Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last month to protest continued arms sales to Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza, wrote in a viral letter that one-sided U.S. support for Israel is “shortsighted,” “destructive” and “contradictory.” Media reports say many others inside the State Department...
Think “you wake up in the woods naked,” Dr. Stone-style tech reset. How could humans acquire a 1-gram weight, a centimeter ruler, an HH:MM:SS timekeeping device, etc. starting with natural resources?...
The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census Bureau out today. They’re the latest data to reflect the devastating effects...
Supporting 5% of their legislation is better than his replacement supporting 0%. The solution is not to replace manchin but to reduce his importance by broadening the majority.
xkcd #2862: Typical Seating Chart ( imgs.xkcd.com )
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This might be a more controversial one ( sopuli.xyz )
Alt text: LinkedIn post comparing the firing of Sam Altman from OpenAI to the firing of Steve Jobs from Apple
State Department Official Resigns, Says Israel Is Using U.S. Arms for Massacre --- [video interview, 17 min + transcript] ( www.democracynow.org )
Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last month to protest continued arms sales to Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza, wrote in a viral letter that one-sided U.S. support for Israel is “shortsighted,” “destructive” and “contradictory.” Media reports say many others inside the State Department...
At least 22 dead and suspect at large in mass shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine ( www.cnn.com )
Live news. I’m seeing at least 22 dead via NBC. Here’s a feed from ABC: abcnews.go.com/…/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting/?id…...
At what point should I start worrying about my hard drive temps?/s ( programming.dev )
How could SI units be derived from scratch without the use of modern technology?
Think “you wake up in the woods naked,” Dr. Stone-style tech reset. How could humans acquire a 1-gram weight, a centimeter ruler, an HH:MM:SS timekeeping device, etc. starting with natural resources?...
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Tesla is the next biggest union target in the United States. Sorry, Elon Musk | Hamilton Nolan ( www.theguardian.com )
The carmaker is now US labor’s most important target. If Musk doesn’t like that, he’s welcome to settle it with an auto worker by cage match
Child poverty in the United States just more than doubled. You can thank Joe Manchin. ( www.motherjones.com )
The United States’ poverty rate experienced its largest one-year jump on record last year, with the rate among children more than doubling from 2021’s historic low of 5.2 percent to 12.4 percent according to new numbers from the US Census Bureau out today. They’re the latest data to reflect the devastating effects...
Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That? ( www.nytimes.com )
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Men In The US Are Peeing Incorrectly According To Urologist ( www.iflscience.com )
Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we're doing it wrong.
D’Aww ( i.imgur.com )