Notices by chickweed (earthchild@mastodon.social)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Court's dismissal of a case over whether a state can ban abortions to protect women’s health will drag out the case – and potentially endanger lives.

“Will this court just have a do-over, rehearing and rehashing the same arguments we are considering now, just at a comparatively more convenient point in time?” Jackson asked in a dissent read from the bench, a move justices tend to only make when they feel particularly fired up.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/ketanji-brown-jackson-dissent-idaho-abortion-ban

@HistoPol @m Good points, and I agree. I wish more people were aware of ALEC's funding, promotion and dissemination of boiler-plate extremist laws to right-wing legislators in the US. Also, it seems like the far-right took Atwood's 'Handmaid's Tale' as a blueprint :( Thanks for additional info! @davetroy @haq

@Brendanjones @theheck Good to know, thanks :)

Ring with figure of seated cat. 18th Dynasty, ca. 1390 BC. Egyptian faience. Art Institute of Chicago.

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/141240/ring-figure-of-seated-cat

#caturday

The most ancient rings found to date belong to the Paleolithic period and come from the site of Pavlov in the Czech Republic. They are made of mammoth bone and are 21,000 years old. One theory is that in the beginning rings were used as an exchange unit, with easy and secure “storage” on the fingers.

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2016/08/09/history-ring/#:~:text=The%20most%20ancient%20rings%20found,“storage”%20on%20the%20fingers.