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Via Li Chen’s Mastodon

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/46586542

South Carolina Republicans took the first step Friday to cancel the state’s June primary election — to give more time to potentially pass a new gerrymandered congressional map — as absentee voting is already underway.

*this is another one where I’m not 100% sure about the translation. I saw “replaces”, “substitute”, “replaces [someone]”. I picked substitutes because it seems clearer.

Are vintage editions OK here? I cant get this one out of my head so thought I’d share it

Alabama urged the Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency order clearing the way for its redrawn congressional map that could boost Republicans’ chances of holding on to the House in November. The ask landed just as Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the map, which lawmakers passed in response to the high court’s recent decision in Louisiana that weakened the Voting Rights Act. Alabama says that should enable the state to axe the boundaries that judges forcibly implemented to boost Black voting power under the 1965 law. The court-mandated design led to the election of Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures. “After enacting a racial gerrymander, Louisiana is now free to hold elections under a lawful map consistent with its policy goals. Alabama seeks the same opportunity,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s (R) office wrote to the justices, asking for a ruling by Thursday.

The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.

Basically, STT quality has kept me from switching to HomeAssistant’s voice assistant features. The default matcher (Hassil) is waaaaaaay to strict, and LLMs are slow, constly, and/or a privacy nightmare, plus I don’t like them.

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Anyone here using an old ThinkPad with Linux?

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From the Beeb.

We need to stop pretending every “alternative fuel” is equally serious. Some are essential. Some are niche. Some are distractions. Biofuels aren’t the answer to road transport. They’re land-hungry, inefficient, contested, and too easily captured by industries that want to keep the world burning stuff.

Australians are less trusting of each other than they were five years ago, according to new data that also reveals shifting attitudes towards cultural diversity.

Cat and Girl, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/37035115

…perhaps the current crisis is an opportunity to discuss an alternative to the economic orthodoxy of constant growth.

Melbourne is one of Australia’s two global cities — consistently ranked among the world’s most liveable — and historically one of the country’s strongest property markets. But it is now trailing other capitals. Could that be about to change?

Looks like the swing to ONP from the Liberal party is truly on, the real question I have: is this more than the same rural/city divide? just orange instead of blue/nat?

Study lead author Professor James Watson from the University of Queensland said the Australian Government is working toward a national commitment to conserve 30% of our lands, waters and seas by 2030.

His legendary environmental documentaries have captivated generations, but away from the screen, Sir David Attenborough is “warm, well-informed and delightful company”, too.