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While they would if they could as they have already shown, I’m pretty sure this goes above their heads. I could be wrong and please someone correct me if so, but a special master’s map if implemented is not subject to the legislatures’ approval as that would largely defeat the purpose.

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The three judge panel said they’re appointing a special master to draw the new map, meaning that the legislature doesn’t have to approve it (I think, someone correct me if I’m wrong).

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I will say that while I have little faith in SCOTUS, this map was originally thrown out by the SCOTUS decision upholding Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. It’s very unlikely they’d immediately allow the AL legislature to defy them so brazenly.

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Yup, it’s out of their hands. Plus this map was originally thrown out by SCOTUS, so I doubt they’re going to overturn what is basically their own ruling made a few months ago.

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Mentioned this elsewhere, but SCOTUS is the one who threw out the original map. AL is essentially defying SCOTUS here and so I doubt they’ll be friendly to the cause.

How would you explain the need for three writing systems in Japanese to a person who only has had experience with one?

As an English speaking person who recently got into learning Japanese, I was intrigued by the use of the three writing systems: Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana, however I could not truly understand why it is that way. I do know a bit about the history of these languages but that is not what I am interested in knowing; I wish to...

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This blog and the Wikipedia are good starting points. I don’t speak Japanese, but I do speak Chinese and have a background in linguistics so am peripherally aware of what’s going on so take that with as much salt as you need.

It’s useful to note that there were multiple attempts to go the “Oops! All kana” route or use romaji, but for a variety of reasons cultural, political, and linguistic, those didn’t pan out. Writing systems are deeply informed by a specific historical and social context, and what at first seems like irregularity or unneeded complexity, are often actually the traces of that history marked on the language.

As for issues like why katakana is used for non-foreign words too, I thinks it’s best to think of language feature less as strict rule followers and more like a species in its ecological niche. Katakana is very good at rendering foreign words in Japanese, but if it finds some unfilled gap that isn’t being better filled by some other feature people will use it to to fill that gap too. When the semicolon was developed in English no one imagined at the time we’d use it to do this ;-) but here we are.

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;-)

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I’ve been loving RSS for awhile now not only because it’s private but because it seems to be unpaywalled as well? Maybe someone can answer this, but how is it I can subscribe to the NYT RSS feed and can get completely free articles to my reader?

PS shoutout to NetNewsWire on iOS which is open source and the developer seems like a great guy. It’s not great for discovery as you have to paste in the web url manually, but if you already know what you want to read it’s a great RSS reader app.

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This is the feed xml I use for NYT Breaking News. I get the usual text preview but if I choose to expand the full article it’s always there. This is true on NetNewsWire and Inoreader which I previously used.

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Yes! It really is a gem, especially since iOS has so many fewer open source options in general.

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Seconded! Amazing app. I noted in my own comment you might have to go somewhere else for discovery since there’s no in-app search, but as a reader it’s near perfect.

What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol?

Bars are notable for staying open late, but I’m not really familiar with alternatives that might operate similarly. I think many cafés (at least around my area) tend to close a few hours earlier by comparison, which would be my go-to for an alternative otherwise, so what other options are there?

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I didn’t know about these and found one in my city. Thanks for the tip!

Does your major in college really matters?

I’m in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I’m looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don’t really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it’s a BA in community development, so kinda like urban...

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As someone with what feels like three more or less made up degrees, I’ll say having a degree in general is often a prerequisite for many jobs so it is better than not having a degree for sure.

In terms of hard skills, I also wish I’d developed more in college, but it’s still possible to develop those outside of school either on the job, on your own time, etc.

Your first job or your next job might not be your dream job or even all that relevant to your studies. But its much better to build skills and experience while also bringing in income, and it will make your next job search all the better.

Good luck, I’m currently job searching too and it’s soul crushing but we’ll make it!

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Just a note that all Guardian articles are free, and on the sign in/support pop up you can just click “I’ll do it later” or I think just the “X” on mobile. Don’t need a 12ft link, but good thought!

EDIT: skipped over the “soft” paywall bit in my head so advice is probably redundant

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Mainly interact with threads rather than the microblog for something to scroll and occasionally comment. Been pretty good for that especially as I further refine my subscribed feed. I'll pop into microblog every once in awhile if I've run out of new content, but rarely post/interact there.

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The big picture: 29 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted a total of 70 laws expanding voting rights this year, while 16 states have enacted 29 laws to restrict voting, according to data and analysis by the nonprofit Voting Rights Lab (VRL).

Yes, but the point is that there have been more expansions of voting rights than restrictions nationwide in part due to the blowback against restrictions largely in red states. This is all state level stuff so its just highly dependent on where you live as to whether you are seeing expansions or restrictions personally.

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I’m confused by this comment as AP is a not-for-profit cooperative, and I can’t find anything online related to a buyout. Have a source?

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No worries, just trying to make sense of it. Have worked for plenty of non-profits in the past so I know it’s not a cure all. Their structure as a non-incorporated coop though, I think is more telling than non-profit status. The only news I could find about recent leadership changes is them getting a new president and CEO in 2022.

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Guy in power slams limitations on that power, who could have guessed?

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I was about to say I don’t think it’s misleading but honestly on a re-read the article leaves a lot open for interpretation.

French President Emmanuel Macron slammed the two-term constitutional limit that means he must step down in 2027 as “damnable bullshit” in comments at a meeting with party leaders on Wednesday.

According to the far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Macron said it was “damnable bullshit that one could not be re-elected”

The president was reportedly responding to a proposal by far-right leader Jordan Bardella, who was suggesting France switch to a single seven-year presidential term.

Like if you look at all of these together the article implies he’s talking about his own term limits, some unknown source presumably allied with Macron claims it was in response to Bardella, and the quote from Mélenchon could refer to either.

I couldn’t find any other context in English beyond this. I would assume he’s talking about his own limits and the responding to Bardella bit is him and his allies trying to give him political cover, but it’s genuinely unclear.

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A lot of post-rock bands might be good for you. Usually atmospheric/instrumental music played with typical rock instruments and little to no vocals.

Some of my favorites are Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, El Ten Eleven, and Sigur Rós.

(although Sigur Rós technically features vocals but it’s a language of nonsense sounds the lead singer Jónsi made up called Hopelandic, so it’s instrumental-voice I guess??)

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Awesome, yeah I'd say Sigur Rós is the most similar to Mogwai on that list (especially Kveikur which is a pretty dark album). The other two usually do more shimmery, pretty guitar tracks rather than the more hard rock/metal/noise influence you get with Mogwai. But check them all out, hope you enjoy!

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Aw hell yeah. Happened on thursday but in honor of these baby crocs wishing everyone an extra special flat fuck friday.

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If you want a web front end for actual independent bookstores https://bookshop.org/ is excellent. You’ll likely pay a small premium over Amazon but you will directly support independent bookstores and publishers.

Also just as a PSA, GoodReads is also Amazon owned and I recommend everyone to check out alternatives like BookWyrm (Activity Pub integrated) and StoryGraph.

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Tweet was definitely normalized over time, but it also isn’t a synonym for fart so there’s that.

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