From #FloridaToday: Arguments break out at Brevard Public Schools board meeting over book ban policy.
#Politics A Florida Atlantic University presidential poll shows #Trump leading #Harris in Florida 50%-47%.
Amendment 4, the pro-choice initiative, has 56% support but needs 60% to pass under Florida law.
In the Senate race, Rick Scott leads 47% - 43% over Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, although the primaries haven't closed yet.
#NASA has an audio-only telecon coming up at 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT to update on the status of the #Boeing #Starliner #CFT. Listen live at the link.
Just finished reading "Children of Doro" by @MLClark.
Throughout the work, I felt humbled and awed by the depth of universe creation. In my opinion, its richness equals what Tolkein did with "Lord of the Rings" and Herbert did with "Dune."
If you like pew-pew sci-fi, this isn't for you. This is what intelligent science fiction literature is supposed to be. It's loosely inspired by "The Brothers Karamazov."
The best SF novel I've read in years.
https://www.amazon.com/Children-Doro-M-L-Clark/dp/B0C2RSC5D1/
From Ryan George: If Elon Musk bought a restaurant. π€£ π€£ π€£
#Trump told Elon Musk last night he'd flee to Venezuela if he loses the election in November ... Just checked, the US and Venezuela signed an extradition treaty in 2022. #Biden "proclaimed" the treaty on January 2, 2024. Think he had someone in mind? π€
Here are the crimes eligible for extradition. Interesting that "illegal sale of documents belonging to the national
archives" is on the list. Think they had someone in mind? π€
https://internationalextraditionblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/venezuela.pdf
In 2004, four hurricanes hit #Florida in six weeks. Three of them came through the #SpaceCoast.
Hurricane Charley was the first, 20 years ago today. Here's the August 14, 2004 #FloridaToday reporting on Charley and the Space Coast.
From #TheVerge: Two Zombie Twitter company employees say Elon Musk lied when he claimed a denial-of-service attack derailed his online chat with #Trump.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes
#CNN fact-checks the lies told by #Trump in last night's Zombie Twitter chat with Elon Musk.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/politics/fact-check-trump-musk-20-false-claims/index.html
#Politics From The Guardian: Elon Musk blames "a massive DDOS attack" on Zombie Twitter for his #Trump chat crapping out.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/aug/12/trump-elon-musk-x-us-election-latest-updates
From #CNN: #Iran hackers compromised the personal email account of #Trump crony Roger Stone, using it to break into the email account of a senior Trump campaign official.
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/12/politics/trump-campaign-hack-personal-email-account-fbi/index.html
From #WaPo: #FBI investigating #Iran hacking attempts on both the #Trump and #Biden - #Harris campaigns.
Comment ... Interesting that the Trump campaign admits it was hacked, but apparently the Harris campaign didn't fall for the phishing emails.
(No, the Nigerian prince isn't looking to buy MAGA basketball shoes.)
Today's "This Modern World" by Tom Tomorrow on #DailyKos.
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.