mennis :firefish:

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PragerU is not an accredited university nor is it a valid educational vendor. It is a YouTube channel with the explicit purpose of indoctrinating kids into American Christian nationalism.

And now it can be shown in Florida schools.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/education/2023-08-09/what-parents-should-know-prageru-kids-videos-florida-schools

What parents should know about PragerU Kids videos, which can now be shown in Florida schools

Some videos downplay slavery, question whether humans really cause climate change, and insert opinions into what otherwise appears to be educational content for children.

WUSF

As always, the most embarrassing thing about corruption like this is that the more you learn about it, the more you find out how cheap it is. The man's letting himself be bought off for pennies.

You take my annual pay and multiply it up to a billion, and you find out that dollar for dollar these motherfuckers are buying off SCOTUS justices for less than I spend tipping a barista. If you've got a billion dollars this isn't even shake-out-the-couch money. It's nothing.

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel

The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

ProPublica

Physicist Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry without her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://whyy.org/articles/lise-meitner-the-forgotten-woman-of-nuclear-physics-who-deserved-a-nobel-prize/ #science #history

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

WHYY
With Judge Chutkan again denying Trump's request to postpone this Friday's hearing on a protective order in the Jan 6 case, she is reminding Trump why she is his WORST nightmare. My new article https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/the-judge-handling-trumps-jan-6-case
The Judge handling Trump’s Jan 6 case is his worst nightmare!

Judge Chutkan already made it clear she is not playing around!

The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah
Really, folks need to stop using the misleading term #artificialintelligence and start calling it by what it actually is: pattern-guessing statistics. And this not very intelligent technology is also not a smart, sustainable move on our already overburdened planet. “It doesn’t make sense to burn a forest and then use AI to track deforestation.”
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #ai
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/01/techscape-environment-cost-ai-artificial-intelligence
TechScape: Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll

AI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to work, and the problem is only going to get worse – what can be done? Plus, the wider TechScape

The Guardian
I feel like a lot of people would be a lot happier if they learned how to use transit. Criticisms that it should be easier are fair but it is easier than learning to drive & properly maintaining a car. Not to mention safer, cheaper, and better for the environment…
@staidwinnow @jkirkendall @paninid I don’t mind Mastodon being niche, and I certainly don’t think any major changes should be made to the platform in concession towards users who are more accustomed to having other users algorithmically “suggested” to them and their feeds rearranged to favor screen time over actual engagement, but I do think society would be well served by a majority of social media users migrating away from big tech and onto decentralized interoperable platforms like Mastodon.

When you think, do you have an internal dialogue that includes words?

Boost if you're interested.

Yes, dialogue.
92%
No, no dialogue.
8%
Poll ended at .

Funny how the very same people who were complaining about the “threat to free speech” posed by marginalised groups speaking out about hate, are the ones now proposing draconian bills that will actually curb free speech, and in fact impact disproportionately the speech of those very same marginalised groups

We fucking told ya

https://youtu.be/dZ8CjNyxwjg

Yes more surprises from Ingenuity

"Mars Guy is Arizona State University associate research professor Dr. Steve Ruff, a Mars geologist with decades of experience exploring the red planet. This channel follows the exploration of Jezero crater by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, presenting science, engineering, and the search for life on Mars using a novel in-person experience."
Why did Ingenuity alter its flight plan?

YouTube