2026-01-07 14:27:39
'I am scared to live in a society whose members are incapable of having deep discussions and arguments'
From: @…
https://scholar.social/@gedan…
The decision that has divided football and could determine the Super Bowl https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7011858/2026/02/05/football-debate-fans-points-go-for-it/
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116025733362571818
They have a pretty strong lock on the judiciary,
which means that we won’t have the debate anymore,
because changing the lines won’t matter,
because the elections won’t matter.
"Both candidates agreed that Market Street should be reopened to cars (a few people booed, then some cheered). They also both agreed that new housing developments should include more parking."
No problem for the "urbanists" at SF YIMBY, who just endorsed Sherrill.
https://
The Future of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Panel Highlights | DSNX25 – Dragonsteel Books https://share.google/siJXiuu0PyZOEb3lW
We Are Sydney - The Sydney FC Podcast
We tell the stories of the key people involved at the club including past, present and emerging talent and we debate the current football issues of the day...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/we-are…
French lawmakers to debate social media ban for children under 15 (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251231-france-to-debate-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p80#a251231p80
"Patagonia fires reignite debate over Argentina’s underfunded environmental agencies"
#Argentina #Patagonia #Environment
Doha Debates: Are superheroes the moral leaders of our time?
Over the summer I took part in a Doha Debate on whether superheroes are the moral leaders of our time or not.
Video version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01NIvKNE-U
Audio version.
The minimum living wage has reignited the debate on basic income. But would it be viable in the face of eco-social collapse? A basic land income could be an alternative suited to this scenario. By Manuel Casal Lodeiro, Coordinator of the Instituto Resiliencia. Originally published in Spanish, in Revista Ecologista No. 108, 01/06/2021 . Translated by Mark H Burton…
In Defence of a Basic Land Income
The minimum living wage has reignited the debate on basic income. But would it be viable in the face of eco-social collapse? A basic land income could be an alternative suited to this scenario. By Manuel Casal Lodeiro, Coordinator of the Instituto Resiliencia. Originally published in Spanish, in Revista Ecologista No. 108, 01/06/2021 . Translated by Mark H Burton…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@NoticiasRock/116012995831206628
Se ha generado un interesante debate a partir del Grammy y el discurso de Bad Bunny, que fue pronunciado en español, tras recibir el premio a šlbum del año. Su importancia trasciende a lo mu…
Ni SSD ni discos convencionales: así es la nueva bestia de 40 TB que utiliza lšseres
Ni SSD ni discos convencionales: así es la nueva bestia de 40 TB que utiliza lšseres https://share.google/hX2ccOYa6TMEOjjks
NFL Honors dominated by Texas High School Football, DFW to be specific https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/06/nfl-honors-texas-high-school-football-dfw-stafford-g…
A particularly bad kind of trolls are the "concern" trolls. These are the kind of people who say "well, yes, I fully agree that freezing to death is bad and we definitely should do something about it, but I would really like to make sure that we fully evaluated the danger of people burning themselves on a hot heater".
(Simplified. In reality, it's usually a long essay, followed by even more tiring debate.)
#FreeSoftware
RE: https://ciberlandia.pt/@marado/115657796698711256
A última frase diz tudo.
E é por isso que a única hipótese de eu votar em qualquer deles é se forem Š segunda volta com o fascista.
Em qualquer outro cenšrio, mais depressa ficaria em casa.
By-the-way, El Cheato has not obtained another name:
Filibuster Naranja
Filibuster is a word that now tends to me endless "debate" in the US Senate.
But its older meaning is that of a person who privately (or pretense-privately) attacks another country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibus…
After undergoing the ritual debate of Coopers Hawk or Sharp Shinned Hawk, we’ve unanimously decided this is a Coopers Hawk that swooped down in pursuit of a small bird hiding in a holly bush.
After playing it cool in this nearby tree, the hawk tried diving into the bush (ouch!), landing & coming up from underneath, but could not reach nor flush out its prey.
It then landed on the railing & became aware of us gaping at it from our front window. Rightfully spooked, it flew …
David Seymour is a shitstain. That is all. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/581907/david-seymour-promises-to-reignite-treaty-principles-debate-in-2026
Getting ready to fight back? France introduces military service as Russian threat looms - The Debate
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20251127-france-introduces-military-service-as-russian-threat-looms-getting-ready-to-fight-back
Doha Debates: Are superheroes the moral leaders of our time?
