hesgen @hesgen@social.cleverlibre.org

The absolute gall of this question. A required question, mind you.

I will likely not be getting called in for an interview, but it was totally worth it.

#jobsearch #jobhunt #capitalism

Axel Springer, owner of Business Insider, is a contemptible company that is kowtowing to an arrogant billionaire. Why? Because BI did some real journalism about his wife, and the poor baby is upset: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17047640691395af96769745c/raw?utm_term=17047640691395af96769745c&utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+-+Jan.+08%2C+2024&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=8wflmbduaF4A7rTCXVmTGxYPjz0XbEJHsEuX0RKMD1U%3D&bt_ts=1704764069141

A NSW magistrate says climate protesters who stopped coal ships during a blockade of the Port of Newcastle in 2023 acted out of "genuine" concern for the environment.

“those who pleaded guilty this morning left court without a conviction or fine, as Magistrate Olischlager said they had shown good character.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-11/climate-protesters-port-newcastle-rising-tide-escape-conviction/103308308

The world's oldest tree is a Great Basin bristlecone pine, growing in the Inyo National Forest in California. It is 4854 years old.
This tree germinated while the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was flourishing and predates most of written human history. It's older than the Olmec civilisation, older than the first Chinese writing, older than Stonehenge.

The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
Credits: J. Rhoads, STScI, WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
#nature #space #astrophotography

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https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/

A Russian priest who was removed from his position after speaking out against the war has now been summoned to the Moscow Diocesan Court. He’s accused of “ecclesiastical misconduct” for refusing to recite a prayer for the victory of “Holy Rus.”
https://t.co/I1UIwcGB5U

Chris Christie proved one thing: Republicans are irredeemable. There are no reasonable Republicans. They are all cultists and authoritarians.

TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/ibis-find-way-to-eat-toxic-cane-toads/101683596
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/192uqla/til_that_the_australian_ibis_aka_bin_chickens/

Steven Camley on #PostOfficeScandal – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Private Eye have just made their Post Office Horizons report available online - for free.

https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/justice-lost-in-the-post

So #RishiSunak is rushing through emergency legislation to quash the remaining convictions in the #HorizonIT scandal....

Its pretty clear that this has been prompted not by the years of campaigning, not by the #publicinquiry (although that has helped), but by a TV drama.

What this tells you is this isn't about 'recognising' the massive suffering among those wrongly convicted & fraudulently robbed of money by the #postoffice

No, like so much UK #politics, its all about the 'optics'!

Liveblog: ++ Baerbock sieht keine Absicht zum Völkermord ++

Außenministerin Baerbock sieht in Israels Vorgehen im Gazastreifen keine Absicht zum Völkermord. US-Außenminister Blinken will Palästinenserpräsident Abbas auf dem Weg zu einem palästinensischen Staat unterstützen. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-israel-mittwoch-126.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Israel #Nahost #Liveblog

England has over 83% of the seats in Westminster. They have a huge population and voice in comparison with N Ireland, Scotland and Wales. So why do Labour supporters call for the people of Scotland to ride to the rescue of folk in England from the Tories? Surely the English are grown up and can vote for whoever they like. Why don't the English seek independence from other countries in the union? After all the Brexit slogan was about taking your country back.

I'm rather taken with this elegant visualization of @ClimateChange from the BBC. Particularly as it clearly shows how anomalous 2023 was.

It's a Ridgeline plot (also sometimes called a joyplot, after the iconic album cover from the band #JoyDivision).

I just wish they'd used a pre-industrial average as the baseline. 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than pre-industrial times according to the Copernicus data.

Geheimplan gegen Deutschland. https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/neue-rechte/2024/01/10/geheimplan-remigration-vertreibung-afd-rechtsextreme-november-treffen/

Und nun?

Today's Judiciary subcommittee hearing where I'm testifying is supposed to be about AI and journalism. Public Knowledge fears it'll be about JCPA and they're ready with receipts: https://publicknowledge.org/the-top-reasons-the-jcpa-wont-save-local-news-including-from-ai/