The idea that a ban on gender-affirming care could constitute anything *other* than discrimination on the basis of sex is an indictment of the legal system. This is exactly what such bans are designed to do.

Levi Kalish@kalish.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow at 10am ET for US v. Skrmetti, a landmark case which asks whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex. Here's a primer with everything you need to know www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

There's something that everyone gets wrong about the Ashley Madison data dump from 2015. And I should know, because I was one of the reporters who broke the story. It's my latest for @newscientist@mstdn.social (sign up for a free account to read). www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal

Nine years after hackers targeted Ashley Madison, the dating site for wannabe adulterers, many people still don't grasp what was truly chilling about the scandal, says Annalee Newitz

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*falls off my chair laughing in data management* Quick, go find me the dude that told me we would never need to manage the data any further than dump it in "the cloud" because we would just have a "data lake" and it would have all the things and we wouldn't have to do that.

Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2y ago

Some CIOs say getting full value out of AI tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 requires heavy lifting, as enterprise data isn't always accurate and up-to-date (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

MTV News online founding editor Michael Alex pulling zero punches, rightly. "History needs stewards, not owners. Whoever legally owns the archive does not legally own the history."

The Disappearance of MTV News’ Online Archive Is a Tragedy: Guest Post by the Website’s Founding Editor

In this guest post, Michael Alex, founding editor of MTV News, laments Paramount's decision to remove the site's archives from the internet.

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I will absolutely be getting one, I have a book tour and international travel in the fall.

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

I think what most marketers don’t understand is that the tech community holds collective grudges.

When A Byrd Flew To North Carolina Central University Jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd pioneered jazz education programs at Historically Black Colleges. BlackMusicMonth www.ncarts.org/blog/2019/04...

When A Byrd Flew To North Carolina Central University

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II aka Donald Byrd is probably most remembered as a Detroit City born Hard Bop maestro. In the mid-1970s Byrd began to collaborate with the Mizell Brothers -- Larr...

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After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator! I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen! apnews.com/article/tesl...

Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant

Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into ...

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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trends

CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends

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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter: (1) your haters are trash (2) you’re a baller, a true queen (3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️

Say it again: Republicans don't need the votes to ban abortion nationally, they just need Trump

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 2y ago

As a result, it would be near-impossible to end a pregnancy—even in a pro-choice state. These aren't predictions I'm making, but tactics that conservatives have explicitly laid out *in writing* Republicans don't need the votes to ban abortion nationally, they just need Trump

I hate to break it to everyone, but mixed signals, which are deliberate, will continue. Trump *intends* to muddy the waters, not clarify his position. We already know his position. He wanted Dobbs because the base did. He'll do a national ban because the base wants it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

Breaking News: Donald Trump said that abortion rights should be left up to the states, remarks that came after months of mixed signals. He added that he was “strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother.”

In the next 6 months, we're going to see one of the largest propaganda pushes in American history to spread the lie that Donald Trump is a moderate on abortion.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of Trump's top lawyers has already said the plan is to stay quiet on abortion through the campaign—then use the Comstock Act to impose a nationwide abortion ban in 2025. Not only a ban on medication abortion, but ALL abortions, in all 50 states. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/u...