Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Splinter Wonderland

#BreakASong
#HashTagGames

South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan says he'll retire from House https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4413683-south-carolina-republican-jeff-duncan-retire/

Starting tomorrow, Apple will have to once again pull its smartwatches from shelves due to a patent dispute with Masimo regarding the blood oxygen sensors on both devices. https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-watch-series-9-ultra-2-banned-again-in-us

Americans seething with envy of judge who keeps telling Trump to sit down and shut up. - Andy Borowitz

#BBCNews - UK PM Rishi #Sunak sees off Conservative rebels as MPs back #Rwanda bill
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68009249
#migration #refugees

Bilingual (Spanish/French) conference on links between repression in Palestine and Colombia/Perú starting in just over 20 minutes via:

https://uqam.zoom.us/j/84352181307 !

More info probably at pasc.ca

My twins sent me this pic of our backyard in Port Moody right now. They stuck a measuring stick in the ground: 12 inches and still snowing.

They're having the best time. We happen to love snow after having sweltered in So Cal forever. It's just beautiful. And no Debbie Downers on this one, I'll block.

Can't wait to go back in May... to stay. #BC #Canada 🇨🇦

⚠️🇺🇦Russia strikes Chuhuiv twice, killing woman (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/17/7437731/ #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

Tesla’s Cybertruck is having trouble living up to the hype - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041344/tesla-cybertruck-hype-elon-musk-range

> Did the Cybertruck really beat a Porsche 911?

If Musk can extort Tesla for 25% of the company, why not 50%? How about 51%?

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-ai-initiatives-wedbush/

Pakistan has nukes.
If America bombed a nuclear power, people would be losing their minds over it, accusing the US of trying to start a nuclear war.
But when Iran does it, there's just crickets.

safety levels are 53% and falling

(53%) ■■■■■□□□□□

#BBCNews - #Yemen strikes: #Houthis target ship after US 'terror' designation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68001762

HELI_NAV 70-3770 was a monochrome image captured a split second before HELI_RTE 70-4 shown in the first post of this thread. The map shows the approximate location of #Ingenuity at the time it captured image 70-3770.

Animated map.

Processed, undistorted, cropped, rotated HELI_NAV
Image captured from RMC 70.0001/3770
Sol 1009, LMST: 10:15:09

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01009/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_1009_0756505604_491ECM_N0700001HELI03770_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

FAQ on Leaving Google
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- 27 minutes ago | 26 points | 1 comments
- URL: https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-10-GoogleExitLetter/
- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39034277
- Summary: Ben Collins-Sussman, a former Engineering Director at Google with an 18-year tenure, was laid off in a mass round of cuts. In his blog, he addresses common questions and shares personal reflections. Google's decisions were based on cost-saving initiatives and impersonal heuristics. He urges readers not to personify Google and emphasizes his preparation and mixed emotions. Future plans include a sabbatical and sharing career and cultural insights.

OpenAI is working with the US military now

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/openai-working-with-us-military-on-cybersecurity-tools-for-veterans
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39033320

Yet again, USA:

Do not allow this or anything like it.

Require that Congress both block it and #UnpackTheCourts.

QT Mark Joseph Stern
@mjs_DC
2024 January 17

The Supreme Court looks ready to overturn 40 years of precedent—encompassing more than 17,000 federal court decisions—so it can award itself even more power over executive policy and veto every regulation it dislikes.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/supreme-court-democrats-president-chevron-precedent.html