Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
New piece:
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-authoritarianism-means
When Congress Surrenders to the Executive
Ok hyperventilating. The Republicans stuck a clause in a procedural measure that declares the rest of 2025 to be ONE SINGLE DAY
#uspol
Why?? So they don't have the ability to cancel Trump's illegal tariffs
I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-day-that-never-ends
Yes. You do. This Long Covid Awareness Day I want to talk about the reasons why many people don't realize they have Long Covid, as well as why others choose to hide their diagnosis.
It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day, and my latest article looks at the reasons why people believe they don’t know anyone with Long Covid.
We desperately need increased visibility into this debilitating chronic illness so that we can raise awareness and fund treatments, mitigations and cures.
Anyone can get Long Covid. It’s not limited to ‘only the vulnerable’ or those who had a severe initial infection.
This disease does not discriminate. Even people with asymptomatic initial infections have found themselves disabled by Long Covid.
It’s time we start processing the trauma of the pandemic and stop living in denial.
We are in the middle of a mass disabling event, and the longer it takes us to admit that, the more people will be harmed.
Let’s spread the word that the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid getting Covid in the first place.
Wear a mask. Stay home when sick. Clean and ventilate the air.
When we all agree to care about the air we share, we can begin to bring about real change.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/i-dont-know-anyone-with-long-covid
#longcovid #longcovidawarenessday #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #sarscov2 #chronicillness #wearamask
Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study
🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against "a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk."
Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisations
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy. People complain about "red tape" now - but it has been around for a VERY long time - since the days of the Akkadian Empire, in fact, in Mesopotamia in 2300-2150 BCE, i.e., 4,325 years ago. We really ought to be used to it by now, @ChrisMayLA6!
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
Holy shit: https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/
For the non-programmers: hash tables are one of those things you learn about in your first year as a CS student, and very likely in your first CS class. Not something you expect to read about conjecture-breaking, complexity-bounds-changing new implementations of.
Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02305
A short time ago former US Attorney Barb McQuade posted this passage...
As I’m getting older I look back on all the things I’ve done as a creative developer, and I see so many cool projects! But I never wrote down any development
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