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  The Supreme Court on Monday *rejected* Trump's absurd bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/trump-mail-voting-executive-order-lawsuit-78a4fbeb48d9c5fd27d1c865529fc65f #VOTE

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  Today, I reminded our judging panel that only 2 weeks remain before the scores for this year's finalist videogames need to be submitted. I shared a few interesting facts to show how much can be done in 2 weeks. ✌️All created in less than two weeks: 🎥 'The Blair Witch Project' was filmed in 8 days. 🌃 Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' was painted in approximately one week. 📔 The novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' was written in l...

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  CDC Report: National Violent Death Reporting System Suicide: The suicide rate for males was 4x higher than the rate for females. - Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons experienced the highest suicide rates. - The most common method of injury in suicides was by firearm, for both males and females. - Common issues were related to intimate partners, mental/physical health, or recent and impending crises. Homicides: The homicide rates for males was 4x high...

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  Such an honor! Our nonprofit org @stopTDV is being honored for our work to prevent violence affecting young people. We would ❤️ to engage with more #PublicHealth professionals interested in our unique program. Since 2008, we have produced & published dozens of trauma-informed #videogames intentionally designed to foster protective factors & support the well-being of young people. #consent #resilience #education #CriticalThinking #research @bich @gamingagainstv @Npars01

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  @IngridHbn Agreed... we do our #googling with #DuckDuckGo. The world would be slightly better if EVERYBODY googled with DDG. #BigTech #AI #Google

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  Which service do you use when you do your "googling"? #tech #search #AI #trademark #law

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  @CindyWeinstein I think you make a good point. I think there are also several other arguments that could reasonably be made that the proposed "event" is not legal. Those involved likely know this... possibly they believe the courts cannot act quickly enough. I genuinely hope to see a number of lawyers disbarred after all of (waving arms) "this" is over.

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  @adapalmer@wandering.shop For those interested in further details, this appears to be the published study. It is open access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1 #research #Alzheimers

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  @cmconseils 🚾 The use of QR-code-as-menu is bad for several reasons: 🚫Don't create burdens for your customer. 🚫Don't use tools that put customers at risk or require they vet your lazy use of a gimmick. 🚫Don't allow tech dorx to mine customer data with a "virtual menu" hosted on quikmenu.ai.biz.xyz.blah - - - - - 🏆🏆🏆 Here is a good use of a QR code: When attending a play, a theatre hands you a small, printed, business-card-size show program with...

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  Our #nonprofit was notified today that #Stripe was closing our account. Apparently over 200 (false) transactions hit our account. (They were mostly less than a dollar each.) The transactions are for accounts with names like "John Miller" "Sue Smith" "Mike Adams". 1/n #security #tech

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  It looks like our problem with #stripe transactions were initiated via our #kofi account. Has anybody else had this problem? We're trying to find somebody at Ko-fi who can explain or help. Stripe closed our #charity account after 16 years with zero problems. Stripe refuses to speak with us. #fraud #security #help #tech

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  🧡 Introducing the Jennifer's Angels Podcast. How can young people foster and develop healthy relationships and positive self-image? Join a rotating crew of co-hosting young people and co-host Aaron as they interview role models from all walks of life and learn postive strategies. The intro episode is up! 📻 https://rss.com/podcasts/jennifers-angels/ Presented by @stopTDV #podcast #teens #prevention #nonprofit #publichealth #health #relationships #resilience

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  🧡 Open Worlds Play, a game for young people about social connectedness, is a featured PBS resource. We're excited to share information about our good friends at Hope Givers, a show for young people, focusing on resilience. Now in its third season, Hope Givers explores topics that are important to adolescents. You don't want to miss this show. 🎮 We are honored Open Worlds Play is a featured resource for this Emmy Award-winning show! 🌐 https://www.gpb.org/education/hope-givers/...

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  @GossiTheDog @Npars01 How about we spend 1% of our salaries on teaching our kids about #CriticalThinking and #consent to rid future generations of these fraudster #tech bros? #prevention

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  Let's be grateful to the "monkey selfie" which clarified the requirement (US) that copyright can be granted only if the work is authored by a human. While we're at it: ▪️AI does not "hallucinate" ▪️AI is not self-aware Although you might decide to assign value to AI -- don't pretend it can have Values. https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260414-the-monkey-selfie-that-predicted-the-ai-age #AI #HumanRights #law #IP #tech

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  This year's #SAAM is nearly over. So... how much do your kids understand about #consent? [And, how much do *YOU* know?] [Play a game in private, at your own pace.] [We'll keep it a secret.] 🧡 Free games - no ads - no tracking. Evidence-based 🔸Trauma-informed 🔸Award-winning 🎶 You just might learn something... 🎶 🎮 https://consent.games @consentgame @Em0nM4stodon @gamingagainstv @stopTDV @Research_FTW @stopTDV@mastodon.social #indieGame #publicHealth #endAbuse #sociology...

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  Jennifer's Angels Podcast is live! 📻 'Angels Get Started: Dr. Elizabeth Richeson' Join the Angels as they talk with Dr. Richeson, a clinical psychologist (and Jennifer's grandmother) about teen dating violence prevention. 🌐 https://rss.com/podcasts/jennifers-angels/2762552/ #podcast #prevention #publichealth #psychology #relationships @stopTDV @stopTDV@mastodon.social

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  Meta & YouTube are designed to addict. The bad actors and their companies are finally facing a reasonable degree of accountability. This is the case that, years from now, law students will learn was the moment when things changed. https://theconversation.com/meta-and-google-just-lost-a-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-a-tech-law-expert-explains-the-fallout-278409 #BigTech #Meta #Facebook #Google #YouTube #SocialMedia #accountability #law

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  Epstein and Thiel had more in common than their hatred of women and love of cryptocurrency. "[T]he two exchanged more than 2,000 messages over the years and met on multiple occasions. Epstein would ultimately invest some $40 million in venture capital funds managed by Valar Ventures, a firm cofounded by Thiel." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-jeffrey-epstein-democracy/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260219174627/https://www.thenation.com/article/society/...

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  📣 DEADLINE TONIGHT: Mar 23 at Midnight (EDT) 🧡 [de]Toxify Our Teens 💰 $10K USD in Cash Prizes All Finalists receive critiques Winners own their games Our 19th Annual Challenge ▪️ Finalists notified Mar 28 ▪️ Games due July 28 2026 ❌ No Violence ❌ No AI 👉🏽 Rules, resources, register https://toxify.org #gamedev #games #indiegame #gamejam #toxic #prevention #publichealth #media #socialmedia #bigtech #tech #nonprofit #education #sociology #community #manosphere #toxicity @CindyWeinstein @GIbi...

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  Looksmaxxing: misogynistic incel ideology going mainstream Antisocial AI smartphone apps used as gateway to toxic manosphere: (1) Quantification Incels believe everybody has a “sexual market value” & these apps assign numerical scores based on obscure AI calculations. (2) Gamification Users scores are tied to specific ranks users are promised the ability to “ascend” to a higher rank. (3) Reframing These apps target young men struggling with self-confidence, making false promises...