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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
All the more reason for us to abandon Facebook and Instagram and Threads. Not that we really needed any more reason to; Meta’s platforms have been a cesspool for a decade now, and growing ever more putrid by the day.
Zuckerberg is going full Musk in terms of fact-checking policies.
And sharing plans to “move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our US content review to Texas. This will help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.”
And sharing plans to “move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our US content review to Texas. This will help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.”
Meta announces a new, Trump friendly fact-checking policy
A plan to replace professionals with user-generated notes is cheaper—and likely to please the president-elect.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
All the more reason for us to abandon Facebook and Instagram and Threads. Not that we really needed any more reason to; Meta’s platforms have been a cesspool for a decade now, and growing ever more putrid by the day.
So… Will Eric Adams’ perp walk be as melodramatic and flashy as Luigi’s was? Asking on behalf of an entire nation. 🤨
Federal prosecutors say they’ve uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Adams
Federal prosecutors say they’ve uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Adams
The prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office wrote in a court filing late Monday they unearthed evidence of the conduct as part of their “ongoing investigation” into …
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So… Will Eric Adams’ perp walk be as melodramatic and flashy as Luigi’s was? Asking on behalf of an entire nation. 🤨
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Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021:
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
January 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021:
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
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Chicago has gone green! As of January 1, 2025, electricity for City buildings is now sourced by 100% renewable energy. We're leading the way as the largest U.S. city to make this move toward a cleaner, greener future. 🌍 #GreenChicago
January 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Chicago has gone green! As of January 1, 2025, electricity for City buildings is now sourced by 100% renewable energy. We're leading the way as the largest U.S. city to make this move toward a cleaner, greener future. 🌍 #GreenChicago