Okay let’s see…how does Sugarfree do this?
Does the Self Exist Outside the Brain?
A new fascinating article in Nature Communication reported that memory is not limited to the brain; non-brain cells can also learn and store information. The researchers observed that non-neural cells can recognize chemical patterns and create memories similar to neural cells. They found that non-neural cells better store information, like nerve cells, using a method called “Learning over intervals” which is more effective for memory retention than mass learning (cramming). The results of this study imply that even bodily cells can adapt and retain information over time, potentially through molecular or biochemical changes, highlighting a broader biological basis for learning and memory processes [1]. Although there is limited data regarding the type of information stored in non-neural cells, the results of this study raise serious questions about the role of the body in the formation of memory and the mind. Is this information complex, similar to that stored in the brain? Is this memory stable or transient?
This makes perfect sense. Some of my girls can do amazing things without even thinking about it. Of course your brain is part of YOUR FUCKING BODY YOU FUCKHEAD SCIENTISTS. STOP WASTING MY TAX MONEY ON BULLSHIT.
A new Supreme Court case seeks to revive one of the most dangerous ideas from the Great Depression
Many right-leaning legal scholars have argued that this extraconstitutional doctrine is implicit in the Constitution, but it’s noteworthy that the people who actually wrote the Constitution disagreed with them. The First Congress made sweeping delegations of power to executive branch officials, giving them, among other things, the power to set regulations governing “all things touching” trade with Indigenous tribes, and the power to grant patents so long as they “deem the invention or discovery sufficiently useful or important.”
And so the Supreme Court has historically treated the nondelegation doctrine with extraordinary suspicion. The Court did apply it twice, in 1935, to New Deal statutes which gave virtually unbounded power to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but it has never done so again. Supreme Court decisions stretching back nearly a century permit Congress to delegate authority to federal agencies, so long as Congress “lay[s] down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to [exercise the delegated authority] is directed to conform.”
I’m sure whoever threatened to kill Barret’s kids, and/or has pictures of John Roberts fucking a pig, will keep any of this from occurring.
We hear about “failing up” all the time, but what about succeeding nowhere? I work as a marketing executive and for the last four or five positions I’ve had, I’ve achieved all the goals the companies wanted. I’ve quadrupled revenue, helped products become enormous successes, won national awards for the company, fixed failing initiatives, built highly successful teams, and doubled and tripled new customers. Yet, within two years, I always end up running into problems with leadership. They see the success. They know my work is making them money (and even saving the business at times), but inevitably, I get in a position where the CEO or president decides they are unhappy and I end up being shoved along with a sizable payout. It’s not like I start to fail or stagnate—I continue to add value and make them money. So why? What is going wrong?
—Succeeding Nowhere
It because you don’t want to suck dick for a board position, or you did but you not any good at it.
The Case for Boycotting the United States
You know that the Trump regime is brutally attacking US democracy. Most of us did not vote for Donald Trump (half of us didn’t even vote in the 2024 election). But he feels he has a mandate to take a wrecking ball to the constitution.Like most bullies, the regime can be constrained only if everyone stands up to the bullying – including you.
First, if you are considering a trip to the United States, please reconsider. Why reward Trump’s America with your tourist dollars?
Spending by non-Americans in the United States is a significant source of tax revenue and a major “export” of this nation. There’s no reason for you to indirectly support Trump’s economy.
If you can’t fight, please consider crippling small businesses that cater to tourists.
Why reward this bellicose rhetoric? Many Europeans are already skipping trips to Disney World and music festivals.
Travel from China, a frequent target of Trump’s contempt, is down 11%. Chinese travelers are choosing to vacation in Australia and New Zealand instead of visiting US national parks.
Our dear neighbors north of the border, who have long been the major sourceof international travel to the United States, are deciding to visit Europe and Mexico instead.
In response to Trump’s repeated desire to make Canada a “51st state”, Canada’s former prime minister Justin Trudeau has urged Canadians not to vacation in the US.
An informal boycott by Canadian travelers has begun. The number of Canadians returning by car from visits to the United States already fell by 23% in February, and air travel by Canadians returning from the United States was down 13% relative to last year, according to Statistics Canada.
Overall, it’s expected that international travel to the United States will drop at least 5% this year.
Although we have loved (and profited from) your visits, I urge you to join many of your compatriots and at least for now decide not to come to the United States.
Oh NO!? What will I do without my summertime Scheiße clientele? I guess I’ll just have to ask my congressman to impeach Trump next time he stops by my house after I’m done taking a shit on his forehead.
What a putz. Reich can go fuck himself with an old mop handle. Splintered Buttplug would be a great name for a pub.
