I know I’m not smart enough to be able to unravel hundreds of years of conflict, but Im also not so chicken shit as to censor those that have an opinion for “safety.”
She should just offer her speech online and let folks view at leisure, obvs this is already trending
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against five cities – Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Denton and Elgin – ordinances that aim to eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana possession offenses....
an economist did a video the other day on how solvable it is. The gist, the shortfall is on a 75 year projection, and there are multiple ways of solving it, but working longer only gets 40% of the way there. So given the trade off on quality of life for people vs solving it in the many other ways, that seems like a shitty strategy. Also you need the politicians to do their part…
at some point don’t we just load it with every angle we (as humans) have and from there it can derrive not only our best answer but the better one as well? I mean isn’t that when even the shitty version of this ursups is?
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago....
Donald Trump announced he would not take the witness stand for a second time at his fraud trial in New York on Monday, the former US president’s last chance to make his case as he combats a potential $250m fine that hangs over his family business....
Chance The Rapper is so BACK (piped.video)
Thoughts on his new stuff?...
Joe Biden Is Betting He Can Flip North Carolina Blue (thinkbigpicture.substack.com)
The Man Who Killed Google Search (www.wheresyoured.at)
Edward Zitron has been reading all of google’s internal emails that have been released as evidence in the DOJ’s antitrust case against google....
Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (news.gallup.com)
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Larry Graham explains his bass (www.youtube.com)
An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields (apnews.com)
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Facebook at 20: Four ways the app changed the world (www.bbc.com)
Texas AG Paxton sues five cities, including Austin and San Marcos, over marijuana policies (cbsaustin.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against five cities – Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Denton and Elgin – ordinances that aim to eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana possession offenses....
Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says (finance.yahoo.com)
I created an app where you can share your thoughts fully anonymously and vote for the weekly "Thought of Humanity" (www.toh-social.app)
European Super League says 20 teams ready to join division (worldsoccertalk.com)
New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text (www.quantamagazine.org)
I’ve been saying this for about a year since seeing the Othello GPT research, but it’s nice to see more minds changing as the research builds up....
McConnell and 178 other Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court-c…
If the real world worked like Pokémon, what animal would evolve into what animal?
Black man who spent 44 years in prison before he was exonerated gets record $25M settlement (www.nbcnews.com)
Ronnie Long was convicted by an all-white jury in North Carolina on Oct. 1, 1976, after he was accused of raping a white woman in Concord....
Logos For Superheroes And Villains - with character names incorporated (www.cheaprollerbanners.co.uk)
A collection of logos for various superheroes and villains that cleverly incorporate the characters names into the designs.
Michigan supreme court rules that Trump will stay on state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attack...
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot (apnews.com)
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago....
Trump says he won’t return to witness stand in $250m New York fraud trial (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump announced he would not take the witness stand for a second time at his fraud trial in New York on Monday, the former US president’s last chance to make his case as he combats a potential $250m fine that hangs over his family business....
What were some good things humans achieved in 2023?
Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force" (popular.info)
Russian Kh-59 missile factory struck by multiple drones: Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)