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Leviathan for thee, but not for me.

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Sheril, to space
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“The universe is expanding, and faster now than it did in the past. Scientists don't know why, but the leading explanation is that the universe contains something that has a repulsive gravitational effect - it pushes the universe apart instead of pulling it back together. This phenomenon is called dark energy.”

  • NASA, image by the Euclid European Agency telescope ✨
eldubuu,
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@Sheril

The ability to string words together should not be confused with the ability to comprehend the incomprehensible.

willoremus, to random
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Today is the day Donald Trump became precedent.

eldubuu,
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@willoremus

I for one think indicting, arresting, convicting & imprisoning Presidents should happen much more frequently.

Americans have tolerated lawless & criminal behavior from those entrusted with the honor of that office for far too long.

pluralistic, to random
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I, a total stranger, was thinking of befriending your kid, but before I did, I thought I'd ask you, are they a boring, selfish jerk?

It's fine if they are, I'm just really trying to find quality people to be friends with, so I thought I'd ask you, is your kid a dick?

Wait, don't get offended! How are people supposed to know whether to hang out with your kid if you can't answer a simple question?!

eldubuu,
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@nikunashi

Russell & Whitehead’s “Principia Mathematica” checks all your boxes.

cdarwin, to random
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Chief Justice John Roberts and the other justices
should think very hard about their next steps
because their colleague, Justice Sam Alito,
has made it perfectly clear with this response
that he thinks the ethics rules are a joke
and that we are rubes for even thinking that he should be held to them.

Here’s a list of demeaning quotes from Alito’s letter responding to Sens. Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse’s letterfrom last week calling on his recusal:

1 “As I have stated publicly, I had nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of that flag. I was not even aware of the upside-down flag until it was called to my attention.”💥Alito, who served in the military, wants you to believe that he did not notice an upside-down flag flying in front of his home.
2 “As soon as I saw it, I asked my wife to take it down, but for several days, she refused.” 💥Come off it.
3 “My wife and I own our Virginia home jointly. She therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit, and there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly.” 💥Is he describing a landlord-tenant relationship, or his family? Beyond that, this was a Supreme Court justice in January 2021, as the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was being discussed, impeachment was being pursued, and fences were being erected, but this man decided not to push whether there was an upside-down flag flying in front of his home? This honestly is as distressing an admission to me as anything Alito has said throughout this scandal. (Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern dig down on an aspect of this, Alito’s one-woman feminism.)
4 “[S]he was greatly distressed at the time due, in large part, to a very nasty neighborhood dispute in which I had no involvement. A house on the street displayed a sign attacking her personally, and a man who was living in the house at the time trailed her all the way down the street and berated her in my presence using foul language, including what I regard as the vilest epithet that can be addressed to a woman.” 💥First, see Jodi Kantor’s Tuesday report at The New York Times for more clarity on the disputed timeline of all of this. Then, return to this and realize that a Supreme Court justice is telling you that he thinks — even by his apparently inaccurate timeline — flying an upside-down flag is the appropriate, or at least an acceptable, response to a neighborhood political disagreement that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, has that gets personal.
5 “The second incident concerns a flag bearing the legend ‘An Appeal to Heaven’ that flew in the backyard of our vacation home in the summer of 2023. I recall that my wife did fly that flag for some period of time, but I do not remember how long it flew.“ 💥This time, Alito saw a flag with the word “appeal” on it flying from his vacation home and he — in his defense — is telling us that he, a Supreme Court justice, was absolutely incurious as to the meaning of such a flag flying on his public-facing property.
6 “[W]hat is most relevant here, I had no involvement in the decision to fly that flag.” 💥This was, of course, the flag up on his property long enough that Google Street View captured it. Notably, he doesn’t even give us the “I asked her to take it down” line here.
7 “My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not.” 💥He is mocking us.
8 “I was not familiar with the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag when my wife flew it. She may have mentioned that it dates back to the American Revolution, and I assumed she was flying it to express a religious and patriotic message. I was not aware of any connection between this historic flag and the ‘Stop the Steal Movement,’ and neither was my wife. She did not fly it to associate herself with that or any other group, and the use of an old historic flag by a new group does not necessarily drain that flag of all other meanings.” 💥This is the most questionable part of his letter, because it makes statements of fact about his and his wife’s knowledge (or lack thereof), and, in so doing, makes (or does not make) a couple of other notable statements. He claims not to know why she flew it, saying only that she “may have mentioned” how old it is, but then also states absolutely that it was unrelated to the “Stop the Steal Movement.” First, it’s odd that he doesn’t say why she did fly it; he just states one thing she “may have” said and that it was not about “Stop the Steal.” Second, note that he made no similar disclaimer about the upside-down flag. [1/2]

