I am currently a resident of a state. I am not owned by that state or any other state. No state has a claim of ownership of me. As a free person I can travel from one state to any other state. I can, at will, stop being a resident of a state.
I also have a right to medical privacy.
Attorneys general in 19 states are claiming authority to obtain private medical records when residents of their state travel to other states and obtain medical services in other states.
That is fascism. RESIST.
From NASA: Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are higher than at any time in the past 400,000 years. During ice ages, CO2 levels were ~200 ppm, and during the warmer interglacial periods, ~280 ppm. In 2013, CO2 levels surpassed 400 ppm for the 1st time in recorded history. This recent rise in CO2 shows a constant relationship with fossil-fuel burning, and can be well accounted for based on the premise that ~60% of fossil-fuel emissions stay in the air.
WaPo with the headline that takes the prize for not being news to any working American:
Forcing people to work in deadly heat is mostly legal in the U.S.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/14/heat-workers-osha-protections/
: Note to actors not currently in SAG-AFTRA about performing during the strike.
If you are approached and offered a job, check with SAG-AFTRA first. If you do not and it winds up it's work for a struck company, you will never be allowed to join the union.
Check first, and if it's not for a struck company, you're good.
Don't tease me, Ms Rubin.
Buckle up: The federal Jan. 6 indictment might be around the corner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/13/jan-6-indictment-trump-prosecution-memo/
Inflation tumbled to 3% in June, marking a 12th consecutive month of declines. https://nbcnews.com/business/economy/inflation-right-now-will-federal-reserve-raise-interest-rates-rcna93445
Remember kids:
Cars bad
Trains good
Bicycle better
Walking best
‘Week of Cone’: Activist Group Is Protesting Driverless Cars by Disabling Them With Traffic Cones
Derided as a “prank” by other outlets, the Week of Cone is part of a storied American tradition of urban residents opposing the expansion of cars in the city.
By Aaron Gordon
"Bees actively seek out drugs such as nicotine and caffeine when given the choice and even self-medicate with nicotine when sick. Male fruit flies stressed by being deprived of mating opportunities prefer food containing alcohol ...."
--Lars Chittka, "The Inner Lives of Insects," Scientific American, July 2023.
IMHO, conclusive proof of insects' intelligence. Now I want to know if a caffeinated bee mutters "loser" when she flies by a male fruit fly drowning his sorrows in a rotten apricot.
@KodoAndSangha Both of those agencies operate primarily on donations. So even if your not in need of services maybe go there anyway and drop em a dime or ten...
At Olympia Pride last Saturday I saw a T-shirt that read:
SODOM
TODAY
GOMORRAH
THE WORLD
I thought it was clever, but it turns out to have a history worth knowing: https://queerarchives.org.au/collections/badges/sodom-today-gomorrah-the-world/
Taylor Taranto had guns, 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near Barack Obama’s home.
Donald Trump posted Obama’s address on social media. Taranto reposted it, then showed up there.
I knew the 2020 election was going to cast a long shadow, but the Drumpf Court killing affirnative action in college admissions, kicking student loan recipients in the teeth, and okaying pseudo-Christian bigotry, all in less than 48 hours, still hits hard.
If a Republican gets presidency in 2024 we might as well lay off the justices and replace them with a photo of Samuel Alito.
Grew up in Cupertino before Apple, lived in Berkeley, now retired in South Puget Sound. He/him.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
-- Wendell Berry