For stroke patients, America's ERs struggle to provide timely care
ChatGPT Is Driving a Return to Paper Exams and Handwritten Essays at Universities
nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx I used to work in government. Most employees are sincere and willing to help. Where we have problems is with policy makers; they're appointed or hired by appointees, and if appointees are conservative, so are their hires, and it perpetuates things like those folks fighting a chemical plant in LA:
EPA retreats on Louisiana investigations that alleged Black people lived amid higher cancer risk | AP News
nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx I try to get people to read The Color of Law: The Hidden History of How Our Government Segregated America, for one.
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You’re right. That’s what I used until it became a habit.
nostr:npub1fpr3egfa5xnfhvppkdnujqdftpsql2qfm0p3lzttefz4xggkastqcvlyph 'Large, fluffy multicolor cat on its back, deceptively posing as if for a belly rub when in fact it is merely daring you to play a game of 'can you beat the clawz?'
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I was perusing the Fediversefor for Caturday pics and there are sooo many with no alt-text. Many are newbies and I asked them politely to add it. They need minders Mr Mayor.
nostr:npub1fpr3egfa5xnfhvppkdnujqdftpsql2qfm0p3lzttefz4xggkastqcvlyph nostr:npub1xpzx097v5fq8ztk93w5spfghxuk7d5h9cfmutkmhy6d0wu7km9ass3g6lj That's when that 'alt4me' hashtag comes in handy, and just think - the person/people alt texting get[s] to look at teh kittez, which is always good.
Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 luxury RV & Anthony Welters
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/clarence-thomas-rv-anthony-welters.html
* Prevost Marathon: $267,230
* Thomas told how he scrimped, saved to afford it
* partly underwritten by friend Anthony Welters
* Welters founded AmeriChoice: Medicaid services provider sold to UnitedHealthcare for $530 million in 2002
* Welters: https://www.law.nyu.edu/financialaid/jdscholarships/anbryce
Harlan Crow, Clarence Thomas
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110753142566473319
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110580597018243738
#ClarenceThomas #AnthonyWelters #JudicialMisconduct #SCOTUS #ethics
nostr:npub1c9ee8wcja0tpa45gy4l9zqwfhvfpvyc848xusfcxdy2rnx44t9gq93zhes Y'know, if I had that kind of money and walked up to #SCOTUS and said 'hey, I'd like to buy a judge' they'd toss me out.
But if I privately gave money to a judge and there's an unspoken expectation of a wee bit of nudge, nudge, wink, wink in return, they'd look the other way BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY TIMES ALREADY.
As long as it continues behind the scenes, SCOTUS is corruptible and justice means nothing.
#EthicsCode for SCOTUS, now, dammit.
Oceans Hit Hottest Average Temperature ever Recorded, endangering Ecosystems on which We Depend
https://www.juancole.com/2023/08/temperature-endangering-ecosystems.html
Russia's Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World's Hungry
https://www.juancole.com/2023/08/agricultural-blockade-strategy.html
GOP 'Star Witness' Shot Down Claims Of Biden Corruption - National Memo
Trump allies who 'orchestrated' plan to tamper with voting machines face charges in Michigan | AP News