https://www.lawdork.com/p/sam-alito-believes-you-and-perhaps

eldubuu,
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@gdinwiddie @cdarwin

…or joined on the bench by 4 additional justices.

Which ever happens first.

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Sarah N. Lynch:

Judge #Cannon is giving #Trump's legal team and the government 12 days to tell her how the SCOTUS decision upholding the CFPB's funding/appointment impacts Trump's claim that #JackSmith was unlawfully appointed and funded...

#TrumpIndictment #documents #legal

eldubuu,
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@GottaLaff

Me: Listen up assholes, democracy is not a suicide pact!!!

MAGA: Hold my beer….

arstechnica, to random
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Fracking wastewater has “shocking” amount of clean-energy mineral lithium

40% of US need for lithium could be covered by Pennsylvania's fracking byproduct.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/fracking-wastewater-has-shocking-amount-of-clean-energy-mineral-lithium/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

eldubuu,
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@arstechnica

So, if we are to believe the fossil gas industry, America could satisfy 100% of domestic lithium demand by tripling the amount of fracking.

Seems legit.

What could go worng?

davidaugust, to random
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😲😝

eldubuu,
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@davidaugust

There is an actual foundation (https://longnow.org/clock/), because of course there is, set up by people who have read waaaaaaaaaaaay to much SciFi/SpecFic and have managed to attract funding from the usual looney bin of megalomaniacal billionaires. The Clock is their main vanity project.

ErikUden, to random
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I can't stand the woke in movies these days — why can't we produce non-political action movie classics like RoboCop, Star Trek, Dune, Terminator, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now,

eldubuu,
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@ErikUden

You can bet that some cabal of FedSoc boffins, KKK sympathizers, Koch investors & America First propagandists is planning a remake of DW Griffiths screed “Birth of a Nation”.

No doubt featuring prominent roles for the likes of Jon Voight, Kevin Sorbo, Roseanne Barr, etc. Even money on whether black roles will be played by actors in black-face or Blacks for Trump….

GottaLaff, to random
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😆🤦🏻‍♀️Just hours after asked libertarians for their party's nomination and votes, the party chair said he never submitted the appropriate paperwork to actually be considered at the party's nominating convention. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-doesnt-submit-paperwork-libertarian-party-nomination-soliciting-rcna154132

eldubuu,
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@GottaLaff

Well, he was a little preoccupied...

mcnado, to random
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I’m just gonna say it — this “Genocide Joe” thing is the dumbest fucking liberal shit I have seen in years.

Joe Biden can do more to try to rein in Israel, but Biden doesn’t run Israel. He isn’t CIC for IDF. He isn’t deciding what hospital to bomb. He isn’t deciding what border crossings to close.

