atomhammer.bsky.social
đ§ȘScientist- Gamer- Theater- Grandpa- Chicago-Nerd. Ask me about graduate education. (he/they)
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Thanks! A very good read. Stirring.
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I am very confused about RFKâs view of expertise and merit. Does he believe that such things exist? How does he measure them? It is reasonable for us to expect a coherent answer to such basic questions.
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What if they are e-bikes? And whatâs the difference?
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Yeah, sign me up!
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This is a good article by Erica L Green. It goes through Trumpâs hypocrisy and ignorance. It also points out his declining vocabulary and lack of interest. All the things that were awful about the speech are in there. A great reporter doing important work.
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You are the asshole here. I am embarrassed that you are a representative of this important work. I have some doubt that your âactionsâ whatever they are, are enough to outlay the harm you cause.
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Violet, you are right about the unfairness of reflexive, thoughtless responses. They hurt the cause. It is so common, as movements grow, that some folks canât grasp the whole idea and start causing more harm than help.
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Either way the country ends. If we unite, the military turns inward. If we fracture we get autocracy and eventually are put down by a world war. My scraps of hope hang by the threads of a dream that the military will refuse an insane order.
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Deeply unpredictable. Really depends on when we launch the next military attack somewhere.
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Who sells these? I need one.
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I bet that we have no idea how much actually crosses the border. The amount seized canât be an accurate measure!
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âIn the first 10 months of 2024, the Canadian border service reported seizing 10.8lb (4.9kg) of fentanyl entering from the US, while US Border Patrol intercepted 32.1lb (14.6kg) of fentanyl coming from Canada.â
-from a BBC article.
That 15Kg is 0.02% of US seizures.
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They plainly did not recruit based purely on merit!
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Good idea!
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How about a law against profiting from images that use AI without clearly labeling it? It doesnât solve everything, but it would help, right? There would be knock-on effects, like platforms having a legal reason to take down images.
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That sucks. Itâs lousy behavior that diminishes all of our lives a little bit, over and over. The word âauthenticâ is more and more valuable, but harder to protect. The way forward is to come together about the progress we want, instead of the people we oppose.
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As a result of you annoying leftists, or leftists annoying you? #ambiguous /s
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Itâs mine currently, reviewers be praised!
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Itâs been âmy labâ since I was 19, when I lived in my room, in my dorm. I have worked at my lab for over 30 years now. I lived at my apartment. My church, my religion even! My city, my country, my neighbors. My students! âMyâ is frequently a word for quickly communicating an association.
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Illinois subsidizes transportation by personal car by at least $7 billion a year, and that doesnât include taxes and fees paid directly by drivers (like gas tax).
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Compared to tax subsidies to cars, and lobbying money spent by the road construction and automotive industries, transit budgets are a blip.
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And then released.
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I have a related problem, which is that I reflexively oppose strongly (over)stated opinions, even when I basically agree. It is a bad strategy when step one is, shoot your potential allies.
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It is hard to take mass action against a regime that mostly wants to stop things from happening. They are arresting and deporting people, and I would be there to peacefully interfere, but ICE does not travel in convoys that I can physically block. Protests happen in cities, so are written off easily
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Think of all that energy, lost! Think of all the actors and athletes and dancers and photographers and f-inâ chess players we are missing out on by not giving these teens something better to do! Come on Chicago! This is our future. Donât blame them! What are they supposed to do?
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You should really look that story up! Who do you think stopped the effort to close it? It certainly worked out, since now they are in power and somehow it is Obamaâs fault more than yours.
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What profession should be embarrassed? Lawyers. There are groups of lawyers, whole large associations, who have been bad lawyers in the furtherance of other goals. Enough that all lawyers should be ashamed to be associated with them. Why do I (a scientist) go out and protest, and see no lawyers?
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Okay, not race then. What was your motivation for your criticizing Obama for where he relaxes, while othering the ACA commenter? In a thread celebrating an important accomplishment you ordered two other people to accomplish more. Who are you angry at?