How copaganda works. Maryland Governor claims he's "re-funding" the police. No police departments were defunded. And Maryland's increased every year:
2019: $408 Million
2020: $442 Million
2021: $457 Million
2022: $471 Million
2022: (after newly-announced $150 more): $621 Million
https://twitter.com/brynstole/status/1449029972882956290
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So passed a law that shielded irresponsible businesses from any liability due to lax COVID procedures but remove them for those that do put measures in place? DeSantis & GOP put workers and customers at risk just to score points with their base. Horrifying floridapolitics.com/archives/46502…
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A solar eclipse on Jupiter, captured by the Juno spacecraft. The shadow is from the moon Io, which is slightly larger than our own Moon. 📷 NASA/@kevinmgill
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The video game industry is 50! On this day in 1971, @NolanBushnell unveiled Computer Space, the first arcade video game--and first video game product offered for sale
I wrote about it for @howtogeek:
howtogeek.com/760417/heres-w…
What's the first arcade video game you ever played?
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Here's my newly-updated post on how to Dockerize a Sinatra application.
If you want to learn how to Dockerize a Rails application (which is pretty hard and complicated IME), Dockerizing a Sinatra application is a good stepping stone.
codewithjason.com/dockerize-sina…
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The viscosity of a lava flow reflects several factors, including composition, gas content, and temperature.
But topography plays a role too—and when a flow can channelise itself on relatively flat terrain, it can move pretty damned fast.
#CumbreVieja lava; credit: @involcan
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Nothing to see here. It was merely the test pilots fabricating data, at grave personal risk but no apparent benefit to themselves, in a manner that coincidentally was lucrative for the management, which of course could not have known about these devious schemes to enrich them.
https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1448866173026652163
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Yeah the fox guarding the hen house regulatory thing in this industry, like so many others, is gratingly ineffective, dangerous, and infuriating.
Can a deal be annulled if arrived at in a fraudulent or corrupt manner?
A very old BBS tagline, one I've got in my tagline collection, among other similar ones.
Practice safe government -- use kingdoms.
Mount St. Helens should have used earth control.
Practice safe government -- use kingdoms.
Mount St. Helens should have used earth control.
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NASA Lights Astronauts On Fire In Order To Simulate Life Of Venus bit.ly/3vdwpY5
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Just being on fire counts as a relaxing day on #venus. Acid (not acidic, actual acid) rain, 90+ bar surface pressure, 300+km/h winds and all the other pleasantries of life on our neighboring planet make it a literal hell. And that's without mentioning those apocalypse events where the entire planet resurfaces all at once. Fascinating world but might not be the best when it comes to long time real estate investments.
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Inside Alden Global Capital, the secretive hedge fund that's gutting local newspapers across the country—and could be coming to your town next. My cover story for the November issue of @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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Legit question: does Tik Tok have the same algorithmic amplification and silo effects as Facebook and Twitter and if so what is their excuse for allowing that to happen since their system rose after the dysfunctions with it were apparent? #surveillancecapitalism
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@Isaac Kuo @Hypolite Petovan Less Pascal's Wager and more Roko's Basilisk
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There are not enough anti-Trump Republicans to stop Trump from getting the nomination in 2024 but there are more than enough to stop him from winning the Presidency 👇🏽
https://twitter.com/KCBSRadio/status/1448394617334943746
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Wow very neat! Amazing what we can extract from data sets like this. #astronomy #space #science
Excited to announce paper 3 in our Mapping Stellar Surfaces series, this time on Doppler imaging!
Paper link: arxiv.org/abs/2110.06271
Github: github.com/rodluger/papar…
Code: github.com/rodluger/starry
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Mapping stellar surfaces III: An Efficient, Scalable, and Open-Source Doppler Imaging Model
The study of stellar surfaces can reveal information about the chemical composition, interior structure, and magnetic properties of stars.arXiv.org
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I somehow missed this announcement that the @uaespaceagency is planning an ambitious follow-on to their Hope Mars mission that will do a Venus flyby, seven asteroid flybys, and then land on an asteroid, launching in 2028.
https://twitter.com/UAEEmbassyUS/status/1445754643586318345
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Gee I wonder how that happened. One of the big steps in undermining democratic society is destroying faith in institutions. It's been a multi-decade process by those on leading the GOP and right wing media that has born fruit in the last few years. #uspoli
A decade ago, a majority of Republicans had a positive view of the impact of colleges and universities on the US. This year, just 34% expressed positive views. Less change among Democrats - 76% positive this year.