Over the summer I took part in a Doha Debate on whether superheroes are the moral leaders of our time or not. Video version. Audio version.
https://husseinrashid.com/2026/02/05/d
DEBATE: Is Trump a viable mediator for peace?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/debate-is-trump-a-viable.html
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has given his government’s blessing to an oil pipeline last week
that would cross Alberta and British Columbia and terminate at the Pacific.
But amid fierce debate over the political, environmental and economic implications of the project,
experts warn that the multibillion-dollar project faces immense – and poorly understood – geological hazards.
Funny how folks in the West will debate the ethics of going back in time to kill baby Hitler whenever the topic of time travel comes up but no one ever considers going back to stop colonialism.
🤔
Where would a Super Bowl LX win rank among the Patriots' championships?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-super-bowl-wins-ranked-super-bowl-lx/
"Speech & debate is not for the chickenshit." - The Doctor
As a father of a high school teen, #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy's storytelling around adolescent challenges in school is really good.
Jesse Watters And Fox Colleague Debate What Makes Women Hot -- And Answer Is Icky (Ron Dicker/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-watters-katrina-campins-republican-women-hotter-sydney-sweeney_n_693160a3e4b08d8fed00912e
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p62#a251204p62
🔒Mandated or banned? Either way, women lose in the veil debate
https://globalvoices.org/2025/11/17/mandated-or-banned-either-way-women-lose-in-the-veil-debate/
So, #Trump is threatening people that do not like hate speech, claiming this is #censorship. But at the same time, he is restricting the rights to free speech for anyone who doesn't agree 120% with his opinion.
Here's a great Guest Essay by Nora Benavidez in the
here is the debate on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/CECKshzrvpU?si=wPnhayE31YylEtEc
Debate Presidencial 2026 Teletica
#CostaRica #VotoCR2026
A look at Chinese food delivery giant Meituan's subsidy war with Alibaba and JD.com, leading Meituan to a big Q3 loss and internal debate over global expansion (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ab22c799-6370-4f8c-9256-d5bfd28e0aa1
If you're looking for the federal NDP leadership debate in the original French (which, let's be honest, isn't pretty (explaining why almost everyone is switching to English whenever they get the chance)), here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/BHS6DbS8rbg
Ecological myopia: The blind spot holding back climate action #climate
Tonight I set up two AIs in dialogue to recapitulate the 1969 video (staged) debate between artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson's "East Coast West Coast" (https://www.ubu.com/film/smithson_east.html). PM me for a link and password.
Druski's viral parody of flashy preachers renews debate over wealth in the pulpit https://religionnews.com/2026/01/20/druskis-viral-video-skit-sparks-criticism-on-megachurch-culture/
NFL playoff controversy: How Buccaneers or Panthers could spark a renewed debate about postseason format
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-playoff-format-buccaneers-panthers-see…
Scientists Identify Remains of the Earliest Human Ancestor https://www.404media.co/scientists-identify-the-remains-of-the-earliest-human-ancestor/
Controversial officiating in Cowboys' Thanksgiving win vs Chiefs sparks debate https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/controversial-officiating-dallas-cowboys-thanksgiving-win-chiefs-sparks-debate
Bari Weiss says she wants CBS News to redraw "the lines of what falls in the 40 yard lines of acceptable debate", such as elevating voices like Alan Dershowitz (@dropsitenews)
https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1993154653941362892
Patrick Graham Weighs In on Raiders’ Great Youth Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/patrick-graham-weighs-in-on-raiders-great-youth-debate-01kam93brz50
The suicide pod now has a built in AI to check any user's wellbeing to see if they're fit to commit suicide. That has to be the easiest peace of software to ever exist, because if anyone trusts an artificial intelligence with their own life, they're certainly not mentally fit and need help.
On a more serious note: the assisted suicide debate is an important one, where I clearly position myself on the side of it's legalization. However, I could only truly support it with a better health…
As SBOMs slowly progress at the federal level and in enterprises, the rise of AI coding assistants is fueling optimistic—and, some experts argue, “kind of insane”—claims about a future with vulnerability-free software.
Check out my latest CyberScoop piece.
Many thanks to @…, @…
I'm thinking about resolving to lose 10-ish pounds in 2026. A modest goal that is even more achievable in kilos - only 4.5 kilos. I'll commit to reporting monthly on my goal and open myself up to public debate. I'll do my first weigh-in on January 2nd. Now excuse me while I have a slice of leftover apple pie for an after breakfast snack.
