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U.S. conservative conference with Hungary’s hardline leader reflects Republican divide Well this is disturbing. More anti-democracy behavior by the knucklehead faction.

Hmm, I wonder what Michael O'Leary would have to say? 😓

Mmm, actually we have plenty of evidence that repeating a statement, even a bold-faced lie, does have a reinforcing effect that makes it more credible to a significant portion of the populace. Cf. Trump.

...are tasty with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Thousands of Britain’s ‘fish and chip’ shops could close within a year A sad fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My Mum's parents ran a fish and chip shop in England, and eating chips and meat pie from a newspaper wrap is one of my fondest youthful memories.

There goes the American embassy...

People being what they are, I'm a bit skeptical about promises of utopia. Even the wealthy (who have everything they could possibly need) still commit crimes; they just have better lawyers. Do we get free high end lawyers as well?

Room for let. Inquire within.

Sounds like an argument for execution then. My issue with that is the cases where people have been unjustly convicted of violent crimes they did not commit. E.g. Thomas James. Perhaps though some day we'll be able to reprogram criminals with a neural interface?

I take the view that eighty years spent rotting away in a high security prison is a worse punishment than execution. It's a disincentive for those who would follow. Plus scientists can perform experiments on his brain.

It's not so clear cut. He was wearing a bullet proof vest and a tactical helmet, and he was (ineffectually) shot at by the security guard.

Technically, Uncle Sam is the personification of Samuel Wilson, so it would be his wife Aunty Bettsy. 😉

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The first Monday-night game has the Wilson-led Broncos taking on the Seahawks in Seattle. *sigh* I guess the league HQ likes its mini-dramas. They're a lot like Pro Wrestling that way.

How pun-ishment came to be...

Maybe it's a software fix for the "uncanny valley" problem? I.e. by the designers.

Math humor.

It's very cool that they are finally able to assemble direct graphical evidence of an SMBH now. Perhaps the next step will be to produce animated images so we can actually see the accretion disk in operation? At any rate, another huge accomplishment for science.

It's always a challenge to know what's true in that corner of the world. There's just too much incentive to lie and make Israeli look monstrous. I'm withholding judgment for that reason; not that I'm not concerned. It's also a dangerous line of work for journalists to travel to conflict zones. The US has also lost journalists in that region.