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Son, brother, husband, dad, cat dad, dog granddad. Management consultant, but not the crappy kind Old, sweary, and stabby when provoked. Recovering landscaper/bartender/musician/journalist/PR pro. Trying to be an Antifa/BLM/LGBTQIA+ ally. Hashtags:#journalism #media #maps #dataviz #astronomy #management #leadership #LearningAndDevelopment #learning #uspol #ncpol #cats #kittens #DadLife
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Currently Reading:American Psychosis, David Corn
Currently Watching:The Consultant, Prime

It’s a holiday week, and we’ve got a special deep dive episode: how to be a more critical consumer of legal news, with a walkthrough of the federal sentencing guidelines.

https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/special-episode-how-to-be-a-smarter#details

Special Episode: How To Be A Smarter Consumer Of Legal News

Listen now (53 mins) | And, God Help Us, The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Serious Trouble
"Yes, everything is #politics, everything is #political. Trying to avoid politics does not make you safe.

"Being
#politically aware, well-informed, and consistently active are our only hope for our individual and collective safety.

"Choosing to disengage is cowardly surrender, and does exactly what the oppressors want, making you another one of their tools.

"It's ok to rest and recharge, it's not ok to put the full burden on others; that's complicity." - Ricardo Harvin on Mastodon
As he did in Shelby County, Chief Justice John Roberts, an old, rich, white man, has taken it upon himself to announce that 400 years of discrimination against black and brown people on this continent have miraculously ended and we can all go about our business in not just a color-blind but an equal society now. How magnanimous! And, by "magnanimous," I mean, "nauseating."
Glenn Greenwald: Mercenaries, whom I do not support, are acting like Nazis, whom I do not support, when they threaten Russia, which I do not support, instead of battling Ukraine, which I do not support, at the best of the West, which I do not support.

“#JackSmith has compelled at least 2 Republican fake electors to testify to a federal #GrandJury in Washington in recent weeks by giving them limited immunity, part of a current push by federal prosecutors to swiftly nail down evidence in the sprawling criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election” #Trump #legal #Jan6 1/...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/special-counsel-fake-electors-immunity-testimony-jan-6

Mathematician, computer scientist, and WWII code breaker Alan Turing, who established the theoretical foundation for just about every modern computing device, was born #OTD in 1912. His work helped make it possible for you to read this.

The British government prosecuted him for being gay, a monstrous act that eventually led to Turing’s death by suicide. Then they waited over 60 years before issuing a pardon.

Image: The Guardian

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The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, the Pulitzer Prizes of collegiate journalism, has named the j-program at UNC the national champion.

For the fifth consecutive year.

For the eighth time in nine years.

For the 12th time overall since 2002.

No one else comes close.

#UNCHussman #GDTBATH
"It is a night of pathos, not of joy." - Joy Reid on #TheReidOut regarding Trump's indictment. Speak for yourself, Joy, I'm pretty darned joyful.