What "Pro-Life" means
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 05/18/2019 - 5:17pmAlabama has given us all a window into the mind of a modern Republican.
These are Republican values in 2019.
The First Thing We Have to Do is Come Out of Our Complacency
Submitted by WoodsDweller on Sat, 05/18/2019 - 3:11pmBegin the Panic
I'm putting this in its own thread in hopes that a few more people watch it. This is a presentation by a young man named Antonio Reid who is deep into climate awareness. This one is on the topic of sea level rise.
Fast forward to around 5 minutes to start. Or enjoy the view of Antonio's forehead.
Friday Night Photos - Asparagus Soup edition
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 6:19pmI'm in the middle of making said soup, so this will be quick.
Haven't really picked up a camera in the last week, so we'll have to make do with a shot from last year.
Soups of the world, unite!
The Evening Blues - 5-17-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 2:31pm
Matt Taibbi's Ubiquitous Brilliance !
Submitted by bobswern on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 9:43amMatt Taibbi's everywhere this month, especially over the past few days. As some reading this may remember (going back over a decade at "the other place"), I've been a huge fan of his for a long time. I was active in Boston political media, back in the early 80's, when his father, Mike, was a leading local newscaster there; and I met him (and worked countless times with his tv station's news staff) a few times, as well.
Before Believing
Submitted by hecate on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 7:55pmYesterday afternoon Cal Fire announced it had determined the source of the fire. A power line on a PG&E transmission tower in the Pulga area broke free and slapped into the tower. Presumably the high winds whipped the wire into fire; a "flash mark" was observed on the tower, where the wire hit: in that "flash mark,” there be the fire. Meanwhile, near Concow and Rim roads, unspecified "vegetation"—we'll guess a tree, or trees—"made contact" with other power lines, sparking a second fire. That second fire was subsumed in the Pulga blaze, as it raced into Concow, Paradise, Magalia, the canyon, and wherever else it felt like going.
We stand proudly above the law and decency
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 5:41pm
That's a real, shameless CNN headline from today.
All pretense of caring about the people of Venezuela is gone.
who’s in charge of this loose cannon of a (waning) empire?
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 5:32pm
Who’s in charge may depend on the issues at hand, of course: Bolton, Pompeo, Trump…and let’s not forget Bibi. If you guess Deep State, I reckon I’m tired of passing the buck by now…I want Names, dammit!
Chelsea ordered back to jail
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 4:44pm#BREAKING: Chelsea Manning is ordered back to jail. She will be fined $500/day after 30 days of refusing to testify against WikiLeaks and then $1000/day after 60 days. Manning says she’ll never testify.
The End of Migrant Workers
Submitted by edg on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 3:23pmThe writing is on the wall. In a fairly short time as such things go, migrant workers (and for that matter, domestic farm workers) will become an anachronism. Writing algorithms for farm machinery is much simpler than writing them for automobiles. There are far fewer variables involved, and the "obstacle course" is much easier to navigate.
Robots Take the Wheel as Autonomous Farm Machines Hit Fields
Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming.
