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"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law."— Donald Trump August 18, 2016 (Charlotte NC rally) pic.twitter.com/b3XNYfKYc8
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https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2018/10/12/parasites-meal-or-squeal/
Nadine Dorries hasc announed her resignation as she heads to the Lords...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-parasitic-species-some-people-love-eat-180951340/
though this covers much the same ground (needs login, free)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/parasite-cuisine-eating-the-eaters
Even "I'm here to talk truths to Trump about how he is unfit to be president" Chris Christie has not jumped on this, and has taken a "let's see where the evidence takes us" approach. Political leaders sometimes forget their ability to shape base perceptions; maybe the base will punish GOP politicians for calling out Trump, but if the party had a clear line they all shared denouncing him their would be less chance of punishment (not that it would necessarily mean they'd agree).
Nadine Dorries stands down as MP with immediate effect.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65860564
It has been an honour to serve as the MP for such a wonderful constituency but it is now time for another to take the reins.
https://twitter.com/NadineDorries/status/1667182498042740742?s=20
My mother also had a friend who ordered frog in a Japanese restaurant, which was then skinned alive in front of her. She ran out of the restaurant.
What will do for Trump, should that happen, is the strength of the case against him. For that, we have to wait - unlike every scofflaw Republican (and the odd PBer) who has already excused him..
It appears the Cons have a very large majority, so it'd be hard to be overcome, even with the party's current travails. But I don't have any local knowledge. But by-elections can have wild results.
Sorry.
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1667178185786548225
All perspectives are welcome, just given our recent interactions, I'm wondering.
Not that geographical location makes views any more or less valid.
Well, not entirely....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-exposes-sick-russian-troll-factory-plaguing-social-media-with-kremlin-propaganda
To be clear - I'm not remotely suggesting this is you!
2019 there was 62.7% Con, 22.1% Lab, 10.0% Lib Dem
In Mid Beds they're only starting 47.2% behind.
N.B. it has been a Tory seat unbroken since 1931.
Nadine Dorries, five hours before she resigned, triggering a by-election
[VIDEO]
"The last thing I would want to do is cause a by election in my constituency"
https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1667184705601519622?s=20
The estimate for Mid Beds, 52.06% leave; North Shropshire 60.46% leave.
According to Chris Hanretty. About average for the nation.
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1667181223800713217?s=20
Truly one of the wonder drugs; available as a cheap generic for decades, and one of the most widely prescribed diabetes medications in the world.
"Outpatient treatment with metformin reduced long COVID incidence by about 41%, with an absolute reduction of 4.1%, compared with placebo."
Metformin is cheap, safe & widely available.
A really well run clinical trial.
https://twitter.com/BogochIsaac/status/1666976218791419905
My interest in LGBTQ+ issues comes from the fact I am not straight, have lots of queer friends, family and exes, and prefer to live in a world that doesn’t needlessly cause harm to people.
Courthouse News Service - Lawyer who cited bogus legal opinions from ChatGPT pleads AI ignorance
A federal judge foreshadowed on Thursday that the citations of AI-generated fake cases were just the start of punishable legal malpractice.
A New York lawyer whose court filings included fake case citations generated by ChatGPT apologized Thursday afternoon for getting duped by the artificial intelligence tool, but the federal judge overseeing potential sanctions appeared unlikely to show any mercy.
While ChatGPT’s AI-powered chat app reached hundreds of millions of users in the months after it launched on Nov. 30, 2022, as a free application on the website OpenAI, attorney Steven Schwartz told a federal judge on Thursday the newness of the technology some three months after its online debut led him to falsely assume it was a “super search engine,” while researching cases in an underlying civil personal injury litigation.
“It just never occurred to me that it would be making up cases,” Schwartz testified, explaining that he was unable at the time suspend disbelief that ChatGPT could generated totally fabricated responses to his research inquiries. . . .
Schwartz testified he’s “never come close to being sanctioned in any case or tribunal.”
He also noted having taken a continuing legal education course in artificial intelligence.
The lawyer's attorneys, Ronald Minkoff and Tyler Maulsby from Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, each argued that Schwartz made a careless mistake and should have noticed the red flags along the way but shouldn’t be accused of acting in bad faith. . . .
U.S. District Judge Castel did not rule on punishment on Thursday . . . . but hinted that the lawyer’s use of ChatGPT was only “the beginning of the narrative, not the end.”
“I doubt we would be here today if the narrative ended there,” the judge said before adjourning on Thursday afternoon.
“It’s not fair to pick apart people's words, but I’ll just note that his has been repeatedly described as a mistake,” he continued. “I understand why it’s framed that way. The mistake was to have submitted the brief on March 1st that cited nonexistent cases, but that’s not what this is all about, that’s part of what it’s about.” . . .
The release of ChatGPT last year captured the world’s attention because of its ability to generate human-like responses based on what it has learned from scanning vast amounts of online materials.
With concerns emerging, European lawmakers have moved swiftly in recent months to add language on general AI systems as they put the finishing touches on the legislation.
In the wake of publicity about Schwartz’s case, a Texas judge issued an order last week banning the use of generative artificial intelligence to write court filings without additional fact-checking conducted by an actual person.
https://www.courthousenews.com/lawyer-who-cited-bogus-legal-opinions-from-chatgpt-pleads-ai-ignorance/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambos_Charalambous
'Look, Nadine, I can't let you have a peerage in Boris's list right now, but I promise I'll put you through when you leave the Commons.'
