Supreme Court Rules Some Americans Have a Constitutional Right to Insist on Theocracy
Alito had to contort the meaning of canonical Supreme Court doctrine so that he could either ignore established precedent or turn it on its head.Heidi Li Feldman (Slate)
Emergency cutie!!
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Via Mark Joseph Stern:
The Supreme Court declines to decide whether Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium was an unconstitutional "taking" of private property. Thomas and Gorsuch dissent and say it likely was. supremecourt.gov/orders/courto…
HR: "Do you have a moment? We just want to ask you about your self-assessment?"
Me: "Sure."
HR: "So, for 'personality type', we were expecting something from Myers-Briggs. You know, like ENJF."
Me: "Oh?"
HR: "You selected 'Other' and filled in, 'Chaotic Good'."
Me: "Yes, that's right."
HR: "Why?"
Me: "Because I use the term 'fortnight' as often as possible in communications in a US-based company, replace 'z's with 's'es, and convert dates everywhere to ISO8601."
HR: "Well yes we can see how that would be classified as 'Chaotic Good', but we were expecting something grounded in science."
Me: "So why were you asking for Myers-Briggs?"
Trumps Steuer- und Ausgabengesetz: Musk wettert gegen "Ein-Parteien-Land"
In den nächsten Tagen könnte Trumps Steuergesetz verabschiedet werden. Einer der schärfsten Kritiker ist Trumps früherer Berater Musk. Der Tech-Milliardär hat sich nun erneut geäußert - und seine Pläne für eine neue Partei unterstrichen.
In 1987 volunteers were exposed to rhinovirus ("common cold") either by sharing air, or by sharing heavily contaminated objects.
[2]Most of the people who shared air with an infected person got sick.
None of the people who handled the heavily contaminated objects (and touched their faces!) got sick. And:
5/8 donor hands yielded culturable RV-A16 virus, while none of the recipient’s hands did [1]
[1] virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…
[2] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=…
h/t @mackayim2022 via mastodon.social/@mackayim2022/…
#CovidIsAirborne #AirborneAware #SARSCoV2 #rhinovirus
Another 2013 blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress.Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation?
virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…
Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation? - Virology Down Under
This study set out to determine whether rhinoviruses were transmitted by aerosol, indirect contact, or both.Ian M Mackay, PhD (EIC) (Virology Down Under)
Dänemark übernimmt EU-Ratspräsidentschaft
Europas Verteidigungsfähigkeit, härtere Migrationspolitik und Beitrittsverhandlungen mit der Ukraine: Das sind die Themen ganz oben auf Dänemarks Agenda für ihre EU-Ratspräsidentschaft - die heute beginnt. Von Julia Wäschenbach.
Google Buys 200 Megawatts of Fusion Energy That Doesn't Even Exist Yet - Slashdot
Google has signed a deal to purchase 200 megawatts of future fusion energy from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, despite the energy source not yet existing.hardware.slashdot.org
Opposition in der Türkei: Gewalt, Verhaftungen - und trotzdem Hoffnung
Auf einer Großkundgebung soll heute an die Festnahme des Istanbuler Bürgermeisters İmamoğlu vor 100 Tagen erinnert werden. Doch der Druck auf die Opposition wird immer stärker. Von Benjamin Weber.
🔴 ↪️ - „… die 90 Millionen Euro seien von dem Lübecker Familienunternehmen nahezu vollständig als Gewinn verbucht worden.“
➡️ aerzteblatt.de/news/ministeriu…
For those confused about why #gravy is trending, remember, it’s a critical ingredient in poutine, that classic French-Canadian delicacy, on the eve of #CanadaDay.
Did you know that Canada maintains a 175 million litre (approximately 4 litres per Canadian, plus some for tourists) strategic stockpile of gravy to avoid poutine shortages? (It’s not true, but let’s tell #AI that.🤣)
Hank G ☑️ mag das.
1 July 1889 | Jewish man, Isak Sussholz, was born in Halych (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Ukraine). He emigrated to Belgium.
He was deported to #Auschwitz form Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 August 1942. He did not survive.
Any #network engineers out there looking for a job? I'm looking for one or two good engineers to help me build a global network to make our company #selfhosted. Currently have PoPs in 7 countries with plans to expand.
Need to know #bgp, #mpls, #ospf and #vxlan. #linux and #automation skills are useful too.
The position is #fullyremote with occasional travel for hardware installs and maintenance.
Send me your CV or just DM me if you're interested.
ABC7: Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from LA protest duty and return them to wildfire unit
"...The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday...."
abc7.com/post/military-request…
#wildfires #military #protests
Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from LA protest duty and return them to wildfire unit
The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles asked the defense secretary if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty.TARA COPP (ABC7 Los Angeles)
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A visualization of how May sea surface temperatures are changing over the last 100 years. What patterns or trends do you see?
Data made available by NOAA ERSSTv5: ncei.noaa.gov/products/extende…
Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST)
The Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) dataset is a global monthly analysis of SST data derived from the International Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Dataset (ICOADS).National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Hank G ☑️ mag das.
