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Egypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind construction
  • That is interesting. But it says:

    The most intact papyri describe several months of work with the transportation of limestone from quarries Tura North and Tura South to Giza in the 27th year of the reign of pharaoh Khufu.[8][9] Though the diary does not specify where the stones were to be used or for what purpose, given the diary may date to what is widely considered the very end of Khufu's reign, Tallet believes they were most likely for cladding the outside of the Great Pyramid. About every ten days, two or three round trips were done, shipping perhaps 30 blocks of 2–3 tonnes each, amounting to 200 blocks per month.[10][11] About forty boatmen worked under him. The period covered in the papyri extends from July to November.[8]

    (Emphasis added) it’s not exactly very specific. Every 10 days a few blocks wouldn’t match the expected construction rate, and there’s no reasoning why they think it was for the Great Pyramid (other than the belief that it’s Khufu’s tomb?)

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  • You think you're coming across as "mature"/"intelligent or something, when you're a huge fucking dork piece of shit. I guarentee you have lame fucking hobbies.

    Hey six days in, and makin friends in the ol’ tumblr comm! Good for you li’l buddy.

  • If you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.
  • So far, outside of a classroom, the only “Libertarians” I’ve seen in real life are people who vote republiQan and refuse to take accountability for it.

    Or people who don’t vote, and allow republiQans to rule while taking no accountability for it.

    So, they don’t support universal healthcare because republiQans don’t, and that’s what they really are.

  • Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC
    www.wabe.org Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC - WABE

    Georgia Republicans on Saturday elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. […]

    Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC - WABE

    cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/2694340

    >Kremer, who got her political start in the Tea Party movement, wasn’t part of the mob that stormed the Capitol as Congress met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s election win. But it was her group that secured the permit for the “Save America” rally where Trump told the crowd to “ fight like hell.” She spoke at the event and was among the most active fundraisers in the “Stop the Steal” movement advancing the lie that Biden’s victory was stolen. > >Leaders of the party had recommended against electing Kremer, noting among other issues that she and an affiliated group have unpaid Federal Election Commission fines.

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    Why Speaker Mike Johnson’s trip to Trump’s trial in N.Y. mattered
    www.msnbc.com Why Speaker Mike Johnson’s trip to Trump’s trial in N.Y. mattered

    His appearance at Donald Trump’s criminal trial was tough to defend, but his vow to “rein in” prosecutors made the problem worse.

    Why Speaker Mike Johnson’s trip to Trump’s trial in N.Y. mattered

    >> It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker amplifying Trump’s defense and turning the Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy. Johnson, who is second in line for the presidency, called the court system “corrupt.” > >The display was, by any fair measure, obscene. The sitting speaker of the House — Congress’ top official and a man two heartbeats from the presidency — decided that it would be fully appropriate to show up at a criminal trial and allow himself to be used as a mouthpiece for a suspected felon. > >Johnson could’ve stuck to a relatively anodyne script, telling reporters that he expects his party’s presumptive 2024 nominee to ultimately be exonerated, but the GOP leader went far further, lashing out at the judge in the case, prosecutors, witnesses and even the system itself.

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    Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board
    www.wabe.org Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board - WABE

    A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating […]

    Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board - WABE

    cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/2679263

    > Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board > > From WABE Politics News: > > A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating […]

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    The Wrong Amazon is Burning

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15515732

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    Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
    apnews.com Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned a white ex-Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial injustice.

    Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
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    Trump's $60 Bible & Constitution omits amendments ending slavery and allowing women to vote

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15442706

    > Multiple video reviews analyzed by MeidasTouch revealed that notably missing from the Constitution in Trump’s Bible are the amendments following the Bill of Rights which make up the Constitution's first 10 amendments. Trump's Bible jumps from the original Constitution to the Bill of Rights and then to the Pledge of Allegiance, skipping constitutional amendments 11-27.

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    The year is 1900. Who's securing your vote?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15323983

    > The year is 1900. Who's securing your vote?

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    Louisiana Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Church Abuse Survivors to Hold Priests Accountable
    ballsandstrikes.org Louisiana Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Church Abuse Survivors to Hold Priests Accountable

    A new decision from the Louisiana Supreme Court casts down on the ability of survivors to sue the Catholic Church for sexual abuse.

    Louisiana Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Church Abuse Survivors to Hold Priests Accountable

    >. . . Enter the Louisiana Supreme Court. In an opinion written by Justice James Genovese and published on March 22, the court found an absolute property right in the institutions’ right not to be sued. The Louisiana Child Victims Act, wrote Genovese, “cannot be retroactively applied to revive plaintiffs’ prescribed causes of action,” since that would “divest defendants of their vested right to plead prescription”—to defend themselves by asserting that the statute of limitations had run. The decision essentially strikes down the look-back window, leaving survivors once again powerless to hold their abusers accountable. It is a harrowing example of the legal system’s ability to obscure the nature of disputes and turn survivors’ real-life trauma into euphemistic abstractions, while at the same time protecting powerful institutions in the name of otherwise ephemeral property rights.

    More: Court to revisit controversial ruling protecting priests from civil suits by adult victims of child sexual abuse

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