in-mud-3-days-stoughton-easton-massachusetts/

Emma Tetewsky's parents say it's 'miraculous' she's alive after being stuck in mud 3 days

Emma Tetewsky is slowly recovering and is expected to be okay after she was stuck in the mud in a state park for at least three days.

^{Paul Burton (CBS Boston)}

So, it's #SwampSunday, and time for a #News round-up.

First up, a #NorthCarolina #Swamp is recovering from a recent fire, and local conservationists and experts are giving guided tours of the area to show how it's going.

#GreenSwampPreserve

https://www.wect.com/2023/07/07/nature-conservancy-holds-tour-green-swamp-game-land-following-wildfire/

Nature Conservancy holds tour of Green Swamp Game Land following wildfire

Experts say while the spread of the fire was unexpected, it will go a long way in helping the overall health of the plant and animal life the Green Swamp preserve should easily bounce back.

^WECT

Over in #Malaysia, meanwhile, the #SwampSunday #News has #RimbaWatch, a #Conservation group, raising concerns over plans to clear #Peat #Swamp #Forests in #Pahang state. Why? #PalmOil, naturally...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/07/06/minister-vows-to-scrutinise-palm-oil-project-affecting-peat-swamp-forest-in-pahang/78219

Designer in Supreme Court ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request

Smith named Stewart — and included a website service request from him, listing his phone number and email address in 2017 court documents. But Stewart told The Associated Press he never submitted the request and didn't know his name was invoked in the lawsuit until he was contacted this week by a reporter from The New Republic, which first reported his denial.

"I was incredibly surprised given the fact that I've been happily married to a woman for the last 15 years," said Stewart, who declined to give his last name for fear of harassment and threats. His contact information, but not his last name, were listed in court documents.

He added that he was a designer and "could design my own website if I need to" — and was concerned no one had checked into the validity of the request cited by Smith until recently.

So The Entire Case May Be A Giant GOP Fraud Play To Force A Decision

#News #SupremeCourt #WebDesignerCase #GayCouples

Librarians train to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at Chicago conference

#news #bookbans
https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-library-censorship-weekend-fd6b313bffe81190b3e8e0fb69eb97a1

Librarians train to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at Chicago conference

CHICAGO (AP) — School librarian Jamie Gregory has been called a “pedophile” and “groomer,” bombarded with private messages threatening harm, accused of distributing pornography in schools, and had her personal address posted on social media.

^{Claire Savage (Associated Press)}

Prosecutors in Indonesia have still not charged the majority of men implicated in a slave-labor scandal at a local official’s oil palm plantation.

The New York Times reported that only 13 of some 60 men, including military and police officers, remain free despite dozens of victims and witnesses accusing them of human trafficking and torture.

by Mongabay.com
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/alleged-torturers-roam-free-as-indonesia-struggles-to-bring-charges-in-palm-oil-slavery-case/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #PalmOil

Alleged torturers roam free as Indonesia struggles to bring charges in palm oil slavery case

Only 13 of some 60 men implicated in a human trafficking case in which Indonesian drug users were imprisoned under the guise of a rehabilitation program and forced to work on a palm oil plantation have been charged, with the local district attorney c…

^{Philip Jacobson (Conservation news)}

Yesterday, cultivated meat was cleared for sale in the US by the Department of Agriculture.

Not sure what to make of meat from a lab? Here’s our explainer from last season’s Serving Up Science:

https://youtu.be/GaX38aFAGSo #food #news

What Does the Future of Lab Grown Meat Look Like? | Serving Up Science

Support Serving Up Science: http://bit.ly/ScienceServe Would you eat steak grown in a test tube? A chicken nugget from a petri dish? It's not science fiction...

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Boris Johnson Partygate report: Key findings at a glance

A report by MPs into whether the former prime minister misled Parliament has finally been published.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65913184

(c) #BBC #News #Politics

Key findings from the Partygate report into Boris Johnson

^{BBC News}

Just in Case Anyone is Coming to/from the Boston Area This Summer:

Don't drive to Logan airport this summer, Massport warns, citing traffic chaos

Beginning July 5 for 8 straight weeks, the Sumner Tunnel will be closed for construction.

#News #Boston #Travellers

Don't drive to Logan airport this summer, Massport warns, citing traffic chaos

Do not drive your car to Logan Airport this summer. That’s the message from Massport ahead of a busy travel season. Increased air travel combined with the…

^{Jeff Saperstone (NBC10 Boston)}

“Data shows for the first time that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power, so we will be relying on #renewables to keep the lights on.”

But rather than fix the grid, #Republicans spent their time in the #Texas legislature trying to block renewable #energy:
https://www.texasobserver.org/88th-session-texas-legislature-lgbtq-energy-schools/

#environment #infrastructure #ClimateChange #TXlege #politics #news #USpol #OilAndGas

The Awful 88th Session of the Texas Lege

Losers during the 88th session of the legislature included taxpayers, teachers, trans youths, and anyone who uses electricity.

^{Texas Observer Staff (The Texas Observer)}

YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

"YouTube was one of the last major social media platforms to keep in place a policy attempting to curb 2020 election misinformation. Now, it's decided to take the easy way out by giving people like Donald Trump and his enablers free rein to continue to lie without consequence about the 2020 elections," said Julie Millican, vice president of liberal watchdog Media Matters for America. "YouTube and the other platforms that preceded it in weakening their election misinformation policies, like Facebook, have made it clear that one attempted insurrection wasn't enough. They're setting the stage for an encore."

Basically Youtube Wants some of the Advertising $$$ from the Republican Insurrectionists & Their Candidates

#News #NPR #Youtube

Let's talk about Utah, libraries, and finding out....

A Sword Has Two Edges....

#News #Utah #Libraries #MaliciousCompliance #BeauOfTheFifthColumn

Let's talk about Utah, libraries, and finding out....

Support via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beautfcThe Roads with Beau: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_x7nc3Vi4BPgmNnMsz774ACheck out the store. Sticker...

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Connecticut 'witches' exonerated by Senate lawmakers

Does It Really Matter? 370 Years To Achieve Justice....

#News #BBC #USA #WitchTrials #History #Connecticut

Connecticut 'witches' exonerated by Senate lawmakers

Eleven of the 12 were hanged after trials the state Senate acknowledges were a "miscarriage of justice".

^{By Bernd Debusmann Jr (BBC News)}

TV is about to Change. Forever. Again.

Writers Strike & How It Will Change Things...

#News #Writers #WritersStrike #AI #Streaming #TheBattleForCreatives #SkipIntro

TV is about to Change. Forever.

//Get a whole month of great cinema FREE: https://mubi.com/skipintro//The 2007 Writers Strike signaled the beginning of a profound shift in content and the w...

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Wired just posted an exclusive about how USPS is conducting warrantless mail surveillance.

Considering our current political landscape, it's worth stressing that USPS's system is actually rooted in historical efforts to criminalize birth control and labor radicalism (see follow-up post) #news #surveillance #labor #reproductivejustice #reproductiverights #histodons #history

https://www.wired.com/story/usps-mail-surveillance-letter/?mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

The US Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It

The USPS carries out warrantless surveillance on thousands of parcels every year. Lawmakers want it to end—right now.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

Gordon Lightfoot Passed Away On Monday

Variety Article

#Music #News

Gordon Lightfoot Honored by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement honoring legendary singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who died Monday at the age of 84. In it, he recalls meeting Lightfoot as a child, wh…

^{Jem Aswad (Variety)}

Gender-affirming care—for ADULTS—is now predictably under attack in #Texas. This is part of a Republican plan of genocide underway against #trans people. We need cis allies to be loud and angry on our behalf. Pay attention, this doesn't end here or with us:

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/transgender-health-care-legislature/ via @texastribune

#LGBTQIA+ #transgender #transphobia #HumanRights #Healthcare #news #Politics #TXlege #USpol #gender

Trans Texans’ access to transition-related care threatened by Senate bill

The Senate advanced a bill that could create such high financial risks for doctors and health insurers that they’d stop providing or covering gender-affirming care — even for adults.

^{Alex Nguyen (The Texas Tribune)}

@fediverse @fediversenews Let's Get OPB on the Fediverse!

Oregon Public Broadcasting is no longer active on Twitter as of April 13, 2023.

https://www.opb.org/pressroom/opb-statement-our-activity-on-twitter/

Let's get them on the fediverse! Use this form to tell them why they should take part in a social media space which is freedom-respecting and federated. You should especially contact them if you're in #Portland , #Eugene , or anywhere else in #Oregon

#fediverse #journalism #news

OPB statement: Our activity on Twitter

Statement from OPB Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer Morgan Holm

^OPB