This is hardly news. Of course this happened. https://flipboard.com/users/ElectionCentral/statuses/wchGwWaYQZakQIgSvhuwOw:a:512406067
Solitary confinement is classified as torture by the UN and is a war crime under the Geneva Convention, yet more than 500 people have endured this for a decade or longer in Texas. Damascus James created “Texas Letters,” an anthology and book series featuring the unedited writings of people who have spent months, years and sometimes decades in isolation. @TexasObserver has extracts from the second volume here.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/
@VModifiedMind Depends on scale. I built ourselves.space for big community. Just didn’t pan out
@VModifiedMind Very few users (a few of them had none), for whatever reason, those never took off for me and cost a bit to run. The relay is rocking along though!
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Residents of 21 cities in Utah have access to some of the fastest, most competitively priced broadband in the US, at speeds up to 10gb/s and prices as low as $75/month. It's uncapped, and the connections are symmetrical: perfect for uploading *and* downloading. And it's all thanks to the government.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/#utopia
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What the actual fuck...
https://press.coop/users/thehill/statuses/112445871167742924
Two things, 1. this must have been a weird group in MS doing return to office, cause my entire division remains 100% work wherever you want. Second, no shit. #wfh is life
Dear Dell. You can fuck right off. https://apple.news/A-ET4q1CWT_C-LpbqZLtkSA #wfh you’ve lost me as a customer and I’ll advise anyone that asks to not do business with a company that hates its employees
Sweet baby Jesus yes!
RE: https://www.threads.net/@dystopichippy/post/C6rRAXmRy1K
Felt this in my bones.
RE: https://www.threads.net/@nateinthewild/post/C6ohl0FxjpE
I’ve always been grossed out by sugar free or diet sodas. I tried the new cokezero on a dare. It is the closest thing to a real soda I’ve tasted. So, good job!
#BBCNews - #Russia will hold tactical #nuclear weapons drills
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5npwdv3wzo
Nextcloud Talk received so many new features in Hub 8!
💫 Chat federation
✏️ Message editing
📝 In-chat collaborative file editing
📊 In-call Polls integration
... and more!
All new features in Talk:
This would be huge!
https://mastodon.online/users/9to5Mac/statuses/112397917562920597
Check the doors. https://mastodon.cloud/users/slashdot/statuses/112398547559293118
What’s the angle here? This is interesting https://ground.news/article/democratic-leaders-say-theyll-shield-speaker-johnson-from-greene-motion-to-vacate_1f8b12?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share
Yes, you can still buy 4K TV's that are not "Smart" (surveillance). They're called "commercial displays" and as a bonus, they're more durable, too.
Prices start at $550 US for a 55-inch Samsung model.
@NPR @lisamelton Makes perfect sense. So, the Supreme Court will knock it down in 5…4…
@dangillmor Sounds like most of the elected people in Texas. Freedom of speech! Except the speech I don’t like.