Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
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Uh oh, Donnie. The court-appointed auditor of your companies just caught you moving $40 million from the Trump Org to yourself so you could pay your taxes and legal fees. That’s not allowed under the judge’s order. It’s not going to go over well, especially as the judge decides penalties.
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Thank you to the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee for taking this important step to hold the corrupt Supreme Court accountable. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-judiciary-meeting-subpoenas-harlan-crow-leonard-leo-devolves-pa-rcna127405
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Trump attacking MSNBC might seem trivial, but the details are not:
He also raised the prospect of using the government to come down "hard" against the network, adding that he considers MSNBC's journalism to be "illegal." Authoritarian visions matter. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/threats-free-press-part-trumps-far-right-vision-rcna127215
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Cornel West draws max donation from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow
Of course Republican billionaires are supporting 3rd party bids. But Cornel West ACCEPTED this donation. And that tells you everything you need to know about him.
He's a fraud.
Cop28 "climate" summit as big business lobbying opportunity: "Trade groups also give some indication in the documents of how they hope to shape conversations in Dubai. One said it will “push” the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to host “positive livestock content” at Cop28. The Guardian recently revealed that pressure from the industry led to censorship of FAO reports on the role of cattle in increasing greenhouse gas emissions." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/plans-to-present-meat-as-sustainable-nutrition-at-cop28-revealed
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#AfternoonUpdate #AMUpdate Many deaths on small dairy farms are not investigated. ProPublica investigated OSHA’s practices. https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/11/28/many-deaths-on-small-dairy-farms-are-not-investigated-propublica-investigated-oshas-practices/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Dubious lung float test: The test, which has been around for centuries and remains essentially unchanged in spite of medical advances, is typically used in cases when births occurred outside of a hospital. Critics have likened the test to witch trials, when women were deemed to be witches based on whether they floated or sank. Many medical experts say that air can enter the lungs of a stillborn child even without breathing. Air can enter when the baby’s chest compresses as it squeezes through the birth canal, through CPR or during the ordinary handling of the body. If the body is decomposed, gases may cause the lungs to float. https://www.propublica.org/article/lung-float-test-stillbirths-boston-university-northeastern-law
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"Secretary Clinton, Dr. Biden, we also welcome your lovely husbands." Jason Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn's grandson, welcomes the former Presidents in attendance.
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“Culture wars” and economic anxiety
When Republicans say they are focused on preserving “American culture and the American way of life,” they envision a societal order that protects entrenched hierarchies of race, gender, and religion.
Some thoughts, based on my new piece:
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/how-can-democracy-possibly-work-under
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[1/2] https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/harvard-law-review-gaza-israel/
Harvard Law Review solicited and then killed an article arguing that Israel's bombing of Gaza fits the official definition of "genocide". Insiders report that the editors, who are 104 in number, voted to kill the article because they were afraid of likely retaliation against them in their careers otherwise. Academic freedom includes the freedom to argue for either side of that question. Threats to intimidate scholars …
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Data from NASA’s Webb Telescope backs up ideas on planet formation
New data confirms the existence of a "snow line" in planet-forming disks.
This is reported as it should be, Chemours is a spinoff of DuPont. I think that too often large corporations have shed themselves of the financial burdens of a toxic legacy by spinoffs that are then allowed to fall into bankruptcy.
"A new investigation by human rights experts appointed by the United Nations has expressed alarm at evidence of pollution from a North Carolina PFAS manufacturing plant, describing it as “alleged human rights violations and abuses against residents”.
The ongoing PFAS crisis in North Carolina has been linked to a Fayetteville Works plant operated by Chemours, a chemical giant that was spun off from DuPont in 2015." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/28/north-carolina-pfas-pollution-united-nations-chemours-plant
"Efforts to refill the US emergency oil reserve are being slowed, in part, by companies delaying their return of borrowed barrels." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-27/delays-in-returning-oil-to-us-emergency-reserve-slows-refill?srnd=premium
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From the classic 1978 paper "Freshwater Mollusks Survive Fish Gut Passage," a pile of loose shell fragments collected from whitefish feces. Here and there are live pea clams (active and reaching out with their agile feet to burrow to safety) that survived their harrowing journey through the fish's gut alive! It is proposed by some researchers to be a significant mechanism allowing populations of these clams to migrate upstream! Sometimes we can't be picky about our mode of transport #clamFacts
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Donations to MAGA Super Pac:
Phil Ruffin (net worth $3.4B): multiple $1 million donations
Robert “Woody” Johnson (net worth $3.7 billion): $1 million in April
Charles Kushner (family net worth $1.8B): $1 million in June
Trump is going full fascist, and billionaires love it.
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"As of 2022, the total mass of re-entering objects from #LEO summed up to 309 metric tons. It already consists in an 87% increase of the yearly mass rate of aluminum injected at the top of the #atmosphere when compared with natural sources. Results show that aluminum oxides resulting from #SpaceDebris demise in the mesosphere cluster into nanoparticles and take decades decaying to lower altitudes."
https://amostech.com/TechnicalPapers/2023/Poster/Ferreira.pdf
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The latest University of Arizona Udall Center Extreme Heat Network newsletter features the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the WMO's State of Climate Services report on health, and the latest heat policy and governance news, research, and opportunities!
https://tinyurl.com/extremeheat2023dec
#heatresilience #extremeheat #urbanheat #heatpolicy #heatgovernance
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The weekly cycle of #photosynthesis in Europe reveals the negative impact of particulate #pollution on #ecosystem productivity
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Why doesn't the DOL/DOJ step up enforcement &⬆️fines? This admin is pro-bus & political. Corporations rule.
Amazon failed to ensure a workplace safety. Penalty: a $7,000 fine -max. in IN. Amazon is under scrutiny for a high rate of injuries at its warehouses as multiple govt agencies raise alarms re safety. Cases like this reveal the limited ability of state & fed safety regulators to effectively levy penalties or enforce safety policies on powerful corps.
#WorkerSafety
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/26/amazon-warehouse-death-7000-fine/
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I will have to say this again cos it's so batshit I'm having trouble believing it myself.
In the middle of the conflict in Gaza, with delicate hostage and ceasefire negotiations, what's Israel PM Netanyahu doing?
He's on X Spaces, hosting a live chat with Elon Musk, about the role of AI in security.
No, he is. He really is.
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