#NewYearsResolution2026
CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects)
https://ift.tt/3D0U2hL
Member book announcement: Slaymaker, _Wild Lines and Poetic Travels, a Keijiro Suga Reader_ …
via Input 4 RELCFP https://…
Background of the speech and debate clause
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S6-C1-3-2/ALDE_00013301/#:~:text=The text and …
The debate about 'abundance' vs 'degrowth' often still seems to be about whether or not GDP should continue to grow. That's silly. A simple example to illustrate this:
What would you prefer:
From email:
> Parliament is going to debate the petition you signed – “Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy”.
> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
> The debate is scheduled for 9 February 2026.
Minnesota shooting scrambles America's gun debate (Naftali Bendavid/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-gun-debate-second-amendment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p49#a260125p49
The 2026 Contract Reality: George Pickens vs. CeeDee Lamb https://insidethestar.com/the-2026-contract-reality-george-pickens-vs-ceedee-lamb
Språk er makt. Vi bŸr ikke la KI ta den makten fra oss. https://jilltxt.net/sprak-er-makt-vi-bor-ikke-la-ki-ta-den-makten-fra-oss/
They are breaking things of huge value to everyone.
Trump weather balloon cuts have Michigan meteorologists debating forecasts | Interlochen Public Radio https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2025-12-20/trump-weat…
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@paulisci/115811466515746812
Had a serious internal debate about this: go for the purist option of the better newspaper-style headline or the essay-as-a-headline that's a poke in the eye to current stupid tech trends. Pretty sure my even…
"les voitures électriques compensent leur surcoût environnemental initial après seulement deux ans d’usage."
(Étude d'une équipe de Duke University, publiée dans PLOS Climate)
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journa…
#Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network made entirely for AI agents,
can be read in a few different ways.
Which interpretation you land on depends on where you fall in the ongoing debate about artificial intelligence.
In simple terms, it's a site where AI agents, built by humans who have given them personalities and sometimes instructions,
are set loose to post their ideas…
Gracias a @… por la traducción de nuestro artículo sobre el debate en torno de la política de decrecimiento. Es una respuesta a @… y a @…
Debate Repretel: 8 candidatos presidenciales cara a cara #Voto2026
#EleccionesCR2026
Trump's night of 160 posts on Truth Social fuels debate about US president's stamina (Richard Luscombe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trumps-truth-social-post-health
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p122#a251202p122
Why Devin White's Play Has Sparked Debate in Raider Nation https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-devin-white-play-sparked-debate
Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html ""...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, t…
There's a reason the parable of a Nazi in a bar doesn't involve debate.
While the AI bubble feels like the internet bubble of 1999, it may actually be larger and scarier with an unstable US economy and greater exposure for Big Tech (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/11/21/boom-bubble-bust…
Dallas Cowboys Face RB2 Debate Entering NFL Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-face-rb2-debate-entering-nfl-offseason
In other news, the Federal NDP leadership debate is starting at 4PM PST! Get the link by rsvp here. There is one Fediverse connected candidate @…
Tangle Johnston from Vancouver Island!
#ndp #fediverse #canpoli #cdnpoli
Lisa Murkowski calls for Minnesota officials to investigate ICE shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5681267-minnesota-shooting-investigation-debate/
CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139972/cfp-sexual-violence-judaism-all-aspects
Debate Presidencial Costa Rica Elige 2026 | Columbia – U Latina
#CostaRica
Let's Debate: Matthew Stafford or Drake Maye? How 1 AP All-Pro Voter Determined Ballot https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/lets-debate-matthew-stafford-drake-maye-how-1-ap-all-pro-voter-determined-ballot
The NFL MVP verdict: Our final call in the Matthew Stafford vs. Drake Maye debate
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-mvp-verdict-matthew-stafford-drake-maye-debate/…
Why does Trump want Greenland? “National security.”
Why should Trump’s ballroom vanity project proceed? “National security.”
Why is Trump killing the wind energy industry? “National security.”
Why does #Trump hate the New York Times? “National security.”
The pattern is ... not subtle.
☑️ For the
the ten pillars of fascism
1.The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
2.Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and division.
3.Anti-intellectual: Fascist politics attacks education, expertise, and language, weakening the tools necessary for informed public debate and leaving power and group ident…
Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5661739-democrats-debate-2024-election-lessons/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p12#a251224p12
If you missed it, here's last night's federal NDP leadership debate on Palestine organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.
