Steven Zekowski

Retired physician, music lover, curious guy. Learning to #code late in life. #Linux convert. #ClimateCrisis #MedicareForAll #RankedChoiceVoting #MMT
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2024-10-25 17:47:35

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I almost forgot (h/t @npub1apc…2cpn ) this insanity is worthy of at least one episode in my imaginary dramedy/tragedy
https://newrepublic.com/post/187536/elon-musk-doj-justice-department-lottery-warning

2024-10-24 23:03:03

#mood
I feel like we're living in a near-future dystopian #ScienceFiction. If you pitched the story as a movie or TV series it would be as an absurdist dramedy:
- A demented old man is running for prez who's a rapist, racist, fascist, & a convicted felon.
- The other candidate, some good attributes but supports #WarCrimes #genocide
- News orgs portray this as "normal"
- Voters mostly ignore the genocide (I imagine as "good" Germans did during the Nazi years)
- Oh. And the planet is on fire.

2024-10-24 13:51:05

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I’m on board with the message:
> Support jumps among those who say they are undecided in this election, with a whopping 57 percent saying they’re more likely to back the nominee if they make the [#ArmsEmbargo] pledge, with zero percent saying that they would be less likely to vote for them. This margin is the most prominent in Pennsylvania
But a #poll of 1500 Dems and independents seems like small sample? Detractors will ask “what about #Harris Rs” (do we know numbers?)

2024-10-15 14:24:19

> If #Democrats take the authoritarian threat posed by Trump as seriously as they profess, they need to change course in order to cobble together a cross-section of voters who can vault #Harris into the Oval Office.
> That change should start with promising a shift away from unflinching sponsorship of #Israel’s military offensives.
#USpol #election2024
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Is Not in a Good Place https://jacobin.com/2024/10/kamala-harris-palestine-working-class/

2024-10-13 21:29:55

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I was just thinking today about how the word "ceasefire" doesn't seem to even come up any more in interviews or mainstream news coverage. Not since the US & France overture (sincere?) in the first couple of days after the escalation of Israeli attacks on Lebanon. It has just evaporated from the discourse.

2024-10-13 15:01:44

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He hooked me with the first sentence:
> You always got the sense that the Democratic Party resented having to learn anything from losing in 2016.

2024-10-02 02:56:16

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If it makes you feel better, he’s called him out before:
> Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday blasted J.D. Vance for being a “grifter,” because Vance claimed he was some sort of a hillbilly who grew up in rural Appalachia when, in fact, he grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati.
https://newrepublic.com/article/184179/jd-vance-grifterjust-like-new-boss

2024-09-28 19:53:50

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Here's my answer: Kamala Harris should be happy I'm voting for her at all.
My feelings are now similar to how I felt about Biden: I would've voted for him but only with a lot of will power to overcome my revulsion to his genocide complicity.
KH had opportunities to separate herself from Biden policy but squandered those. As an old guy it's ironic that young Chappell Roan captured how I feel. We both recognize a binary lesser-evil choice, but we are not happy about it.

2024-09-23 15:15:21

From Kate Aronoff
> new report…analyzing satellite imagery, recently found that methane emissions from nine fossil fuel basins had increased 7 percent above 2020 levels. The U.S. ranks among that study’s “worst performers,” buoyed by surging oil and gas production
> As tech companies’ power-hungry A.I. data centers fuel a new building binge for gas-fired power plants, corporate pledges to reduce emissions have never looked flimsier.
#ClimateChange #methane #ai #USpol
https://newrepublic.com/article/186213/methane-emissions-ai-flaring-court

2024-09-17 23:18:24

#election2024 #KamalaHarris #gaza #ceasefire #israel #palestine
https://newrepublic.com/post/186072/kamala-harris-refuses-answer-gaza-policy
This is shamefully inadequate:
"I support Israel’s ability to defend itself. And I support the need for Palestinians to have dignity, self-determination..."
So apparently Palestinians do not have a right to defend themselves? 🤔

