Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@social.cleverlibre.org

When we fret about inflation, we need to remember why it happened in the first place.

FYI.

Via Elie Mystal:

#SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case designed to kill the wealth tax. I'll say again... there is nothing that you care about that the #SupremeCourt cannot destroy while you aren't watching.

Of course we are now debating the definition of the word "income" based on studies of "law & linguistics." :( Textualism is so fucking stupid sometimes.

Jackson asks the right question: "Why are we talking about the common meaning of income instead of the legal meaning?" #legal

Link rot is so very, very real.

I just visited a site that 'archives' articles from 2015. The majority of links no longer works.

What to do? You could archive pages, and link to the archived pages (I've seen many people do this). But how durable is that? Will those archival sites exist still in 10 years time?

I'm used to consult books that are centuries old. That we're unable now to archive digital stuff for longer than a couple of years is terrifying. #archives #digitalhumanities

Say it with me now:

“Judaism does not imply support for the far-right Netanyahu government.”

Netanyahu is a Trump-like figure leading a fascist faction in Israel, and the longer we take to make that clear, the more American Jews will be endangered.
#uspol #trump #maga #israel #netanyahu #likud #fascism

Zero women in this list https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/technology/ai-key-figures.html

"The Orwell Test" (for identifying propaganda or disinformation)

1. Facts: Is the information supported by facts that can be confirmed through established methods of validation, meeting legal, scientific or logical standards of proof?

2. Source: Is the information from a provider with a history of accurate reporting?

3. Method: Does the source use professional and accepted techniques of factual reporting without relying on deceptive tactics or logical fallacies?

Read more on the FrameLab Newsletter, and please subscribe (it's free). https://framelab.substack.com/p/the-orwell-test?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

Ban repeat liars from live interviews.

Never put a lie in the headline.

Use a truth sandwich when reporting on lies.

-Don’t take the bait (stop rewarding drama with visibility)

Abandon the social media algorithm (don’t let X dictate the news cycle)

What other basic rules can help the political press avoid the mistakes of 2016 in 2024?

Read more at the FrameLab Newsletter:
https://framelab.substack.com/p/trump-2024-has-the-press-learned?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

Wait, THAT'S what red looks like?!

I've known that I'm partially colorblind - now described as color vision deficiency - for twenty years or so.

Today @oceanbound gave me a pair of EnChroma glasses and I'm absolutely blown away.

I've spent two hours wandering around the house and re-learning what everything looks like!

Ana has red hair.
Z has four colors of fur, not three.
My favorite pieces of art have red in them, not brown.
The leaves on the trees outside aren't the color I thought they were.

I've been trying to figure out how to describe what I'm feeling right now and the closest I can get is that the spectrum of colors visible to me suddenly got much larger.

The Case for Supporting Ukraine Is Crystal Clear

Note to Congress: Ukraine aid is not charity but serves critical U.S. interests - that is Ukraine is, and should be treated as a valued partner.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/16/ukraine-russia-war-us-congress-aid-weapons/

For most people a miscarriage is a cause of grief and distress. For the Republican right in the post-Roe era, it’s an occasion to further torment a suffering woman. https://journa.host/@w7voa/111511838216302499

“A commercial operator using a backpack #leafblower for an hour generates the same amount of smog-forming emissions as a car driving 1,000 miles”

California’s all-electric shift is ramping up. Here’s what will start vanishing from shelves. - San Francisco Chronicle https://apple.news/A8-93zOjmQeaddSG1oq_Tag

Biden’s EPA proposes water rule to finally ditch lead pipes within 10 years

The rule could generate up to $34.8 billion in health benefits each year.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/bidens-epa-proposes-water-rule-to-finally-ditch-lead-pipes-within-10-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

An important weekend read by Rochelle Garza.

"The brave citizens in Galveston recognized the injustice that was thrust upon them and spoke out because they knew the power of their voices."
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/in-a-community-fight-galveston-county-voters-combat-discriminatory-districts/

Investors now own more than 50% of Toronto’s new condos — and experts say they’re driving up housing prices for everyone

https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/investors-now-own-more-than-50-of-toronto-s-new-condos-and-experts-say-they/article_4b6d2ff0-c528-5670-937f-3d34d040ed85.html

> How a heady mix of privatization, ineffective rent control and cheap capital fuelled an investment boom that made Toronto housing unaffordable for regular families

A decent synopsis of the global climate crisis – "The climate crisis explained in 10 charts":

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/the-climate-crisis-explained-in-10-charts-co2-green-energy-cop28

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

How long does it take to get infected with #COVID19

STUDY calculated “an indoor air model for calculating the time needed for a susceptible person to inhale one infectious dose when being in the same room as the infectious person. This time can be as short as 6 min when a highly infectious individual enters the room or only 1 min if the infected person already has been in the room long enough to reach steady-state concentration of viruses in the air.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47829-8