Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

The New Bay Bridge II

The new Span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge opened not log after Labor Day in 2013.
If you look closely behind the span is the remains of the old span. The bridge is beautifully lit with programable LED lights and in the far background is the port of Oakland. See the full image here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/new-bay-bridge-ii-bill-gallagher.html #TheNewBayBridgeII #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #SanFranciscoOaklandBayBridge #Oakland #Bridge #SanFranciscoBay #Architecture

… the only ethical misconduct for which justices can be held accountable currently is wrongful nondisclosure of financial information. John Roberts has suggested that this safeguard is sufficient. Even if it were adequate in principle, if the Judicial Conference is not enforcing the financial disclosure requirements, Roberts’ suggestion loses all force. 2/2 #lawFedi

@heidilifeldman

I notice that John Roberts leads the investigating committee — the same John Roberts whose wife raked in more than $10 million from law firms with cases before the Supreme Court.

Of course, the Roberts court doesn't care about conflicts of interest because they ooze integrity.

https://www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts-chief-justice-wife-10-million-commissions-2023-4

#SCOTUS #JohnRoberts #ClarenceThomas #bribes #conflictOfInterest #justiceForSale #impunity

Without A New Draft, Russian Offensive Operations Are Over, US Intel Chiefs Say

Russian efforts to seize more Ukrainian territory are likely doomed unless the Kremlin manages to launch another draft, U.S. intelligence chiefs told lawmakers on Thursday, adding that Russia’s ground forces will in any case need years to rebuild.

“If Russia does not initiate a mandatory mobilization and secure substantial third-party ammunition supplies beyond existing deliveries, from Iran and others, it will be increasingly challenging for them to sustain even modest offensive operations,” Avril Haines, who heads the Office of the Director of National Intelligence or ODNI, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Gen. Scott Berrier, who heads the Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, confirmed the analysis. “The reorganization that the Russian military took in the early 2000s meant that they were better, faster, smaller…from what they were in the Soviet era. That army largely is gone and they're relying on reserves and reserve equipment, older Soviet-era kinds of kit. It's gonna take them a while to build back to more advanced kit. The estimates go from five to 10 years based on how sanctions affect them.”

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/05/without-new-draft-russian-offensive-operations-are-over-us-intel-chiefs-say/386003/

I once knew an artist who painted portraits that were widely acclaimed but in midlife he suddenly switched to making glass boxes with rocks in them, just ordinary rocks that to him looked meaningful in a particular arrangement. Nobody else ever liked the rocks, even his wife didn't like them, and after a few years he went back to portraits without having gotten anyone to see what he saw. Now, whenever I try to do something really different in my writing, I think, "Is this my rocks?"

@psychictides Yeeep. REI would have seen larger total profits maintaining that store with a union than shutting it down. Capitalism doesn't maximize profits.

Tennessee hopes you are having (or already had) a good #Caturday. #CatsOfMastodon

Last night's full moon as it rose over Bembridge Lifeboat Station.

It was lovely and calm down on the beach as we watched the #moon emerge from the low cloud. This photo taken by my husband does it far more justice than my wobbly video that I posted last night!

#Moonrise #Bembridge #IsleofWight #Photography

Saw this a couple of days ago and stopped to snap a pic. You don't see old lead sleds like this too much anymore.

Bakhmut, for the second night in a row, the enemy is covering the city with phosphorous bombs
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey

I can smell #Trump's shitty diaper from Washington, DC! It must be hard to sleep in a poop-filled diaper. Get some sleep, gramps.

#TrumpIsDone #TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpWillDieInPrison

Trio of Texas Churches Donated to Political Candidate Despite Clear IRS Prohibition
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The law prohibits churches from endorsing political candidates, but in a City Council race already beset by claims of church electioneering, one candidate in #Abilene said three #churches made an honest mistake by donating to his campaign and that he is returning the money.

New from @JeremySchwartz & Jessica Priest

#Church #Texas #IRS #Elections #Campaign #Nonprofit #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-churches-campaign-donations-abilene-beard-johnson-amendment?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Nurses assumed a new Black mother who is a physician was a drug addict when she sought treatment for her pain, and discharged another who is a NICU nurse when she had a life threatening infection. They treated husbands as brothers or threats & mothers as abusers. These are the stories behind high maternal mortality for Black women. #racism #MaternalMortality #Pregnancy #Healthcare
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/upshot/black-births-maternal-mortality.html

My cat has screwed up my computer again. Sounds like teletype machine. How does she do this?

So it turns out that Republican outrage about George Soros was just projection about Harlan Crowe all along.

There's a new movie out about the Republican party!

‘Sisu’: The Wildly Violent Nazi-Killer Film Everyone’s Talking About https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/sisu-review-the-wildly-violent-nazi-killer-film-everyone-should-see

I'm not back, I'm just hot

Around 66% of student loan forgiveness applications came from zip codes with an average income below $40,000. More than 98% came from neighborhoods where the average income is under $75,000.

Make no mistake, Republicans blocking student debt relief are hurting working people.