You know who is pushing the Genocide Joe narrative? The fucking Russians and the Israelis. Why is that? Well, it’s an election year, and Trump is a hard right, pro-Israel puppet.

eldubuu,
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@mcnado

The voices spewing “Genocide Joe” propaganda are either:
a) Pro-Russian, pro-Putin trolls actively attempting to suppress voting
b) Anti-democracy provocateurs who violently oppose the entire concept of voting
c) Ignorant dupes who believe that voting is stupid because its too much work

None of these groups gives a shit about Gaza, Israel, Darfur, Myanmar or any other humanitarian disaster except insofar as they are a proxy for their own grievances with the world.

nixCraft, to random
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Is anyone surprised? By definition LLM can’t be 100% correct and LLM hallucination poses significant challenges in generating accurate and reliable responses. ChatGPT Answers Programming Questions Incorrectly 52% of the Time: Study. To make matters worse, programmers in the study would often overlook the misinformation. https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-answers-wrong-programming-openai-52-study-1851499417

eldubuu,
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@nixCraft

Thats about the same percentage as & , so yeah, that tracks….

shekinahcancook, to sustainability
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Growth or Scale? By Tom Murphy, originally published by Do the Math May 22, 2024

"...It’s not too hard to lay hands on records of global resource use. One publication I ran across has some useful graphs for a few raw materials in common use. The first graph shows annual extraction of copper, zinc, and lead since 1900, usefully...

...From 1960 to 2005, in no region of the world did annual production of timber moderate alongside growth. The total global activity almost doubled (77% increase) over this interval rather than stagnating or tumbling by a factor of two as growth did.

The result for all of these resources is clear: scale is a more apt correlate than growth. The curves bear a family resemblance to the hockey-stick scale curves: far less resemblance to the peaking growth curves. A confounder in this is that per-capita resource extraction has also risen for many materials, in association with economic growth..."

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-05-22/growth-or-scale/

#DeGrowth #Sustainability #Resources

eldubuu,
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@shekinahcancook

Exponentials are a bitch.

The thing with exponentials: once the hockey-stick bend in the curve is crossed, everything changes and all bets are off. The more a thing happens, the more it happens.

Humans have crossed the hockey-stick bend in so many exponential processes that the bad shit happening right now is just a foreshadowing of how bad its going to get very quickly.

There is nothing that anyone can do.

gerrymcgovern, to random
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Since 1970, there has been a:
49% decline in marine life
50% decline in insects
63% decline in Irish birds
66% decline in wildlife
69% decline in vertebrates
83% decline in freshwater species

Dams and mining key cause of freshwater fish collapse.

Dams?

Is that where we get our sustainable, clean, green energy from?

Mining?

Don't we have to mine those green metals?

The Green Transition: killing everything on earth so humans can keep consuming, sorry, devouring

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/21/living-planet-index-migratory-freshwater-fish-populations-decline-dams-weirs-mining-water-abstraction-pollution-threat-aoe

eldubuu,
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@gerrymcgovern

Techbros are an ancient & persistent threat to all living things.

There is no line they will not cross, no promise they will not break, no law they will not violate, no poison they will not sell, no life they will not enslave in pursuit of their madness.

The techbro recognizes no race, no culture, no nation, no moral code, no limits. There is only the next tool, the next machine, the next patent, the next project, the next cap raise, the funding round, the next IPO.

clive, (edited ) to random
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People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

eldubuu,
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@clive

Give a human a machine, any machine, and we transform from annoying low-speed assholes into dangerous high-speed assholes.

There is no machine on earth that fixes the problem of humans destroying everything in our path in pursuit of greater self-esteem….

eldubuu,
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@clive

Evolution provides some hints: Never go bear hunting with someone who can run faster than you.

lzg, to random
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    eldubuu,
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    @lzg

    I’m waiting for AI to invent a new religion. One that requires human sacrifice.

    TheBreadmonkey, to random
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    Do you think there's ever been a sort of collective agreement in the history of humanity where most people have thought - yep, we're living through such a great period right now ?

