Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@rchusid Biden did Not mishandle the pandemic. He did the opposite. I’m not here to counter your antiBiden bias with all the details. He’s better than any republican candidate. I think his decades in the Senate as a liberal lion serves him well now. Cluster are all they have right now as ammunition for Ukraine. Hsve a great day. 🙏

@randahl

@ianbetteridge "one of the biggest children’s homes company was bought by the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund. Now, if you are in Abu Dhabi and you run a Sovereign Wealth Fund and you’ve got the whole world to choose from to go and make money, and you decide that the place to be is children’s homes in England, we have to accept that we’ve got a problem." (Martin Barrow, formerly of the FT)
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/fileon4/PAJ_4562_PG08_Childrens_Homes.pdf

‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/02/it-was-an-accident-the-scientists-who-have-turned-humid-air-into-renewable-power

#Engery #RenewableEnergy #TeslaButNotExplodingCarsOne

Japan’s Alpha Particle Assassin: New Treatment for Multiple Types of Cancer
Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a technique that treats various cancers by inducing alpha radiation within cancer cells, killing them while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. This approach, tested on mice, significantly reduced tumor growth and achieved a 100% survival rate.
https://scitechdaily.com/japans-alpha-particle-assassin-new-treatment-for-multiple-types-of-cancer/?expand_article=1 #Japan #AlphaParticle #Treatment #Multiple #Types #Cancer #Astatine211 #100%

"If this is not the behavior of an insurrectionist, then I don't know what is." - Rober Reich. Use 14A section 3 for Trump and all members of Congress who engaged in insurrection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0WBjUQwKNQ

Moms Demand Action director decries 'absolutely outrageous' Republican permitless carry laws https://www.alternet.org/moms-demand-action-absolutely-outrageous/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

How does a white heterosexual man, a Harvard graduate, come to the realization that he's doing an honorable and good thing to try to force an entire democratic society to deny that rank racism is embedded in its institutions and plays a key role in the lives of those citizens? When he himself has such astonishing privilege, and uses it not to pursue the good but to pursue the opposite?

Is this a life mission one should be proud of?

#JohnRoberts #CivilRights #racism
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Tech Addicts Podcast – 9 July – Close Knit Community of Threads

Gareth and Ted prattle on about Pixel Fold prices, Meta's Twitter Clone Threads, interesting eye wear TCL NXTWEAR S, Razer streaming headphones, Netflix prices, the AI Camera on the Honor Pad X8 Pro

https://garethmyles.com/tech-addicts-close-knit-community-of-threads/

#Podcast #TechAddicts #HonorPadX8Pro #Netflix #Nord3 #OnePlusOpen #PixelFold #Plex #Razer #RedMagic8SPro #SamsungGalaxyUnpacked #TCLNXTWEARS #Threads

Depending on the species, the airspeed velocity of an unladed swallow ranges from 32.3kmh (20,1mph) to 38.8kmh (24mph).

#science #sciencefacts #swallow #africanswallow #europeanswallow #airspeed #velocity #itsnotamatterofwhereitgripsit #itsasimplematterofweightratio

sidenote : the four capitals of Assyria were Ashur (or Qalat Sherqat), Calah (or Nimrud), the short-lived Dur Sharrukin (or Khorsabad), and Nineveh - of which the ruins of all four ancient cities fall within the modern state of Iraq.

"i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
"actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."

the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."

with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.

More Than Pain Relief: Sustained Cannabis Use Leads to Improved Cognition in Cancer Patients
According to new research, cannabis use in cancer patients not only reduces pain and improves sleep but also appears to enhance cognitive function over time.
https://scitechdaily.com/more-than-pain-relief-sustained-cannabis-use-leads-to-improved-cognition-in-cancer-patients/ #PainRelief #Sustained #Cannabis #Use #Improved #Cognition #Cancer #Patients

House Republicans are holding my VA disability pay hostage. Mine and that of every single disabled veteran. Tell me again how they're pro military.

Outrage as Republican says 1921 Tulsa massacre not motivated by race - The Guardian https://apple.news/AZMmtB4J2QZWxXqSygiR-PA What the absolute f@ck is wrong with those asshats!? They have no moral foundation. Vote Blue

SIXTH CIRCUIT: An embarrassing opinion by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, signed onto by Judge Amul Thapar. https://www.lawdork.com/p/sixth-circuit-tenn-trans-care-ban-stay-ruling

Hey Mastodon! I'm Jack, a national reporter covering the intersection of religion and politics over at Religion News Service.

I'm also the author of American Prophets, a book on the influence of the contemporary Religious Left (link in bio).

If you've got tips, story ideas, or just some thoughts, send them along!

Here's a crazy story:

#Florida plans to invalidate the drivers licenses and ticket those who drive through Florida with licenses from several states, including: Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, and Hawaii.

Though ostensibly an immigration law, what this really does is destroy consistent travel rights across the US. A clear violation of the commerce clause. And the RealID Act as well.

This is #coldcivilwar stuff.

#DeSantis #maga #driving #gop #republicans

https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/florida-announces-restrictions-on-vermont-licenses/

I worked at the polls for almost every election from 2002 until 2016. And now you know why I won't do it ever again.

Democracy Alerts - Nevada Republicans Challenge Law Protecting Election Officials From Harassment - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/nevada-republicans-challenge-law-protecting-election-officials-from-harassment/

Also: there is no such thing as a free speech absolutist. Everyone believes in reasonable limits on speech. Everyone. If you believe that defamation, libel, business fraud, and/or verbal assault should be illegal, as they are, then you're not a free speech absolutist.

You just don't want to face the possibility that *your* speech is harmful to people you pretend you care about.

If I hear about "free speech" or "the 1st amendment" as if they're equal to human life one more time, I'll scream.