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Economist for non-profits, NGOs, governments, some private cos. Projects—public #policy, #evaluation, #innovation, #tech, job creation, #privacy, #health, #equity, #climate, #sustainability

Ex: The Economist, Bloomberg

Love #data & democracy, hate disinformation

I boost #jobs!

Free time: family, #cooking, #baking, #running, #biking, #camping, #rowing, #photography, #nature, #books, #writing, #haiku, bad #jokes, #pets—often many (≠all!) @ 1x!

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mitch , to Random stuff
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really sick today, not having a good one. hope you're all well.

RunRichRun ,
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@mitch
Feel better. Watching the Phillies has to help!!

rameshgupta , to Random stuff
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is too stupid to realize that NOT voting for is a vote FOR , and that her boycott of could be her last — She might not get another opportunity to vote EVER.

Via @SteveThompson

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cardi-b-wont-vote-joe-biden-or-donald-trump_uk_66477644e4b0cba40889b45b?utm_source=press.coop

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@GottaLaff @Eetschrijver @rameshgupta @SteveThompson
Very good cartoon. Idealism versus pragmatic reality. This 👇= best brief essay/OpEd I've seen stating the same thing, perhaps with a bit more substance to back up the message:

"Abandoning Biden could repeat the 1968 mistakes that helped elect Nixon" (me: only this would be much worse*) https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2239229/-Abandoning-Biden-could-repeat-the-1968-mistakes-that-helped-elect-Nixon

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🇨🇦🤝 🇺🇸 Canada and U.S. make first co-investment in critical minerals producers

Nat. Res. Min. says the collaboration with the U.S. will help secure supplies of critical minerals that are needed for the green and digital economy.

U.S. D o D says its investments align with its national defense industrial strategy & show a shared commitment to strengthening North American material supply chains.

@GottaLaff

https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/canada-and-u-s-make-first-co-investment-in-critical-minerals-producers

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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow
Good luck with it all!

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"So this bill will protect the Ku Klux Klan to wear masks in public, but someone who's immunocompromised like myself cannot wear a mask?"
— North Carolina Senator Sydney Batch, who is a cancer survivor

Unbelievable.

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    @luckytran
    I've avoided the term, but sure sounds like a "death cult" to me.

    micefearboggis , to Random stuff
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    Quis custodiet

    In which I moan about a Guardian article. Yes, that one.

    https://diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/quis-custodiet/

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    @micefearboggis
    Not sure those attributes that you identify would be considered flaws by the Guardian. Seems like they got what they wanted out of it, especially the human interest/emotional content in the second portion — eyeballs and conversation about the article. There's a lot of competition for eyeballs in our 24/7 news milieu. Difficult to keep a "slow burn" (sorry!) story like climate change on the public's limited attention span radar.

    Green_Footballs , to Random stuff
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    What an insufferable jackass.

    Jack Dorsey praises Twitter as ‘freedom technology’ as he leaves Bluesky board

    https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4646630-jack-dorsey-praises-twitter-as-freedom-technology-as-he-leaves-bluesky-board/?utm_source=press.coop

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    @Green_Footballs
    Wealthy and insufferable — among the worst kind. Too many people confuse his money for brains/wisdom or just hold their noses and suck up to him because of the money. That's a real shame.

    wdlindsy , to Random stuff
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    "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cited one of the most prominent historical antisemitic narratives as her reason for not approving legislation aimed at combating antisemitism on Wednesday. Greene posted on the site formerly known as Twitter to explain her thinking."

    ~ Hunter Walker


    /1

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mtg-cites-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-jews-handed-over-jesus-to-be-killed

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    @MylesRyden @wdlindsy
    There is a lot of clear, objective writing out there on hypocrisy behind so much of the GOP's narrative (that the entire national leadership/ Party had fallen in place and is marching lockstep behind the false savior / presumed Presidential contender should be sufficient evidence, but...)

    Georgetown visiting prof./historian, Thomas Zimmer
    https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/
    @tzimmer_history
    and Yale historian Timothy D. Snyder are two good sources
    https://snyder.substack.com/
    @histodons

    RunRichRun , to Random stuff
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    Techno-optimism.
    Techno-fantabulism.
    Techno-fantasy — you get the drift.
    "To us, insisting that there’s a technological fix for every problem in the world seems not just optimistic, but also rather convenient if you happen to be among the richest people on Earth and in a position to profit from the technology industry."
    https://theconversation.com/what-is-techno-optimism-2-technology-scholars-explain-the-ideology-that-says-technology-is-the-answer-to-every-problem-222668 v @TheConversationUS

    dangillmor , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    Journalists: Here's a news org covering the simple reality of the Trump/Republican assault on American democracy. The lede, in the Nevada Current, says:

    "Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee on Friday announced a “100,000 person strong” program designed to harass election officials and their employees and discredit democracy in Nevada and a dozen other states."

