Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order

Quote:Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will issue a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday morning, one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug now in widespread recreational use.

The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people in what the Democratic governor said is a step to heal decades of social and economic injustice that disproportionately harms Black and Brown people. Moore noted criminal records have been used to deny housing, employment and education, holding people and their families back long after their sentences have been served.

“I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore said in an interview. “If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.”

At the other end of the spectrum is Ron De Santis. Florida has a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot to legalize marijuana De Santis some objections to the measure, including:

-It will hurt the state's tourism industry.

-Florida's beaches, restaurants, theme parks, and hotels will all smell like skunk.

-'You'll have people bringing 20 joints to an elementary school and we won't be able to prosecute them.'

As per usual, De Santis offered up no evidence that any of these things will or even might occur.

Boru

(June 17, 2024 at 4:30 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: At the other end of the spectrum is Ron De Santis. Florida has a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot to legalize marijuana De Santis some objections to the measure, including:

-It will hurt the state's tourism industry.

-Florida's beaches, restaurants, theme parks, and hotels will all smell like skunk.

-'You'll have people bringing 20 joints to an elementary school and we won't be able to prosecute them.'

As per usual, De Santis offered up no evidence that any of these things will or even might occur.

Boru

Until recreational pot use is legalized at the federal level, or at least in all 50 states, the legal states will continue to reap the tax benefit of pot tourism. De Fascist is to stupid to breath. How does he manage to walk and talk?!?

(June 17, 2024 at 2:16 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:

(June 17, 2024 at 4:30 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: At the other end of the spectrum is Ron De Santis. Florida has a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot to legalize marijuana De Santis some objections to the measure, including:

-It will hurt the state's tourism industry.

-Florida's beaches, restaurants, theme parks, and hotels will all smell like skunk.

-'You'll have people bringing 20 joints to an elementary school and we won't be able to prosecute them.'

As per usual, De Santis offered up no evidence that any of these things will or even might occur.

Boru

Until recreational pot use is legalized at the federal level, or at least in all 50 states, the legal states will continue to reap the tax benefit of pot tourism. De Fascist is to stupid to breath. How does he manage to walk and talk?!?

Precisely. Smokers who live in a state where weed is not legal will flock to a state where it is.

De Santis seems to be under the impression that everyone who doesn’t smoke pot will immediately spark up as soon as it becomes legal.

Whiskey is legal, but anyone who brings 20 bottles of Bushmills to an elementary school is going to be in some very serious trouble.

Boru

Bushmills = protestant whiskey. Jamo = catholic guilt in a glass.

The BRICS Games are currently being held in Russia. They were intended to be an "alternative" to the Olympics.

Russian media have already reported that Russian athletes have won hundreds of medals. The secret: in many competitions, there is only one athlete competing and there is no one checking them for doping.



https://nexta.tv/vostochnaya-evropa/3724...din-nyuans

(June 18, 2024 at 8:32 am)Nanny Wrote: Bushmills = protestant whiskey. Jamo = catholic guilt in a glass.

Technically, they’re both Protestant whiskies - John Jameson was a Presbyterian.

Boru

Quote:YouTube’s algorithm frequently recommends right-leaning and Christian videos to users who have not previously shown interest in those topics, according to new research released Tuesday.

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank studying extremism, conducted four investigations using personas with different interests to examine YouTube’s algorithm.

Despite varying interests — from gaming, male lifestyle gurus, mommy vloggers and Spanish-language news — videos with religious themes were shown to all the accounts.

“The ubiquity of these videos across investigations, as well as the fact that almost all the videos were related to Christianity, raises questions as to why YouTube recommends such content to users and whether this is a feature of the platform’s recommendation system,” the report noted.

The accounts interested in mommy vloggers and Spanish-language news received more religious content than the others, which the report suggested could reflect that those groups “tend to be more interested in religion.”

The think tank’s investigation also split the accounts interested in mommy vlogger-content based on political leaning, with one right-leaning account watching Fox News videos and one left-leaning account watching MSNBC videos.

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/47...an-videos/

I have to say that I haven't noticed this myself. I mostly view history and music documentaries or discussion channels, and that is virtually the total of the recommendations, too.

(June 18, 2024 at 12:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(June 18, 2024 at 8:32 am)Nanny Wrote: Bushmills = protestant whiskey. Jamo = catholic guilt in a glass.

Technically, they’re both Protestant whiskies - John Jameson was a Presbyterian.

Boru

It was a line from the Wire.

(June 18, 2024 at 12:54 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

Quote:YouTube’s algorithm frequently recommends right-leaning and Christian videos to users who have not previously shown interest in those topics, according to new research released Tuesday.

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank studying extremism, conducted four investigations using personas with different interests to examine YouTube’s algorithm.  

Despite varying interests — from gaming, male lifestyle gurus, mommy vloggers and Spanish-language news — videos with religious themes were shown to all the accounts.

“The ubiquity of these videos across investigations, as well as the fact that almost all the videos were related to Christianity, raises questions as to why YouTube recommends such content to users and whether this is a feature of the platform’s recommendation system,” the report noted.

The accounts interested in mommy vloggers and Spanish-language news received more religious content than the others, which the report suggested could reflect that those groups “tend to be more interested in religion.”

The think tank’s investigation also split the accounts interested in mommy vlogger-content based on political leaning, with one right-leaning account watching Fox News videos and one left-leaning account watching MSNBC videos.

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/47...an-videos/

I have to say that I haven't noticed this myself. I mostly view history and music documentaries or discussion channels, and that is virtually the total of the recommendations, too.

I watch more than a few blacksmithing videos, a pretty apolitical topic.

Boru