People's “beliefs are amplified more than truth and evidence-based science. And that is not a good situation to be in as a nation.”

-Former TV Meteorologist Chris Gloninger

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/08/nation/an-iowa-meteorologist-started-talking-about-climate-change-newscasts-then-came-harassment/?et_rid=1120135023&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

#Science #Climate #Iowa #Farming #Drought #ClimateChaos #Meteorology

A corrupt Supreme Court majority, given lifetime appointments by Presidents who lost the popular vote, operate in secret without a code of ethics, and are turning back the clock on decades of social justice in America. This case wasn’t even real.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of discrimination against same sex couples
#tyrannyoftheminority #SupremeCourt #LGBTQ #USpol #USpolitics #politics

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-same-sex-couples_n_6481d91de4b025003edbde97

Journalists, if you're still pouring your work into Saudi-government-funded Twitter even partly on the hope that someone will see it embedded somewhere else, Musk's latest move makes that much less likely.

Since the ethics of supporting his cheerleading for extremism aren't on your agenda, maybe practicality will make you reconsider your devotion to his increasingly vile site?

Back out and about today. A short stroll around Lodge Lake in Milton Keynes.

Here is a Little Egret who flew into a tree right before my eyes. (more to follow).

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

Brave will soon control which sites can access your local network resources

Brave will allow users to choose which sites can access local network resources.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/06/brave-will-soon-control-which-sites-can-access-your-local-network-resources/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Microsoft wants to stream your OS to you. Ignoring the whole "Microsoft" angle on this, I personally hate this idea. I miss the days when a computer was a standalone device that COULD connect to the Internet, but didn't have to. These days, so many things DEPEND on having that connection, and just flat out won't work without it. Maybe I'm a stodgy old guy, but can't we go back? I want my computer to with exactly the same online or offline.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy

Quote of the day (from @pluralistic )

"We’re in the polycrisis, a widening gyre of climate emergency, inequality, infrastructure neglect, rising authoritarianism and zoonotic plagues.
But that’s not the bad part."

So what is the bad part?

THE BAD PART IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ARE ALL TELLING YOU THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.