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Born in Halifax, this part doubly saddens me! 😥 🤬
Brigus Gold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigus_Gold
* was Canadian mining company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
* mid-1990s Brigus Gold formed when Pegasus Gold declared bankruptcy, transferred profitable assets to Apollo Gold
* Pegasus Gold wanted to avoid paying for the clean-up of its Montana Zortman-Landusky mine
http://www.meic.org/mining/cyanide_mining/zortman_landusky_mines
#PegasusGold #BrigusGold
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* Pegasus Gold, Apollo Gold directors were same people
* cited as example of corporate environmental irresponsibility & unsustainable mining practices at expense of local people, environment
* Pegasus Gold's bankruptcy left Montana w. $100s millions reclamation costs in last 30 years
* Texas two-step bankruptcy: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110731540385917773
#PegasusGold #BrigusGold #ApolloGold #GregGianforte #EcologicalDestruction #CorporateEthics #ZortmanLanduskyMines #Montana #TexasTwoStep
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Governor Who Likes Bad Actors & Toxic Mines
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/11/the-governor-who-likes-bad-actors-and-toxic-mines
* Greg Gianforte ignores court order, Montana Constitution, state’s “bad actor” law intended to prevent mining executives who have left environmental damages behind f. receiving new mining permits
* benefits CEO Phillip C. Baker, Pegasus Gold Corp
* Montana mines using open-pit cyanide heap-leach process
#Montana #GOP #GregGianforte #neofascism #EcologicalDestruction #capitalism #neoliberalism #mining
Addendae 3 cont'd 3/4
Born in Halifax, this part doubly saddens me! 😥 🤬
Brigus Gold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigus_Gold
* was Canadian mining company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
* mid-1990s Brigus Gold formed when Pegasus Gold declared bankruptcy, transferred profitable assets to Apollo Gold
* Pegasus Gold wanted to avoid paying for the clean-up of its Montana Zortman-Landusky mine
http://www.meic.org/mining/cyanide_mining/zortman_landusky_mines
#PegasusGold #BrigusGold
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Governor Who Likes Bad Actors & Toxic Mines
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/11/the-governor-who-likes-bad-actors-and-toxic-mines
* Greg Gianforte ignores court order, Montana Constitution, state’s “bad actor” law intended to prevent mining executives who have left environmental damages behind f. receiving new mining permits
* benefits CEO Phillip C. Baker, Pegasus Gold Corp
* Montana mines using open-pit cyanide heap-leach process
#Montana #GOP #GregGianforte #neofascism #EcologicalDestruction #capitalism #neoliberalism #mining
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Baby giraffe makes his public debut at Wisconsin zoo 🦒 😀
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2254200387799
Six-foot, 130-pound Tafari emerged from six days of bonding with his mother to try out his new legs at the Wildwood Wildlife Park in Minocqua, Wisconsin
Wildwood Wildlife Park: https://wildwoodwildlifepark.com
Bonus: "scared mini pony" (Shetland Pony?)