Spending by non-Americans in the United States is a significant source of tax revenue and a major “export” of this nation. There’s no reason for you to indirectly support Trump’s economy.
Stick it to The Donald by…
(shuffles notes)
… refusing to take the kids to Disney World for four years. Okay — that’ll show him.
We don’t want those filthy furriners anyway.
And Disney deserves to wither and die.
Win – win.
They could go to Paris Disney instead and deal with Italian line jumpers.
“Trump’s economy”
Is this guy supposed be be an economist or something?
He’s just pissed that they keep saying he’s too short to ride the rides.
From dedthred, even though it’s not 30 minutes in. Sorry, Winston’s Mom. Here’s a pack of Reds to make you feel better.
@RCDean
Yes. I’ve made my lawyer aware. People like her are hard to describe believably to people who’ve not met that type before. But my lawyer is a real estate attorney. I’m sure he’s done a few divorces, so maybe he gets it.
You libertarians and your rules.
That sounds… tenuous. Could you use someone more aggressive? Just asking, as I’m not there.
Did you alone pay the retainer?
“Most of us did not vote for Donald Trump (half of us didn’t even vote in the 2024 election). ”
Remember when he pointed this out about Biden, and for that matter, Obama? Neither do it.
I do remember Obama hinting at actions he would take post-2012 by citing the large number of people who didn’t vote at all.
I’m not fuckling “joining” Vox.
Fuckling? A juvenile fucker?
I think that’s a term from one of those sexy Star Wars musicals.
Perhaps the first step of a suckling pig?
“You know that the Trump regime is brutally attacking US democracy.” Stated without evidence.
“Travel from China, a frequent target of Trump’s contempt, is down 11%. Chinese travelers are choosing to vacation in Australia and New Zealand instead of visiting US national parks.”
I’m not seeing a downside.
Well, due to OMB’s budget cuts, everyone who goes to a national park dies a horrible death. Best not to go at all.
I always end up running into problems with leadership.
They fear and despise you for your superior abilities.
I worked with several people over the years who were a pain in the ass because they couldn’t be replaced. Until management found a way to replace them.
I know that guy. My daughter was married to him.
He never, in his lifetime, worked in any place (a year) long enough to get a vacation. He did have, however, many unplanned vacations. He called himself a QC engineer. Got fired from Walmart after about a month (or less). He’s on some sort of disability now and may be some sort of SS, he’s 62.
First link is just scientists continuing to miss the hard problem of consciousness. Are scientists p-zombies?
Probably
I’ve achieved all the goals the companies wanted. I’ve quadrupled revenue, helped products become enormous successes, won national awards for the company, fixed failing initiatives, built highly successful teams, and doubled and tripled new customers. Yet, within two years, I always end up running into problems with leadership.
The world is full of people whose genius is recognized only by themselves.
“Not short on self-belief”, as our Brit friends say.
(Damn if your avatars don’t make me want a bull terrier, Shpip. Not yours in the photos, I assume.)
My pups are built a little different.
Huh.
I was expecting sweater puppies.
I was expecting sweater puppies.
Paging Q Continuum . . .
Orange cat vants to suck yer blood!
How about an AmStaf (mix)?
https://ibb.co/G1gPBDt
Awwww.
Slumbrew, that puppy looks scolded.
Did you say mean things or are the ears naturally like that?
Everything is low-key terrifying to her, UnCiv.
Someone in the house may have raised their voice. Or the wind was blowing. Or a loud car went by.
She’s a timid soul.
I had an AmStaff back in the day.
Clever girl, but she could never learn my name. No matter how many times I told her, she’d always call me “Arf.”
Victims of their own success
Over the last four decades, USIP became an influential repository for studying international affairs and bringing together global experts on conflict resolution and one of the many platforms the U.S. cultivated to spread its soft power globally — until the White House ordered it dismantled last month.
They solved the problem of international rivalry, as anyone can plainly see. They are due a well deserved rest.
“studying international affairs and bringing together global experts on conflict resolution”
So a bunch of navel-gazers who collect a fat paycheck from taxpayers and don’t produce anything.
Reports. Lots of reports. And strongly worded letters.
Realtors are self-dealing scum. Prove me wrong.
They can be, but the guy we used when we bought our current house was pretty good. His seller fee was about 25% less than the standard rate, and if we used him to buy our new place he kicked back half his commission to us. He made up for it in volume, which meant he wasn’t going to look at dozens of places with us, but that was ok, because we knew what we wanted.
Why aren’t you FSBO? Do you live in a state that recognizes squatters rights? This entire time I thought you were homeless, not gonna lie.
The realtor I’m using called me today, we’re going to meet Friday for another walk through on some small riverfront acreage I have to sell. He’s optimistic that the market is still good.