2024-09-11 23:17:50

No one would ever accuse #WaPo #WashingtonPost of anti-#israel bias. Yet, even they aren’t buying Israeli lies about the murder of Turkish-American #AysenurEygi
New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/11/american-activist-aysenur-eygi-killed-idf-west-bank/

2024-09-10 23:10:38

#BernieSanders #USpol #ArmsEmbargo #Israel #GazaGenocide #gaza #Palestine
Sanders says he’ll introduce resolution to block $20 billion arms sale to Israel as support for arms embargo grows – Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/sanders-says-hell-introduce-resolution-to-block-20-billion-arms-sale-to-israel-as-support-for-arms-embargo-grows/

2024-09-09 23:15:15

#gaza #palestine #election2024 #ceasefirenow
Stunning Polls from Crucial Swing States Should Be Warning to Harris | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/post/185751/kamala-harris-polls-swing-states-israel

2024-09-02 01:34:11

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Thanks. I made assumption about Lemur because of its thin profile and light weight. Appreciate the clarification.

2024-09-01 20:04:10

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Which, if any, of your laptops have upgradable RAM? (As opposed to onboard like pangolin or lemur). That was a nice feature of the galago.

2024-08-30 15:42:22

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Here’s my noob question. As someone who has dabbled in web applications (Python, Rust), I don’t understand why web apps are still being made that are vulnerable to SQL injection. There are tools to prevent this, to immunize against this long-known exploit, right? Am I missing something?

2024-08-22 21:44:55

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"Rep. Romman and #Uncommitted organizers both confirmed that this was the speech she was planning to give if allowed for a potential 2-minute speaking slot. Uncommitted said they were open to the speech being edited and vetted. They said the #DNC did not ask to see the speech."
2 MINUTES! They could not give 2 minutes to a #Palestinian - American Democrat?
Shameful. Stupid. Counterproductive. And heartbreaking.

2024-08-21 14:56:07

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“Now, though, it’s hard to escape the sense that her partnership with the movement that carried her into office is fading. “
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/aoc-dnc-speech-gaza/
Disappointing. And sad. #DNC #AOC #USpol

2024-08-20 22:36:33

> The display of Democratic Party unity was as pitch perfect as it was tone deaf to what is arguably the most pressing moral issue of our time.
> Blink, and you would have missed any mention of the U.S.-backed genocidal war Israel continues to carry out against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/20/dnc-democrats-gaza-genocide-silence/
#DNC #USpol #gaza #palestine #genocide #USelection2024 #ArmsEmbargo #ceasefirenow

2024-08-18 14:57:48

“Just when it seems the situation could not get worse for Palestinians in Gaza, the suffering grows – and the world watches.” ~ #UN Sec General Guterres
#gaza #genocide #healthcare #InfectiousDisease #polio #Palestine
Polio Pause: UN Calls for Urgent Ceasefire to allow 640K Children to be Vaccinated, as Gaza Polio Victim Confirmed https://www.juancole.com/2024/08/ceasefire-vaccinated-confirmed.html

2024-08-16 14:27:12

“…160 journalists and media workers have perished at the hands of Israel. This is the largest number of journalists killed during a war *in recorded history*. By comparison, 69 journalists were killed during World War II, and 63 journalists were killed during the Vietnam War.”
#gaza #israel #usa #blinken #WarCrime #journalism
More Than 100 Journalists Come Together With Their Fellow Journalists in Palestine and Against US Complicity in Their Killing | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-journalists-war-killing/

2024-06-26 22:31:25

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This is an excellent video. It is only about 13 minutes, but it conveys a lot of useful information in a visually impactful way.
Some months ago I decided that, since I was hearing and sometimes using the term #SettlerColonialism, I should try to understand a definition. I kept hearing about a Patrick Wolfe paper so I read it. Besides killing and forced transfer of indigenous people, SC also seeks to erase indigenous culture.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14623520601056240