So It Goes

@MelanieDavis
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There is no getting through life as if it's a race to be won, life is the destination.
Conservatives are outraged that Tim Walz provided free tampons for all students who need them - LGBTQ Nation

Progressives are defending the law that provided menstrual products in public school restrooms.

LGBTQ Nation

The 2nd place GOP candidate for president out there celebrating the genocide of civilians.

She was always as bad as Trump.

I can't imagine how rewarding bad behavior like this will make cops anything but worse.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-council-approves-police-contract-with-big-raises-big-hopes/
Seattle City Council approves police contract with big raises, big hopes

The new contract with the Seattle police union includes large raises and large backpay sums for cops already on the force. Some say it has fundamental flaws.

The Seattle Times
So ChatGPT -- which has been found to completely fabricate 'facts' to present to users -- was launched under a guy who completely fabricated 'facts' he presented to OpenAI's board. It's almost too on-the-nose.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/ex_openai_board_member_accuses_altman_lying/
Ex-OpenAI board member accuses Sam Altman of 'outright lying'

Claims she and other members 'learned about ChatGPT on Twitter'

The Register

Joyce Vance: “This is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe #Biden tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald #Trump in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutions—the courts, the Republican party—let him take it.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios

We Need to Talk About This

Today’s widely discussed Trump post on Truth Social isn’t just another instance of bad behavior. It’s not just a shrug of the shoulders and a resigned sigh of, “What are you going to do?” Far too often, people resignedly accept Trump’s behavior because they believe there’s no alternative. The zeitgeist is: We can’t make him stop, can we?

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Did not know that, "[I] n January... [avian flu] was detected in elephant and fur seals in Antarctica for the first time."
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68276680 v @BBCWorld
#conservation #nature #environment #extinction #ecosystem #ecosystems #bird #birds #UK #skua #gannet #tern #AvianFlu #BirdFlu
'Pirate of the seas' Great Skua in big decline after bird flu

Sea bird counts after avian flu show serious declines in three species, the charity RSPB says.

BBC News

"’Here, we are reminded once again about the enormous contribution that the immigrants make to this country. How together, with U.S. Born workers, we build this country,’ Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA of Baltimore, said.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimore/news/casa-commemorates-those-lost-during-the-key-bridge-collapse/

CASA commemorates those lost during the Key Bridge collapse

The local branch of the non-profit, CASA, held a moment on Friday, March 29 to honor the construction workers who were on the key bridge when it collapsed.

CBS Baltimore
Yes, and many "good Germans" downplayed Hitler during his rise to power and found out too late that he was serious. https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-trump-hitler/
'He is right!' Lindsey Graham melts down when asked about Trump 'parroting Adolf Hitler'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) downplayed former President Donald Trump's Nazi-style rhetoric about immigrants. On a Sunday interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked Graham to react to a speech Trump gave over the weekend when he said immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our countr...

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