Please vote Blue.
Roger Sollenberger, Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson’s old clients are much more extreme than we knew—one spoke glowingly of killing gay people; another said the government “should be a terror” to LGBTQ; one is tied to militant anti-abortion groups and became a Jan. 6 rioter; etc etc
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-violent-and-extreme-history-of-mike-johnsons-old-legal-clients
What is the purpose of a school library?
To cultivate a love of reading?
To expose students to new ideas and perspectives?
FLORIDA has a different definition.
The DeSantis administration says the purpose of a school library is to "CONVEY THE GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE"
No females on the new OpenAI board, no scientists, no ethicists #AI #Tech
via Hacker News
https://ino.to/xQ1ahCL
"You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/infocoms-ingenious-code-porting-tools-for-zork-and-other-games-have-been-found/
Made reference to this ancient meme in another thread, and now this is earworming me, and ISTG if I am gon' suffer you gon' suffer
Remember Otho from Beetlejuice? In 2023, Otho would have had an AI-powered smoothie shop. Hell, that's probably what happened.
Okay, this is just heckin' cool. Better official names for birds, please! (Except for the heron behind my house, who will continue to be officially known as That Screaming Asshole.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/11/01/bird-names-racism-audubon/
Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic conditions because of escalating global temperatures caused by ongoing human activities.
Unfortunately, time is up. We are seeing the manifestation of those predictions as an alarming and unprecedented succession of climate records are broken, causing profoundly distressing scenes of suffering to unfold.
It’s like a non stop full moon lately. The loss and pain we are experiencing is really impacting communication and relationships. Folks are hyper vigilant. I was a part of, or observed, many miscommunications here today.
This level of stress makes us turn inward for self preservation. The antidote is to intentionally give grace and reach outward, leaning into relationships.
I love this community. Please be gentle with each other and yourselves. ❤️
Formerly @agunn and @agunn_at_work on that dead bird site, but free of the fouled nest. Hi there!