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Republicans increasingly critical of several major U.S. institutions, including big corporations and banks
Republicans are critical of how major institutions, from large corporations and tech companies to universities and K-12 public schools, are affecting the U.S.Ted Van Green (Pew Research Center)
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@Alex Feldstein Nah. Colleges were where low-born plebes could buy an opportunity to work for some privilege. Then they became a loan racket.
@Isaac Kuo I know, right? Financial institutions where the bigots were coming out the woodwork left and right.
What to expect when our own sun dies
https://www.cnet.com/news/survivor-planet-around-dead-star-gives-us-a-peek-at-our-solar-systems-future/
#astronomy #spaceAstronomers discover a planet that survived its home star exploding
And it gives us a peek at what to expect when our own sun dies.Amanda Kooser (CNET)
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Ironically reading this during a break from reading Zucked. FB et al have really created the perfect shit storm. Ads in general are reviled to the point legit businesses can’t use them but nefarious actors still get what they need from them and FB continues to make billions
Just killed our #Facebook effort for @TheMadBotterINC because this is what I get @profgalloway @karaswisher we are a #smallbiz trying to reach customers. SB needs these platforms & we need help. Facebook is allowing us to be harassed & twitter blocked us with no real recoruse
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Just killed our #Facebook effort for @TheMadBotterINC because this is what I get @profgalloway @karaswisher we are a #smallbiz trying to reach customers. SB needs these platforms & we need help. Facebook is allowing us to be harassed & twitter blocked us with no real recoruse
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I may have to buy some of this 😀 #Linux #OpenSource
Tux Turns 30! Join us as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Linux with official gear! From sweatshirts and t-shirts to hats, decals and socks - we have something for everyone. Check it all out here: hubs.la/H0Z7QgZ0 #tuxturns30 #linux #opensource
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Odd to frame low Earth orbit becoming accessible over time like Mount Everest as a pure good thing without mentioning also that one possible fate involves trash, lax safety standards, feces, corpses, mistreated workers...
https://twitter.com/KathyLueders/status/1448385556438822916
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🚨NEW🚨With pressure mounting, Facebook to "count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures".
Writing for @Reuters, @eculliford explains this change in the light of Facebook's problematic treatment of public figures on its platform.
reuters.com/technology/exc…
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Indeed this is the way humans have largely organized for most of time: cooperatively. May we go back to our roots! 🌲🌲
https://twitter.com/neqone/status/1448316278133776385
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A new @LinuxUnplugged is OUT! linuxunplugged.com/427 @m_wimpress stops by with a new tool that will change your virtualization game, and we share our thoughts on @ubuntu 21.10 and take the flavor challenge.
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Studying the Jupiter Trojan asteroids might unlock some clues about the formation of our solar system. Hal Levison of @LucyMission explains what he hopes to find out using new technology to study these objects, on our “Babbage” podcast econ.st/3oW7Pd3
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VC firms didn't exist until after WW2 and startup accelerators didn't until the 2000s. Now they are the mainstream way of doing things. May the #Cooperatives investment and accelerators like @start_coop and @Zebras_Unite have the same path to becoming the mainstream way of things
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Actor William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, and Audrey Powers are back on Earth after their brief trip to space.
“That’s unlike anything I’ve ever felt before,” said Shatner, who became the oldest person to fly to space at the age of 90.
spaceflightnow.com/2021/10/13/new…
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How many billions and market control is ever enough for companies, especially the FAANG+M which suck all the oxygen from the room? reuters.com/investigates/s…
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I was always curious if we could come up with a perennial grain crop we could use pervasively. Apparently Kernza by Land Institute is that. It's got a long way to go but I'm going to get my hand on some to experiment with right now. #sustainability washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
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Yeah, let's hope.
Of course, if we could also tone down meat production, we'd have a lot more overhead, not to mention get 10x the mileage out of any new yield increases.
Of course, if we could also tone down meat production, we'd have a lot more overhead, not to mention get 10x the mileage out of any new yield increases.
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Mileage was intended metaphorically, not referring to bio-ethanol fuels... 🙁
The early Blue Zones stuff was common sense and not as wooh woohy as now. They also said that it wasn't going to turn everyone into super-centenarians. It does give actionable advice for better aging but essentially it's what CW said already #LONGEVITY sciencebasedmedicine.org/blue-zones-die…
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