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The firing of many Bonneville Power workers puts the reliability of our electric grid at risk, and it doesn’t “save” the federal government money because it’s funded by ratepayers.
February 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The firing of many Bonneville Power workers puts the reliability of our electric grid at risk, and it doesn’t “save” the federal government money because it’s funded by ratepayers.
Looking forward to warmer days ahead here in Portland, Oregon.
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Looking forward to warmer days ahead here in Portland, Oregon.
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It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
February 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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Today was a very, very good day
(on a micro level… but on a macro level… things are pretty rough in the U S of A)
(on a micro level… but on a macro level… things are pretty rough in the U S of A)
January 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today was a very, very good day
(on a micro level… but on a macro level… things are pretty rough in the U S of A)
(on a micro level… but on a macro level… things are pretty rough in the U S of A)
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Free yourselves of the idea that fascists care about the law.
Internment of Japanese Americans who did not get a trial was permissible on American soil. Slavery was permissible. The genocide of Indigenous people was permissible.
This country was built on blood and we are at a crossroads.
Internment of Japanese Americans who did not get a trial was permissible on American soil. Slavery was permissible. The genocide of Indigenous people was permissible.
This country was built on blood and we are at a crossroads.
I don't see how this is compatible with 5th Amendment due process requirements but I guess we'll see
January 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Free yourselves of the idea that fascists care about the law.
Internment of Japanese Americans who did not get a trial was permissible on American soil. Slavery was permissible. The genocide of Indigenous people was permissible.
This country was built on blood and we are at a crossroads.
Internment of Japanese Americans who did not get a trial was permissible on American soil. Slavery was permissible. The genocide of Indigenous people was permissible.
This country was built on blood and we are at a crossroads.