Waxy.orgSineRider: "a game about love and graphing," made by high schoolers https://sinerider.com/
Particle Man Gary
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I run a particle accelerator. Sometimes I also do websites. Still watching out for Triangle Man.
Jacob T. LevyRadley Balko provides a public service to the internet:
Hi! You've been referred here because you repeated a false claim about California's shoplifting law:
Not only did California not "legalize shoplifting," its shoplifting law is still comparatively strict
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/hi-youve-been-referred-here-because
Qasim Rashid, Esq.Calling it a gotcha that I "critique Biden policies after voting for him" is what's wrong with US politics today.
Voting for him doesn't mean I can't critique him—it's literally the best reason to be critical. It's called holding electeds accountable. It's how democracy works. And it’s how political parties work when they aren’t cults.
Humanist EngineerThis brings me great joy.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Dr. Makenzie Lystrup as director of Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (right. April E, 2023, Mary W. Jackson NRER Headquarters building, Washington.
Instead of a Bible, Dr. Lystrup's hand rests on a hardback copy of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot.
Bottom text: Look again at that book...
#Secular #Humanism #SecularHumanism #atheist #science #nasa #CarlSagan
🇺🇦 Anna FilinaI know this may be unnecessarily mean, but this comment is funny:
"Forbes 30 under 30: Half are criminals, half are born into wealth and 90% are both."
Ken White
petersuberKudos to the New York Public Library (#NYPL) for mining this vein of gold beneath our feet.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzyde/librarians-are-finding-thousands-of-books-no-longer-protected-by-copyright-law
"NYPL has been reviewing the US #Copyright Office’s official…records for [books] whose copyrights haven’t been renewed…The books in question were published between 1923 & 1964, before changes to US copyright law removed the requirement for rights holders to renew their copyrights…Around 65 -75% of rights holders opted not to renew their copyrights."
EvaIf anyone at EFF is going to combine an encyclopedic knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons with an encyclopedic knowledge of copyright law, it's going to be the fabulous Kit Walsh:
Beware the Gifts of Dragons: How D&D’s Open Gaming License May Have Become a Trap for Creators
The company that owns Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is planning to revoke the open license that has, since the year 2000, applied to a wide range of unofficial, commercial products that build on the mechanics of the game.