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I’d rather have “star” or “approval” voting, but I’ll take ranked choice voting over what we’ve currently got.
I’d rather have “star” or “approval” voting, but I’ll take ranked choice voting over what we’ve currently got.
I think the consequences will be different for every case and based on what was done.
This ruling is a major step forward so that cases can actually be brought against corrupt politicians who are abusing their power in this way.
In this case, Sylvia was falsely accused, arrested, and then the charges were dropped a day later.
That’s different when compared to Trump where he went through the court system and was found guilty on all counts.
Link to the court’s opinion, if anyone is interested in reading through it:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1025_1a72.pdf
So, roughly a radius of ~415 Miles (667km).
I thought I read something earlier today that mentioned that the current deal is that the hostages be returned and then Israel will pull out it’s troops.
Hamas wants to alter it so that they release a few hostages, then Israel pulls out, and then they release the rest of the hostages.
It sounds like Israel had already agreed to that deal so isn’t this in Hamas’ ball park to accept or not?
Then again it sounds like every time the deal is altered, the other side wants to male new changes,
As Blinken mentioned in a different article:
“At some point in a negotiation, and this has gone back and forth for a long time, you get to a point where if one side continues to change its demands, including making demands and insisting on changes for things that it already accepted, you have to question whether they’re proceeding in good faith or not.” https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-negotiations-ab6925549d8f523a6e5c61e88e7eec8a
Has anyone actually published the entire deal (at any stage) in its entirety so that everyone can see what is being debated?
Corporations are big into lobbying. “Studies” like this help them to convince lawmakers to make decisions that benefit them.
In this case, they might not be able to easily lower minimum wage, but they can say that it’s been a burden and try to get a break in other ways.
Edit in response to the edited comment above:
Poe’s Law, should have included a “/s” at least.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe’s_law
It also helps when the ears are angled in a way that makes it look like a unicorn.
The painting is protected by glass, so no damage was done to the painting.
I read through way too many articles that failed to mention this important detail.
Sometimes tar just comes up naturally from underground and ends up in the ocean.
This is especially common if they’re talking about “tar patties the size of a sand dollar”.
Edit: Looks like this is actually ‘asphalt’ that comes up naturally. For those who haven’t heard of this phenomenon before: https://tarpits.org/experience-tar-pits/la-brea-tar-pits-and-hancock-park
It occurs throughout the world in a number of different locations. I’m not saying that this is what’s happening here, but it’s definitely a possibility, especially when people describe “tar patties the size of a sand dollar”.
Link to source instead of amp: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/americas/cuba-russian-ships-submarine-visit-intl-latam/index.html
This is definitely out of the ordinary for this particular county (from what I can tell).
Only 1 shark attack has been recorded in this county in the last ~140 years.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/maps/na/usa/florida/
Also a fun fact, while most of the shark attacks (in the U.S.) happen in Florida, you’re very likely to survive. (About 15-30 attacks per year, and only 1 fatality every few years if I’m remembering correctly).
However, while you’re much less likely to get attacked in California, if you do get attacked, you’re far more likely to die. (About 1-2 shark attacks every year and a fatality every other year if, I’m remembering correctly).
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/
From the article:
A lawsuit before the Maryland Supreme Court seeks to stop the sale of a parking lot in Bethesda that currently covers the remains of a historically Black cemetery to developers.
The Bethesda African American Cemetery Coalition argues that since the land is a burial ground the sale of the land requires court approval if the land is to be used for another purpose.
“This issue is really critical because right now there are literally hundreds of African American burial grounds around the United States that are in various stages of desecration,” Steven Lieberman, the attorney who is representing the Coalition told USA TODAY in February.
Exactly. Here’s a relevant snippet from the article:
The California decertification law was passed in 2021 in the wake of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and took effect in 2023. The law came 18 years after lawmakers stripped that power from a state police standards commission. That left it to local agencies to decide if officers should be fired, but critics said they could often simply get a job in a different department.
This is big, although I wonder how difficult it is for an officer to move to a different state and get a job even if they were decertified by this law.
For anyone curious what exactly those ties were:
Balmaseda previously served as an intern in the office of Rubio […] and worked as an organiser for DeSantis’s 2018 campaign for governor.
Is this the same guy that’s recorded on those robocalls who’s always asking for donations?
Personally I’m more of a fan of Approval Voting since it’s effective and the easiest to explain/implement.
Otherwise STAR voting is really good. Lastly I would take RCV since that is at least better than what we currently have.
From the article:
The cause of his death was not immediately clear.
AI can be very useful, the problem here is humans trusting it to be accurate all the time.
In this case it should be used to narrow down results, but even then the police need to do their job. They need to do an actual investigation to gather evidence that they have the right person before even attempting to make am arrest.
Even removing AI from the picture entirely doesn’t solve this problem. Just look at wrongful arrests that have been made simply because a wanted criminal has the exact same name as someone else.