Trump's attacks on female journalists aren't just emotional outbursts. They are calculated signals to his far right base. They are an appeal to "masculinism", the term coined for the political backlash against feminist gains that unites every corner of MAGA. There is a throughline from the Kavanaugh hearings to Pete Hegseth's Pentagon to Republicans openly calling for repealing the 19th Amendment, and now what was once fringe is now policy and the GOP's closing argument heading into the midterms.

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-maga-masculinism-talarico

Because of a Mathematician From Rural Virginia’s Work on Global Positioning, You Have No Excuse for Getting Lost

Gladys West had an “insatiable thirst for knowledge.” She used computers, radars and satellites to make calculations that led to the GPS technology that allows us to pinpoint any spot on the globe

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/gladys-west-gives-directions-180988807/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

West's report is available online:
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Data-Processing-System-Specifications-for-the-Radar-West/f821dbcabf9d20c2d53ab21a5507a08632ae2f4d

#WomenInStem

Hey folks! Remember I was asking what kind of merch you'd buy for #Mastodon's 10 years anniversary? It's here now! Hoodies and t-shirts made from organic, certified cotton, screen printed with a cute unique design in 5 vibrant colors. This is limited edition stuff, 100 units each, never happening again. Note: There are women's cut t-shirts this time.

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/collections/10th-anniversary-of-mastodon

#Merchtodon

PSA for #AsahiLinux users: Do NOT upgrade to macOS 27 Golden Gate!

Apple has changed how the boot picker and Startup Disk applications detect valid OS boot volumes. When using either from macOS 27, your Asahi partition will not be visible! We believe this to be a bug, and have filed a report (FB22994760).

If you have already upgraded to the beta and noticed that your Asahi partition has disappeared, do not stress. Your Asahi partition is still there, and you have not lost any data.

If you have already upgraded to macOS 27 and have a secondary installation of macOS 26 or below, set this as your default Startup Disk to restore access to Asahi. The Apple Silicon boot picker is a full-fat macOS app running in the default boot volume's recovery environment, so its behaviour is dependent on the default boot volume's macOS version.

If you insist on trying out macOS 27 as soon as possible, please ensure you install a secondary copy of macOS 26 first, or install macOS 27 itself on a secondary volume. We will not support users who have installed the macOS 27 beta without making contingency or rollback plans (such as ensuring at least one stable macOS version is installed).

We have patched the Asahi Installer to prevent it from running on macOS 27 until we have some idea of what's going on. It will print a version of this message and then exit if you try to run it from the macOS 27 beta.

#convictedFelon #sexOffender #DonaldTrump shirked his duties as #President of the #USA to attend the #SanAntonio vs #NewYork game of the #NBA Finals at #MadisonSquareGarden. He was ***thunderously*** booed and jeered. He is a fan of New York, but in the end, he brought them bad luck. The #Knicks lost to the #Spurs.

I think the score was… ***86-47***.

#sports #NBAFinals #POTUS #USPolitics @uspolitics #IYKYK