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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

The article says he was charged after he declared his candidacy.

Not that I wanted him elected, but that is the timeline.

Absolutely it's a big no no, another concept that was pounded into my head at BYU in my science classes.

Confounding factors (a concept I learned in a BYU stats class) also come to mind

Are they LGBTQ?

Education level and in what area?

Were those closest to the subjects generally accepting of their choice or were they rejected and treated differently?

Having science training (in part from BYU), I won't immediately dismiss their findings because I might not agree or like them.

The actual publication would be helpful for clarity.

I want to know what the survey questions are. Were they in any way leading (begging the question)?

One person I went to church with I lost all respect for when I saw them quoted in the news speaking out against the warming shelters back when people in Fruit Heights went kitty bonkers over a non-LDS church helping the needy.

Riker tooting on that boner

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

Title card designed like an episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series." The Enterprise flies away from a space station. The title text in yellow stylized font is, "The Mediocre Computer"

View from the main bridge, captain's POV. Sulu and Chekov look ahead at the main viewscreen. On the screen is the BSOD from Windows. It reads, "Your main computer ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you. 47% complete. For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit http://starfleet.ufp/dunsel If you hail a support person, give them this info: Stop code: PENALTY_FOR_MURDER"

Should have installed Tribble Linux.

This is a single-panel political cartoon that visually contrasts technological advancement with political ideology. The image shows a large, futuristic starship—specifically, the USS Enterprise from the Star Trek franchise, identifiable by its distinctive saucer section and twin warp nacelles—flying high above a landscape. The ship is drawn in a detailed, sci-fi comic book style. The ship is tethered by a thick cable or rope to a small, wooden, covered wagon (like a pioneer's covered wagon or a prairie schooner) that is resting on a small, grassy hill. The wagon appears antiquated and is drawn in a simpler, more cartoonish style, making it look grounded and rustic in contrast to the high-tech starship. The significant element is the text on the covered wagon. The side of the canvas cover features large, bright red capital letters that clearly spell out the acronym "MAGA" (Make America Great Again). The overall composition suggests a contrast between the advanced, forward-looking nature of the Star Trek vessel and the outdated, slow-moving nature of the political slogan it is dragging behind it.

Being tethered to the archaic past is keeping us from boldly moving forward.

The Crime of Human Virtue Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

I would have accepted job offers that I turned down.

Great job, looks exciting. Oh, your health benefits suck? I'll stay at the job I hate then.

Nurse: "What's your preferred pharmacy?"

Me: "One that my insurance won't accept. Perhaps you want one that my insurance will cover that I don't prefer?"

Watching a family member go through the process of a medical procedure in a hospital today.

I am reminded that the public and those who dedicate their lives to heal the sick are subject to a hellish system whose purpose is to be profitable and the knucklehead politicians who support such chaos.

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

I'm both hopeful and not, seeing as the DEMs have caved before.

If I may ask since you're on the topic, why did the practicing ballroom dancers feel it necessary to practice in the hallway when there was a gigantic ballroom right next to them?

I nearly got plowed over twice, and when I got upset and called them on it, I was the bad guy.

The Science News Cycle

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report Things have changed since 2009: We’re more certain about the problems.

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”

a conservative messaged me on facebook to ask which deaths this post was referring to

*syllabus by committee. Although both work.

Covid put my syllabus 100% online where it now continues.

Simple Syllabus is a syllabus by community IMHO. Copy / paste the usual pieces breaking Canvas features, add in sections professors can't edit. Include assignments that don't update and it becomes a complete mess I then disable.

Crap, three? Did I miss one?

I enjoyed the constant reminder emails asking me to take time to needlessly repeat the syllabus weeks before they bothered to send me an adjunct contract to sign.

I still remember when the Utah State Legislature ended DEI initiatives in part because, according to them, it added administrative burden. Now I’m asked to post my syllabi in THREE different places in three different formats thanks to new state law 🤌 🙃

Can I use this at my next bishop's interview? No I don't obey the word of wisdom or pay tithing, but you see time isn't linear so I can have a temple recommend now because I will later / used to.

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.

- Carl Sagan

So say we all.

Local Utah Meteorologist is making vague, false, and misleading claims about astronomy and I have to deprogram my family that forwards the Facebook post to me.