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Some news. I'm now working on a #Conlang named Glasprache/Glassspeak. (G-leh-sch-preh-ke)

"Ik li NerdNextDoor; de schepper fan Glasprache. Ike lekt programming zwei yahren.

Wat denk du vit fan mi Spraake?"

"I am NerdNextDoor, the creator of Glassspeak. I've done programming for two years.

What do you think of my language?"

It is a mix of German and Dutch while trying to make it easier without umlauts. Spoken how it's read. Lemme know what you think.

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#MahmoudKhalil, a prominent figure in pro-#Palestinian #protests against #Israel's #war on #Gaza, was arrested by #immigration agents in NYC March 8. #Trump falsely called the protests #antisemitic & vowed to #deport foreign #students who took part.

Khalil had condemned #antisemitism & #racism in interviews w/news outlets last year. Khalil, a #legal permanent #resident of the #UnitedStates, says he is being punished for his political #speech in violation of the #Constitution's #FirstAmendment.

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@gooba42 @Okanogen @Scubyw @noelreports

There is no #freedom in #hateSpeech

#Speech meant to destroy the freedom of others is not #freeSpeech

All the suffering we've been through, and all the suffering that lies before us, is nothing but a litany we must learn from. It will not end until we finally understand that the #FirstAmendment does not protect hate speech, as a simple logical consequence of what freedom truly means

#Tolerance of #intolerance only leads to the death of tolerance

i've extracted and trimmed a very long and detailed forum thread on the #HASS Home Assistant Community board from this dude named NathanCu.

you know how i'm obsessed with an AI Voice Assistant sounding board/feedback loop? he's built something extremely cool for #HomeAssistant and forum posts are a mess so i've extracted the most salient parts of his ongoing series on Household AI and i hope it's useful to others!

for now it's here :
gist.github.com/emory/6c55e8d6

GistNathanCu@HASS's Guide to Building Agentic Home Assistant AI Voice AssistantNathanCu@HASS's Guide to Building Agentic Home Assistant AI Voice Assistant - Building a Home Assistant AI Voice Assistant Playbook from Forum Thread Analysis.md'
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Federal #immigration agents illegally arrested Dr. #BadarKhanSuri on Mar 17 in retaliation for his constitutionally-protected #speech in support of #Palestinian rights & his family’s ties to #Gaza, & then secretly transported him to #Louisiana & then #Texas in an effort to prevent him from accessing courts.

Since then, the #Trump admin has detained Dr. Khan Suri in an #ICE facility 1,500 miles away from his family, despite the fact that he is a lawful #visa holder married to a #UScitizen.

The reich-wing administration has criticized #Germany's decision to ban #afd the far-right party, after a deep review of their activities.

According to columnist Heather Cox Richardson, Germany's Foreign Office responded thusly:

This is #democracy. The decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our #Constitution & the #ruleoflaw. It is independent #courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that #rightwing #extremism needs to be stopped.

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Our Founders believed in freedom of #speech, but were alert to the threat of #populism. Some of their attempts to mitigate that threat through representation government worked out reasonably well — separation of powers, the House of Representatives — while others — the Senate, the Electoral College — developed largely as sops to smaller states or slave states, have not.

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