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Written by George Station on 2025-02-03 at 01:47

[#]Canada #Tariffs #TradeWar

Sunday convo with Canada's ambassador to the US, on that tariffs & trade war thing.

(~10:17 MSNBC interview after the ad)

https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/canadian-ambassador-to-the-u-s-says-they-haven-t-heard-back-on-how-a-trade-war-can-be-avoided-230899781569

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-31 at 00:53

[#]podcast #politics #AI #libertarianism #tech

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss David Golumbia's final book Cyberlibertarianism and how right-wing politics shaped how we think about the internet.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/261_the_problem_with_cyberlibertarianism_w_chris_gilliard

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-29 at 07:37

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vatican-ai-generated-deepfakes-undermine-190224191.html

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-28 at 22:38

[#]COVID19 #PublicHealth #RSV #flu

VA patients

"...during the 2022 to 2023 season, having COVID-19 was associated with more severe disease outcomes than flu or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Differences became less pronounced, however, during the 2023 to 2024 season."

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/va-study-shows-covid-more-severe-rsv-flu

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-28 at 15:55

[#]ExecutiveOrders #DEI #military #BlackMastodon

So I guess the Air Force has to pull that #TuskegeeAirmen video again...?

https://www.kazu.org/npr-news/2025-01-28/trump-signs-executive-order-taking-aim-at-dei-programs-in-the-military

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-26 at 22:36

[#]prison #immigration #Mississippi #legislation #slavery

From the 2025 session, the actual proposed legislation:

"The offense of trespass by an illegal alien under this section is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment without eligibility for probation, parole, conditional release, or release except by act of the Governor or the natural death of such person."

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1484IN.htm

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-23 at 17:07

[#]GiftLink #DEI #ExecutiveOrders #Education

Hey faculty! How's the job this week?

How are you discussing all this with your students in real time? As a chain of historical discussion points, as a new "surprise," as something else?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-dei-diversity-officials-orders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU4.mRdB.cOjgYYrLyorT&smid=url-share

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-22 at 16:57

[#]immigration #immigrants #ExecutiveOrders

Don't be shocked if people who can't answer the headline questions also refuse to read the post.

All you can do is offer.

https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-migrant-what-is-ice-10-terms-to-help-you-understand-the-debate-over-immigration-247317

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-21 at 17:42

Does anyone believe the

[#]BirthrightCitizenship #ExecutiveOrder

would NOT soon be expanded to "original intent" of the Dred Scott decision?

Anyone? ...Bueller?

[#]BlackMastodon #BlackHistory

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/birthright-citizenship-explained-trump-executive-order

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-20 at 20:38

[#]MLKDay #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Marvel #LukeCage

A pre-MCU Luke Cage celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

(liberated from a Bluesky post)

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Written by George Station on 2025-01-20 at 03:29

[#]monsterdon

Wait, alt-universe check:

The actress playing Julie could've had the lead in West Side Story? 👀

"While Vetri was in high school director Robert Wise considered casting her as Maria in the 1961 film West Side Story, but the studio selected Natalie Wood"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Vetri

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