@williambrielle.bsky.social
Trust is the easiest thing in the world to loose and the hardest thing in the world to get back
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"We took a very hard look at the Democratic-appointed justices, and we simply haven’t found anything close to similar to what we found when it came to Justice Thomas and Justice Alito," says ProPublica's @justinelliott.bsky.social. www.democracynow.org/2024/6/13/pr...
ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, caught on a secret recording, recently attacked ProPublica for its reporting on Supreme Court ethics. The nonprofit investigative news outlet has spearheaded covera...
www.democracynow.org
June 14, 2024 at 10:47 AM
"We took a very hard look at the Democratic-appointed justices, and we simply haven’t found anything close to similar to what we found when it came to Justice Thomas and Justice Alito," says ProPublica's @justinelliott.bsky.social. www.democracynow.org/2024/6/13/pr...
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Re a conversation I don't want to clutter up--I don't think talent is a myth, exactly--some things come easier to some people, we're all dealt different cards--but I do think it's extremely overrated. There's more than one way to successfully Art and if you're willing to put the work in (it may be
June 14, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Re a conversation I don't want to clutter up--I don't think talent is a myth, exactly--some things come easier to some people, we're all dealt different cards--but I do think it's extremely overrated. There's more than one way to successfully Art and if you're willing to put the work in (it may be
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someone should find the guy who made this incredible vehicle happen and pay him like $55 billion for making such good decisions
June 14, 2024 at 12:28 AM
someone should find the guy who made this incredible vehicle happen and pay him like $55 billion for making such good decisions
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the Chinese abacus, once you're trained on it, is extremely fast for addition, subtraction, and multiplication, but slow on division and roots.
In the 1970s, you see transitional portable electronic calculators with an abacus for shopkeepers so they can keep abacusing.
In the 1970s, you see transitional portable electronic calculators with an abacus for shopkeepers so they can keep abacusing.
June 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM
the Chinese abacus, once you're trained on it, is extremely fast for addition, subtraction, and multiplication, but slow on division and roots.
In the 1970s, you see transitional portable electronic calculators with an abacus for shopkeepers so they can keep abacusing.
In the 1970s, you see transitional portable electronic calculators with an abacus for shopkeepers so they can keep abacusing.
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"Today, an eight-member jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found Chiquita Brands International liable for funding a violent Colombian paramilitary organization...that was responsible for major human rights atrocities during the 1990s and 2000s."
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
Chiquita Found Liable for Colombia Paramilitary Killings
Washington, D.C., June 10, 2024 – Today, an eight-member jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found Chiquita Brands International liable for funding a violent Colombian paramilitary organization, the Uni...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
June 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
"Today, an eight-member jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found Chiquita Brands International liable for funding a violent Colombian paramilitary organization...that was responsible for major human rights atrocities during the 1990s and 2000s."
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombi...
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Joe Biden’s empathy for his fuckup son is one of the single most humanizing things about him and this is incredibly confusing to people who became fascists because their blue-haired enby grandchild told them no one says “Oriental” anymore
June 11, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Joe Biden’s empathy for his fuckup son is one of the single most humanizing things about him and this is incredibly confusing to people who became fascists because their blue-haired enby grandchild told them no one says “Oriental” anymore
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Looks like an interesting docu-series, but one that, incredibly, leaves the main reason the music industry collapsed so fast & so completely– slobbering greed by the labels.
CDs cost pennies to manufacture, yet were priced TWICE that of vinyl. That cost never came down, until it all crashed down.
CDs cost pennies to manufacture, yet were priced TWICE that of vinyl. That cost never came down, until it all crashed down.
From stealing to Spotify: the story behind how music got free
A two-part docuseries looks back at the history of piracy and how the music industry found itself in such a precarious place
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Looks like an interesting docu-series, but one that, incredibly, leaves the main reason the music industry collapsed so fast & so completely– slobbering greed by the labels.
CDs cost pennies to manufacture, yet were priced TWICE that of vinyl. That cost never came down, until it all crashed down.
CDs cost pennies to manufacture, yet were priced TWICE that of vinyl. That cost never came down, until it all crashed down.
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A new law in Florida will place unprecedented new curbs on the power of homeowners’ associations — and other states may follow
“These associations tend to be full of Karens who don’t just want to speak to the manager, they want to be the manager”
“These associations tend to be full of Karens who don’t just want to speak to the manager, they want to be the manager”
Curbing the Karens: Florida reins in over-mighty homeowners’ groups
The state’s homeowners’ associations (HOAs) are notorious for petty bureaucracy – including threats of eviction for the wrong kind of dog or decorative garage door hinges
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2024 at 2:24 PM
A new law in Florida will place unprecedented new curbs on the power of homeowners’ associations — and other states may follow
“These associations tend to be full of Karens who don’t just want to speak to the manager, they want to be the manager”
“These associations tend to be full of Karens who don’t just want to speak to the manager, they want to be the manager”
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Got an extensive backlog of sketches design, paints, etc. So I hope you enjoy them each morning for a bit! This one's for Bod! A very hippy derg!
June 11, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Got an extensive backlog of sketches design, paints, etc. So I hope you enjoy them each morning for a bit! This one's for Bod! A very hippy derg!
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one of my deep seated beliefs is that elephants are one of the other high level intelligences on this planet and that if there is a judgment day humanity will be held to account for our crimes against them www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
Elephants call each other by name, study finds
Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithm to analyse calls by two herds of African savanna elephants in Kenya
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2024 at 12:11 AM
one of my deep seated beliefs is that elephants are one of the other high level intelligences on this planet and that if there is a judgment day humanity will be held to account for our crimes against them www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
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Breaking News: The banana company Chiquita is liable for eight killings carried out by a paramilitary group that it helped finance during Colombia’s civil war, a jury in South Florida ruled.
Chiquita Held Liable for Deaths During Colombian Civil War
A South Florida jury found the company liable for killings committed by a paramilitary group that was on the banana producer’s payroll.
nyti.ms
June 11, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Breaking News: The banana company Chiquita is liable for eight killings carried out by a paramilitary group that it helped finance during Colombia’s civil war, a jury in South Florida ruled.
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A quarter million people are going to spend time behind bars this year for holding a personal amount of weed. Could you please just stfu.
June 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
A quarter million people are going to spend time behind bars this year for holding a personal amount of weed. Could you please just stfu.
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"Tell me you’d never join a cult and I’ll tell you you’ve been lucky. That the savviest representative of the most appealing group didn’t reach you on the worst day of your life. In your thirst on your lonesome road, no one offered you water from a poisoned well." buttondown.email/theswordandt...
On Cults, Part 2: Follow the Leader
Jim Jones preaching at the Peoples Temple What’s the loneliest you’ve ever felt? The most scared? The most despairing? Was it a period of depression, or...
buttondown.email
June 11, 2024 at 5:08 PM
"Tell me you’d never join a cult and I’ll tell you you’ve been lucky. That the savviest representative of the most appealing group didn’t reach you on the worst day of your life. In your thirst on your lonesome road, no one offered you water from a poisoned well." buttondown.email/theswordandt...
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If you put a doorbell in your commercial, just know that I will go out of my way not to purchase your product or service.
June 11, 2024 at 6:29 PM
If you put a doorbell in your commercial, just know that I will go out of my way not to purchase your product or service.