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  • Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket

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  • For the record, while the Supreme Court justices have refused to hold themselves to the same standards as lower court judges, a U.S. District Court judge like Cannon is indeed bound by the Code of Conduct for United States Judges and the policies of the Judicial Conference, which do require disclosure of such gifts and trips.

  • Density saves nature

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  • Don't forget the huge energy savings (heating/cooling, transportation, infrastructure) by having denser housing. It isn't just a measurement of "I can see trees," but all the daily human activities that have a reduced environmental impact in denser development. It's counter-intuitive, but rural areas that are "nearer to nature" are often worse for the environment.

    There is probably a break-even point, I don't think everyone living in skyscrapers is ecologically ideal and I wouldn't want to live there anyway. But medium-density development with multi-unit (shared wall) buildings allows huge energy costs, while also making public transit more viable and providing a tax base that actually pays for its own infrastructure.

  • Low Cost Mini PCs

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  • Thanks for the rec! I also love that you presume that there will be a next time, cuz, uh, that's accurate. These little boxes are powerhouses, I probably want one for a TV set-top box now that all the TV boxes (Roku, Amazon Fire, even Android TV and soon Apple TV) are riddled with ads.

  • Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official

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  • At this point, my only hope is that the failed business model will kill most of these before they get even worse, regulators don't seem to have any appetite to monitor or restrict/tax the runaway energy usage.

  • US Naval Academy to defend race-conscious admissions policies at trial

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  • Hardly. The arguments against race-conscious admissions or affirmative action are generally based (unironically) in the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  • Low Cost Mini PCs

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  • Beelink and Minisforum are legit

    I wish I knew a lot of this when I first started shopping for a mini PC. I ended up with a Beelink model that I'm quite happy with, but it seems almost luck that I didn't pick another one, and I would have liked a "reputable brand" search function.

  • Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men

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  • Pigs are the only animal I struggle with eating, morally.

    Yeah, they're pretty intelligent and emotionally aware, at least as much as your average dog.

  • Aldi raises starting pay for store employees and warehouse workers

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  • Aldi employees do a lot (stocking, cleaning, cashiering, etc.) but are paid relatively well and get solid hours. The stores I have visited seem to retain their workers for long periods, too.

  • Lael Wilcox sets new women’s Around the World record: 18,125 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes

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  • Awesome, it looked like so much fun!

  • Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change

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  • Taxing carbon at its source is the only feasible way of doing a carbon tax, we have to get serious about this if we even pretend to care about the safety and national security threats that come with global warming, rising sea levels, severe/changing weather, etc.

  • Pockets 👀

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  • Lael Wilcox sets new women’s Around the World record: 18,125 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes

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  • A lot of donuts and cookies, I think.

    The social media pictures and video from the trip are pretty cool, if you want to see where she went and what parts of the trip were like.

    https://www.picuki.com/profile/laelwilcox

  • USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers

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  • Good news (no thanks to de Joy). Those are adorkable.

    Also, in an unfortunate coincidence, a mail truck broke down in front of my place yesterday, so the need is real.

  • 650-Foot High Megatsunami in Greenland Sends Seismic Waves Worldwide

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  • That's basically the wave in the water planet scene from Interstellar. That's terrifying.

  • Jeep's first EV for the US could be delayed if it's not 'perfect quality'

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  • The predecessor company had several significant innovative periods. Heck, I'd say that when Lee Iacocca took over and developed the minivan platform with the Dodge Caravan it was innovative. Maybe minivans aren't sexy, but they were an untapped market and sold a lot of units for Chrysler and basically defined the vehicle category for many years.

  • Former Nashville Medical Examiner, Whose Testimony Helped Convict a Russell Maze in 2004 of Killing His Baby, Now Says He Was Wrong. Maze could still spend the rest of his life in prison.

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  • And I have been very critical of Nashville DA Glenn Funk, including for his malfeasance in using person connections to get fake work to boost his own pension, but the formation of the Conviction Review Unit—once it was actually used, after an initially inactive period—deserves recognition and praise.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • "What baby" 😆

  • EV sales have not fallen, cooled, slowed or slumped. Stop lying in headlines.

