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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Here in the 21st century, we're still allowing evangelical religious groups to parasitize native cultures.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/is-this-still-the-19th-century/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Super people at Skepticon!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/looking-forward-to-the-big-meeting/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Roger Taney is still the worst Supreme Court judge in American history, but there are 6 judges on the current Court who might give him some serious competition.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/three-cartoons/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
I'm old enough to remember when we used to say, "No one is above the law." Because it was yesterday.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immunity-supreme-court/
Every election. Every race. Every Democrat. #VoteBlue
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ianb@well.com ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:
If you’re thinking “surely this presidential immunity thing applies to future Democrat presidents too?” you aren’t thinking it out. The intention of the right is to ensure there is *never* another Democratic president, and they will use all the powers of the office to make sure that happens.
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ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ("Emeritus Prof Christopher May") wrote:
You'll recall either from the original Frost interview (or from its dramatisation in Frost/Nixon) that Richard Nixon, declared: 'Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal'.... effectively placing the President above the law.
Well, finally the US Supreme Court seems to have caught up with President Nixon.
The declaration that for official acts the President is immune from prosecution, not only looks like a major dilution of the rule of law, its just dangerous!
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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
Right now, I am looking at the US Supreme Court and the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran and I am having an "Animal Farm" moment:
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
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carolleisa ("Carolleisa") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
they have given The Fat Orange One “cover” to talk & act like a dictator
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year_progress@techhub.social ("Year Progress") wrote:
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Tangentially inspired by this tumblr post:
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
The Fermat's Last Paradox calls attention to the fact that there ought to be many deceptively simple math problems with elusive (simple?) proofs in the margins of notebooks, but only the one has come to our attention thus far.
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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
Let's try this again:
All y'all are going to have to vote like you will never be allowed to (meaningfully) vote for a president again, because now the path has absolutely been laid for that to happen. That means voting against the GOP this election, at every level. And then every single election after that too, because all the GOP's cards are on the table now, and what they say is "fuck democracy, and fuck you too."
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Blort@social.tchncs.de ("Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️") wrote:
Honestly, while I *am* a fan of FOSS projects securing funding, I'm really not so sure I agree that the Ladybird project being underwritten by a billionaire is actually good news at all.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Alabama Shakes "I Ain't The Same" on Apr 5, 2012
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Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
2014: How do I get robots to notice my website?
2024: How do make my website impossible for robots to survive intact?
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erikKroes ("Erik Kroes ✅") wrote:
Simple tip to make your social media posts more inclusive right away:
👉🏿 Capitalize words in hashtags
Why? It's the difference between #analbumcover and #anAlbumCover. It makes your hashtags more readable for both people and software (like screen readers).
Accessibility is not extra work. It's making the right choices.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third Thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves. They’re rare, and often troublesome. Listening to them is part of witchcraft…”
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rustoleumlove@mastodon.online ("Anne Ominous") wrote:
"... the seeds of absolute power for Presidents have been planted. &, w/o a doubt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
“If 1 man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny.” ... “if the Govt becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” ..I worry that after today’s ruling, our Nation will reap what this Court has sown"-KBJ
Thanks Heidi
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“It turned out that when Miss Level had asked Tiffany if she was scared of heights, it had been the wrong question. Tiffany was not afraid of heights at all. She could walk past tall trees without batting an eyelid. Looking up at huge towering mountains didn’t bother her a bit.
What she was afraid of, although she hadn’t realized it until this point, was depths. She was afraid of dropping such a long way out of the sky…”
from ‘A Hat Full of Sky’ by Terry Pratchett
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combs@mastodon.art ("Chris Combs (he/him)") wrote:
Here's a new artwork of mine, "The 10x Engineer." It tells you a story, using the Emergency Broadcasting System as a lens for considering "AI," salaries, and billionaires.
LCD, pushbutton, steel enclosure
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- A small, sloping grey box has a screen and a button on it. The screen reads, "A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEM." (remote)
- A close-up of the screen reveals scrapes, grime, and scratches on its once-futuristic hammertone steel enclosure. The screen reads, "I had to blow the dust off. reseat the cartridge." (remote)
- From this angle, you can see that the button has a red label, "PUSH TO TEST." A white power supply connects to the back. Its screen reads, "I guess I come from hardscrabble times, content-wise." (remote)
- This angle shows the 30-degree slope of the top panel of the box. The box is a tabletop design, perhaps 6in or 15cm wide, 4in or 10cm deep, 3in or 8cm tall. The screen reads, "For me, these ancient neural pathways have dimmed, a bit." (remote)
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ashur@front-end.social ("Ashur Cabrera") wrote:
babe are you ok? you’ve barely even touched your previous instructions
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
I seriously want to have a look into the mind of a middle manager* who decided that not updating search results on a map when you move it around was a good default.
* Pretty sure it wasn't a UX designer.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
9 people appointed for life with no ethical checks on their decisions is no way to run a judiciary.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/01/are-you-ready-for-the-4th-of-july/
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- JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting. Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal im- munity reshapes the institution of the Presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law. Relying on little more than its own misguided wisdom about the need for “bold and unhesitating action” by the Presi- dent, ante, at 3, 13, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Because our Con- stitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent. (remote)
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Good thing I'm not currently in the market for a tractor.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/01/rural-american-values/
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Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I fucking hate living in a country where the fascists control everything even when the fascists aren't in power.
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webmink@meshed.cloud ("Simon Phipps") wrote:
Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!
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sillygobbo@mastodon.art ("Georgia 💗") wrote:
⬩ 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱 ⬩
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The caliper cowboys are now assigning sex to video game characters by the shape of their chins.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/01/come-back-dave-futrelle/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
A friend of mine turned me on to this set of tracks, which has a kind of groovy but bubbly energy. "Frequency Flyers" by Psybur.
https://psychedelicjelly.bandcamp.com/album/frequency-flyers