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@laxsill@social.spejset.org
2025-12-09 10:47:09

Hur främmande israelisk högern är från judisk religiös tradition. De talmudiska rabbinerna (1500-2000 år sedan) arbetade hårt för att göra det till en pappersprodukt, trots att det praktiserades brett i omgivningen. Man införde en stor mängd regler för att göra det mycket lättare att frikänna än att döma (se bilder) och man etablerade regeln att en överdomstol (sanhedrin) som dömer ut ett dödsstraff en gång på 70 år drar vanära över sig som en "blodig sanhedrin"

Two witnesses were required. Acceptability was limited to: Adult Jewish men who were known to keep the commandments knew the written and oral law, and had legitimate professions; The witnesses had to see each other at the time of the sin; The witnesses had to be able to speak clearly, without any speech impediment or hearing deficit (to ensure that the warning and the response were done); The witnesses could not be related to each other, or to the accused. The witnesses had to…
However, if the accused has already committed the crime, the accused would have been given a chance to repent (i.e. Ezekiel 18:27), and if they repeated the same crime, or any other, it would lead to a death sentence. If witnesses were caught lying about the crime, they would be executed. The Beth Din (rabbinical court) had to examine each witness separately; and if even one minor point of their evidence, such as eye color, was contradictory the evidence was considered contradictory, and the ev…
@brian_gettler@mas.to
2025-12-09 13:59:25

The latest issue of the journal I edit - the Canadian Historical Review - dropped last week. It includes articles on the influence of Indigenous practices on European medicine (it'll help you understand the origins of the term "blowing smoke up your ass" too), First Nations' dispossession and the funding of settlement, early campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, Trudeau's return to power in 1980, and the UN's World Refugee Year.
Check it out.

The cover of The Canadian Historical Review vol. 106, no. 4 (December 2025). It features an eighteenth-century engraving of two people giving a tobacco smoke enema to a third person (the title bar hides the actual procedure, though the full engraving is reproduced on the back cover, not shown here).
@pbloem@sigmoid.social
2025-12-09 16:35:29

This has allowed me to make clear something that's been at the back of my mind. Something that is at the heart of so much blind stupidity in big tech.
It's the assumption that we will change one thing and all else will be the same.
In this case, we will fire lots and lots of employees all over the world and we will make lots of profit. We're smart enough to make the AI, and we're dumb enough to think that there will only be one consequence. 1/n

They argue that genAI won’t produce sufficient revenue from consumers to pay back the current investment frenzy. I mean, they’re right, it won’t, but that’s not what the investors are buying. They’re buying the promise, not of more revenue, but of higher profits that happen when tens of millions of knowledge workers are replaced by (presumably-cheaper) genAI. ¶ I wonder who, after the loss of those tens of millions of high-paid jobs, are going to be the consumers who’ll buy the goods that’ll d…
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-09 16:21:11

We’re grateful to Elon Musk for proving once again
why the world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms
and log on to a better way of being online.
The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.
Calls for public institutions to invest in digital sovereignty are increasing across civil society.
The term "digital sovereignty" means that an institution has autonomy and control over the critical…

The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

@pre@boing.world
2025-10-09 16:30:23

Today the builder painted most of the walls. Not the whiteboard-wall yet. Least not with the overcoat.
Painted the radiator-pipes. Radiator itself was removed and put back on.
When he left I went for a shower and found the water cold. Boiler saying error and pressure gauge too low, so I turn the tap to re-pressurize the loop. Probably just coz the radiator was removed I guess. Boiler boots up. Had a quick shower.
But alas, now I find the radiator is splaying a fine jet of water from it's bleed valve 😬
Intercepted that jet with a towel into a bucket, where most of the water has ended up. Dripping a bit still. Hope spraying the drying paint with water isn't too damaging.
Hopefully he can fix that up somewhat tomorrow.
Meanwhile the pine has arrived. 15 square meters of it. Good chunk of the cost getting all that wood.

@scott@carfree.city
2025-12-09 08:34:54

"So imagine the Brownstone startup puts 50 pods in one big room. Once they rent pod #1, that person appears to have the right to the entire room. Renting pods #2 through #50 could violate Section 1950. If they do, they are double letting, and 'every tenant in the building, under the same landlord' could withhold rent for as long as the 'double letting' continues." 👀

Sleeping Pods in San Francisco: Are They Even Legal? — Dean Preston
The rise of sleeping pods as a housing solution in San Francisco raises questions about legality. California Civil Code Section 1950 prohibits double letting, but is the startup Brownstone breaking the law?

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-10 07:35:49

I'm really looking forward to seeing this: nzonscreen.com/title/anchor-me

Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story | Film | NZ On Screen
Anchor Me - The Don McGlashan Story - For over four decades, Don McGlashan's music has shaped the soundtrack of New Zealand, from his post-punk beginnings with Blam Blam Blam, to the theatrical antics of The Front Lawn and the enduring hits of The Mutton Birds. This feature documentary uncovers the life behind the lyrics — the early days, life on tour, fatherhood, and the creative force behind the music. Directed by Shirley Horrocks and told largely in McGlashan's own voice, it features candi…

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2025-10-08 22:03:12

This is the first time a book I've contributed to has gotten the subway platform publicity treatment.
#histodons #Montréal #HigherEd

A wide-angle photo looking down a subway platform (Peel Station, Montreal metro). On the right are the tracks. On the left is a large ad for the book, "McGill in History."
A closeup photo of the ad for the book, "McGill in History" on the platform in Peel Station, métro de Montréal.
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-09 16:21:10

We’re grateful to Elon Musk for proving once again
why the world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms
and log on to a better way of being online.
The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.
Calls for public institutions to invest in digital sovereignty are increasing across civil society.
The term "digital sovereignty" means that an institution has autonomy and control over the critical…

The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-09 16:03:08

This fall, Americans got to see what it’s like to go without a safety net for the hungry.
With the U.S. government shut down for multiple weeks
and Donald Trump refusing to fund SNAP, the federal food stamp program,
a panic set inamong the more than 40 million people who rely on it.
Families skipped meals,
and babies went unfed.
Food banks ran out of food, and some people turned to dumpster diving.
It was just a glimpse of what’s to come.
Start…

Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.