Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

There is no reason to own an assault rifle unless you want to kill la lot of people.

And no reason to sell ARs unless you put your profits over human life.

And no reason to allow the sale of ARs unless you want your constituents to die. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/mass-shootings-ar15-assault-rifles-nashville-uvalde/

NEW VIDEO: When tech boosters claim that "A.I. will take over the world", they're trying to distract us from the real danger: that their dumbass companies are hyping tech that simply cannot do what they claim, then using it to screw us all over right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro130m-f_yk

NEW: Kushner's firm just published new filings showing the firm has over $3 billion in assets under management

My latest post follows recent reporting from the NYT that a United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund invested over $200 million in Kushner's firm and a Qatari entity did the same.

#Kushner #JaredKushner #AFinManagement #AffinityPartners #SaudiArabia #UAE #Qatar

https://newstracs.com/jared-kushners-advisory-firm-has-just-reported-that-they-have-over-3-billion-in-assets-under-management/2023/04/01/

Alright finally got this on my mobile phone! Go mastodon!

Important reminder that one-way masking is not full proof. Went to a conference this week. I wore a well-fitting N95 at all times in indoor spaces that weren’t my hotel room. Only ate outdoors or alone in my hotel room.

The only way I could have been more careful was to not go.

If there is anyone at the National Weather Service #NWS monitoring here, consider it an open invitation for any of your offices to take over any of the "bot" accounts I have created as official accounts. You can use them as-is or transfer all followers here to your future official Fediverse account. #WX

Happy Caturday!

Greg Sargent & Paul Waldman: The unhinged #GOP defense of #tRump is the real ‘test’ for our democracy

"Even worse, some elite right-wing media figures are hinting at violence. “People better be careful, and that’s all I’ll say about that,” snarled Fox News host Jesse Watters. His colleague Tucker Carlson warned that this is 'probably not the best time to give up your AR-15s.'

The position implied here is that the price of social peace is absolute impunity for Trump. The insistence that Trump must be kept above the law — no matter his wrongdoing — courses through all these GOP responses. Media accounts should centralize this fact. This appalling civic conduct is itself a major story."

#ruleoflaw #tuckercarlson #foxnews #jessewatters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/31/trump-indictment-gop-response-alvin-bragg

Such an amazing photo of a juvenile eagle's face and beak.
Photo by Fred O'Hearn
#Alaska #BirdsOfAlaska #AlaskaEagles

Es ist wieder Space-Night-Science-Wochenende! Thema diesmal: Was wissen wir über die Entstehung von (fremdem?) Leben? Mein Gast ist Petra Schwille vom MPI für Biochemie, die dieser Frage experimentell nachgeht. Sonntag 19 Uhr in @ARDalpha und in der Mediathek 🌌👽

Canadian Spring 🇨🇦 🌸

What the fucking fuck? The QAnon Shaman is being released waaaaay ahead of his 41-month sentence for trying to overthrow the damned government. This is white-man justice.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167319814/qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-capitol-riot-early-release-reentry

My lovely wife is passive aggressively tidying up the house while I scroll on Mastodon.
Nothing needs to be said.
She knows that I know.

[sitting alone at a party staring at my phone]
Am I vibing, is this what people call vibing

@academicchatter
Update. A new bill in #Texas would abolish #tenure for newly hired professors.
https://www.kut.org/politics/2023-03-30/public-universities-could-no-longer-offer-tenure-for-professors-under-texas-senate-bill

One way to read the rationale is that faculty exercising #AcademicFreedom are really just "hiding behind" their academic freedom.

Just stumbled on a "CD vs Vinyl" "Digital vs Analog" discussion on here.
Hahaha...not today, Satan.

@academicchatter
Update. #Florida chill: "@insidehighered asked 40 public college presidents in Florida to weigh in on state higher education reforms. None were willing to speak, even when offered anonymity."

I see the darkness and it horrifies me; I abhor it. Thankfully, I also see people fighting against the dark.
I will try to do likewise.

#Mindfulness

I am out of words. The bill is already through the legislature in #Idaho.

"Currently, rapists can't sue, but a Senate amendment to the so-called "trafficking" bill would delete that part of the code and allow rapists to bring a civil case.... House lawmakers agreed to that change Thursday afternoon."

#Prochoice #bodyautonomy #abortion

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1167195255/idaho-trafficking-abortion-minors-interstate-travel-criminalize

sloth broth