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SLRPNK Community Discussion - May 2025 in c/meta@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 hours ago

Looking forward to more open source ecology news!

Swamp Coolers’ Ability to Beat the Heat is Evaporating in Record Southwestern [US] Temperatures in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 hours ago

You can skip it. Also, there's reader mode.

A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It. | The tax plan would kill most Biden-era incentives, but there’s a sticking point: G.O.P. districts have the most to lose. in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Literally one R Senator said publicly that he wouldn't vote for one of Trump's worse appointees, and the pick was withdrawn.

Abdullah Öcalan (1947 - ) Abdullah Öcalan, born on this day in 1947, is a socialist theorist, feminist, political prisoner, and one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). His... in c/anarchism@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 weeks ago

And he's in the news again lately, as it looks like Turkey may finally be ready to make a vaguely acceptable deal with Kurds in Turkey. https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/834470

https://theconversation.com/the-pkk-says-it-will-lay-down-its-arms-what-are-the-chances-of-lasting-peace-between-turkey-and-the-kurds-podcast-252646

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Enshittification is an alien invasion | Pluralistic: Machina economicus (14 Apr 2025) – Cory Doctorow (slrpnk.net)

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Andry Romero, a gay makeup artist sent to El Salvador, sobbing and praying as guards shave his head. in c/abolition@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 weeks ago

Unsurprising, since CECOT isn't like a concentration camp, it is a concentration camp.

Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Removing Climate Websites in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

Here are a couple of trackers for all these lawsuits:

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trumps-first-100-days/tracking-trump-administration-litigation

Fun day tomorrow in c/inperson@slrpnk.net

[–] SlowBurn@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

Nice! Reminds of the classic, Sabotage in the American Workplace, an early AK Press publication.