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Boston.com 2023-08-11 - Lawsuit: Mass. Catholic couple says they were barred from fostering children over LGBTQ+ beliefs (www.boston.com)
 

The Burkes, a Catholic couple from Southampton, say they were blocked from fostering over their religious views on gender and sexuality.

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State tweaks MBTA Communities housing law - CommonWealth Magazine (commonwealthmagazine.org)
 

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE ON Thursday gave more flexibility to cities and towns required to have at least one zone in which denser, multi-family housing is permitted, but also expanded the list of state grant opportunities that can be denied to any town that does not comply with the law meant to spur(...)

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2017 - Boston Magazine: ‘Was Empire Garden a Porn Palace?’ (www.bostonmagazine.com)
 

The second installment of our ask-us-anything series.

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US court rules for Boston in Satanic Temple opening prayer lawsuit (www.bostonherald.com)
 

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit The Satanic Temple filed against the City of Boston, ruling that the City Council did not discriminate against the group when it chose not to grant its reque…

The US government wants to label secure IoT devices with a 'Cyber Trust Mark' | Engadget in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

we've already got an "S" for Security in the IoT name, why do you need a separate Mark to call out how trustable 'smart' devices are?

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Coming soon? Psychedelics on the ballot in Massachusetts (www.wbur.org)
 

The potential Massachusetts ballot measure — which supporters are eyeing for 2024 or 2026 — would create “access” to natural psychedelics and remove criminal penalties for personal possession across the state.

Best way the follow the Ukraine - Russia War without Reddit ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Metafilter continues to have nuanced analysis. https://www.metafilter.com/199733/Armed-Mutiny-in-Russia

How do we call kbin users? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Nothing to apologize for - the conversation happened in a different magazine. I'm confident there are other places where the idea has been discussed before that one, too. all good, friend /u/cloudless!

How do we call kbin users? in c/[email protected]
How do we call kbin users? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

/u/gus is right - 'kbeaner' contains a loaded slur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaner one thats been around for a long time. It is not one I was aware of until recently.

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Kbin Covenant? Top level rules for allowed/disallowed content? Governance? (kbin.social)
 

In Mastodon, we have the Covenant, which starts with:

"Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia
Users must have the confidence that they are joining a safe space, free from white supremacy, anti-semitism and transphobia of other platforms."

I have not seen proposals yet for a similar baseline of rules for Kbin servers, generally. Have I missed one?

Spammers are already here, and I assume nazis and CP types will become known soon unless there is a broad moderation/anti-harassment consensus explicitly stated. I do not know where the kbin.social server is physically located, and which laws govern the content herein.

I think the server owner gets final say in all matters, but that the community here needs to drive this effort so that ernest can focus on the overall development roadmap.

How might we, as a community, come up with a code of conduct that builds a foundation to stave off rot for as long as possible?