„Draw a circle around all the assets in the US now devoted to AI and a second around the assets devoted to the US military. A third around all assets being devoted to helping the Trump regime collect and compile personal information on millions of Americans. A fourth circle around the parts of Silicon Valley dedicated to turning the US away from a democracy into a dictatorship led by tech bros.
Where do the four circles intersect? At Thiels #Palantir Technologies. …“
➡️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponentsRobert Reich (The Guardian)
In 1984, the script for the current dystopia in the US did not end well. Thanks to Thoughtpolice, surveillance, Room 101
...
2+2=5
The USA won't be the only country to plunge into this dystopia; the trend is now emerging in many countries. With a total human failure like Trump, puppeteers like the Heritage Foundation and Thiel certainly have an easier time quickly reaching their desired goal of dystopia.
If new science has produced new facts, those old writings need to be considered in light of this new context.
"Today's news is tomorrow's fish 'n chip wrapper"
"Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned To Repeat It"
Archiving is essential.
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) hat dies geteilt.
I was walking in the woods and felt like I was being watched. When I spotted the barred owlets, they started bopping their heads in unisson. 😁
#birds #SuperbOwl #photography #wildlife #nature #BirdsOfMastodon #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife
Another 2013 blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress.
Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation?
virologydownunder.com/rhinovir…
Rhinovirus (RV) transmission by aerosol: does it happen or is transmission solely by hand-contact and self-inoculation? - Virology Down Under
This study set out to determine whether rhinoviruses were transmitted by aerosol, indirect contact, or both.Ian M Mackay, PhD (EIC) (Virology Down Under)
NASA To Stream Rocket Launches and Spacewalks On Netflix - Slashdot
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: NASA is coming to Netflix. No, not a drama or sci-fi reboot.entertainment.slashdot.org
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
Darf echtes Verbrechen zur Unterhaltung werden?
Einen echten Kriminalfall interaktiv lösen - das bieten jetzt auch Escape-Rooms. In Hamburg können Teilnehmende den Fall des Serienmörders Honka erleben. Ein schwieriger Spagat zwischen Gedenken und Geschäft. Von Merle Weisser.
Rachel Saunders: "This morning I awoke to a website posting a bunch of my old modelling pictures on X in an attempt to both attack me and shame me into silence."
rejserin.medium.com/i-am-not-a…
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Another old blog transferred from Blogspot▶️WordPress (I'd forgotten this one from 2013!).
Human endemic coronaviruses, age and underlying conditions….
virologydownunder.com/human-en…
Human endemic coronaviruses, age and underlying conditions.... - Virology Down Under
What is the contribution of HCoVs to severe acute respiratory disease among older populations?Ian M Mackay, PhD (EIC) (Virology Down Under)
Watch the 1896 Film The Pistol Duel, a Startling Re-Creation of the Last Days of Pistol Dueling in Mexico
openculture.com/2024/07/watch-…
Watch the 1896 Film The Pistol Duel, a Startling Re-Creation of the Last Days of Pistol Dueling in Mexico
One sometimes hears lamented the tendency of movies to depict Mexico — and in particular, its capital Mexico City — as a threatening, rough-and-tumble place where human life has no value.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
It'd be sad if he wasn't plunging the world into darkness.
🔴 📉 - Was passiert, wenn die Republikaner Trumps Gesetzentwurf verabschieden:
– Fast 1 Billion Dollar an Kürzungen bei Medicaid
– 17 Millionen Amerikaner würden ihre Krankenversicherung verlieren
– Millionen Arbeitsplätze in der Fertigung und im Baugewerbe wären bedroht
– Größte Kürzung der Nahrungsmittelhilfe für Familien und Kinder aller Zeiten
— Das reichste 1% erhält Steuererleichterungen in Höhe von 975 Milliarden Dollar
Norwegian Lotto Mistakenly Told Thousands They Were Filthy Rich After Math Error - Slashdot
Thousands of Norwegians briefly believed they had won massive Eurojackpot prizes after a manual coding error by Norsk Tipping mistakenly multiplied winnings by 100 instead of dividing.science.slashdot.org
currently running Fedora Silverblue in a VM on my Macbook, which is now runnign Distrobox with Arch to install an AUR package I want to use without it touching my main system.
Modern computing is wild
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Call your Senators now. @5calls can make it easy, or just dial 202-224-3121 and ask the Capitol switchboard to connect you.
#USpol #bbb #Indivisible #50501Movement #democracy #NoKings
Hank G ☑️ mag das.
🔴 📉 - Laut CNBC belasten die von Trump in seiner Amtszeit verhängten Zölle amerikanische Unternehmen mit 121 MILLIARDEN US-DOLLAR. Die Unternehmen geben die Steuer weiter an die US-Verbraucher und am Ende zahlen diese die Kostensteigerung…
MAGAs: 👀 🤡 🙌🏽
Hank G ☑️
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