Erik Przekop @IAmErik@social.cleverlibre.org

A good reminder of the bad he has done. #conman #charlatan #liar #thief #crook #Trump is a confidence man, charlatan and liar — so why is America so vulnerable? - Alternet.org https://www.alternet.org/amp/trump-lies-2666234011-2666234011

I've written up a longish piece with my observations about last night's voting results in Ohio (where I live) and in general. Just in case you wonder what I think on the matter unrestricted by character counts:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/08/lets-talk-about-last-night-in-ohio/

“The defendant stands alone in American history for his alleged crimes. No other president has engaged in conspiracy and obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power. The indictment squarely charges the defendant for this conduct, and the defendant’s constitutional and statutory challenges to it are meritless.”

Jack Smith mincing no words. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111365529385345791

Once again, the Universe reveals how bizarre it can be. A binary star system called AC Her appears to have a planetary disk that orbits in a polar orbit around both stars. The two stars are located almost three astronomical units, while the planetary disk is inclined almost perpendicular to the stars. Although planets have been found on polar orbits before, and circumbinary planets have been found, this is the first time we've seen this combination.

http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19600

Fascinating both for what it says about dev & what it says about statistics:

A gamedev realized Linux users were just 5.8% of their sales, but represented 38% of bug reports.

Then they looked at those numbers closer, and realized. Linux users were not experiencing more bugs. Almost none of the Linux-user bugs were Linux-related. Linux users were simply *more likely to file bugs*.

Their conclusion: A linux port pays for itself bc it nerdsnipes ppl into giving u free QA

https://techhub.social/@ozone89/111337250473454154

‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That
https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-because-it-seems-like-yo-1850922505

#Journalism #Ethics #Satire

#physics

Original source: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/91/10/819/2911822/All-objects-and-some-questions

Some people would say I am quite mad for creating a gravy sandwich, but my dog, for one, thinks I'm a genius.

@OkieSpaceQueen @TidalFlats #ChunderRoad #Astronomy
#Astrodon
This something that bears repeating, because not too many folks know this, especially getting into the hobby-

A good pair of binoculars costs about as much as a crappy beginner telescope.

Unlike a crappy beginner telescope, you can always use a good pair of binoculars (for astronomy, birding , whatever) no matter how much you get into astronomy, or how big a telescope you end up using. A good pair of binoculars allows you a wide field of view that you can't get with a big telescope.

A crappy beginner's telescope will always remain…a crappy beginner's telescope, and will turn you off from the hobby, and will do the same to the person you give it to- “I've just got it lying around”.

Yeah. It's lying around for a good reason. It sucks.

maybe with the silly season coming up I'll post some advice on good beginner's telescopes.

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever ordered her killed is still at large. And turns 71 today.

I try not to complain about my job because let's be honest, I'm wildly lucky to have it. Tons of jobs suck in tons of different ways and I chose this one because the great aspects outweigh the sucky ones, for me.

But what gets me is, what if you *didn't* have to be wildly lucky to make a living in journalism? What if you just had to be good at it, care, work hard, and write stories people found worthwhile?

Sounds like a fairy tale, but that's how it was before local newspapers collapsed.

Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, interviewed on national television about the auto workers strike wearing an EAT THE RICH t-shirt.
#ChunderRoad #uaw_strikers #Eattherich

Man sentenced for treason for trying to assassinate the Queen had been encouraged to do so by his AI girlfriend

((STOP THE TIMELINE I WANT TO GET OFF))

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67012224

For anyone unaware, Google Chrome is currently rolling out an update that track your interests based on browsing history, then share them with 3rd party websites. The notification page makes it sound like they added a new privacy feature, but in actuality they've automatically enrolled you into their tracking system and you have to go and manually opt out.