    I mean - 2012 felt pretty good to me. The Olympics. David Cameron left his daughter in the pub. Savile was outed. Malala survived a shooting. The Conservatives hadn't built up to full steam yet. That guy did a big jump from space. We had Gangnam Style. And that old woman ruined then hilariously repainted that Jesus fresco. That felt like a good year. Although Bieber and fucking Mumford and Sons were still going strong.

    eldubuu,
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    @TheBreadmonkey

    I’m thinking that the evolution of bipedal hominids is where everything went wrong. After that it was opposable thumbs followed by fire, tools, then nonstop rape & murder…

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Well well. #WompWomp and #Toodles 👋🏼 #RepublicansEatingTheirOwn

    FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump

    The libertarian organization couldn’t survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.

    “We’re dissolved,” said the group’s president, Adam Brandon. “It’s effective immediately.”

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/08/freedomworks-is-closing-and-blaming-trump-00156784#:~:text=FreedomWorks'%20board%20of%20directors%20voted,for%20the%20next%20few%20months

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff

    No one hates libertarians more than other libertarians….

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    “The reason so much of the news media sucks is they aren’t writing for you. They’re writing for their sources in Washington, for the industries they cover, for rich people, and for fancy awards committees.” https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

    eldubuu,
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    @taylorlorenz

    💯 👆 👆 👆 🔥 🔥 🔥

    Teri_Kanefield, to random
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    I am going to answer this question for everyone:

    https://mastodon.social/@timothyjohnson@mastodon.sdf.org/112349635246409685

    My answer is here:

    https://mastodon.social/

    Remember:

    There were possible crimes, but tax and reporting crimes are not election interference.

    There is also a circular thing with Cohen and Pecker telling the court that they expected Trump to pay back the hush money payments.

    If they expected to get paid back, it was a loan to Trump and not a contribution. Right?

    eldubuu,
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    @Teri_Kanefield

    I am probably not alone in noticing that the concept of “no one is above the law” is largely nonsense. What history and current events have made screamingly obvious is that entire groups of people are above all laws, rules, and morals.

    Everyday is another lesson in how the individual and marginalized groups are completely without protection afforded to members of the ruling minority.

    The US Constitution has become the instrument of oppression, not liberation.

    davidaugust, to random
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    I would not rely on this if you’re being pursued by an evil self-driving car, but it might be worth a shot 😈🚙😝

    eldubuu,
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    @davidaugust

    Some devious person is going to invent a laser device that can spoof a self-driving vehicle’s lane detection systems and trick the car into driving off the road. If they haven't already.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via @emptywheel:

    The insane wails of people lying about Merrick Garland are getting more and more ridiculous. Sidney Powell investigation overt in 9/21. By 1/19/22, DOJ had Rudy's Jan6 comms. There were overt subpoenas targeting Trump by May. Privilege fights WITH TRUMP started in 6/22.

    Jonathan Greenberg:

    The only reason that SCOTUS’ evil immunity delay strategy will prevent Trump's Jan6 coup trial & conviction before election is that AG blocked his prosecution for 20 mos…

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff @emptywheel

    It should have been screamingly obvious to everyone that the foundational premise of the Republican party is “Don’t tread on me, I tread on you”

    https://medium.com/

    thepoliticalcat, to random
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    eldubuu,
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    @thepoliticalcat

    Lets not lose sight of the fact that in the US, news media are private businesses in competition with each other.

    As such, NYT and Politico/Axel-Springer are competing with each other for customers, and each has financial incentive to make the other look as bad as possible.

    The reason you know the NYT needs to be “burned to the ground” is because some other media company told you so.

    eldubuu,
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    @thepoliticalcat

    If you are referring to Guido Enderis (NYT’s 1933 Berlin bureau chief) shameful soft peddling of Hitlers anti-semitism, its also important to recognize that during that same time the paper also published a lot of important material that identified Hitlers menace to the world.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    MEANWHILE, at , via Ryan Reilly:

    Supreme Court Trump immunity arguments underway.

    "There can be no presidency as we know it" without presidential immunity, Trump lawyer John Sauer argues. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff

    If politically motivated prosecutions are a legitimate concern, why are they not common at the state level with governors who do not enjoy the blanket immunity of the US President?

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