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jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>Pretty horrific. They don't need a warrant<br>A federal kidnapping in Worcester By Luke O'Neil<br>May 8, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-need-a-warrant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">welcometohellworld.com/they-do</span><span class="invisible">nt-need-a-warrant/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nowarrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowarrant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dueprocess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dueprocess</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>In February, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marc</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andreessen</span></a> described the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chatham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chatham</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> group chats to the podcaster <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lex</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fridman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fridman</span></a> as “the equivalent of [Soviet era] <a href="https://c.im/tags/samizdat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samizdat</span></a>” <br>“The combination of encryption and disappearing messages really unleashed it,” he said. The chats, he wrote recently, helped produce our national “vibe shift.”<br>They have rarely been discussed in public, though you can catch the occasional mention in, for instance, a podcast debate between <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mark</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cuban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuban</span></a> and the Republican entrepreneur <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vivek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ramaswamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramaswamy</span></a>, which started in a chat.</p><p>But they are made visible through a group consensus on social media. <br>Their effects have ranged from the mainstreaming of the monarchist pundit <a href="https://c.im/tags/Curtis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Curtis</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> to a particularly focused and developed dislike of the former Washington Post writer <a href="https://c.im/tags/Taylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taylor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lorenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lorenz</span></a>.</p><p>They succeeded at avoiding leaks (until, to a modest extent, this article) in part because of Signal’s and WhatsApp’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>message</span></a> features, <br>and in part because the groups had formed out of a mix of fear and disdain for journalists they believed were “out to get us,” as one member put it.<br>“People during 2020 felt that there was a monoculture on social media, and if they didn’t agree with something, group chats became a safe space to debate that, share that, build consensus, feel that you’re not alone,” <br>said <a href="https://c.im/tags/Erik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erik</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Torenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torenberg</span></a>, an entrepreneur who was the first employee of the tech community hub Product Hunt. <br>As <a href="https://c.im/tags/Krishnan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krishnan</span></a> was setting up a set of tech group WhatsApp chats at a16z, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Torenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torenberg</span></a> independently founded a group of tech chats on WhatsApp and some more political Signal chats.</p><p>“They’re having all the private conversations because they weren’t allowed to have the public conversations,” Andreessen told Torenberg on a recent podcast, <br>after claiming in the name of secrecy that he’d never heard of such groups. <br>“If it wasn’t for the censorship all of these conversations would have happened in public, which would have been much better.”<br>Their creations took off: <br>“It might not seem like it, because of all the sh*t that people still post on X, but the internet has fragmented,” <br>the Substack author <a href="https://c.im/tags/Noah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Noah</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Smith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smith</span></a> wrote after my inquiries for this story spilled into public Saturday. <br>“Group chats are now where everything important and interesting happens.”</p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/04/27/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-group-chats-that-changed-america</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Goodmorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goodmorning</span></a> That WILL be my approach. In this day and age one no longer knows that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is even ICE or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbers</span></a> or the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrugCartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugCartel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fentanyl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thugs</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinaloaCartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinaloaCartel</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VenezuelanGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VenezuelanGang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrenDeAragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrenDeAragua</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disappearing</span></a> people. And the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nra</span></a></span> is a do nothing piece of shit. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck</span></a> brought this to you because you voted for it.</p>
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p>Garrett Grant writes: The unraveling of American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> has proceeded far faster than I thought it would. But I never imagined we’d already be debating the precise <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> fig leaf sweeping everyday Americans off the streets and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> them. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdzxpstn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/bdzxpstn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>WWE SmackDown preview: The Rock’s disappearing act is really hurting the build to WrestleMania <a href="https://www.inbella.com/996494/wwe-smackdown-preview-the-rocks-disappearing-act-is-really-hurting-the-build-to-wrestlemania/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/996494/wwe-smackdo</span><span class="invisible">wn-preview-the-rocks-disappearing-act-is-really-hurting-the-build-to-wrestlemania/</span></a> #<a href="https://channels.im/tags/SmackDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmackDown</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ACT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACT</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>build</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/cageside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cageside</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EntertainmentNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EntertainmentNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrontPage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/hurting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurting</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/is" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>is</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/preview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preview</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/really" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>really</span></a>... <a href="https://channels.im/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>s</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/seats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seats</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/The" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>The</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a>.. