David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org

Found something remarkable (and also quite sad).

In 1997, Wired published "The Long Boom", a hyper-optimistic article about how we'd achieve Utopia by 2020.

The authors included notes on some "scenario spoilers"—negative events that might send is in a worse direction.

...and those spoilers turned out to be almost spookily accurate.

https://www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/

#MLB #Baseball #GoHalos #WhiteSox @baseball@a.gup.pe @baseball@chirp.social

Via OptaSTATS @optastats

#ShoheiOhtani of the @angels is the first MLB player to reach base 4+ times, hit 2+ home runs and strike out 10+ batters all in the same game since Jack Stivetts did so for the St. Louis Browns against the Toledo Maumees on June 10, 1890.

I just started a band called 999 Megabytes.

We haven’t done a gig yet.

#DadJokes #Puns #NotMyFault

Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal

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The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published.

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Alito #SamuelAlito #WSJ

https://www.propublica.org/article/behind-scenes-alito-wall-street-journal-prebuttal-editorial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

I'm in Seattle 9/1 with Mega Ran, Richie Branson, and Shubzilla. The Vera Project is where to be. Tix: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Mega-RanB-DayBashTheVeraProject/556727?afflky=TheVeraProject

Barack Hussein Obama won as Barack Hussein Obama

Meanwhile…

Nimarata Nikki Randhawa had to run as Nikki Haley

Piyush Jindal had to run as Bobby Jindal

Rafael Edward Cruz had to run as Ted Cruz

Even Ronna Romney had to run as Ronna McDaniel

And don’t get me started on the 11-teen different names of George Santos

Point is, GOP claims that “Dems are obsessed with identity politics” is 100% projection.

BREAKING: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has passed away at 92. Rest in Power Daniel, and thank you. 🙏🏿 #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

Why have EIGHT people covering this? It is SERIOUS, yes. Could we have eight people talking about halting or slowing climate change? Or eight people talking about ending poverty? Or ending institutional racism? Or having world peace? Or ending domestic violence? #TrumpArraignment #BlackMastodon #Mastodon

Here is the indictment again. It really makes great reading. Unless you are a Republican official, apparently. https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/trump-indictment-document/967835b8a14a6b03/full.pdf

This is extremely serious. The U.S. corp news media must stop covering this like it’s “The Price Is Right”. When you sensationalize DT & news for 40 years this is what you get. Retire your peanut gallery of pundits. In the 1960s and 70s you’d have the story and maybe one other person to comment on it.

#Mastodon #BlackMastodon #indictment #indicted

This vertically oriented logarithmic map spans nearly 20 orders of magnitude, taking us from planet Earth to the edge of the observable #Universe.

#astronomy #cosmos
https://www.pablocarlosbudassi.com/2021/02/atlas-of-universe-is-linear-version-of_15.html

"Refuse to be overwhelmed!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Are you feeling overwhelmed? If not, you are doing it all wrong!
Everyone is overwhelmed! If there is one constant comment in my discussions with people it's that they feel absolutely floored by the constant rate of change!

And that’s where so-called “soft skills" come in.

That’s why I found the results of a survey undertaken by the Association of Graduate Recruiters in the UK way back in 1978 to be so compelling! I

Take a look at the list of the suggested skills that we should emphasize.

It’s a good list and although it's 45 years old, its worthy of serious reflection.

And if it does anything, it will help shift you from feeling overwhelmed by the speed of change to having more of a sense of control - which will help you to better control your destiny!

Read the whole post: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/06/daily-inspiration-refuse-to-be-overwhelmed/

Clarence Thomas' opinion in Sackett is one of the most nihilistic opinions written by any federal judge in the last nine decades. This opinion is particularly notable, moreover, because it is joined by another justice, Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch, who was appointed to the Court in 2017, had not previously revealed just how far he is willing to go in sabotaging the United States government. Now we know.

#GOPfascists #ClarenceThomas #NeilGorsuch #SCOTUS #childLabor

https://abovethelaw.com/2023/05/it-looks-like-2-of-the-9-supreme-court-justices-are-willing-to-let-3rd-graders-be-sent-to-the-coal-mines/

Congratulations to #Iowa for banning Hemingway's books in your schools. Also, good job on banning Nabokov's, Ford's, Fitzgerald's, Joyce's and many other classics of modern literature.

If today's kids are anything like I was when I grew up in Iowa, they'll seek out those banned books. A bunch of classic literature is about to get read.

Via Amanda Gorman. Yes THAT Amanda Gorman:
#Florida #fascism 1/…🧵

You were reminded today that you plan to cancel your (neé) HBO on Sunday, after you watch the last Succession. Here are the 12 best things HBO ever made (other than Succession), in case you want to watch tv 24 hours a day between then and now:

BREAKING:

Rest in Power Jim Brown. An all-time great in so many ways. Humanitarian, activist, actor, trailblazer, hero. He will be sorely missed. #RIPJimBrown #Mastodon #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday