The great thing about money being speech is that bribing public officials is just like giving them your opinion.
Also I bet bribing a judge is just an oddly-submitted amicus brief, right?
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/senator-lindsey-graham-2659408256/
@ElDiabloRoboc I tend to draw the line in two places: First, is this horrible person even ALIVE anymore? If not, the harm you do by consuming their art is minimal. Second, how much actual power do they have towards implementing their horrible ideas through laws? People with both great wealth and connections can wield outsize influence and you should consider what contributing to them means.
To be sure, I want Meta to die.
I don't like it when people lose jobs, not one bit.
But I also think Meta is one of the most toxic and evil corporations to exist: one that has enabled genocides.
So I hope Meta keeps making this mistake, and Facebook, Instagram, etc. keep dying a slow death.
Trek couldn't be Trek without scientists on board. I'm not talking about Mr. Spock but the brilliant minds that brought real science to the Science Lab.
Trek Long Island is thrilled to welcome Mohamed Noor on May 20 and 21, 2023. Mohamed specializations include evolution, genetics, and genome evolution. You can find him listed on the end credits on Discovery S3 and S4!
For more about Mohamed Noor:
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mohamed_Noor?fbclid=IwAR2mMjLezKcsMECzeldRYPSIFrE0JA9vJYWgZkDnB8-bVnHgMAu8UIy8dOM
#startrek #science #trekkies
The American Bar Association voted to support implementing a binding code of ethics for Supreme Court justices. #SCOTUS
@patrickworld @DrOinFLA @kevinrns I'm in western Washington state. Where it always rains π
Our Curious Universe podcast is back! Listen or read along every Tuesday starting Feb. 21. Asteroid cataloging, rocket launches, and new spacesuits are but a taste of what this season has to offer.
Check out the first four seasons at https://nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
#NASA
This is so gross and scary. These people have been allowed to come out of the woodwork and they are now encouraged to carry guns.
βWhite Georgia Woman Claims She βFeared for Her Lifeβ After Seeing Black Volunteers Handing Out Water, Playing Hip-Hop at Polls, So She Brandished a Gun In Responseβ https://flip.it/A4rxEe
Pauncho thinks I don't do housework right so he chips in to lick the cleaning spray off the fridge. I then have to rush to wipe it before he gets to it. It's now a smudgy mess.
Thanks #DogsOfMastodon
The Colorado School of Mines was temporarily closed and issued a shelter-in-place as police searched for a man with a gun. Sent in to apprehend the suspect, K9 Officer Graffit was shot and killed, giving his life in the line of duty.
RIP Good Boy.
"I hope that in 10 years when my nieces are more on the internet, she doesn't have to deal with something like this just for existing as a woman on the internet. It shouldn't be a price you pay. It shouldn't be the fee that you have whenever you log in"
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34pq3/deepfake-qtcinderella-atrioc
TRYING TO FIND YOUR OLD TWITTER NETWORK?
After the great API shutoff, a lot of the services that people have been utilising to find their old Twitter networks no longer work.
Fedifinder is one of the few that is still up and running (I confirmed it myself this morning).
It isn't as seamless as some of the older methods, but can still be used in mere minutues to find users and easily follow them on Mastodon using the Import feature.
This video guide walks through the whole process from start to finish.
Please #Boost this to spread the word around your networks as much as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37S246Wr_JE
#Fedifinder #MastodonTips #FediTips #TwitterMigration #Twitter
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.