«Following this year’s judicial elections, the North Carolina Supreme Court will flip in January from a 4-3 Democratic majority to a 5-2 Republican one. Given the change, it’s possible that the GOP-controlled state legislature will attempt to pass a new version of the voter ID law — and a new state Senate map — that could be viewed more favorably by a conservative-leaning state court system than the law in question Friday.»

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/16/north-carolina-voter-identification-elections-state-court/

It’s not “possible.” It’s inevitable.

The Woman King https://g.co/kgs/Crznu2

Strongly recommended.

At the end of a really good summary thread.

Also this: https://fivebooks.com/best-books/african-empires-ghana-mali-songhai-michael-gomez/

«Educational approaches that treat students like enemies may teach students to hate or subvert the controls. That’s not a recipe for human betterment.»

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion/chatgpt-education-ai-technology.html

Kudzu! \o/

«The bear in Vandergrift’s yard had, in fact, made a den in an area of dense brush and kudzu.»

https://www.wyff4.com/article/sad-whimper-bear-asheville-woman-backyard/42233862

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/openai-chatgpt-writing-high-school-english-essay/672412/

«…when I try to communicate the subtle difference, when writing an appositive phrase, between using commas, parentheses, or (the connoisseur’s choice) the em dash.»

I HATE the em dash – along with my favorite, the parentheses (they’re so overused, and poorly).

Draw a period and write a new sentence. If you can’t link it to the previous sentence gracefully without disrupting the flow of what you’re writing… maybe it doesn’t belong. What are you trying to do?

P.S. This is actually a pretty good essay.

@DavMicRot 🔗 https://mastodon.social/users/DavMicRot/statuses/109503816848281349 –

It is really startling how comfortable Republican house members are in explicitly advocating to end the republic by violent means.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in a text to Mark Meadows on January 17, 2021:

“Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/mark-meadows-exchanged-texts-with-34-members-of-congress-about-plans-to-overturn-the-2020-election

Weee shall seeeee.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1142034532/sinemas-break-with-the-democratic-party-may-not-help-her-as-much-as-shed-like