#redmaple

If US press wrote about the US the way they do the rest of the world

Seeing some pockets of restoration in Spain from today's historic power outage. #apagón #apagonespaña

Adamo Telecom and Euskaltel (Basque Country) appear to be slowly recovering, while many other providers are still completely down.

https://infosec.exchange/@dougmadory/114415643518837234

@BBC https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/harvard-letter

#BBC Harvard rejects Trump administration's demands for change https://w.st/hNmvB5

US gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.

Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.

This is economic nationalism as religion—ritualized suffering, blind loyalty, and faith in a strongman savior.

The numbers barely matter—ten percent, twenty-five, fifty. What matters is the theater: the countdown, the choreographed chaos, the flag-wrapped announcement.

#nowspinning #ohgunquit

One of the first things that I tell survivors of domestic abuse who are concerned about the safety of their devices to do is to check the security of their accounts. Techcrunch has a guide on how to do that.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/how-to-tell-if-your-online-accounts-have-been-hacked/?guccounter=1

“They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.”
https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/

48 years ago today
"White Riot" is a song by English punk rock band The Clash, released as the band's first single on this day in 1977 and also featured on their debut album.

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #whiteriot #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Checks and balances only work if they’re enforced -- otherwise, they’re just a suggestion box in a dictatorship.

I keep thinking of this quote from the Great Gatsby:

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

Street Protest (24 photos): https://streetartutopia.com/street-protest/

@historyofpunkrock

47 years ago
The January 1978 Record Mirror bizarrely described punk pioneer Poly Styrene as a “sex symbol”.

Poly, who fought against all oppression and sexism and abhorred any form of conformism, was certainly not and did not want to be a sex symbol

#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #punkrockhistoy #polystyrene #womanofpunk

These iconic photos were taken 46 years ago today

The Ramones perform at The Agora Ballroom on January 30, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Photos by Tom Hill

#punk #punks #punkrock #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

5 years ago: "It's Actually Science, Motherfuckers!"🔥

"Grow the fuck up. You're not children anymore. I didn't mind explaining photosynthesis to you when you were 12. But you're adults now" — Bill Nye

Last Week Tonight at 18m15s https://youtube.com/watch?v=JDcro7dPqpA&t=1095s

#ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels

🗓️ Today in one sentence –Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025

Day 1465: "Boggles my mind."

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/01/23/day-1465/

"In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex." - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-equal-rights-amendment/