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Webby confirms the first exoplanet - an Earth-sized planet about 41 light years away. It appears to have a carbon dioxide rich atmosphere and its year lasts about two days.
[WaPo] DOJ subpeened Trump campaign official in December. The DOJ is interested campaign finance improprieties centering on grift from Trump PACs that were supposed to fight the "Steal" but just enriched Trump.
It would be kind of funny if Trump continues to get away on "aggressive" tax strategies around real estate because he's at the edge of normal and instead trips over being too obvious about misuse of campaign funds. (I assume abuse of those funds is rife by candidates, but some more so than others)
Time Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive received more than $1.75m in earnings from an unregistered campaign company despite claiming to have only made $55k. His wife Morgan Fairchild is apoplectic.
I never understood why in English you can’t just say “Latin” and avoid the gender issue present in Spanish that way.
That being said, it is pretty ridonc to ban the term. I mean the taxpayers are paying you to work on their behalf, and you spend your time and their money on this? How about improving the education system or public safety FFS. Seems like the right wing version of the SF school board renaming project
Besides the gender issue, I believe a major reason why they use LatinX is to try to show that Latinos in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Latino immigrants in the US/Canada are very diverse in culture, language, cuisine and history so the term Latin is too generic. Not to mention you have Afro-Latinos and indigenous-Latinos that are viewed very differently in their home countries and the US.
I think this speaks to the problem, the minute you need a dissertation to explain it, it reeks of elitism and an unwritten code of conduct that others need follow to be elite themselves, or else risk opprobrium from others.
That is such a cisgender heteronormative thing to say! 😀
Kidding! You are totally right. I also wonder if we are teaching children to be hypersensitive a bit? People seem to jump to the worst conclusion about every slip of the tongue. I think we are still working through this stuff - the prison house of language guys are totally right about how language can shape your worldview, so it’s worth it to bring it up to the discursive consciousness and discuss how we might change it. But there needs to be a way to do that without being elitist shitheads about it, or else Sarah Huckabee type reactionaries may win the day in all these arguments.
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SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Webby confirms the first exoplanet - an Earth-sized planet about 41 light years away. It appears to have a carbon dioxide rich atmosphere and its year lasts about two days.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-james-webb-space-telescope-exoplanet.html
Probably too hot for life.
Seems like the name of a pop song - too hot for life. Paging Harry Styles!
American Astronomical Society annual meeting is this week which is why you’re seeing more astronomy news than normal.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
[WaPo] DOJ subpeened Trump campaign official in December. The DOJ is interested campaign finance improprieties centering on grift from Trump PACs that were supposed to fight the "Steal" but just enriched Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/11/trump-subpoena-jan6-campaign-officials/
It would be kind of funny if Trump continues to get away on "aggressive" tax strategies around real estate because he's at the edge of normal and instead trips over being too obvious about misuse of campaign funds. (I assume abuse of those funds is rife by candidates, but some more so than others)
Time Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive received more than $1.75m in earnings from an unregistered campaign company despite claiming to have only made $55k. His wife Morgan Fairchild is apoplectic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/01/11/george-santos-harbor-city-capital/
A second search finds more mishandled classified documents by Biden. Fox News messes itself in excitement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/11/biden-more-documents-found/
The 2018 Outland Trophy winner also claims to have been one of the first infected with Covid
https://www.businessinsider.com/george-santos-lied-bogus-covid-19-diagnosis-timeline-daily-beast-2023-1
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs EO to ban the use of the term LatinX for official use. I'm not sure how many people she has upset with this.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-term-latinx-first-day-office-rcna65351
I have never really liked the LatinX term.
I never understood why in English you can’t just say “Latin” and avoid the gender issue present in Spanish that way.
That being said, it is pretty ridonc to ban the term. I mean the taxpayers are paying you to work on their behalf, and you spend your time and their money on this? How about improving the education system or public safety FFS. Seems like the right wing version of the SF school board renaming project
Besides the gender issue, I believe a major reason why they use LatinX is to try to show that Latinos in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Latino immigrants in the US/Canada are very diverse in culture, language, cuisine and history so the term Latin is too generic. Not to mention you have Afro-Latinos and indigenous-Latinos that are viewed very differently in their home countries and the US.
I think this speaks to the problem, the minute you need a dissertation to explain it, it reeks of elitism and an unwritten code of conduct that others need follow to be elite themselves, or else risk opprobrium from others.
That is such a cisgender heteronormative thing to say! 😀
Kidding! You are totally right. I also wonder if we are teaching children to be hypersensitive a bit? People seem to jump to the worst conclusion about every slip of the tongue. I think we are still working through this stuff - the prison house of language guys are totally right about how language can shape your worldview, so it’s worth it to bring it up to the discursive consciousness and discuss how we might change it. But there needs to be a way to do that without being elitist shitheads about it, or else Sarah Huckabee type reactionaries may win the day in all these arguments.
Also, LatinX sounds like an X-Men team.
Ah, I am just swimming in ignorance as usual! 😀
If people want to use whatever term, they should use it. Seems so lame to get all Academie Francaise about it and ban terms.
Latine is a much better term anyway
RIP Jeff Beck. Legendary guitarist passes away at the age of 78 due to bacterial meningitis.
But still, 78
...as in RPMs? (ducks, runs)
DBD AV CLUB
Short Round's lawyer is Chunk. That is, Ke Huy Quan had Jeff Cohen (UC Berkeley, BS Business Administration) do some legal work for him.
https://twitter.com/andycompton_/status/1612844003342295042
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Here is a summary of the TCU / Georgia game
https://twitter.com/TheSumoSoul/status/1613424319304183813
How it started:
https://twitter.com/heckyessica/status/1609429221578874880
How it's going now:
https://twitter.com/heckyessica/status/1612715780310704130
Pac-12 moving from SF to SRV
https://twitter.com/andycompton_/status/1612844003342295042
CU vs. ASU in Week 0 nixed
https://247sports.com/Article/Deion-Sanders-Week-0-game-Colorado-Buffaloes-Arizona-State-Sun-Devils-canceled-202680498/
Coach 30 does his thing for TCU vs. UGA
https://twitter.com/MrGo30/status/1613353306054881280
"Trying to get real juice from a man named Sonny D" LOL
Charles White - Heisman Trophy winner from USC - has died at the age of 64 from cancer
https://twitter.com/antoniocmorales/status/1613367738524897283
PRO
David Shaw hoping to bring his brand of punting from your opponent's 40 yard line to Denver
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1613374655309709313
I feel like this was more of a check the box for the Rooney rule interview than a serious interview.
Carries more credibility than just interviewing Lovie would.
That'll do great in the NFL...
And it would put Shaw, Condi Rice, and John Elway all in one place
Maybe someone can nuke that place.
Small nuke please.
Heh.
A trifecta of Furd evilness.
Leaving Las Vegas
https://twitter.com/derekcarrqb/status/1613560895011184641
Who throws a massage gun, honestly?
https://twitter.com/HoopyHoops/status/1612987944188661766
Smush Parker looking to return to the NBA soon
https://twitter.com/SmushParker21/status/1613137239290138626
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Cindric confirms his return for 2023
https://twitter.com/matthew_cindric/status/1613321932161847296?
Including Vatikani, the way we lose guys to injury, we probably need 9 more just like him.