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  • That's a good insight, car dealers are a huge part of the market, and they exert a lot of pressure against change. They also fund and support a lot of local Republican candidates, historically, a fact not entirely unrelated.

  • Charlie and the Marvelous Turnip Factory [Hark A Vagrant]

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  • Love love Hark! A Vagrant. And a lot of the other comics are way funnier, especially the historical ones. The comics about "marauding women on bicycles" (like this one) crack me up. I still think the "strong female characters" series is one of the funniest things ever.

    I wish Beaton would keep doing Hark! A Vagrant, but given what her family went through and her sister's misdiagnosis and death from cancer, I understand why she finished it up. Her graphic novel/memoir, Ducks, was one of the best books I read last year.

  • Bicycling @lemmy.world
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    Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again

  • News @lemmy.world
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    Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas

    www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/school-librarians-banned-books-investigation-texas-rcna161444
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Seattle police officer fired over "vile" comments after death of woman fatally struck by police SUV

    www.cbsnews.com /news/seattle-police-officer-daniel-auderer-fired-vile-comments-jaahnavi-kandula-killed-police-suv/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Tax filings show Catholic conservative activist Leonard Leo helped fuel Bud Light boycott

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/article/2024/jul/18/bud-light-boycott-funding
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of all 16 charges in corruption scheme that rocked NJ politics

    gothamist.com /news/menendez-guilty-of-multiple-charges-in-corruption-scheme
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Using drilling techniques developed by the fracking industry, a California utility is backing the largest new geothermal power development in the U.S. — 400 megawatts of clean electricity.

    apnews.com /article/geothermal-energy-heat-renewable-power-climate-fervo-343efd2a284d975b98219e66a6043291
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    No, Offshore Wind Isn’t What’s Killing Whales

    www.scientificamerican.com /article/whales-are-dying-but-not-from-offshore-wind/
  • [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world
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    Why more American teenagers are rejecting driver's licenses in favor of e-bikes

    electrek.co /2024/06/10/why-more-american-teenagers-are-rejecting-drivers-licenses-in-favor-of-e-bikes/
  • E-Bikes @lemmy.world
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    Why more American teenagers are rejecting driver's licenses in favor of e-bikes

    electrek.co /2024/06/10/why-more-american-teenagers-are-rejecting-drivers-licenses-in-favor-of-e-bikes/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery

    www.theguardian.com /society/article/2024/jun/05/bowel-disease-hope-researchers-find-biological-pathway
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic

    www.caranddriver.com /news/a60983144/study-loud-exhaust-psychotic/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Biden to sign executive order to close southern US border to asylum seekers

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/article/2024/jun/03/biden-close-mexico-border-immigration-executive-order
  • Bicycling @lemmy.world
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    Coal Rolling Is a Menacing Crime—And It's on the Rise

    www.bicycling.com /news/a60747401/waller-texas-coal-rolling-cyclist-crash/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Tucker Carlson launches show on Russian state TV

    www.newsweek.com /tucker-carlson-launches-show-russian-state-tv-russia-24-1903045
  • [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world
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    Volkswagen to go solo on affordable EVs after ending talks with Renault

    electrek.co /2024/05/17/volkswagen-solo-affordable-evs-ends-talks-renault/
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    "I have the sunshine on the other line"

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

    www.billboard.com /business/streaming/spotify-songwriters-less-mechanical-royalties-audiobooks-bundle-1235673829/
  • Privacy @lemmy.world
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    How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas

    sherwood.news /tech/how-to-opt-out-of-the-privacy-nightmare-that-comes-factory-installed-in-new/
  • [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world
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    Ford rethinks EV strategy, is working on a smaller, cheaper EV platform

    arstechnica.com /cars/2024/02/ford-rethinks-ev-strategy-is-working-on-a-smaller-cheaper-ev-platform/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Boeing 747 makes emergency landing in Florida after ‘engine malfunction’

    www.theguardian.com /business/2024/jan/19/boeing-plane-emergency-landing-miami-florida