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You know government is looking to increase control for control's sake when they call out the military to solve a problem that their stated purpose in being there won't solve!
"'For people who are thinking about bringing a gun or knife on the subway, at least this creates a deterrent effect.'"
Right, because most people who bring a weapon on the subway to commit a crime carry it in their *bag*?!?!?!?

New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is sending the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers’ bags for weapons. Wednesday's move follows a series of high-profile crimes in the system. The Democrat says she will deploy 750 members of the National Guard and 250 state troopers and transit officers to help the New York Police Department check bags at subway entrances. It is part of a larger plan from the governor’s office to address crime on the subway. It includ…

Uncovering implementable dormant pruning decisions from three different stakeholder perspectives
Deanna Flynn, Abhinav Jain, Heather Knight, Cristina G. Wilson, Cindy Grimm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04030

Uncovering implementable dormant pruning decisions from three different stakeholder perspectives
Dormant pruning, or the removal of unproductive portions of a tree while a tree is not actively growing, is an important orchard task to help maintain yield, requiring years to build expertise. Because of long training periods and an increasing labor shortage in agricultural jobs, pruning could benefit from robotic automation. However, to program robots to prune branches, we first need to understand how pruning decisions are made, and what variables in the environment (e.g., branch size and thi…

The U.S. Department of Justice will sue Iowa to block a new immigration law criminalizing "illegal reentry" if it remains in effect,
a top DOJ official wrote to Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird Thursday.
In a letter obtained by the Des Moines Register, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton wrote that the department
"intends to bring a lawsuit to enforce the supremacy of federal law and to enjoin" the new immigration l…

US Justice Department warns it will sue if Iowa tries to enforce its new immigration law
Feds threaten lawsuit over Iowa law allowing arrest of undocumented immigrants who have previously been deported or barred from entering the country.

Lithuania's PM, president in favor of helping Ukraine bring back military-aged men: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/30/lithuanias-pm-president.html

Anyone thought of turning the #HoneycombStorageWall into a #BoardGame?
It just came to my mind that e.g. with my #keyguardian [1] XOR-mechanism one could make a pretty interesting ta…

Germany increases humanitarian aid to Ukraine to €1 billion: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/26/germany-increases-humanitarian.html

“Prop. E is an extension of the policies that were created that criminalized Black and brown communities by over-policing us, over-charging us and pushing us deeper into the cycles of incarceration” #sanfrancisco #ycombinator

Prop. E foes demonstrate outside Y Combinator HQ
“They profit off of surveillance but don’t want to be surveilled,” said Angela Chan, former police commissioner at a press conference.

Social media influencer, UFL star 'Deestroying' out with fractured neck, will miss rest of season https://www.espn.com/united-football-league/story/_/id/39908611/deestroying-injured-reserve-fractu…

UFL, YouTube star Deestroying out with neck injury - ESPN
In his Instagram story, the Brahmas kicker and YouTube/TikTok icon said an attempted tackle caused his injury.

Scientists have successfully created from scratch one of life’s complex ingredients, #pantetheine, which is critical for metabolism in all living cells.
This lab experiment brings us one step closer to learning how lifeless molecules produced living and breathing organisms, from single-celled algae to people.

Scientists get closer to solving chemical puzzle of the origin of life
Researchers have successfully created a compound critical for metabolism in all living cells, which is essential for energy production and regulation.

Social media influencer, UFL star 'Deestroying' out with fractured neck, will miss rest of season https://www.espn.com/united-football-league/story/_/id/39908611/deestroying-injured-reserve-fractu…

UFL, YouTube star Deestroying out with neck injury - ESPN
In his Instagram story, the Brahmas kicker and YouTube/TikTok icon said an attempted tackle caused his injury.