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CoffeeHorse

CoffeeHorse

Exhausted, but still standing.
Staff member
Council of Elders
Citizen
Just give me a head's up. The nearest fallout shelter is about a 6 hour drive.
 
Pocket

Pocket

jumbled pile of person
Citizen
You know that giant dome from The Simpsons Movie? I wonder if we could make one big enough to cover a whole state.
 
Ungnome

Ungnome

Grand Empress of the Empire of One Square Foot.
Citizen
Young Floridians deserve better, especially since they have no real choice where they live....... The state is run by literal monsters at this point.
 
PrimalxConvoy

PrimalxConvoy

NOT a New Member.
Citizen
Kagan: Florida social media law seems like “classic First Amendment violation”

The US Supreme Court today heard oral arguments on Florida and Texas state laws that impose limits on how social media companies can moderate user-generated content.

The Florida law prohibits large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter (aka X) from banning politicians, and says they must "apply censorship, deplatforming, and shadow banning standards in a consistent manner among its users on the platform." The Texas statute prohibits large social media companies from moderating posts based on a user's "viewpoint." The laws were supported by Republican officials from 20 other states.

The tech industry says both laws violate the companies' First Amendment right to use editorial discretion in deciding what kinds of user-generated content to allow on their platforms, and how to present that content. The Supreme Court will decide whether the laws can be enforced while the industry lawsuits against Florida and Texas continue in lower courts.
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(Source: - Ars Technica)
 
The Mighty Mollusk

The Mighty Mollusk

Scream all you like, 'cause we're all mad here
Citizen
If they applied their user policies on abusive and violent language evenly, most Republicans and their supporters wouldn't last a week.

So I say do it.
 
KidTDragon

KidTDragon

Now with hi-res avatar!
Citizen
I heard the University of Florida wanted to change their school motto, but they couldn't figure out the Latin translation for "DUUUUUUHHHH!".
 
PrimalxConvoy

PrimalxConvoy

NOT a New Member.
Citizen
Oh dear, Florida and cronies don't like the future at all, do they readers?

"...
State legislators from Florida to Arizona are seeking to ban meat grown from animal cells in labs, citing a “war on our ranching” and a need to protect the agriculture industry from efforts to reduce the consumption of animal protein, thereby reducing the high volume of climate-warming methane emissions the sector emits.

Agriculture accounts for about 11 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to federal data, with livestock such as cattle making up a quarter of those emissions, predominantly from their burps, which release methane—a potent greenhouse gas that’s roughly 80 times more effective at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide over 20 years. Globally, agriculture accounts for about 37 percent of methane emissions..."
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(Source: - Ars Technica)
 
Ungnome

Ungnome

Grand Empress of the Empire of One Square Foot.
Citizen
Not surprising given how much politicians in other states keep trying to prop up the coal industry.
 
The Mighty Mollusk

The Mighty Mollusk

Scream all you like, 'cause we're all mad here
Citizen
They could try investing in the next big thing early and getting in on the ground floor, but nah, it's safer and easier to just stonewall change.
 
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