'Ok, Rishi, sounds fine. Oh look, I've resigned from the Commons.'
A friend of mine tried it and pronounced it delicious, the only thing that unnerved him was the fact he had to wear goggles during the meal, as the mites occasionally jump out at you, and start eating your eyes
In tiny, venerable and rather lovely (in places) Marietta, Ohio, right by the Mason Dixon line - AKA the Ohio river - is a cemetery
It is absolutely full of Revolutionary War heroes. But in the middle are large earthworks from the Native American Hopewell culture (300AD?) and in the middle of that is a mound from the Adena culture - maybe 2500 years old
It’s like an English church built on a Celtic shrine built on a Stone Age henge
Which doesn't sound *that* pleasant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu
In North Shrops, there'd been severe resentment at the behaviour of the former Tory MP. In Chesham & Amersham, real resentment at Tory policies.
In Mid Beds, there's no real evidence of any serious unhappiness with Mad Nad, or any - now the even Madder Truss has gone - any more worries about Sunak's policies than anywhere else. Even the Lib Dems themselves merely argue that Mid Beds is in the middle of the Blue Wall. But so what? And if the LDs win this in August, they'll lose it in a year anyway.
At best, this is going to be the Brecon & Radnor of the Sunak adminstration.
I think I'd want it refrigerated, as I wouldn't entirely trust the paper bag method.
...Casu martzu is considered by Sardinian aficionados to be unsafe to eat when the maggots in the cheese have died.[8] Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is usually eaten, although allowances are made for cheese that has been refrigerated, which results in the maggots being killed.[8] When the cheese has fermented enough, it is often cut into thin strips and spread on moistened Sardinian flatbread (pane carasau), to be served with a strong red wine like cannonau.[6][9] Casu martzu is believed to be an aphrodisiac by Sardinians.[10] Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[4][11] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping. Some who eat the cheese prefer not to ingest the maggots. Those who do not wish to eat them place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten..
“Casu marzu is an illegal Sardinian cheese that is served riddled with writhing maggots that try to jump into your eyeballs as you eat it.”
https://boingboing.net/2009/01/15/maggot-cheese-that-t.html
Ukrainian losses updated with:
3x Leopard 2A6 (1 destroyed, 2x abandoned)
4x M2 Bradley (abandoned)
1x VAB APC (abandoned)
1x Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP (abandoned)
More losses will be added tonight (including ~six more M2 Bradleys).
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1667196682205908992
Presumably what the Russians were getting so excited about a couple of days ago (though they claimed three or four times as many).
© @GIN1138 I believe some time ago
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1667198259788431361
Isn't that on a par with Yaya leaving City because he didn't get his birthday cake?
Dorries - parting shot to Sunak over the honours list
Something significant has changed my mind
https://twitter.com/leftiestats/status/1667185581380493312?s=46&t=16Vx1hkPdKeRguANzrOtZQ
Is Voter ID going to be mandatory in the bye election? With some evidence suggesting it has hurt the Tories just as much as Labour, I could imagine an enthusiasm gap for those who go to vote without ID on them and then not coming back depending on party…
Just stick to the cheese.
LD 4/5
Tories 11/8
Labour 7/1
Looks like Dorries has been left off
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/hospital-says-patient-could-not-26506744
The issue, as I see is it, is that some seek to deny the importance of biology and there are some areas (not all) where where "sex" (as in natal) trumps "gender".
Both are important, and in some cases, one is more important than the other.
Since one is based in science (sex), the other in philosophy (gender), as a Scientist, I favour "sex" in some circumstances.
My concern with the current situation is mainly twofold:
Children: - I fear we are in the early stages of a catastrophic medical scandal. I don't know, but I am deeply concerned that the "affirmative care" model is being driven by activists (seeking self affirmation?) and medics with a profit motive.
The recent pauses in Europe should give the US pause for thought, but it's disastrously caught up in a toxic "Culture War" where both sides are more interested in scoring points than seeking truth. It is possible that the US will have proved to have been "ahead of the curve" in treating gender dysphoria - but the science is not even remotely there yet. They weren't ahead of the curve on "pain management" and look where that got them.
Women: This involves sports and single sex spaces. To be blunt "Trans Women in sports are cheating". Not yet too much of a problem in the UK, but in the US its already having an effect on female participation.
This is marketed as "Trans women are being banned from sport".
They're not - they are free to compete with people of their own sex - just not with people of their own assumed gender.
On Single Sex spaces, I hope it doesn't need too much clarification why female victims of male violence would not want to be housed with male people (however they identify)
Have you read any of:
Material Girls: Kathleen Stock
Time to Think: Helen Barnes
Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality
Cass Review: https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
But it looks like dogs are eating dogs...
Boris Johnson's resignation honours list:
Knighthoods:
Conor Burns
Simon Clarke
Ben Elliot
Michael Fabricant
Will Lewis
Jacob Rees Mogg
Damehoods:
Andrea Jenkyns
Amanda Milling
Priti Patel
Ann Sindall
Shelley Williams-Walker
Peerages:
Shaun Bailey
Ben Gascoigne
Ben Houchen
Ross Kempsell
Charlotte Owen
Kulveer Ranger
Dan Rosenfield
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1667202060683444228
It's a bit lavender, isn't it?
There's one for the teenagers.