Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Au revoir, Bret.

Tropical Storm #Cindy at sunset in the central Atlantic Ocean. Winds up to 60 mph. #weather #WX

I work in the insurance industry.

I think we need public coverage to replace it -- all of it. Medicare for all, with inclusion of dental coverage.

"For people in #Russia, this idea that #Putin no longer has a monopoly on political action and no longer has a monopoly on force Is revolutionary." --Masha Gessen on MSNBC

​​ New #Calckey ​​ release candidate! ​​

This will be the last release candidate before the launch of the next major version! We've taken this time to add some requested features, stomp out many some bugs, and ensure that everyone is getting the experience they deserve.

Also, it's my ( @kainoa@calckey.social ) 20th birthday tomorrow, so if you could boost this, I'd really appreciate it, as we've all worked really hard on this 🥺

v14.0.0-rc3 Release Notes

Major changes:

Performance improvements: many changes have been made to make the performance of Calckey even better, especially for users with a lot of followers.

New 2FA flow: both the internal 2FA library and the 2FA user interface have been updated for a smoother, cleaner, and more reliable experience making sure your account is secure.

Emoji skin tone: you can now select your preferred skin tone for body part/people emojis, and the overall experience of selecting and searching for emojis is snappier.

Reduced visual clutter: Users can now properly hide replies in their timelines, and reply notifications are more readable.

Editing: it's now possible to edit the options on a poll, and to add or remove a content warning from a post.

Deck view improvements: the deck view has a new channel column, and scrolling feels more natural. @naskya@post.naskya.net

Accessibility: focus trapping and keyboard navigation is now even more intuitive. @freeplay@calckey.social

calckey.js: the build system for the Calckey.js SDK is now fixed, so developers can get access to the latest version, and there's now auto-generated markdown documentation for using it.

Docker: after many release candidates without a proper Docker tag, the Docker image build process has finally been fixed. @nmkj@calckey.jp @lily@outdoors.lgbt

Notes:

Full changelog: https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey/src/branch/develop/CHANGELOG.md#14-0-0-rc3-2023-06-24

Upgrade instructions:

git pull --ff pnpm clean-all && pnpm i NODE_ENV=production pnpm run build && pnpm run migrate

@AlliFlowers @persagen
There's a lot of that going around in Russia, but I'm simply not knowledgeable enough to speculate about the attitudes of the "normalize things with the West" crowd in Russia.

Justice in Russia:

Demonstrating by holding a blank piece of paper:

Jail time.

Threatening to kill the Minister of Defence and overthrow the government:

No biggie — have a trip to Belarus.

#Prighozhin

Russia is going to need a new president soon, and there is a guy in the US who has former experience as a president, wants to be a president again, and is already on the Russian payroll so minimal HR paperwork.
#Russia

The Republican controlled legislature makes its latest move to take power out of the hands of Texas city governments.
This is just a prelude to controlling exactly how elections are held.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/23/greg-abbott-texas-governor-bill-water-breaks-heatwave
#Texas #CentralizedGovernment
#Totalitarianism #VotingRights

I don’t know if #God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn’t. - Jules Renard

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 2707

The House Ethics Committee issued a remarkable update on its investigation into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), announcing more than 30 subpoenas. https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/06-22-2023/santos-ethics-investigation/

Viola White also refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery in 1944. After she decided to press charges against the bus company for her mistreatment, the police retaliated by committing a horrifying act of violence. They raped Viola’s daughter as a means of intimidation and to discourage further resistance. To further compound the injustice, the state intentionally delayed and obstructed her appeal, preventing the case from reaching the courts.

10/15

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #History

The legend lives on from the billionaires on down
Of the big ship they called the #Titanic
You can visit, it's said
If you've got lots of bread
And your need to show off's a bit manic.

#OceanGate's rated floor?
Fifteen-hundred metres or more.
But that sub-maker was a bit squirrelly.
The depths they went to?
Thousands deeper, it's true!
So they all met their endings early.

Zelenskyy: The world saw that Russia's masters do not control anything | Ukrainska Pravda https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/24/7408399/

Georgia teacher fired for reading children’s book about acceptance in class - first known public school teacher to be fired under Georgia’s trio of censorship laws passed in 2022. https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/06/22/georgia-teacher-fired-reading-childrens-book-about-acceptance-class #Censorship

Arizona Gov. Hobbs has signed an executive order that effectively bars county prosecutors in the state from prosecuting abortion cases. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hobbs-strips-county-prosecutors-authority-pursue-abortion-cases-rcna90908

The criminal case against Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin for "inciting an armed uprising" will be dropped and he will "leave for Belarus," says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

While the mercenary army, the Wagner Group, marches on Moscow, let's take a moment to contemplate Academi, the private US military "contractor" (mercenary group), formerly known as Blackwater.
It operates out of the US and is owned by private investors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_(company)
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Brokop
#MercenaryArmy #Blackwater #Academi #TheWagnerGroup

Happy Caturday