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"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."

As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.

jrnl.ie/6864189

Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world

As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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kiva @persenche.bsky.social · 11h

games exist only as a memory of your experience playing the game, and your memory of sharing that experience with others, and your memory of others sharing their experience with you.

games do not have text that is outside the context of a player experiencing the game.

November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM

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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism

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Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.

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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy

Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...

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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz

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"Chance has long played an outsize role in immigration courts. There are no juries, and a person’s likelihood of winning can depend more on the judge they are assigned than the facts of their case. Social media has only exacerbated this phenomenon."

Cathrin Kahlweit @ckahlweit.bsky.social · 1d

Der tägliche Horror, den wir nicht sehen…
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees

Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

www.theatlantic.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM

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Brandon Bishop

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Joyce Carol Oates: Demonstrating the Value of the Humanities through Public Ownership of the Richest Man on Earth

November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM

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Don Moynihan

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The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.

Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x

US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds

The top U.S. consumer watchdog said on Monday it was legally prohibited from drawing cash from the Federal Reserve to support continuing operations, but that its current funding should last through the end of this year "at least."

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November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP

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🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41202...

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes synaptic dysfunction and p-tau and α-synuclein aggregation leading cognitive impairment: The protective role of metformin - PubMed

Patients recovering from post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) often experience cognitive dysfunction, including difficulties with focusing, conversation, or memory issues, which can persist for weeks or even months after infection. Although the persistence of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein has bee …

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM

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Timothy McBride

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Authoritarians:
Deputy AG declares "war" on judges, vows to strip bar associations' power www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...

Deputy AG declares "war" on judges, vows to strip bar associations' power

The statements are the latest escalation in the DOJ's comments about judges.

www.axios.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM

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Jenny Cohn

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“Why would a prominent venture capitalist [Peter Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] bristle at a pope calling for basic ethics? Because Pope Leo XIV may be the one authority on earth that Big Tech cannot control.” 1/

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 9h

A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI.

The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.

It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.

Tech Billionaire Mocks Pope Leo’s AI Warning — and Reveals Silicon Valley’s Original Sin

A billionaire tech guru openly mocked Leo's call for moral AI — and quickly backtracked after backlash. It’s a telling collision of Silicon Valley hubris with a pope they cannot buy, bully, or ignore.

www.thelettersfromleo.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM

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Guardian Australia

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Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia

Australian expert stumbled across new species when surveying a critically endangered wildflower in 2019 As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “Lucifer” bee with devil-like horns. The species – dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer – was found in the state of Western Australia, Curtin University announced on Tuesday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM

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Michele Bannister

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This is particularly sad as Lowell has long been a centre for Solar System planetary astronomy, a rare field internationally 🔭

KNAU Arizona Public Radio @knauazpubradio.bsky.social · 14h

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM

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Mo Ryan

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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY

THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY

Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1d

Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...