    Try some unabashed truth-telling, journalists. It's liberating.

    https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/04/21/trump-rnc-promise-aggressive-election-interference-in-battleground-states/

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    @dangillmor
    The editor behind the story headline got it right, also:

    "Trump, RNC promise ‘aggressive’ election interference in battleground states"
    https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/04/21/trump-rnc-promise-aggressive-election-interference-in-battleground-states/

    RunRichRun , to histodons group
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    249 years ago today, this happened. It's been a journey —
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord @histodons

    RunRichRun , to Random stuff
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    Interesting discussion of monopoly practices in the sport card (e.g., baseball cards) business—
    "After deciding to move into the sports trading card market, Fanatics used exclusive trademark licenses to secure the sole rights to produce MLB, NFL and NBA cards...

    While some people may see baseball cards as mere child’s play, the U.S. sports card industry is estimated to be a US$12 billion market. Since...COVID-19... there’s been a surge in interest."
    https://theconversation.com/the-amazon-of-sports-has-already-cornered-baseballs-apparel-market-and-is-now-on-the-verge-of-subsuming-baseball-cards-too-226376 v @TheConversationUS

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Lol

    Via Orden:

    The pool photographers are now taking photos of seated at the defense table. He is glowering at them.

    RunRichRun ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Consider the grift: will bet that he tries to sell NFTs of the photos or something. (BTW, those photos are copyrighted by the photographers or news agencies, of course... but I wouldn't expect that to stop the trump team from trying to cash in on them).
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/12/trump-sells-mugshot-suit-mar-a-lago-dinner-in-latest-nft-promotion.html

    Gargron , to NYC
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    First scans are back. Not the strongest photo, but it's a start. Central Park, NYC.

    📷 Canon AE-1 Program
    🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
    🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8

    RunRichRun ,
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    pluralistic , to Random stuff
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    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    FYI, the lottery is a regressive tax disproportionately paid by the people who can least afford it, and little of the proceeds actually go to community funding.

    We should fund community services by taxing the rich, not by conning working people into thinking they'll become rich.

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    @rbreich
    Lotteries are pejoratively called a "tax on the stupid" by some who've been involved in their design. Tells you all you need to know. 😕

    That out of the way, how about an annual (1 time/year only) national (run by US government) lottery — so a big pot) where proceeds go to an education/vocational training pool — and every child in US gets a share at birth. $ grows & is used btwn ages 18-25. Sort of reverse Social Security. Details TBD, but the numbers work. Adults can buy 1 tkt/yr @ $5.

    RunRichRun , to Photography
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    stevesilberman , to Random stuff
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    Are you a liar? A blathering ignoramus? An opportunistic bullshit artist who craves to make America Putin's lapdog? Staggeringly deluded, stumbling through the world with a head stuffed with racism, cynical propaganda, and nonsense? Lara Trump wants to hire YOU for the new Trumpified Republican National Committee. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/rnc-election-fraud-job-interview-question/index.html

    RunRichRun ,
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    @mastodonmigration @stevesilberman
    It's 1984 and the Ministry of — loyalty to the Great Dotard (have to hand it to North Korea — glad their only English dictionary was from another century!)

    RunRichRun , to Random stuff
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    Welcome to — where apparently there's not even a need to DIY you own sovereign citizen license plate on a piece of cardboard with a crayon 🤪 Nope, no license plate required at all. 😜

    RunRichRun OP ,
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    @mitch
    No! I looked for that — they're sometimes difficult to see. This car had nada.

    mattblaze , to Photography
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    Vacant Store, BZ Corner, WA, 2011.

    Extra pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/6110374799

    RunRichRun ,
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    @mattblaze
    I thought the sign looked "ambitiously-sized" as you describe it because of perspective and the angle at which you shot the photo.

    dangillmor , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    Well, this is a transcendent level of evil: Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its competitor's users.

    https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

    It's a reminder that VPNs have their own risks, beyond technical ones if operated incompetently -- namely, that you have to trust the VPN company itself.

    UPDATED to reflect which users were being spied on.

    RunRichRun ,
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    @dangillmor
    About time that one of these "you are the product" data selling tech cos. adopts the mission statement: "Be evil," rather than advertising just the opposite.