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WrestleMania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WrestleMania</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WrestleMania41" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WrestleMania41</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/wwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwe</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WweSmackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WweSmackdown</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WweSmackdownPreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WweSmackdownPreviews</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p>The <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is descending into authoritarianism | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/mar/22/trump-administration-authoritarianism</span></a></p><p>Is descending? It is already in full <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> mode! I don't know what else you can call a government that tramplea every rule of law, ignores the courts and judges requests and responds by insulting them or even requesting their removal. When a regime is " <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> " people, it's not a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> anymore. When people will finally realize in what trap they got themselves in, it'll be too late!</p>
sadele2<p>These <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> Are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disappearing</span></a> in the Current Trump Administration. </p><p>By Karen Yourish, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar, Isaac White and Lazaro Gamio. March 7, 2025</p><p>Gift link: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Dim Simple<p>The White House just made it clear that they plan to start black-bagging people.</p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/BlackBagging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackBagging</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a></p>
Jeannie Lynn Paskeslowly receding into the past<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/watercolor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pastel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pastel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gouache?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gouache</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ink?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ink</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/creatures?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creatures</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/monsters?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monsters</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/disappearing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disappearing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/imagination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imagination</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/melancholy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#melancholy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/obsoleteworld?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsoleteworld</a>
beSpacific<p>Russia anyone? A coalition of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> organizations said in a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> filing that video exhibits from a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riot</span></a> case had "disappeared" from a government platform <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> that provided access to evidence used in court. "It is unclear whether the Department of Justice intentionally removed the files." <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293447/jan-6-evidence-captiol-riot-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-52934</span><span class="invisible">47/jan-6-evidence-captiol-riot-donald-trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CapitolRiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitolRiots</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freedomofinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofinformation</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Asking for assistance from folks who can save <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> rapidly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> off .gov sites in the US - <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> data is almost all scrubbed - I have located one cache of datasets here that are critical and currently still accessible <a href="https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.c</span><span class="invisible">om/</span></a> The datasets are managed off of DHS servers so have not been wiped yet. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scholarship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholarship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/governmentDatasets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governmentDatasets</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a></p>
Deborah Harmes<p>Dear psychic reader, let's hope you are correct!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a></p>
Marie 🇸🇪<p>Camouflage! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/pictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pictures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/camouflage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camouflage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/invisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invisible</span></a></p>
BrandUnbrand<p>Low // <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Low" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Low</span></a> //</p><p>Disappearing<br>[album HEY WHAT, 2021]</p><p>//via // <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SubPopRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubPopRecords</span></a> //</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brandunbrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brandunbrand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandcamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Low" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Low</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeyWhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeyWhat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MimiParker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MimiParker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanSparhawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanSparhawk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BJBurton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJBurton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SubPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubPop</span></a></p><p>link bandcamp: <a href="https://lowtheband.bandcamp.com/track/disappearing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lowtheband.bandcamp.com/track/</span><span class="invisible">disappearing</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>The island nation of Tuvalu could disappear. The government is building a digital replica in its place</p><p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-island-nation-of-tuvalu-could-disappear-the-government-is-building/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/canada/art</span><span class="invisible">icle-the-island-nation-of-tuvalu-could-disappear-the-government-is-building/</span></a></p><p>As rising waters threaten its existence, the Oceanic nation of Tuvalu is an example of climate change’s urgent threats</p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Tuvalu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuvalu</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/risingocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risingocean</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/digitalreplica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalreplica</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/virtualtombstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtualtombstone</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/climateaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateaction</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/directaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>directaction</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/savetuvalu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savetuvalu</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bars</span></a> are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a>, but <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a>'s is going strong. </p><p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opening</span></a> in 1993, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Slammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slammers</span></a> has welcomed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/downtown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downtown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/patrons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patrons</span></a> with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogan</span></a> "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AllWalksOneGroove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllWalksOneGroove</span></a>" — a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/motto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motto</span></a> that continues to evolve.