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Sexual harassment and gender stereotyping are often even worse for women scientists doing fieldwork. The isolation and lack of support structures gives harassers more opportunity to mistreat women, communicating that they are not welcome there.
phys.org/news/2023-10-sexual-s

p.11 #Trump “nevertheless claims that the #FirstAmendment, combined w/his status as a presidential candidate, grants him an unfettered right to do these things, & more. Indeed, he insists that the Court is powerless even to prevent him from posting photographs of court personnel, or publicly telling known #witnesses that they should learn to keep their mouths shut. The most the Court can do, he maintains, is either wait for harassment or #violence to occur & then take remedial steps.”

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The Shallow State
Trump is decompensating. More misspellings in posts, gaffes on stage, less stamina overall. Could be neurological. Or just an obese man with severe stress, near-constant rage, in his late 70's, who washes cheeseburgers down with diet soda, overuses Adderall, and never exercises.

I'm going to save so much money on Black Friday, by not buying a goddamn thing!

If a given longitude has a margin of error of 9 decimal places, my error in meters along the Equator will be less than a millimeter. Five places is enough.

In Google Maps, near the Equator, the spacial resolution at maximum zoom is 5 m : 69 px, or about 7 cm per pixel.

#math #geography #google #googlemaps #gps

& childbirth. Because there are many. Abortion? Very few. #Abortion is 14 times safer than childbirth. So. The next time from forced birther comes at you w/ their hysterical bs, throw some facts at them. Because I don't think these lunatics have 1 tiny little clue about fetal development. That, or they're just massive fcking liars. /end #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights #ProChoiceIsProLife

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The headless horseman haunting the ghostly halloween shopping mall

Microsoft reorgs its Xbox and marketing teams to prepare for an AI and gaming future - The Verge lemdro.id/post/2632257

Vous connaissez la règle des dix nazis à table ?
Si neuf personnes s'assoient à une table avec un nazi sans protester, il y a dix nazis à la table.

Donc il faut quitter Twitter.

Narrator: it wasn’t at all baffling, it’s just Republicans cheating because they know they can’t win fair elections with fair maps. “”It's just baffling" that mapmakers did not draw more majority-Black districts, Cooper testified. “ npr.org/2023/10/26/1208796830/

Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons
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- 35 minutes ago | 33 points | 7 comments
- URL: insideevs.com/news/693231/tesl
- Discussions: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3
- Summary: A Tesla Model X owner in China has added physical buttons to the interior of his vehicle, going against Tesla's minimalist design approach. The buttons provide quicker access to essential vehicle functions and are mounted under the touchscreen. While the mod may go against Tesla's design philosophy, it allows the owner to personalize their vehicle to their preferences.

Sometimes, the healthiest thing you can do is indulge yourself. In that vein, I am declaring this cheesesteak to be health food!

NPR: The UAW reached a tentative labor agreement with Ford, although it still needs to be signed off by UAW's Ford leadership and then ratified by its full member#news #NPR npr.org/2023/10/25/1200787425/

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