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  • Cannon’s ruling was that the entire concept of the DoJ appointing a special prosecutor is unconstitutional. Following that same logic, anyone who has ever been the subject of a special prosecutor investigation that was later adjudicated guilty can and should have their convictions thrown out.

    That’s why Hunter is saying his case should be thrown out. He was investigated by a special prosecutor on behalf of the Department of Justice. That investigator ruled he broke the law when he had the temerity to own a firearm while he was using illegal drugs, and then the case went to court.

    Under Cannon’s ruling, Hunter has got every right to ask for this. So does Bill Clinton for Whitewater. And the ghost of Richard Nixon for Watergate. Anyone who was ever investigated by a special prosecutor appointed by the DoJ who then faced any sort of legal consequences for their actions can now ask to have their convictions overturned on these grounds.

    Cannon’s ruling is a pretty intense case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater with regards to judicial procedure, and it’s likely to be reversed by the appeals court. On the other hand, her ruling was only meant to delay the trial, which worked flawlessly. When her peers in the appeals court reverse the ruling and remove her from the bench for it or any other reason, look forward to seeing her as a talking head on conservative news networks. She’s certainly earned her place there.





  • I recommend the Ergodox EZ. I’ve been using mine for work for over 6 years, 40 hours a week and it’s still running and typing as good as the day I got it. It’s saved me an unreal amount of wrist and back pain because typing on it feels natural. Ergodox has other keyboards with similar split key setups too so once of those might be more to your liking. Check them out at zsa dot io.

    There’s a bit of a learning curve, but if you’re already a person who types every day at 60-70 WPM or more then it won’t take you long to get used to it. Bonus: the keys can be reprogrammed at the firmware level so that you won’t need specific software to assign keys once it’s set up to your satisfaction.

    I’ve used other mechanical keyboards that have a split setup. I’ve got a CloudNine C959 on my home computer which is decent, but it’s definitely different than the Ergodox. The C9 keyboard is like a regular keyboard that’s split in half whereas the Ergodox is a complete keyboard redesign. Both good but the Ergodox makes typing nearly effortless. Anyway best of luck on your search!


  • Yeah, he’s doing it for a very stupid reason, which is why I’m concerned. I’m glad you read the whole article. This seems like it has potential to be very cruel, intentionally or not.

    Crossdressing is a whole thing that’s of course totally fine. Consider the guys from Monty Python. They cross dressed all the time but weren’t specifically doing it out of malice or the intent to be denigrating to women. There’s a way to crossdress and still be funny without being a dick.

    Also, Steve-O may be progressive to some extent, I really don’t know his politics. That’s not really what I’m concerned about. It’s more that his antics may give conservative or small minded idiots cause to associate all transitioning individuals with him. They’d lead another chorus of “all trans people are pervs who watch you in public bathroom” because he does something like popping out of a public bathroom stall covered in fudge and begging strangers for TP.


  • I’m all for harmless pranks, and Jackass is a funny show. I’m also 100% supportive of people who want to change their bodies or how they identify from a gender perspective. Steve-O apparently cleaned himself up and he’s living sober now which is awesome. That being said, this whole breast augmentation surgery thing is just weird.

    There are a lot of individuals who would love to get the surgery he’s getting for shits and giggles, but the cost of it is too prohibitive or they can’t find a doctor to do it for them for whatever reason. I hope this stunt doesn’t further stigmatize people who are transitioning or cause it to be more difficult for them to receive care.

    I guess I also don’t see how having massive fake tits surgically implanted on a cisgender man is more funny than having a more realistic pair of latex breasts made and put on through makeup. Maybe I’m just getting old.






  • tetrachromacy@lemmy.worldtoNASA@lemmy.worldHead of NASA dumb?
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    25 days ago

    The moon doesn’t rotate in the same way that the Earth does. We’re always only seeing one side of the moon, which is why it looks the same from day to day. If you’ve ever heard of “the man in the moon” or that the moon has features that resemble a face, it’s because from our viewpoint the moon doesn’t seem to change and it always has the same side facing the Earth. All that changes is how it waxes and wanes, full moon/crescent moon/new moon and so on.

    The dark side is just the back half of the moon that we don’t see because the moon doesn’t rotate. There’s probably not much there to interest NASA. Also, any mission that goes to the dark side will be to be hardened against the low temperature on that side.

    Since it gets no sunlight from our home star Sol, it’s really really cold there. We also have no way of naturally communicating with anything on the dark side of the moon as the presence of the moon blocks comms - any mission would need to include a way to route comms to Earth so we can connect the science data. Plus most science stuff can be done on the light side of the moon just as easily. Hope this helps to explain the NASA situation.