Jennifer Morency 

@JenniferMorency@home.social
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Independent left-libertarian, news writer, poverty activist. #Disabled, sometimes heterodox. Under no pretext. #UBI, #M4A, #NetNeutrality. Post: jmorency
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E. Jean Carroll is weighing whether to file a new defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump in the wake of his diatribe against her during a CNN town hall. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/nyregion/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation.html?smid=url-share
E. Jean Carroll May Sue Trump a Third Time After ‘Vile’ Comments on CNN

In an interview, her lawyer said that the former president’s mocking comments in a town hall broadcast could create fresh legal jeopardy.

The New York Times

Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.

“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪

Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.

“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖

🙃

Do not fall for these misguided arguments.

Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.

Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.

We should keep and cherish encryption.

We should demand it everywhere.

End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.

We must fight for it! ✊🔒

#RootForE2EE #E2EE #Encryption #Privacy

If this server goes away, my backup Mastodon profile is https://toot.community/@JenMorency
Jennifer Morency (@JenMorency@toot.community)

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Chinese #Mars #rover sends back images of recent water-shaped crusts https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/surprise-finding-recent-liquid-water-near-mars-equator/ "Most of Mars appears to be an endless expanse of alien desert, without a river or lake in sight. However, liquid water definitely existed in the planet’s distant past. A new paper has also suggested that it's also possible small quantities of water still might exist in places that otherwise appear barren." #space #science
Chinese Mars rover sends back images of recent water-shaped crusts

Within the last million years or so, melted snow might have dampened Mars' sands.

Ars Technica

@NIH_LLAMAS

Irony is suspension of production of "unscripted" shows.

Switzerland embraces the « space janitor » role, with #Clearspace1, the world's first mission to remove an existing piece of #SpaceDebris from orbit. Launched by a Vega-C.

It will demonstrate the technologies needed for debris removal, and is a first step to establishing a new and sustainable commercial sector in space.🛰️🗑️💙

https://clearspace.today/clearspace-to-launch-the-first-active-debris-removal-mission-with-arianespace-vega-c/

ClearSpace to launch the first active debris removal mission with Arianespace Vega C - ClearSpace

// Versions Eng Fr ClearSpace to launch the first active debris removal mission with Arianespace Vega C For the benefit of ClearSpace, Arianespace will launch ClearSpace-1, a servicer spacecraft, with the European light launcher Vega C. ClearSpace-1, developed by ClearSpace, is the first active debris removal mission, which will rendezvous, capture and remove a piece of

ClearSpace - A mission to make space sustainable
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#Amazon Is Being Flooded With #Books Entirely Written by #AI https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-flooded-books-written-by-ai "Books almost entirely generated by AI are flooding Amazon's marketplace, The Washington Post reports, a trend that's turning out to be a huge headache for human #authors." AI enthusiastically promoted by Yahoo had already taken a lot of low-end writing jobs, including small-town sports reporting.
Amazon Is Being Flooded With Books Entirely Written by AI

Books almost entirely generated by AI are flooding Amazon's marketplace, The Washington Post reports, a worrying trend.

Futurism
No good options if #Congress fails to raise the #debtlimit, Yellen says https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/07/janet-yellen-debt-ceiling-biden-00095688 [S]ome analysts have suggested that Biden could invoke the #14thAmendment, which confirms “the validity of the public debt,” to raise the ceiling unilaterally.' Some commentators are advising #Medicare, #Medicaid, & #VA patients to schedule procedures for before June 1 in case payments to providers default. #DebtCeiling
No good options if Congress fails to raise the debt limit, Yellen says

President Biden will meet with congressional leadership Tuesday to discuss raising the debt limit.

POLITICO
Does anyone here know what happened to paper.wf? It's been down for at least 3 days for me, and I don't have backups of most of my material. #blog #Fediverse