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Bratli May 15, 2023

Jay Kuo May 15, 2023

Beware this man. I explain three more reasons why, in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/gov-ron-desantis-goes-full-tilt?sd=pf

Gov. Ron DeSantis Goes Full Tilt

Over the past few days, as he prepares to announce his challenge to Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida staked out three positions that further underscore the danger he presents to our liberal democracy. First, he signed a draconian new law targeting migrants, who are among his favorite political punching bags. Second, he waded further into backing vigilante justice by fundraising on behalf of a man charged with manslaughter in NYC for the killing of a Black subway rider. Finally, he signed another new law green lighting discrimination against LGBTQ+ patients by medical professionals.

The Status Kuo

Bratli May 15, 2023

Jeg gjør ikke så mye, så jeg forventer ikke mye av at folk nyter dagen der borte.

Bratli May 15, 2023

https://mastodon.nl/@henkheijmans/110371730436079514

Henk Heijmans (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image A young Welsh boy has adopted one of the new arrivals on a farm at Rhondda during the lambing season, 1936 - Richards/Fox Photos

Mastodon.nl

Bratli May 15, 2023

Henk Heijmans May 15, 2023

A young Welsh boy has adopted one of the new arrivals on a farm at Rhondda during the lambing season, 1936 - Richards/Fox Photos

Bratli May 15, 2023

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Heidi Li Feldman May 5, 2023

Here's gift access to Washington Post story about Leo, longtime head of the Federalist Society and leader of a network of affiliated conservative groups, arranging for Ginni Thomas to be paid for consulting but without mention of her; the group that made the payment then filed an amicus brief in a major voting rights case, arguing against continued protection for black voters in the south. Clarence Thomas took that side in the case, authoring a concurrence. https://wapo.st/3HH15bU 2/

Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’

Leonard Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to give the spouse of the Supreme Court justice « another $25,000 » and to bill a nonprofit organization called the Judicial Education Project.

The Washington Post

Bratli May 15, 2023

MeidasTouch

May 5, 2023

NEW: The judge overseeing the Manhattan DA’s criminal case against Trump agreed to a request from the DA for an order to prevent Trump from attacking individuals associated with the case or speaking about specific evidence obtained through discovery. https://youtu.be/QLssx0ZVS8Y

Judge in Trump CRIMINAL Case Makes MAJOR RULING during Hearing

YouTube

Bratli May 15, 2023

Matthias Schmelzer May 4, 2023

Within capitalism, insurers withdrawing from high-risk areas around wildfires and floods is a sure sign that the climate crisis is escalating.

Capital produces the climate emergency, but will do everything not to pay for it.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-is-destabilizing-insurance-industry/

Climate Change Is Destabilizing Insurance Industry

Insurers face a “crisis of confidence” as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage

Scientific American

Monsoon lunch :D

"The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes."
-- note to self: set toots to autodelete #CarbonFootprint #DataEthics
🔗https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggering-ecological-impacts-of-computation-and-the-cloud/

The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud

Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.

The MIT Press Reader

Bratli May 15, 2023

Axios May 5, 2023

Researchers estimate that after Medicaid redeterminations take place this year, 8.6 million of the 27 million people who will be uninsured will be noncitizens. https://t.co/2qWzIKhtaz

Immigrants make up disproportionate share of uninsured people in U.S.

By 2024, 8.6 million nonresidents living in the United States will be uninsured.

Axios