    No panacea but I wld like to see a C-suite level Office of in all of these companies (and in many more, as well) — to function independently, much like USG's Inspector General offices. It could help if developed wisely (lots of details to work out.)

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    “At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional by children…

    The children who pulled the trigger were most often teenagers ages 14-17 or children ages 5 & under, according to Everytown’s data. Roughly half of the incidents involved children who shot themselves. In the other half, someone else was injured or killed — usually another child.”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unintentional-shootings-children-everytown-gun-safety-rcna143411

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    RunRichRun , to histodons group
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    "'Both my great grandfathers had cancer, my two grandmothers had cancer, my father had three different cancers, my sister has cancer,' Tina Cordova says mournfully as she flicks through an old family photo album in her living room."

    "Downwinders" — untold story with no winners.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68515779 via @BBCWorld

    Downwinders still fighting for compensation https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1198910685 (listen/read)
    https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/senate-passes-reca
    @histodons

    AbandonedAmerica , to Random stuff
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    Lost in the depths of an abandoned power plant

    See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gould-street-power-station

    RunRichRun ,
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    @AbandonedAmerica
    You should see exterior compositions by @mattblaze and vice versa, if both of you haven't already. Several intertwined stories there — technical composition as well as content. I enjoy both.

    RunRichRun , to Random stuff
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    "This year, is on the ballot. Over 60 countries... home to nearly 4 billion people — half the globe’s population — will hold national elections, meaning more people will vote in 2024 than ever before in history.
    ...
    Proton VPN will make servers available for free two weeks before elections in several countries with histories of and . These servers will... be free for a week after the elections as well."
    https://protonvpn.com/blog/free-servers-before-elections/ v @protonmail

    RunRichRun OP ,
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    @protonmail
    Sure! 👍

    georgetakei , to Random stuff
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    Put this on C-SPAN!

    RunRichRun ,
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    @georgetakei
    Right! It does seem like childcare for the most privileged elite (who deny being part of the privileged elite!)

    RunRichRun , to Random stuff
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    Existential angst as reality —

    "... two tortured peoples: ...Israelis and Palestinians... neither side is capable of viewing the other’s tragedy with a shred of understanding — not to mention compassion.

    One more shameful phenomenon... Israel is the one country in the world whose elimination is most openly called for.

    The coming months will determine the fate of two peoples. ...[is] the conflict... ripe for a reasonable, moral, human resolution[?]" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-hostages.html

    RunRichRun OP ,
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    Unlikely to me that sees another Nobel Prize in Lit. — most subjective of subjective prizes — anytime soon. Why not? is more prevalent than many believe — in places of power & more populist threads (tho' not always). I didn't always believe that; came to the sad conclusion over time — well before the most recent upswelling of in the US & 🌍.

    Many worthy to consider for that Nobel, David Grossman among them. interview (2007) https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5794/the-art-of-fiction-no-194-david-grossman

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    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    A former professor makes one of the largest charitable donations to a US educational institution and most likely the largest to a medical school. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/nyregion/albert-einstein-college-medicine-bronx-donation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU0.TAZN.P5k-IL9bq70p&smid=url-share

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    w7voa , to Random stuff
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    The private Nova-C lunar lander, named Odysseus, is at time of touchdown. Successful moon landing yet unconfirmed.

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    petergleick , to Random stuff
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    How long is it going to take for an enterprising sleuth to find out where Trump's sneakers are manufactured.
    The foreign registered company that sells them is CIC Ventures LLC, a Trump-affiliated group in Florida.

    RunRichRun ,
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    @petergleick
    I thought it was a joke — of course it's all a joke when he is involved. Just a very expensive, bad — unfortunate — joke. Sneaker Con is right!

    Love the different takes on the story, below —
    My emotional reaction: chuckle and roll my eyes at the grift, the grifter and the grifted (griftees?) The sneakers stink just like his presidency — and his candidacy.

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    Exquisite. No notes.

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    @stevenf
    👆Attn: @pluralistic @craignewmark
    😂😬
    h/t @mpesce

    ScienceDesk , to Random stuff
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    Autism is highly heritable. An estimated 40% to 80% of cases are tied to genes passed down through families. Live Science expands on a new study that suggests a “butterfly effect” may explain how autism-related genes in DNA get switched on. https://flip.it/iIy8_A

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    @ScienceDesk
    👆Attn: @stevesilberman
    FYI. Hope is well with you!

    pzmyers , to Random stuff
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    Appropriate to my last post:

    RunRichRun ,
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    @pzmyers
    “There’s a lot of worry that the heat has been turned up and the people who are doing the evaluations don’t necessarily have academic research or journalistic integrity in mind.”
    — Jonathan Bailey, "Plagiarism Today"
    Yup.
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/next-battle-hig

    RunRichRun , to bookstadon group
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    When your power's out, when you need a place to charge your phone, when you want to get inside and out of the cold... when you want to find something to read... Thank goodness for libraries!