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NightLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/06/30/lesbian-bar-columbus-ohio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/local/columbus/2023/</span><span class="invisible">06/30/lesbian-bar-columbus-ohio</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>👉 The <a href="https://c.im/tags/disappearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearance</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/peoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peoples</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, <br>👉 the <a href="https://c.im/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impunity</span></a> of perpetrators committing <a href="https://c.im/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> against Indigenous, 👉 how some <a href="https://c.im/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>self</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> groups are <a href="https://c.im/tags/criminalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalized</span></a>, and <br>👉 the <a href="https://c.im/tags/response" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>response</span></a> by the National Indigenous Congress (<a href="https://c.im/tags/CNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNI</span></a>).</p><p>In Mexico, Indigenous <a href="https://c.im/tags/defenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defenders</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>territory</span></a>, and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> are <a href="https://c.im/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> </p><p>A prominent example is Santos de la Cruz Carrillo, Wixárika (Huichol) land defender and attorney.</p><p>Meanwhile the state and local <a href="https://c.im/tags/authorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authorities</span></a> have shown no interest in conducting real investigations. Perpetrators of crimes against Indigenous peoples are acting with impunity while Indigenous peoples are being <a href="https://c.im/tags/falsely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falsely</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/charged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charged</span></a> of criminal activities. </p><p>When the government fails to provide security or actively collaborates with violent criminal organizations, Indigenous communities may form their own armed groups out of desperation, but this rarely ends well.</p><p>In <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pantelh%C3%B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pantelhó</span></a>, in the highlands of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chiapas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chiapas</span></a>, Los <a href="https://c.im/tags/Machetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Machetes</span></a> began as an Indigenous self-defense group but have degenerated into a criminal band. </p><p>Next, we get an update on the National Indigenous Congress (<a href="https://c.im/tags/CNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNI</span></a>) held in Tehuacan, Puebla on 4-5 March 2023, describing their efforts to resist several megaprojects which adversely impact Indigenous peoples.</p><p>Lastly, some preliminary analysis of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vatican</span></a>’s 3/30/2023 statement <a href="https://c.im/tags/repudiating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repudiating</span></a> the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doctrine</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discovery</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/murder-inc-of-indigenous-peoples-in-mexico-repudiating-the-doctrine-of-discovery-land-back" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/burntswamp/murd</span><span class="invisible">er-inc-of-indigenous-peoples-in-mexico-repudiating-the-doctrine-of-discovery-land-back</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wetlands</span></a> are very <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/important" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>important</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> because they <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> both <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/aquatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquatic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> . Sadly, due to agriculture &amp; urban developments many wetlands are in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danger</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> . <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Biologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biologists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ecologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologists</span></a> have come up with a new <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plan</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/manage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manage</span></a> &amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restore</span></a> lands &amp; wetlands - beavers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Beavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beavers</span></a> are called <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> by ecologists and biologists because they can <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/reshape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reshape</span></a> entire <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> to suit their needs</p><p><a href="https://www.warpnews.org/innovation/beavers-naturally-restore-wetlands/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">warpnews.org/innovation/beaver</span><span class="invisible">s-naturally-restore-wetlands/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Nine-Toed Sloth 🦥 🦥 🦥<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@joehall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joehall</span></a></span> oh man, same here. Unfortunately, up here in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/north" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>north</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>), they seem to be <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> from our <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/menus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>menus</span></a>. I honestly have no idea why; no one quite knows the reason.</p>
Open Art Data<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> that one of the challenges of <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalhumanities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/projects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projects</span></a> is that the <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> used to produce a result risk <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/disappearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disappearing</span></a> .</p><p>There was a great tool called <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Workbenchdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workbenchdata</span></a> which showed <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/workflows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workflows</span></a> and made all kinds of operations easy, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/replicable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>replicable</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparent</span></a>. </p><p>It was possible to share not just results but an entire workflow with a simply url!</p><p>But, sadly, it no longer exists.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/datajournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datajournalism</span></a></p>