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- 1Trans rights are human rights, columnist argues●JOCELYNE LLOYD: Trans rights are human rights, and denying them hurts everyone
Jocelyne Lloyd, writing in PNI Atlantic News, argues that trans rights are human rights and that denying them harms not just transgender people but society as a whole. The opinion piece frames attacks on trans rights as part of a broader erosion of human rights, urging readers to see the issue as one of universal dignity rather than a contested political debate.
- 2Expert says US politics now warrants Nazi-era comparisons●When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones, an expert on Christian nationalism, argues that the decline of white Christian demographic influence in the United States has driven an alliance between that community and Donald Trump, and warns this dynamic is reshaping American democracy. Writing in The Guardian, he contends the moment has arrived when comparisons between current US politics and the Nazi era are legitimate, framing the warning as rooted in historical scholarship on authoritarian religious movements.
- 3Programmers recall building text-adventure shells as classic assignments●Surely some bright spark in # programming has thought to write a text-adventure shell. Heck when I was getting my CS deg
A programmer asked whether anyone has written a text-adventure style shell for Unix-like systems, recalling that writing a simple shell was a required assignment during their computer science degree, one they attempted with the parser tools flex and bison. The remark has drawn small engagement, with the nostalgic comparison between classic coursework and playful command-line interfaces resonating with other developers interested in shells and retro-style computing.