    Oh, and by the way!... Free eCards for teens and young adults across the US: https://mastodon.social/@RunRichRun/111696261485452067
    @bookstadon

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  • RunRichRun , to bookstadon group
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    Missed this (from July 2023) —

    Toast: "Never have libraries in the United States been more threatened than they are right now. There are politicians across the country banning thousands of books and making it illegal for minors to access library materials."

    Chaser: "But there’s another threat to libraries looming that I haven’t seen anyone else talking about: capitalist enshittification[*]."
    https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries

    mattblaze , to Photography
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    AT&T Oak Hill Microwave Relay Tower, San Jose, CA, 2021.

    Five nines of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51261791084

    RunRichRun ,
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    @martinvermeer @mattblaze
    I will was a dorm floormate of Dave Penzias at Penn when his Dad was part of that Nobel Prize. There's a funny story about what happened when Dr. Penzias called (very early) to let him know that he'd won — remember, before cell phones, texting and even most answering machines. Even funnier story about how Dave wld explain what the prize was for. From our perspective, however (college students), the best part was that Dave got the old family car — made shopping easier 😊

    Green_Footballs , to Random stuff
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    When did it become common practice for journalists to tell us what a person “thinks” or “believes?”

    You do not fucking know what they think or believe. All you know is what they say or do. Stop legitimizing horrible people by implying they’re honest.

    RunRichRun ,
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    @Green_Footballs
    Amen. That would be great New Years resolution for journalists.

    mckra1g , to Random stuff
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    One of my quiet guerrilla tactics against book banners is to buy banned books at the thrift store and place them in Little Free Libraries:

    https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-bans/

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    @mckra1g In the same vein, I try to get info out about free eCards for youth:
    https://mastodon.social/@RunRichRun/111696255442772818
    @bookstadon

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    Snoopy lives!

    RunRichRun ,
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    @georgetakei
    Thanks for sharing! 😂
    Have a great day!!

    brianklaas , to Random stuff
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    I wrote about the Gävle Goat—a lovely Swedish tradition where a town builds an enormous yule goat made out of straw—and it gets burned down or destroyed almost every year, despite their best efforts to protect it. https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/will-the-gavle-goat-survive-this

    RunRichRun ,
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    @brianklaas
    Ha! Great story. Thanks! Looks like it's still there. 🐐https://www.youtube.com/live/CC_NDwdzwwc?si=sJnJvXIlNKAeAr3m

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    My wife bought some apple cider a few weeks ago, and we've used it for cooking several times, but I never actually took a swig until just now. Holy moly! I didn't even know there was such a thing as Honey Crisp apple cider. I'm such a cider noob, and I generally can take it or leave it, but damn this is good.

    RunRichRun ,
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    @briankrebs See if you can find cider made from Golden Russets. They're nothing to look at, so the crops aren't big to begin with, and I am told that this year was a much smaller crop than last (some seasonal factors as I understand it), so it's not widely distributed. If you know a good farmstand, might check them out. I assure you, it's worth the effort! 😋

    mattblaze , to Random stuff
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    Assuming we survive this intact, a critical lesson of the Trump era is the vital importance of basic civics and history education to democracy.

    I think the degree to which one is terrified by Trump's naked authoritarianism is largely proportional to understanding the broader consequences of leaders being above the law.

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    @mattblaze
    New Jersey recently signed a law mandating civics education in schools,
    https://whyy.org/articles/n-j-governor-murphy-signs-bill-requiring-civic-education-in-middle-school/ as well as digital literacy: https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/new-jersey-law-to-require-k-12-digital-literacy-courses

    Some interesting background (history, etc.) — ~41 schools require some civics education. https://www.njea.org/civics-education-is-back/

    Finland also requires digital literacy training — as you wld suspect, to fight disinformation and create a more discerning society. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/05/16/news/finland-visionary-fight-disinformation-teaches-citizens-question-online

    jmcrookston , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    People need to stop idolizing absolute idiots.

    (This does not exclude him from also being malicious,)

    Ref https://web.archive.org/web/20230710000044/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1678098028849143809?s=20

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    @jmcrookston
    👆Attn: @upjohninstitute @TimBartik

    [note to JMC: typo I think — "soace" shld be "space." Nice to have an edit button! 😊]

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