#BabyGiraffe #Wisconsin #WildwoodWildlifePark
This weasel 🤨 🤬
Stephen Miller Files Complaint That Gay Pop-Tarts Are Sexualizing Kids
The former Trump adviser has filed a civil rights complaint over “woke” breakfast foods
https://persagen.com >> search: "stephen miller"
"stephen miller" AND transphob*
America First Legal Foundation: https://persagen.com/docs/america_first_legal_foundation.html
#StephenMiller #TrumpAdministration #homophobia #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #neofascism #GOP #woke #ApolgiesToActualWeasels
Idaho Professors Sue Over Law That Criminalizes Teaching About Abortion
Say law tramples First Amendment rights
https://truthout.org/articles/idaho-professors-sue-over-law-criminalizing-teaching-about-abortion
* No Public Funds for Abortion Act: https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH87.pdf
* prohibits use of public funds to promote/counsel in favor of abortion
* law that they say punishes teachers with up to 14 years in prison for discussing or teaching about abortion in the classroom
#GOP #neofascism #censorship #education #Idaho #FirstAmendment #abortion
Oregon Republicans Who Skip Town to Block Votes Will Be Barred f. Office
* GOP blocked bill after bill by skipping town to break quorum
* Oregon Measure 113 disqualifies lawmakers w. >10 unexcused absences f. re-election in 2024
* passed in 2022 by landslide 70% vote
Oregon Ballot Measure 113: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_113
* amended Constitution of Oregon
#GOP #legislatures #neofascism #BallotMeasures #VoteObstruction #StateLegislatures #StateConstitutions #ConstitutionalLaw
Sweetheart Deal for Sacklers: Billionaires Get Immunity f. Civil Lawsuits over Opioid Crisis
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/2/sacklers_purdue_pharma_legal_immunity
* federal appeals court ruled members of the Sackler family can receive immunity f. all current/future civil litigation related to their role in creating/fueling opioid epidemic
* billionaire Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, maker of highly addictive opioid OxyContin
#OpioidAddiction #SacklerFamily #DefundBillionaires #OxyContin #PurduePharma #OpioidEpidemic #capitalism #PublicHealth
Addendae 1
Justices put Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on hold
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/08/justices-put-purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-plan-on-hold
Discussion: https://amylhowe.com/2023/08/10/justices-put-purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-plan-on-hold
Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193304383/purdue-scotus-bankruptcy-oxycontin
* targets arrangement: $6 billion payment f. Sacklers would block future opioid lawsuits targeting them
#OpioidAddiction #SacklerFamily #DefundBillionaires #OxyContin #PurduePharma #OpioidEpidemic #capitalism #PublicHealth #SCOTUS
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Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden’s Win
The House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation did not uncover the memo, whose existence first came to light in last week’s indictment
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/politics/trump-indictment-fake-electors-memo.html
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/chesebro-dec-6-memo/ce55d6abd79c2c71/full.pdf
#KennethChesebro #Trump #TrumpIndictment3 #GOP #neofascism #insurrection
Addendae 9
Chesebro Or Eastman: Who Really Masterminded Stop The Steal?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/chesebro-or-eastman-who-really-masterminded-stop-the-steal
* Ken Chesebro aka “Co-Conspirator 5”
* Kenneth Chesebro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Chesebro
* John Eastman (Claremont Institute): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eastman
* Claremont Institute: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110866513457796355
https://persagen.com >> search: Chesebro
"John Eastman"
"Claremont Institute"
#KenChesebro #JohnEastman #KennethChesebro #Trump #TrumpIndictment3 #GOP #neofascism #insurrection #Trumpism #ClaremontInstitute
Addendae 4
Long COVID symptoms can emerge months after infection
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810141013.htm
* Long COVID can persist at least a year after acute illness passed, or appear months later
* for 16% of COVID-positive people symptoms last at least 1 year
* common for symptoms to resolve; re-emerge months later
* long COVID symptoms associated w. significant morbidity or reduced quality of life
Prevalence of Symptoms ≤12 Mo. After Acute Illness by COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7232a2.htm
#COVID19 #LongCOVID
Addendae 5
COVID-19 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in heart, other organs
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810180123.htm
* mitochondrial genes can be negatively impacted by SARS-CoV-2 virus
* findings suggest new approaches for treating COVID-19
* Comment: I used to work in Bill Copeland's group at NIEHS; senior author Wallace (below) another leader in mt genetics
Core mitochondrial genes are down-regulated during SARS-CoV-2 infection of rodent & human hosts
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abq1533
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #SARSCoV2
... Addendae
Lewy body disease can be detected before symptoms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230718164245.htm
Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease.
A research group has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test.
Researchers also demonstrate that reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before other clear symptoms have developed.
