In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help - NPR
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“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.” President John F. Kennedy
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Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump and allies for calling to impeach judges - ABC News
The Trump Organization sued Capital One as the bank seeks merger - Business Insider
Southwest Airlines will charge to check bags for the first time - CNBC
Tesla has sued customers and journalists in China for defamation - CBS News
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Big news! We’ve got a new free tier of GitHub Copilot right inside of VS Code! https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-in-vscode-free/
@gemelliz
With this kind of movement it always end up like this poem , unless it’s interrupted
@jdickerson
Excellent observations. Your ping to universe has been heard and appreciated.
Stumbled upon this quote again and thought it might help people understand the state our society is in.
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Car Diplomacy: Elon Musk May Be an Ace in China’s Pocket in Its Dealings With Trump
To compete in China, Tesla needs a permit to use its Full Self Driving software. Can Elon Musk's friendship with Donald Trump help him get one?
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musk-could-prove-chinas-ace-in-dealing-with-trump?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=article_post
https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-the-trouble/1440936113?i=1440936123
Our situation seems to need a song like this. Even if you don’t agree on the prescription it always good to hear Lee Ann Womack
I found this very entertaining. The twist at the end was great.
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In which I disagree with the boss: The problem isn't that the traditional media offers opinion alongside fact, it's that so many people see fact as opinion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/when-reality-is-seen-biased-objectivity-alone-wont-shield-press/
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"The Washington Post, at the direction of its owner Jeff Bezos, showed jaw-dropping institutional cowardice. It declined to support a candidate in the upcoming election which is — let’s be blunt — between good and evil. Bezos almost certainly ordered it because he was intimidated by the threats posed to his financial empire through vengeance from Donald Trump, a man who aims to dismantle the will of the people." https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/courage-and-cowardice
'Washington Post' flooded by cancellations after Bezos' non-endorsement decision
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Lidar mapping reveals mountainous medieval cities along the Silk Road
A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/lidar-mapping-reveals-mountainous-medieval-cities-along-the-silk-road/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@jdickerson
We can always count on you to get to the heart of the matter. Thank you. See, reading history does pay off 👍🏻
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I've been reading a lot about masculinity, and I keep expecting someone to point out that, throughout history and literature, perhaps the core quality associated with masculinity—especially as it’s discussed in this context—is the commitment to keep one’s word. It's the bedrock of honor, moral integrity, duty. Leaving aside whether masculinity so conceived is good or bad, if you're going to talk about archetypal masculinity and overlook that, it's like calling Hugh Hefner the epitome of chastity
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Pretty cool being cited in a letter from my home state Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to the CEO of Cloudflare regarding domains tied to Doppelganger, a sprawling Russian covert influence network.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/09/why-is-us-being-used-to-phish-so-many-of-us/
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