my #book bonanza continues: this time, so many thanks to my good friend katie, her most excellent assistant, david, & the good peeps MITpress for this new #SciFiBooks in the Radium Age series
Man's World by Charlotte Haldane
#AmReading #books https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547635/mans-world/
Gun Violence In Rural America Rises When Deer Hunting Season Begins--why? study out of Princeton published by JAMA Network Open
#guns #GunViolence #homicide #ruralAmerica #deer #DeerHunting #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/20/gun-violence-in-rural-america-rises-when-deer-hunting-season-begins/
Would You Eat Ice Cream Made From Mare’s Milk? study by West Pomeranian University of Technology & published by PLoSONE
#food #milk #IceCream #horses #Foodies #HealthyFood #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/08/16/would-you-eat-ice-cream-made-from-mares-milk/
15 wolves promised to #Colorado by a #Washington tribe aren’t coming. Here’s why.
the #ColvilleTribe is withdrawing because CPW failed to conduct “necessary and meaningful consultation with potentially impacted tribes”
#wolves #Reintroduction #rewilding #UteTribe https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/06/wolves-colorado-washington-tribe/
Cruise ships DOUBLED IN SIZE in just two decades & now have up to 40 restaurants & seven swimming pools onboard, according to new analysis warning of their environmental impact.
#Cruisezilla #cruiseship #transport #EnvironmentalImpact #ecocide #pollution https://news.sky.com/story/cruisezilla-cruise-ships-twice-the-size-they-were-in-2000-and-should-start-paying-more-taxes-campaigners-warn-13193092
comment: the more people possess, the more they are possessed (and imprisoned) by their possessions, living in gilded cages of opulence
Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all
#wealth #elites #oligarchy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/24/extreme-wealth-super-rich-devon-society-planet#comment-168714258
insightful! long & nuanced discussion but well worth your time to read
Did Sam Altman's Basic Income Experiment Succeed or Fail?
#BasicIncome #UBI #SamAltman #poverty #EconomicPolicy #politics https://www.scottsantens.com/did-sam-altman-basic-income-experiment-succeed-or-fail-ubi/
interesting commentary
JustEquity & the American judiciary: Can racial diversity among judges affect sentencing outcomes?
#BlackLivesMatter #Diversity #judiciary #equity #crime #politics https://www.brookings.edu/articles/justequity-and-the-american-judiciary-can-racial-diversity-among-judges-affect-sentencing-outcomes/
"Laughing and charm could be good weapons"
The Power of Tim Walz’s Joyful Charm
#JoyfulWarriors #TimWalzCares #WeirdAndOld #WeirdDonWeirdGOP #politics https://time.com/7009138/tim-walz-authenticity-charm-essay/
"In 25years, only two men have organized terrorist attacks against the United States."
setting the record straight about tim walz's military record from #VoteVeterans (this is especially designed to target the liars in the mob)
#TimWalz #MilitaryRecord #lies #KeepYourLiesToYourself #politics
Republicans Officially Enact Their Most Extreme School #BookBan
A Rethuglican trifecta in #Utah has taken school book bans to their most dystopian level yet (almost all written by #women)
#books #extremism #AntiDemocracy #politics https://newrepublic.com/post/184672/utah-republicans-enact-extreme-school-book-ban
racist misogynist #ElonMusk Shares Kamala Harris #Deepfake
The billionaire #troll posted a #video with altered audio that made it sound like the VP said she did not “know the first thing about running the country” & is "the ultimate diversity hire"
#politics https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-kamala-harris-deepfake-1235069564/
#ElonMusk Boosted a Kamala Harris #Deepfake
The ad, which called the vice president a “deep state puppet," underscores how #AIvoice-cloning might sow chaos in the #election to come—especially when promoted by ppl with huge followings
#politics https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/elon-musk-kamala-harris-ai-parody-ad
Tim Walz wrote a master’s thesis on Holocaust education, just as his own school’s approach drew criticism
the lessons of the “Jewish Holocaust” should be taught “in the greater context of human rights abuses”
#HarrisWalz2024 #VoteBlue #genocide #politics https://www.jta.org/2024/08/06/politics/tim-walz-wrote-a-masters-thesis-on-holocaust-education-just-as-his-own-schools-approach-drew-criticism
Heritage Foundation President is Delaying his Book Publication After #Project2025 Firestorm
“We're bringing together a large number of our peer groups to distill our core conservative promises for 2024”
#TrumpIsProject2025 #politics https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/06/heritage_president_to_delay_book_publication_after_project_2025_firestorm_151403.html
donOLD trump seems to have disappeared. Again. Does anyone know where he went? what he's doing? (is he & his thugs planning another fake assassination attempt?)
#DonOLDTrump #TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident #TrumpIsAFelon #WheresWeirdo
"A vote is a kind of prayer about the kind of world you want to live in."
-- Rev. Raphael Warnock
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueUpandDownBallot #VoteBlue2024ProtectDemocracy #HarrisWalz2024 #politics
#ElonMusk's Daughter Torches Him As Fake Christian, Bigot & #SerialAdulterer
Vivian Wilson also said the #Tesla #CEO doesn't "give a f**k about climate change" & called Arabic the "language of the enemy"
#ClimateCrisis #FakeChristian #Nazi #politics https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/elon-musk-daughter-vivian-wilson_n_66b21a1ae4b0551015a11c9a
Elon Musk’s X Is Under Scrutiny for #Disinformation Targeting #KamalaHarris
The Democratic presidential candidate has been the subject of #deepfakes & other false content
#ElonMusk #ElonMuskElectionInterference #Lies #politics https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/elon-musk-x-kamala-harris-election-disinformation-deepfake-grok/
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