Hat tip to Mike @ techdirt for pointing me to the free book that has actual information and not pseudoscience. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by danah boyd.
Oh, and as always, do read Mike’s whole great article.
Rep. Justin Humphrey of Oklahoma is Obviously a Racist
There is no way a non-racist could write something like this:
From HB 3133, introduced Tuesday by Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey:
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/01/19/oklahoma-bill-would-specially-target-hispanic-gang-members/
Any person who:
1. Is of Hispanic descent living within the state of Oklahoma;
Science is purposely constructed to be slow and contradictory
I stole the title from this very well reasoned and written article.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-key-to-fighting-pseudoscience-isnt-mockery-its-empathy/
MAGA Keeping Up With Killing Republicans
Since they’ve already gotten as many Republicans as possible to not accept life saving vaccines, now they are going to out all Republicans who don’t conform to their belief system.
The way they’re going they will absolutely have to end elections because the MAGA boosted Republican death rate will lead to permanent minority status for the Republican party via early deaths
Sadly Not Surprised
The tragic crime playing out in Lewiston Maine makes me sad but I’m not at all surprised. Maine, like nearly all the States in the USA has gun laws far more lax than required by the 2nd Amendment. So they have far more gun deaths than Massachusetts by nearly a factor of four! Maine ranks 17th of 50 while Massachusetts ranks #1 for gun safety.
Since Maine was originally part Massachusetts, and it’s population in the southern region is increasingly migrants from states in the top 5 for gun safety, I hope they will wake up and adopt some the successful gun safety laws that Massachusetts has had for decades.
Sadly, this is likely to be the common response from the gun nuts.
Impeach Judge Andy Oldham
(the only point on which they are consistent is that “it’s okay when Republicans do it, and not okay when Democrats do it”)
I Hope Mike’s Wrong About this
https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/09/08
Unfortunately the Saudi’s do have the financial ability to boost the gas prices to help Trump.
The Potentially Awful Consequences of Not Prosecuting Trump.
Floridian’s Please Note
If you think there is anything beneficial in slavery to the enslaved, you are a horrible person who should be enslaved for a few years so that you can experience the supposed benefits first hand.
The willingness to show blatant bigotry and racism by Florida Republicans is surprising only that they are now so delusional that they think some good people somewhere agree with them. Hint, believing there is anything good about slavery makes you a very bad person.
Culture of Fear
It saddens me that fools on the internet dispensing advice and politicians (mostly republican) have instilled so much irrational fear in the population that these stories exist.
Confused TikTok Mom Asks for Help When Random Child Comes Over To Play With Her Kid
54% of Protestant Churches Rely in Part on Armed Church Members for Security
Crime is lower now than during most of my over 60 years of life. I do not know anyone who was murdered, shot, stabbed, or even just beaten up in a random act of violence. (getting beat up from hanging out in rough bars is not a random act of violence, it’s an anticipated consequence)
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