Fishing season is right around the corner.
There were about 150 vets and their supporters at the local courthouse Monday railing about Musk/Trump slashing veterans affairs dept.’s services to those who fought for our country. I smelled a rat. So I looked up the Obama 2016 budget for DVA. It was $223 billion in current dollars. The 2025 budget is $369 billion or 65 percent higher than Obama’s. Some slashing, right? Galt forbid the reporter who covered the event couldn’t find the same stats I did.
My sis works at the VA, the only positions they cut were DEI-related and had zero contact with patients.
This ecosystem also includes the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a foundation which annually granted nearly $300 million in funding to pro-democracy work in over 100 countries, and the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan think tank which supported foreign policy research, particularly on Russia and Central Asia. The U.S. also grew its humanitarian aid programs through agencies like USAID, started in the 1960s in part to combat the influence of Communism, and through the State Department.
How will we survive without these essential thinkers of great thoughts?
But that have all those credentials and important-sounding names! WHY ARE YOU AGAINST DEMOCRACY AND PEACE?
‘Non-partisan think tank. ‘. ‘National endowment for saintly goodstuff’. ‘The Wilson Center’ for FFS.
Really guys, names like that make it too easy.
I have to say I did have a relative ask me once how it was possible that something like ‘social justice’ could be a bad thing because it is social and it is justice. No shit.
It is completely pointless to talk to someone like that. We were at a family gathering. I answered her with a question: “Is there any potato salad left?” The potato salad had extra bacon…it was really good.
That’s from the Vox article linked above, link to archive version to bypass registration wall here.
I call bullshit on that power grab thing. It’s not a power grab, it’s exactly the opposite — a restraining of government power. The judiciary is not trying to grab this power for themselves, but to force Congress to do their damn job as specified in the Constitution. Typical progection.
Boycott
Growing tensions with NATO over the U.S. stance on Ukraine and President Trump’s escalating trade war now jeopardize a crucial aspect of the alliance’s airpower strategy, as member countries indicate they could walk away from plans to purchase F-35 fighters.
The F-35 is currently operated by the U.S. and 19 allied nations — including some non-NATO members such as South Korea, Japan, Australia and Israel. But several NATO members are now preparing to acquire dozens of new F-35 to replace their aging fleets that include aircraft from the U.S., Europe and even Cold War-era Soviet-made fighters.
However, on Thursday, Portugal’s defense minister pointed to “the recent U.S. stance in the context of NATO” as a factor in rethinking the replacement of 28 F-16s with F-35 Lightning IIs. Meanwhile, in one of his first actions as prime minister, Canada’s Mark Carney called for a review of his country’s decision to purchase a total of 88 F-35s — a contract worth more than $13 billion. Germany’s order for 35 of the planes has also been thrown into question.
Maybe they’ve been talking to Robert Reich.
They’ll probably end up ordering some MiGs.
NPR is shilling for weapons manufacturers now?
one of the biggest judicial power grabs in American history
That’s weird. It seems to me the judiciary’s current attempts to micromanage the executive branch is a pretty egregious power grab.
FAFO
Pounder ITA prison?
Send him to the front.
It amazes me. We’ve gone from coal rolling assholes vandalizing Tesla chargers to lefties.
They are both assholes and depending on jurisdiction the state seems unconcerned in both cases.
Hear hear!
*Bangs Tesla on desk
Why aren’t you FSBO?
As a matter of fact, I sold my place in Montana on craigslist. I did okay (and then some). Unfortunately, FSBOs here seem to be few and far between.
I guess that shuts me up.
This whole bipartisan independent entity shit has to stop.
Trump fires both Democratic FTC commissioners, setting stage for legal brawl
Congress needs to suck it up and do its job.
Almost as if by design our government was mismanaged and contorted to its current twisted self by self-serving assholes.
1. They basically admit that the protests were a shakedown racket where the big bad corporation refused to pay more than some green outfit.
2. It’s funny how The Guardian completely dodged any aspect of what Green Peace was sued for. They just want to paint it it as if it was just protesting.
OTH when the left venue shops its’s “justice”.
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
**HEAVY SIGH**
An informal boycott by Canadian travelers has begun. The number of Canadians returning by car from visits to the United States already fell by 23% in February, and air travel by Canadians returning from the United States was down 13% relative to last year, according to Statistics Canada.
Perhaps. Yet a perusal of the remaining stats on the linked-to StatsCan page seems to indicate a more general economic reason, since all types of travel to and from Canada declined that month, both by Canucks and foreigners. Mere uncertainty in the FOREX markets can cause activity to decline.
As usual, the Grauniad’s doing lazy journalism of the “wet streets cause rain” variety.
That was the thought that I had as well. How much of the decrease is a boycott of US travel, and how much is a result of a general economic downturn among the Syrupeans?
‘Cuz I can’t see Bob from Ontario telling his wife “You know, hun, let’s not go to the winter house in Sarasota this year. We can stay home and stick it to Trump, eh?”
Poland and Baltic nations plan to withdraw from landmine convention
Nobody wants to step on that.
I would really tip toe around this discussion.
It’s been blown out of proportion.
Flight of foot.
This is very important and we can’t afford to kick the can down the road.
An informal boycott by Canadian travelers has begun. The number of Canadians returning by car from visits to the United States already fell by 23% in February, and air travel by Canadians returning from the United States was down 13% relative to last year, according to Statistics Canada.
Percentages, not the actual underlying numbers. Which tells me the actual numbers are unimpressive.
No, dont go, please stop.
Still, five of the Republican justices have, at various times, advocated for reviving the nondelegation doctrine. So there is a real risk that the Court could use the Consumers’ Research case as a vehicle to do so.
If that happens, it would shift a simply enormous amount of power from the elected branches of government to the judiciary. And it could potentially strip the federal government of a whole lot more than its power to equalize telephone and internet rates.
Call me crazy, but what I take away from that is an attempt by the courts to eliminate the no man’s land between Congress and the Executive currently occupied by agencies apparently convinced they are completely independent of supervision from any direction.
Shh, they are Voxplaining.
At least the Guardian article was right about what foreign tourists like to visit in the US. One constantly hears French, German and Italian in the national parks. In 2020, when there were no foreign tourists, the most popular languages in the US national parks, not counting English, were Spanish and Russian.
I really hope Trump recreates a train car in the style of an early 20th century private French car and has Columbia sign there.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/19/columbia-university-facing-400-million-question-give-into-trump-demands-or-suffer-massive-cuts/
First of all, are they getting $400 million per year or is that $400 million spread over multiple years? Secondly, wtf are they doing with all that money? Last, their endowment is $14.8 billion, so even if that’s $400 million per year, that’s only 2.7% of their endowment. They should easily be able to cover this with returns from their endowment.
It’s both government and our press. My assumption is the total value of the contracted work over the life of the various contracts.
Shh, we aren’t supposed to notice that. Harvard has suddenly said families that make under $200k pay no tuition. They have an inkling these outsize endowments can’t continue.
I gave up on that Vox thing. I can’t get past my conclusion the whole rural telecom equity issue has been rendered meaningless by cellphones.
I remember reading, back in the ’90s, about how Eastern Europe leapfrogged the land line phase and went straight to cellphones after the Wall went away.
Oh! My skeletal family has grown! So I went to see the doc about my hip pain. Walking isn’t too bad, but sitting, driving, sleeping, etc, are worrisome. (It’s not barking pain, yet. But I know where it leads.) Turns out!! My hips were complimented by the docs. They think, and I had hypothesized about it when the Feb 7 seizure aggravated things, that it’s a muscle issue, not bone.
Looking at the x-rays, I noticed some oddities floating above where (what’s left of) my femoral end. Three clumps and some debris showing up, way outside where normal bone resides.
The doc was completely unfazed. “Yeah! Those are bones. They sometimes grow from calcium build up from recovery and stress, unattached to ‘real’ bones.” With added enthusiasm and gesticulation, he said some people have much larger ones. (Though it isn’t a universal side effect.)
They’re real and they’re spectacular! Not really, but they do no harm. They weren’t there before, but I have new additions to show all the TSA Rape Scanners! They’ll think I’m packin’ some real heat. They already do. They finally updated the metal detectors to not beep for titanium. It still took ’em AGES to learn my groin doesn’t house a tin foil-wrapped cucumber, but that I naturally dress right.
Yes, three or four new, unconnected bones have sprouted near my groin. Ladies ‘n gents, I leave you to it. I already gave it a whack, but memories of S African Kimberleigh will give renewed rise to my occasion. I shudder to further inseminate y’all with such rigid fervor, but I trust you’ll pull it out.
What’s that floating over your left hip?
It’s a cartoon!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vOGhAV-84iI
Yes, the speed of technological development is outpacing culture and government by leaps and bounds. Before the useless government slugs can concoct a structure for institutional control their target is obsolete. It is only going to accelerate.
JFC. $70k for this POS with paint reminiscent of GM in the 80s.
Jeep Wagoneer S Interior Deep Dive – Premium or Overpriced?
Munro does independent consulting and costing for auto OEMs. Chrysler is fucked on every EV it has released.
I must be bored. I watched the whole clip. 😒
I enjoy product development. You figure out where to spend to meet a price point.
All the money in this is in the battery cost and they took it from the rest of the vehicle.