#LewyBodies #neurodegeneration #olfaction
Addendae 4
Long COVID symptoms can emerge months after infection
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230810141013.htm
* Long COVID can persist at least a year after acute illness passed, or appear months later
* for 16% of COVID-positive people symptoms last at least 1 year
* common for symptoms to resolve; re-emerge months later
* long COVID symptoms associated w. significant morbidity or reduced quality of life
Prevalence of Symptoms ≤12 Mo. After Acute Illness by COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7232a2.htm
#COVID19 #LongCOVID
Not the greatest fan of musicals per se (exceptions: Rocky Horror; ...) but actually loved Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S02E09 "Subspace Rhapsody" episode, last week. 🎶 🖖 🚀
https://thepiratebay0.org/search/Subspace%20Rhapsody/1/99/0
https://thepiratebay0.org/torrent/70961779/Subspace_Rhapsody
#StarTrek #SubspaceRhapsody #StrangeNewWorlds
Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling 😷
* 3 B.C. churches argued their constitutional rights violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services at height of the COVID-19 pandemic 🤨
* Riverside Calvary Chapel (Langley)
* Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church (Abbotsford)
* Free Reformed Church (Chilliwack)
#COVID19 #antilockdown #ChristianRight #Canada #BritishColumbia #PublicHealth
Addendae 2
Bombshell Greenbelt report: One-on-one with Ontario's auditor general
* Greenbelt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbelt_(Golden_Horseshoe)
* A.G. report: https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialreports/Greenbelt_en.pdf
* 30 square kilometers of land removed from Greenbelt
* 92% tied to 3 developers w. direct access to housing ministry
#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand
Addendae 3
Timeline: Doug Ford government & Ontario’s Greenbelt
Auditor general’s explosive report adds key dates to chronology that confused Ontarians
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-timeline-auditor-general-report
* auditor general Bonnie Lysyk adds key dates to timeline of Doug Ford's development policy decisions around Ontario's protected Greenbelt
* quality source: The Narwhal nostr:npub1kc3ddedaykl56scs5yklfvuk763lhmlj5x72h8q0qk53f69a27asukvzct
*https://persagen.com >> search: "Doug Ford" AND greenbelt
#Ontario #corruption #Greenbelt #capitalism #neoliberalism #PublicLand
Addendae 5
There is a pretty good discussion in reddit:machinelearning about the influence of the transformer architecture in machine learning, and how it compares to other models (e.g. CNN: convolutional neural networks in image processing; ...)
Is everything just transformers now?
https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/15nhxfz/d_is_everything_just_transformers_now
#ML #MachineLearning #TransformerModel #attention #transformers #NeuralNetworks #CNN #MSP #LSTM #ResNet #RNN #DeepNN
Addendae 3 cont'd
Relevant (U.S. side):
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110537921134755512
Koch-Funded Group Undermining US Clean Energy Goals
* Texas: barrage of anti-solar & wind power measures pushed forward by Republicans to reshape a state that has become the U.S.’s powerhouse of clean energy.
#CharlesKoch #Texas #neoliberalism #CleanEnergy #capitalism #ClimateChange #disinformation
Addendae 1
Anti-Woke & Fossil Fuel Industry Operatives Dominate ALEC’s Energy Task Force
* senior operative in Leonard Leo’s influence network now holds seat on Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
...
#CRCAdvisors #ALEC #LeonardLeo #neofascism #ModelActs #ModelLegislation #capitalism #neoliberalism #DarkMoney #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateChangeDenial #disinformation
Addendae 6
Corporate Lobbyists Fighting Heat & Wildfire Protections for Workers
* key opponent to worker climate protections: National Federation of Independent Business: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business
* oil & gas company lobbyists pushing back against rules on workplace heat safety
* virtually all of OSHA’s workplace safety rules face opposition f. business lobby
#capitalism #WorkersRights #HeatStress #GregAbbott #neoliberalism #CorporateEthics #OHS #lobbyists #OSHA
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The truth about Monique Worrell
https://popular.info/p/the-truth-about-monique-worrell
* In his executive order suspending Worrell, DeSantis cited his authority to remove state's attorneys
* during press conference announcing Worrell's ouster, DeSantis treated his removal of a duly elected official as a joke
* Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd shared the stage w. DeSantis
* held up placard with meme-inspired cartoon of Worrell in house on fire proclaiming “This is fine”
#DeSantis #neofascism #MoniqueWorrell
Addendae 8
Ron DeSantis Is a Corporate America–Approved Fake Populist
Attempting to reanimate his unappealing presidential campaign, Florida governor Ron DeSantis last week presented a new faux-populist economic agenda, which frames corporate-friendly policies as a means to improve workers’ economic conditions.
#DeSantis #neofascism #populism #CultureWars #WarOnWoke