Florida, Florida, Florida

[wonko the sane?]

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

*florida man staring down a pack of gators*

I'm not trapped in here with you... you're trapped in here with me!!!

 

[KidTDragon]

*gators proceed to maul Florida Man*

"AAAUGH! I was wrong! I'm trapped in here with them!"

 

[Ungnome]

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]

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.

(Source: - Ars Technica)

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

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.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Which company was it that complained they couldn't use the algorithms to detect fascist speech cause it kept pinging republicans?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

I wanna say Facebook, but I'm not entirely positive.

 

[NovaSaber]

Which company was it that complained they couldn't use the algorithms to detect fascist speech cause it kept pinging republicans?

It was Twitter.
And that was before Musk owned it.

 

[NovaSaber]

University of Florida eliminates all DEI positions due to new state law

The University of Florida is eliminating its chief diversity officer position

6abc.com

 

[KidTDragon]

I heard the University of Florida wanted to change their school motto, but they couldn't figure out the Latin translation for "DUUUUUUHHHH!".

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Florida middle-schoolers charged with making deepfake nudes of classmates

- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...fake-ai-nude-images-of-classmates/ar-BB1jzTp9

 

[CoffeeHorse]

We should weaponize Florida. Does some new technology need to go away? Let Florida set the example that gets it banned.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Florida settles lawsuit over LGBT education bill

A new settlement clarifies the scope of Florida's parental rights bill, dubbed by critics as "Don't Say Gay".

www.bbc.com

 

[Covert Agent Rodimal]

Is it time for Bugs again yet?

 

[KidTDragon]

Is it ever not time for Bugs?

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

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..."

(Source: - Ars Technica)

 

[Ungnome]

Not surprising given how much politicians in other states keep trying to prop up the coal industry.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

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.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

While several states have passed laws regarding the labeling of cultivated meat in recent years, no state has gone as far as the Florida Legislature in banning it outright — though there are similar proposals currently moving in Arizona, Alabama and New Hampshire.

Florida now poised to become the first state in the nation to ban lab-grown meat • Florida Phoenix

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation that would prohibit the manufacturing for sale and distribution of lab-grown or “cultivated meat” in the Sunshine State. Violators would be subject to a misdemeanor of the second degree. The bill now goes to Gov. Ron...

floridaphoenix.com

Florida number one.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

(Reposted from LGBQT+ news thread)