"Thirty lead curse tablets have been discovered at the bottom of an ancient well in Athens. The well was discovered the Kerameikos, ancient Athens’ main cemetery built in potters’ neighborhood (keramos means potter’s clay) northwest of the ancient center next to the Dipylon gate in the city wall." Leave them the fuck alone. You saw what happened when they opened that black sarcophagus. Also some good world building info about curses in ancient Greece. (Grokked for Chuck Winding, I think)
"The preliminary estimate of the (BLS) benchmark revision indicates a downward adjustment to March 2019 total nonfarm employment of -501,000. This means that between April 2018 and March of 2019, there were a half million fewer jobs created than initially reported." This is about 5x the normal amount of revision. I couldn't find any official release that was supposed to happen on Friday. But if those numbers hold up, wow. (Grokked from Michele)
"As electric cars grow in popularity and visibility, experts say a revolution is coming in a place most people overlook: corporate and municipal fleets." That's actually the tipping point. Corporate fleets played with CNG, but except for some small areas it never worked well.
"'Working-class Americans are left to pay the price for mass illegal immigration,' Trump said, suggesting that undocumented immigrants are using government services and programs they don’t pay for… That’s not true. Contrary to this persistent myth, undocumented immigrants do in fact pay taxes. Millions of undocumented immigrants file tax returns each year, and they are paying taxes for many benefits they can’t even use." The article is from 2018, but it still holds true. (Grokked from Kameron Hurley)
"A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed Democratic lawmakers' lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging he has violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution on technical grounds… In the ruling, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found the members of Congress did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit against the president for violating the clause, which bars federal officials from collecting payments from foreign governments without the approval of Congress." Their standing is in the damn definition. Oh, wait, they're dismissing it because the number of congresspeople and Senators aren't a "majority" in Congress and so wouldn't be able to approve the president taking the money. Ah, yeah, sure Bob. By that reasoning it's just a quick step to, "Well, this poisoning affected 3,000, and since there's only 5 of you bringing the case you don't speak for the majority, case dismissed." (Grokked from Joy Reid)
"Meanwhile Trump is engaged in massive personal, ongoing corruption. The Washington Post has obtained Secret Service receipts from Trump’s properties. It reveals a massive profiteering scandal." We all knew this, right? (Grokked from Kelly Swails)
"The Republican National Committee (RNC) in recent weeks have reportedly funded thousands of automated phone calls to jam up the offices of dozens of House Democrats amid the fight surrounding the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump." Over 11,000 calls. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"Attorney General William Barr has issued new restrictions on opening investigations into politically sensitive individuals or entities, including a requirement that he approve any inquiry into a presidential candidate or campaign." I see no way this could go horribly wrong.
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