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cheers for south korea

Mandating air cleaners in schools.

Even excluding Covid the kids, as a whole, will probably be healthier and more alert in class.

 

 

the bible has lots of porn and violence

Utah Republicans don't like the fact pointed out.

And much of the New Testament is about a woke person of color.. someone they'd probably imprison or kill if he was alive today.

 

 

a troubling trend

Workplace violence against women is on the rise.

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By almost every measure, the American workplace is getting safer. But one troubling type of injury is on the rise: violent attacks that cause injuries so severe that the victim misses a day of work. And the increase has come almost entirely in attacks against women.

That’s a deadly serious finding, and one we did not expect. After all, our analysis began with the intriguing discovery that the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses includes a category called “self-tasered — unintentional.”

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a tip of the hat to Sukie

 

on the death of a lake

A nice piece on the disappearing Great Salt Lake and the changes its demise will bring. 

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The lake’s Gunnison Island has been a sanctuary to one of the largest white pelican rookeries in North America, with as many as 20,000 nesting individuals. The watery distance from the island to the mainland has protected the pelicans from predators. Now, young pelicans are easy prey for coyotes crossing the land bridge created as the waters receded.

Most likely spooked by coyotes, the adolescent pelicans fled the island, but their wings were not strong enough to fly the miles to fresh water for fish. Forced down by fatigue, they were dying from hunger and thirst. Walking behind them at a respectful distance felt like a funeral procession. I passed 60 salt-encrusted bodies stiff on the salt flats, hollow bones protruding from crystallized clumps of feathers, wings splayed like fans waving in the heat.

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what trust means

Scott Galloway on Venture Catastrophists. 

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A more interesting question: What could have prevented the collapse? What is obvious is there does not appear to be a J.P. Morgan figure in the Valley with the leadership, citizenship, and sense of sacrifice to cauterize a contagion. There was, however, a group of venture capitalists working behind the scenes, quietly with our leaders, to figure out a solution. No all caps, no posing for the algorithms — just responsible people working around the clock because they saw themselves as part of the solution. Several hundred VC firms signed a letter committing to keeping their business with SVB, intended to make the asset more attractive to an acquirer.

More interesting than who signed the letter was who didn’t. In sum, venture capital firms that have a vested interest in destabilizing the banking system and the dollar, via crypto investments, have morphed from Americans to agents of chaos. I believe Marc Andreesen or Peter Thiel could have stopped the run with one tweet. They chose not to. This week, on the other side of the country, big banks, including the one J.P. founded, are following in his footsteps, depositing $30 billion in First Republic, after close coordination with Treasury Secretary Yellen.

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escaping russia as an activist

Not easy, but there are many exploitable weaknesses in the system.

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The escapes by detainees fitted with electronic bracelets — which trigger a police alarm if removed or if the accused leave home — suggest Russia’s law enforcement system may be as defective as its military, which has suffered repeated setbacks in Ukraine.
“It was frightening to leave the house with a bracelet,” Krivtsova said in an interview. “It was terrifying to cross the border. The whole thing was scary.” She said it was better to risk her life escaping than face the chance of 10 years in jail, after fellow students denounced her for antiwar posts in a chat group.

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the chinese version of the gop

Of of course their machine has firmly established control, but the lying is similar.

a tip of the hat to Roland

 

 

if there are book bans

The Bible is clearly pornographic.  So many places, but here's a dildo reference:  (tip of the hat to Chris)

Ezekiel 16:17

King James Bible

Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

New Revised Standard Version (for once following the KJV's lead)

You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and my silver that I had given you, and made for yourself male images, and with them played the whore;

New International Version (for once being more direct, and closer to the Hebrew)

You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.

International Standard Version (hitting the nail closer to the head)

You also took your fine jewelry—including my gold and my silver that I had given you. Then you made for yourself male images and had sex with them!

 

 

life in post-roe america

When Christian fascism rules, women are mere vessels with few rights.  

Here's a look ahead.

a tip of the hat to Jeri

Here's Alexandra Petri's piece from awhile back on the subject.  It deserves a reposting

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t was hard to believe the time was running out. Maybe it would not, after all. It had been so long — nearly 49 years, with a few scares along the way — that the illusion had held, that she was a citizen, a person with rights to be respected in her own right. That not merely her life was worthy of protection, but also her ability to make choices for her own future. That she was just as good as any state legislator, and possessed certain rights they could not abridge!

Those 49 years had flown by. But when the court’s clock struck, her run would in all likelihood begin to end. She would stop being a person with autonomy over her own body that the law was bound to respect. She would go back to being a vessel that might potentially contain a person, a vessel whose rights ended once that possibility was considered.

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montana youth and climate change

Some teenagers sue the state over its fossil fuel promotion. The state constitution makes this interesting, but given Montana's hard turn to the right in the past decade and judges, it seems unlikely,  Still..