Bluesky CEO Jay Graber isn’t ruling out advertising
“Go practice,” Yang said. “There are no excuses anymore.”
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights
Voters in Everett WA granted the Snohomish River watershed rights to exist, regenerate & flourish as part of a November ballot initiative
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122024/washington-state-snohomish-river-watershed-legal-rights/
Trump has expressed to those close to him that #Hegseth should have been more honest and forthcoming about the challenges he could face getting through the confirmation process given his history.
(🤣 What about doing an FBI background check, Donnie?)
Trump, who is considering other options (a list that includes Sen Joni Ernst) for the role, has not been working the phones for Hegseth
-- as he did for Matt Gaetz.
Trump's political team is focused on figuring out where female Republican senators stand on Hegseth.
Trump's advisers are fully aware that with such a thin GOP Senate majority, Hegseth's fate could all come down to the women in the conference.
Sen. Joni Ernst, a key Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee that will hold his confirmation hearings,
notably declined to voice support for Hegseth after meeting with him on Wednesday -- and then again on Thursday on Fox News,
which Trump is known to watch.
Ernst told Fox News host Bill Hemmer she had a "very frank" and "productive" discussion with Hegseth. -- When pressed by Hemmer that that didn't sound as if she had gotten to a yes on his confirmation, she replied,
"I think you are right."
Ernst is the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and a sexual assault survivor herself.
Hegseth has faced allegations of sexual assault (which he's denied) and previously said that women should not serve in ground combat roles in the military.
Georgia opposition leader arrested as mass anti-government protests stretch into seventh night
Nika Gvaramia among numerous other opposition members to be arrested on Wednesday as police raid homes and offices
Nearly 500 journalists are on strike at the #Guardian and its sister paper, the Sunday-only #Observer, to protest the planned sale of the Observer to a small digital startup.
"We believe it's a total betrayal of the Guardian's values and promises that it's made," says #Carole #Cadwalladr, an investigative reporter and feature writer for the Observer.
"The sale of the Observer to a loss-making startup is potentially the death of this historic brand."
The strike, which started Wednesday, is expected to last for two days this week and restart for a couple more days next week.
Cadwalldr says the strike is intended to convince the Observer's owner to slow down a process that the paper's union says is sprinting to a preordained conclusion.
She says colleagues believe other suitors could emerge if further review shows the Guardian should divest itself of the Sunday paper.
The Observer is a storied liberal title whose first issue came out on this date in 1791.
It is believed to be the world's oldest Sunday paper.
Its famous journalists include George Orwell. And it was central to the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International.
The buyer is #Tortoise #Media, a well-regarded but small news outlet founded in 2019
and led by #James #Harding, the former director of BBC News and editor of The Times of London.
Its tagline is "slow down, wise up."
It promises to delve into what's driving the news rather than simply post the latest headlines.
It has not yet turned a profit but has deep-pocketed backers,
including the investment arm of the Thomson family that controls Reuters and owns the Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213914/guardian-strike-observer-sale
California bans food ‘sell by’ dates.
A new California law further regulates food safety labels and will take effect in 2026.
“Sell by” labels, used by grocers to help rotate stock, will be banned.
“Best if used by” indicates best food quality, while “use by” indicates food safety.
It's 2024. Extreme weather events due to global warming have overwhelmed parts of the United States. Water is increasingly scarce. The mass migration of people in search of more livable conditions has caused political tension and border closures. A drug epidemic spreads across the country. And a candidate for president promises he can fix the country's problems with more religion and fewer regulations.
That's the premise of Octavia E. Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, which was published in 1993.
Researchers studying ageing disagree on just about everything — including what ageing is, whether it is a disease and when it starts
More Whiteboards needed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:seop4aezvanh3533cevpvkfj/post/3lbcspvwwcs2l
The bees and their honey help promote 2nd & PCH and create memorable identities for their mall -- and offer experiences shoppers can’t get when they buy online
It’s not just Kash Patel. Many Trump picks have suggested retribution. Trump’s choice for FBI director is the starkest case, but plenty of others have gone there, too.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/03/trump-nominees-retribution-kash-patel/
A new lawsuit filed by a current Apple employee accuses the company of spying on its workers via their personal iCloud accounts and non-work devices.
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/02/2024/employee-lawsuit-accuses-apple-of-spying-on-its-workers
A new lawsuit filed by a current Apple employee accuses the company of spying on its workers via their personal iCloud accounts and non-work devices.
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/02/2024/employee-lawsuit-accuses-apple-of-spying-on-its-workers
Pete Hegseth Faces Allegations Of Boozing, Partying & Mismanagement Helming Veterans Groups
Trump's pick for defense secretary ran one nonprofit into the ground & promoted toxic sexism at another
Dem senators urge a Biden policy directive that could temporarily limit Donald Trump's ability to deploy U.S. military troops domestically after he takes office
Former Tesco boss wants to send power from Morocco to Great Britain using subsea cable
Attorney General Merrick Garland and top DOJ officials are encouraging career staffers to remain in their jobs through the next administration, stressing that institutional knowledge is important.
Joe Biden has issued “a full and unconditional” pardon to son Hunter Biden covering his son’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea.
The decision marks a reversal for Biden who has repeatedly said he would not pardon his son.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/01/joe-biden-pardons-hunter
Who knew Steve Herman was an electromagnetic propagation nerd?