Right to repair laws make it easier for individuals and organizations to fix their own stuff. They do this by, for example, requiring companies to sell parts and make manuals available, and banning “software locks” that limit who can carry out repairs. Now, @jasonkoebler reports for @404mediaco, the grassroots movement has hit a tipping point in the U.S.

https://www.404media.co/all-50-states-have-now-introduced-right-to-repair-legislation/

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An update on the @TexasObserver story from last week about Jim Rodden, the ICE prosecutor who appears to be running a racist X account: Three members of Congress have written to ICE Acting Deputy Director Kenneth Genalo and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem demanding that the allegations be investigated. A Massachusetts lawyer has also filed a complaint with the District of Columbia Bar, through which a James J. Rodden holds a law license.

https://www.texasobserver.org/investigation-ice-prosecutor-racist-x-account/

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Over the past few years, a few people in the U.S. and China have benefited from xenotransplantation — inter-species transplants — but getting the organs to function correctly is a challenge. @KnowableMag takes a look at the current state of things: Which animals provide the best match (minipigs), techniques to avoid organ rejection, ethical issues, concerns about virus spillover, and who will pay for transplant procedures.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/pig-organs-in-people-the-future-of-cross-species-transplants

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Indiana has practically the lowest voter turnout in America. @bolts’s @taniel reports on efforts that will probably make it even lower. “Legislation banning the use of student IDs for voting passed the state Senate with near unanimous Republican support in early February and now sits with the GOP-run House,” he writes.

https://boltsmag.org/indiana-banning-student-id-for-voting/

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Ukraine just entered another year of war. The team at @timkmak’s Counteroffensive shares photos that they took during the past three years, and why these are meaningful. These images tell a story: Amidst the explosions, there are weddings, cats, chats, clouds and more.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-photos-we-took-that-illustrate

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@Flipboard @bolts @taniel
It's pretty logical, i guess. I think younger people tend to vote blue more often. GOP can't have that, of course.

And another story of life in a war zone: This time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a militia group called M23 has seized control of Goma, which borders Rwanda. It’s easier to cross the border now, but the banks in Goma have closed, and small-scale women traders are struggling. @thecontinent tells the full story.

https://continent.substack.com/p/selling-tomatoes-in-a-war-zone

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“Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?” the late Henry Kissinger supposedly said when he was U.S. Secretary of State. @TheConversationUS looks at how a united Europe could counter threats from Trump, Putin and far-right forces, and who might provide leadership.

https://theconversation.com/is-a-united-european-voice-possible-in-the-age-of-trump-putin-and-far-right-politics-germanys-new-leader-intends-to-find-out-249241

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Last of all, ahead of this weekend's Oscars ceremony, our @CultureDesk shared some inspiration for winners giving speeches: Jane Fonda’s absolutely barnstormer from the SAG Awards, where she received a lifetime achievement award. “We are in our documentary moment. This is it, and it’s not a rehearsal. And we mustn’t for a moment kid ourselves about what is happening,” she told the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_v0NJ8_8ps2

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