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AI companies upped their federal lobbying spend in 2024 amid regulatory uncertainty https://t.co/mdSS5BB6qa

French woman who refused sex with husband not to blame for divorce, rights court says https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/nx-s1-5273658/french-woman-divorce-fault-human-rights?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke today with China’s Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Finally, today, @TheConversationUS sent us a wealth of stories that we are proud to showcase in our @stories-of-black-america-theculturedesk Magazine.

Here’s one from 2023 on poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, who, in his 1899 work “Sympathy,” wrote the immortal line, “I know why the caged bird sings!” and whose “In Dahomey” may have influenced “Hamilton.” “Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1900, Dunbar died from complications of the disease on Feb. 9, 1906,” writes Minnita Daniel-Cox “But his work survives.”

https://theconversation.com/the-brief-but-shining-life-of-paul-laurence-dunbar-a-poet-who-gave-dignity-to-the-black-experience-191553

#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

I'm excited to be here on Mastodon! Here's my #introduction - I'm a 5th Generation #Colorado native and have been doing full-time #photography for a while. I cut my teeth in photography while #climbing the highest 100 mountains in Colorado. I love #LandscapePhotography and co-lead an international photo competition - NLPA - we're dedicated to realistically edited #naturephotography. I am looking forward to engaging with everyone here, away from the cesspool that Meta has become! Cheers!

In December, Namibia elected its first woman president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who will take office in March if court proceedings over the results go her way. @thecontinent looks at who she is — “hawkish and conservative,” and the country she’ll be leading.

https://continent.substack.com/p/first-woman-president-crowned-after

#Africa #Namibia #NetumboNandiNdaitwah #WorldNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Can Trump really change the name of the Gulf of Mexico? @TexasObserver explores the Gulf’s history, its continued importance to scientists, and what 15th-century explorers called it (Chinese sea, anyone?)

https://www.texasobserver.org/name-gulf-mexico-america-history/

#GulfOfMexico #Trump #History @histodons #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@pluszysta o prosze, wykorzystanie nowej zajawki czyli zdjec jako elementu portfolio brzmi jak zajebisty pomysl 👌 (komiksow oczywiscie tez, ale zdjecia pojawily sie niedawno 😄 )

Mycorrhizal fungi have been best friends with plants for 500 million years. In exchange for food from the plants, these root-dwellers help their hosts get nutrients, fight pathogens and improve tolerance to drought. @KnowableMag explains how researchers are exploring them as a means for saving endangered plants.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/mycorrhizal-fungi-help-save-endangered-plants-ecosystems

#Plants #Science #Botany #Fungi #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

For months or years, Canadians have spoken about their upcoming federal election as if the result is a foregone conclusion: The Conservatives are set for a huge win. But now, with the resignation of Justin Trudeau, @thetyee says the beleaguered Liberals can make a comeback. Here’s how.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/22/Why-Liberals-Hopes-Not-Dead-Yet/

#Canada #Canpoli #PierrePoilievre #ConservativeParty #MarkCarney #ChrystiaFreeland #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday