Ballot Access News – Nevada Green Party Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Put it on Ballot

Sep 142024
 

On September 13, the Nevada Green Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the ruling of the State Supreme Court that had removed it from the ballot. Nevada Green Party v Aguilar, 24A262. Here is the filing.

The application was submitted to Justice Elena Kagan, who asked the Democratic Party to respond by Tuesday, September 17.

UPDATE: here is a news story from The Hill.

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Hackaday – Back Up Your Data On Paper With Lots Of QR Codes

Sep 132024
 

QR codes are used just about everywhere now, for checking into venues, ordering food, or just plain old advertising. But what about data storage? It’s hardly efficient, but if you want to store your files in a ridiculous paper format—there’s a way to do that, too!
QR-Backup was developed by [za3k], and is currently available as a command-line Linux tool only. It takes a file or files, and turns them into a “paper backup”—a black-and white PDF file full of QR codes that’s ready to print. That’s legitimately the whole deal—you run the code, generate the PDF, then print the file. That piece of paper is now your backup. Naturally, qr-backup works in reverse, too. You can use…

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World Socialist Web Site (en) – The Harris-Trump debate: A degraded exhibition of political reaction

Sep 122024
 

The degraded spectacle of Tuesday’s debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held a mirror to a political system in extraordinary crisis. Between the mad ravings of the fascist Trump and the empty-headed platitudes of the warmonger Harris, the debate presented the vicious face of American capitalism.

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Hackaday – DOOM on a Volumetric Display

Sep 102024
 

There’s something magical about volumetric displays. They really need to be perceived in person, and no amount of static or video photography will ever do them justice. [AncientJames] has built a few, and we’re reporting on his progress, mostly because he got it to run a playable port of DOOM.
Base view of an earlier version showing the motor drive and PSU
As we’ve seen before, DOOM is very much a 3D game viewed on a 2D display using all manner of clever tricks and optimizations. The background visual gives a 3D effect, but the game’s sprites are definitely very solidly in 2D land. As we’ll see, that wasn’t good enough for [James].
The basic concept relies on a…

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World Socialist Web Site (en) – Following challenge from Democrats, Nevada Supreme Court removes Green Party’s Jill Stein from ballot

Sep 092024
 

In a 5-2 decision the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that even though the Green Party collected nearly three times as many signatures as required, the party would still not appear on the ballot over a technicality that was facilitated by the Democratic Secretary of State.

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Planet PostgreSQL – Radim Marek: We need to talk about ENUMs

Sep 082024
 

Designing a database schema, whether for a new application or a new feature, always raises a lot of questions. The choices you make can have a big impact on how well your database performs and how easy it is to maintain and scale. Whether you’re just getting started with PostgreSQL or consider yourself a seasoned pro, it’s easy to rely on old habits or outdated advice. In this article, I want to take a fresh look at one of those topics that often sparks debate: the use of ENUMs in PostgreSQL.
I have to admit, not so long ago, I would advise “don’t use ENUMs” without thinking about it too much. Relying only on random articles and…

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– The Conversation – Home – Crossing state lines to get an abortion is a new legal minefield, with courts to decide if there’s a right to travel

Sep 082024
 

An examination room at a Jacksonville abortion clinic in April 2024, shortly before Florida’s six-week abortion ban went into effect. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Almost half of the states in the country have made it harder to get an abortion since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the federal right to get an abortion. Fourteen states ban abortions in almost all circumstances, and another eight in almost all cases after 6 to 18 weeks of pregnancy. Nonetheless, the number of abortions provided in the U.S. has actually grown since the court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, rising 11% since 2020, to over 1 million abortions a year. This increase can partially be explained…

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Ballot Access News – Nevada Supreme Court Removes the Green Party from the Ballot

Sep 072024
 

On September 6, the Nevada Supreme Court voted 5-2 to remove the Green Party from the ballot. Nevada State Democratic Party v Nevada Green Party, 24 OC 00107.1B. The lower court had kept the party on the ballot. Here is the 18-page opinion.
When the Green Party began its petition drive, the Nevada Secretary of State furnished a sample form. But, the Nevada Secretary of State sent an incorrect version. The petition blank should have contained a sentence saying the circulator attests that, to his or her belief, all the signatures were of registered voters. The petition blank for initiatives does not have such a requirement. Furthermore the requirement that this sentence be included is not mentioned…

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Deeplinks – You Really Do Have Some Expectation of Privacy in Public

Sep 072024
 

Being out in the world advocating for privacy often means having to face a chorus of naysayers and nihilists. When we spend time fighting the expansion of Automated License Plate Readers capable of tracking cars as they move, or the growing ubiquity of both public and private surveillance cameras, we often hear a familiar refrain: “you don’t have an expectation of privacy in public.” This is not true. In the United States, you do have some expectation of privacy—even in public—and it’s important to stand up and protect that right.
How is it possible to have an expectation of privacy in public? The answer lies in the rise of increasingly advanced surveillance technology. When you are out…

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Fun with virtualization – Finding a job in this modern era

Sep 072024
 

This is going to be something different, and maybe to explain where I’ve been the last month. Setting myself up for failure Back in 2012, I had been laid off, but during my exit interview, something odd happened, the company that had bought us out to crush us had their entire networking group walk. The directory apparently got a good offer, but in the DEC tradition, he’d told them that he was going to take everyone with him. Everyone from the engineers, the team manager, to even the cable runners. The entire group walked. I can’t corroborate this, but during my exit interview the HR people reading over my roles, had taken a keen interest…

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Hackaday – How Much Resolution Does Film Really Have?

Sep 072024
 

Have you ever scanned old negatives or print photographs? Then you’ve probably wondered about the resolution of your scanner, versus the resolution of what you’re actually scanning. Or maybe, you’ve looked at digital cameras, and wondered how many megapixels make up that 35mm film shot. Well [ShyStudios] has been pondering these very questions, and they’ve shared some answers.
The truth is that film doesn’t really have a specific equivalent resolution to a digital image, as it’s an analog medium that has no pixels. Instead, color is represented by photoreactive chemicals. Still, there are ways to measure its resolution—normally done in lines/mm, in the simplest sense.
[ShyStudios] provides a full explanation of what this means, as well as more…

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Ballot Access News – Exhaustive Study Shows Almost Half of Partisan Races in 2022 Had Only One Candidate on the Ballot

Sep 042024
 

The New York Times reports that an exhaustive study of election results in 2022 finds almost half of all partisan races only had one candidate on the ballot. See the article here. … Continue reading →

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Ballot Access News – One of the Four Candidates in Alaska’s U.S. House Race is Currently in Prison in Another State

Sep 032024
 

Eric Hafner, one of the four candidates who will be on the ballot for the Alaska U.S. House race, is currently living in a prison in another state. See this story. … Continue reading →

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Techdirt. – Brazil Bans ExTwitter In Battle With Musk, Takes VPNs & Users Down With It

Aug 312024
 

In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the biggest losers are Brazilians. They are now at risk of being stripped of VPNs while facing massive fines if they somehow get around a countrywide ban on ExTwitter.
Yesterday, I wrote about the standoff between Elon Musk and Brazil, and how neither side comes out of it looking very good. Where it was left was that Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was (1) freezing Starlink assets and (2) threatening to ban ExTwitter entirely from the country.
As we noted, there was nothing particularly new about the second point. Brazil has done this in the past with WhatsApp and Telegram. The freezing…

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Ballot Access News – Georgia Democrats in Process of Suing Secretary of State to Remove Minor Party and Independent Presidential Candidates

Aug 312024
 

Georgia Democrats are about to sue the Secretary of State, to reverse the Secretary’s decision that puts Jill Stein, Cornel West, and Claudia De la Cruz on the ballot.

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Ars Technica – Blood puddles, mold, tainted meat, bugs: Boar’s Head inspections are horrifying

Aug 312024
 

Enlarge / A recall notice is posted next to Boar’s Head meats that are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024, in San Rafael, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan)
Federal inspections found 69 violations—many grisly—at the Boar’s Head meat facility at the center of a deadly, nationwide Listeria outbreak that has now killed nine people, sickened and hospitalized a total of 57 across 18 states, and spurred the nationwide recall of more than 7 million pounds of meat.
The Jarratt, Virginia-based facility had repeated problems with mold, water leaks, dirty equipment and rooms, meat debris stuck on walls and equipment, various bugs, and, at one point, puddles of blood on the floor,…

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Green Pages – Upon the passing of Phil Donahue: Phil Donahue, Ralph Nader and the Green Party

Aug 312024
 

By Mike Feinstein. Advisor, Green Pages Editorial Board Phil Donahue – an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show, passed away on August 18, 2024. During his storied career, Donahue had a special relationship with Ralph Nader and the Green Party. The first time the Green Party ever had an extended national TV presence in the United States was in February 1996, when 1996 Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader appeared on the Phil Donahue Show. The Green Party owes a great debt of gratitude to Phil Donahue for this unprecedented opportunity. This historic broadcast — and the legitimacy and momentum it gave to the Green…

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AnandTech – End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

Aug 302024
 

It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I’ve ever needed to write here at AnandTech. After over 27 years of covering the wide – and wild – word of computing hardware, today is AnandTech’s final day of publication. For better or worse, we’ve reached the end of a long journey – one that started with a review of an AMD processor, and has ended with the review of an AMD processor. It’s fittingly poetic, but it is also a testament to the fact that we’ve spent the last 27 years doing what we love, covering the chips that are the lifeblood of the computing industry. A lot of things…

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Ballot Access News – Georgia Administrative Law Judge Removes Jill Stein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Claudia De la Cruz, and Cornel West from the Ballot

Aug 282024
 

On August 26, a Georgia Administrative Law Judge removed Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Jill Stein, Cornel West, and Claudia De la Cruz from the ballot.  See this story.
The administrative law judge said when presidential candidates seek to qualify by petition in Georgia, the true candidates are the candidates for presidential elector, and each elector needs his or her own petition.
He also said that Jill Stein can’t be on the ballot because it is impossible for her to prove that she is on the ballot in at least twenty other states or territories that have presidential electors.  This seems absurd, and would nullify the new law that allows presidential candidates to be on if their party is…

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Boing Boing – NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format

Aug 272024
 

Hopper delivering the 1982 lectureU.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists. Yesterday, the NSA posted it on its YouTube channel, reflecting years of demand for it to be made public and work by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to retrieve the footage: “NARA’s Special Media Department was able to retrieve the footage contained on two 1′ AMPEX tapes and transferred the footage to NSA to be reviewed for public release.” — Read the rest

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