#cdnpoli
Let's Debate: Matthew Stafford or Drake Maye? How 1 AP All-Pro Voter Determined Ballot https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/lets-debate-matthew-stafford-drake-maye-how-1-ap-all-pro-voter-determined-ballot
Dante Moore vs. Fernando Mendoza: Who should be the Raiders pick? https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/02/dante-moore-vs-fernando-mendoza-who-should-be-the-raiders-pick/
Nonprofit groups offer legal assistance to U.S. troops amid debate over boat strikes (Dan De Luce/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/nonprofit-groups-offer-legal-assistance-us-troops-debate-boat-strikes-rcna249524
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p145#a251216p145
Week 17 Power rankings: Caleb Williams vs. Jayden Daniels debate flips as Bears surge, Commanders unravel
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-17-pow…
Analysis: Colossus 2, one of the world's largest AI datacenters, will use as much water/year as 2.5 average In-N-Outs, assuming only drinkable water and burgers (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/from-tokens-to-burgers-a-water-footprint
CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects)
https://ift.tt/nsQ9kYf
Member book announcement: Slaymaker, _Wild Lines and Poetic Travels, a Keijiro Suga Reader_ …
via Input 4 RELCFP https://…
The Arctic is no longer a frozen periphery,
especially not after the U.S. spat with Europe over Greenland.
As sea ice melts, the High North is emerging as a strategic hub for energy, shipping and critical minerals.
It is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet,
-- but what’s also heating up is the debate over who will control the Arctic routes, rules and resources that will shape global markets for decades.
While Russia and China are method…
I appreciate the NDP leadership debate on Palestine, organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, happening now.
https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_01_19_ndp
What the Raiders Must Weigh During Mendoza-Moore Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-must-weigh-during-mendoza-moore-debate
CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139972/cfp-sexual-violence-judaism-all-aspects
Scientists say that AI has become a powerful and rapidly improving research tool, and that whether it is generating ideas on its own is, for now, a moot point (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technol
Trump's weird claim during the debate accusing Dems of post-birth abortions that we all just dismissed as him being stupid suddenly makes horrific sense now.
Every accusation is a fucking confession.
https://bsky.app/profile/wawotm.bsky.social/post/3masoyxzatk26
CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139972/cfp-sexual-violence-judaism-all-aspects
After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
The recent onslaught of disciplinary actions has diminished their effect, said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota),
who was removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee last Congress.
Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to censure Omar earlier this year for comments accusing conservatives of using Charlie Kirk’s death to advance their political goals and suggesting that Kirk did not support “civil debate.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to
reenact the corporate head tax has been hotly debated,
But whether corporations should pay more taxes should not be contentious.
Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society.
Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good.
We’ve seen why this is necessary throughout history — over and over again.
I had the privilege of working with lat…
WATCH: Scott Jennings Smacks Down Dem Panelist During Epstein-Trump Debate After Leftist Accuses Jennings of Making a 'Racial' Remark Toward Another Black Guest (Cullen Linebarger/The Gateway Pundit)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/watch-scott-jennings-smacks-down-dem-panelist-during/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p74#a251119p74
If these idiots want to debate provocative questions to further their reactionary movement,
I propose we have a similar set of debates like
"should we toss billionaires into volcanoes" or
"should we launch the oligarchs into the sun?"
-- Alejandra Caraballo
https://
The debate regarding the “Goldwater rule” has intensified
following President Trump’s recent rambling presentation in Pennsylvania
(Trump rails on affordability ‘hoax’ and flings racist attacks in rally-style speech, 10 December).
As a physician with decades of experience in health policy, I believe the current discourse misses a vital distinction:
the difference between prohibited diagnosis and legitimate observation.
The Goldwater rule was designed to prevent …
Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to intimidate potential critics and discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a video with other Democrats imploring military service members to refuse “illegal orders”. Fellow senator Mark Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being invest…
Progressive lawmakers are demanding that the Democrats use the upcoming government funding deadline to reduce DHS’s ability to wreak further havoc.
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told CNN Thursday.
#DefundICE #Make5Calls
Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades.
Outlawing IUDs.
Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization.
These are the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation being considered by South Carolina lawmakers,
even as opponents of the procedure are divided over how far to go.
The bill faces a long legislative path and uncertain prospects, even if it clears the state Senate subcommittee that’s reviewing it.
But the measure up for a …