@mjf_pro Also, SCOTUS seems very unlikely to challenge an appeals court decision that in essence defends the role of the Article III courts (including SCOTUS) in the balance of power in our system of government. Why would they want to hear an appeal that would place the President as supreme monarch above the legislature and the courts? They wouldn’t.
@HistoPol@textualdeviance@GottaLaff Although, if Texas did secede, we could hope it would be quickly re-annexed by Mexico and Abbott arrested for crimes against humanity.
@dazo I have purchased exactly two Brother laser printers. The first was a monochrome duplex printer I bought in the early noughts when I was working on my M.S. thesis. I replaced the drum in 2010 for $90. Unfortunately, a few months later a lightning strike fried the printer. I replaced it with a Brother color duplex laser printer that has been running since March 2011.
That means that in the Iowa caucuses: 2.3% of the adults in Iowa voted for Trump. 3.8% of the registered voters in Iowa voted for Trump 9.6% of registered Republicans voters in Iowa voted for Trump
Over 90% of registered republican voters in Iowa chose not to show up and vote for Trump.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe brain fog to those who have not experienced it, using things they might have felt. The closest I can get is: 1. It’s like being high on cannabis without the pleasurable part. 2. It’s like being hungover without having had any alcohol. 3. It’s like the way you would feel after pulling two all-nighters in a row and not drinking any coffee. 4. It feels like you have traumatic brain injury (“concussion”) but from the inside out.
Anyone else have any foggy thoughts?
I’m crashing today after having to over-exert myself this weekend and last night with snow removal and the fog is thick today.
@j4yc33@jerry Future generations will either know of January 6, 2021 as the low point of democracy in the USA, or they will never have heard of it as all mention of it is censored.
@evan My last New Year’s Resolution was about 40 years ago: “Resolved, this shall be my last New Year’s Resolution.” I have successfully kept it for four decades!
@benpocalypse@thomasfuchs Unless you went to the doctor to get a real test, odds are your “not covid” is Covid. Current dominant strains in the US generate many false negatives on the home rapid tests. If you have Covid symptoms, assume you have Covid.
How bad are the thousands of new stochastically-generated websites? Last night I wanted to roast some hazelnuts, and I could not remember the temperature I used last time. So I searched on DuckDuckGo. Every website that I could find was machine-generated with different temps listed. One site had three separate methods listed that were essentially differently worded versions of the same thing. With different temperatures.
So I pulled my copy of Rodale’s Basic Natural Foods Cookbook off the shelf and looked it up there.
I think it may be time to download an archive copy of the 2022 Wikipedia before we lose all of our reference material. It was nice having all the world’s knowledge at my fingertips for a couple of decades, but that time seems to be past.
@oldrawgabbit@lednabwm I follow people when they say something interesting in a reply or in a post that someone else boosts, so that I will be able to read their future posts. Why would I follow someone who doesn’t post anything?
Israel continues its illegal attacks on civilians in response to Hamas terrorism. Netanyahu apparently plans to simply destroy everything and everyone in Gaza in retaliation.
Ambulances targeted. Hospitals out of fuel for generators. And Israel keeps killing more and more civilians.
You know that the country has stepped over the line when even Israel-apologists like the Washington Post are publishing balanced articles that call out the Israeli attacks on civilians.
This is not “self-defense.” At this point, Israel is conducting either state-sponsored terrorism or the beginnings of genocide. You decide.
@jots@thomasfuchs My initial reaction was, “Wow, that’s a lot of p-tests.” I figured the study was just another case of p-hacking. Then I looked at the size of their study and the size of their effects. It’s pretty convincing.
I would love to see a follow up to see whether this effect exists for PASC/LongCovid as well.
@RickiTarr@theropologist Evolution is not purposeful. It does not progress. It is just an ongoing process that sometimes produces species and individuals more fit than others.
Humans who are able to remember things are better able to survive than humans who cannot. So, there is clear selection pressure for memory. Similarly, the genes of humans who can share their memories with other humans in their community who share many of their genes or who will cooperate to protect them are also more likely to survive, so there is clear selection pressure for what we might call story telling.
Is there selection pressure for remembering accurately vs remembering approximately? Maybe. Probably. Is there selection pressure for perfect recollection vs. pretty good recollection? I’m not sure. We do have individuals with eidetic or highly superior autobiographical memories. And they are not necessarily the happiest or fittest individuals from the point of view of survival. See for example: https://time.com/5045521/highly-superior-autobiographical-memory-hsam/
@AnarchoNinaWrites Fortunately, I do not know “the bad touch” by name, and I am not looking it up. Unfortunately, the old BK whopper radio jingle is now stuck in my head. Leniency be-damned! Two-fisted burger indeed.
Long Covid/PASC/CFS since Oct. 2022.My brain is different.I don’t have strong gender or pronoun preferences. He or they or per is fine.New English naturalist descended from privileged white European settlers, now living on Pocumtuck and Nipmuc land.Anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-bigot.Repeal the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the USA.Warning: I sometimes post full-length blog posts here.Header pic: Coastal Plain Pond in SE Massachusetts. Thumbnail pic: Me looking out the window and remembering.