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ianbetteridge, 4 months ago to random

If you are ever called to jury service, always remember that in the UK the jury is entitled to bring in what's called a “perverse verdict”: accepting that the accused committed the crime, but finding them not guilty anyway.

The government hates juries knowing this.

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/12/23/12-not-guilty-verdicts-for-elbit-8/

briankrebs, 4 months ago to random

I dread Winter. But the Winter Solstice always cheers me up b/c it means the days are now getting longer again! Which seems really counterintuitive when Winter is only officially beginning today.

mjgardner, 5 months ago to startup

A question for everyone whinging about “#BigTech”:

Almost every “tech #oligarch” began with a scrappy #startup supported by customers who were fans of their work, building them up to what you now hate.

Every case is different, but in general did too much success change them or do you just hate too much success?

TexasObserver, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to politics

“Is this the conservative thing to do to create another entitlement program, in effect to create a third education system?”

Rural #Republicans teamed up with House Dems to reject #vouchers from the massive school spending bill, HB 1. It's the latest embarrassing blow to the governor's agenda, according to Reporting Fellow @josephinelee: https://www.texasobserver.org/hb-1-vouchers-omnibus-special-session?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience

#TXlege #politics #USpol #education #schools #news #PublicSchools #GregAbbott

ErisCaffee, 6 months ago to random

mjgardner, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to microsoft

I can't connect to our #GitLab #Docker container registry from #VisualStudioCode anymore because #Microsoft unceremoniously removed support from their extension last month. They say it "will be moved to a separate [as yet unpublished] extension.” https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-azuretools.vscode-docker/changelog#user-content-1.27.0---16-october-2023:~:text=GitLab%20Container%20Registry%20support%20will%20be%20moved%20to%20a%20separate%20extension

The same release added #GitHub registry support and retained separate #Azure support. This essay from last year about #VSCode as an onramp to Microsoft lock-in is looking more and more accurate: https://ghuntley.com/fracture/

auschwitzmuseum, 6 months ago to Israel

15 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Bernard Arie Cohen, was born in Den Bosch.

He arrived at Auschwitz on 10 February 1944 in a transport of 1,015 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands. He was among 800 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Netherlands #children

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

How To Know You're On Mastodon:

No matter what you posted about someone will blame Capitalism in the comments.

badastro, 6 months ago to random

Damn, but the Universe is pretty. Euclid shows us just how pretty.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/gorgeous-images-from-the-euclid-mission

ZachWeinersmith, 6 months ago to random

This is stupid but I find it unreasonably frustrating when people question motivation rather than facts re: A City on Mars. Like, I'm concerned about the state of reproductive science because it's objectively worrisome, not because I'm an anti-futurist or reactionary or anti-optimism or whatever. Fight me with facts!

brianklaas, 6 months ago to random

It’s crazy that, of the two leading US presidential candidates, the guy found liable for rape who is facing 91 criminal indictments after he incited an insurrection isn’t the one who is facing vocal calls to step aside for someone else to run. People have lost their minds.

georgetakei, 6 months ago to random

The Supreme Court is hearing a case on whether people with a history of domestic violence can be prevented from owning firearms. This is madness. It shouldn’t even be a close question. But because such laws weren’t in place back when they were burning witches at the stake and women were second-class citizens, the gun folks claim it violates the Second Amendment. Give me a break.

ElleGray, 6 months ago to random

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annaleen, 6 months ago to random

While I'm whining about stupid things demanded by online forms, today I filled out an online HR form that demanded that I choose a "legal gender" (male or female) as well as a "gender identity" (where I am allowed to be nonbinary). I'm not filling in the legal gender field because just fuck off. They have all my PII -- no need to know my "legal" gender to identify me.

kellylepo, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Halloween

Happy Halloween 🎃

Here are the pumpkins I carved this year: An active red dwarf star and its gas giant planet. I call it an exo-pumpkin.

#pumpkin #JackOLantern #halloween #Astrodon #astronomy

ErisCaffee, 6 months ago to random

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Republican preacher accused of sexual abuse.

https://www.politicalflare.com/2023/10/maga-preacher-who-said-that-trump-was-personally-anointed-by-god-is-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women/

ErisCaffee, 6 months ago to random

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A Republican lawmaker is charged for child porn and sexual assault of a minor.

But it's the LGBT people who are the danger. /s

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/former-north-dakota-lawmaker-charged-with-flying-to-prague-with-intent-to-rape-a-minor

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

What is the best piece of advice you ever got?

aral, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Israel

Wix fires Irish employee for Gaza support, tells staff to “join a company initiative to create videos and creative campaigns”, to “support Israel’s narrative” … “show Westernity” in posts, as “unlike the Gazans, we look and live like Europeans and Americans”. It’s “very important to emphasise this in texts and images so that they feel close to us”

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/10/24/internal-wix-chat-encouraged-staff-to-support-israels-narrative-in-hamas-conflict/

#wix #israel #gaza #ireland #genocide

LeftistLawyer, 6 months ago to random

Serious question:

Who would enjoy a Mastodon account dedicated to promoting and addressing issues confronting,what I've come to call, #RedStateInsurgents ?

You know, all those brave souls who identify on the leftist spectrum, but live in red states and refuse to cede ground.

I think we all have things to talk about that blue state'ers may be able to empathize with, but can never to sympathize with.

Please sound off in the comments and boost for reach.

Thank you.

georgetakei, 6 months ago to random

Teens!? How is that possible?https://www.comicsands.com/patrick-harris-burtka-teenage-twins-2665982286.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

ErisCaffee, 6 months ago to random

This AI revolution sucks. I was promised that my body would be plugged into a computer network where I could live out my dreams, and instead all that's happening is people are losing their jobs. Stack Overflow just fired 28% of it's staff and Ars Technica is laying the blame at competition from ChatGPT.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/after-chatgpt-disruption-stack-overflow-lays-off-28-percent-of-staff/

ErisCaffee, 7 months ago to random

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In a story that's actually all too common, a woman was denied medical care because she might get pregnant. The care in question is a medication for the treatment of cluster headaches that are so severe they sometimes cause her to pass out. But the doctor said he wouldn't even tell her the name of the medication because it could cause birth defects IF she got pregnant, something she has no intention of doing.

https://jezebel.com/childbearing-age-medication-denied-lawsuit-1850899899