Special Session Called for Redrawing Congressional and Legislative Maps

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So federal district Judge Steve Jones ruled that Georgia’s current legislative and congressional maps – namely one seat for US House, two seats for state senate and five seats for house – violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling is 516 pages long, and calls for the legislature to draw new maps by December 8 or else a special master will be appointed.

Also the ruling states these following demands:

  • Redrawn congressional majority-minority district must be in west of Atlanta, including parts of Cobb and Douglas counties
  • Two redrawn state senate majority-minority districts must be in south of Atlanta
  • two House seats south of Atlanta, one west of Atlanta, and two around Macon

And now Gov Kemp (aka Lurch), on the same day, has called a legislative session for redrawing both maps, set for November 29.

Much of the commentary focuses on how the Republican majority may simply do a sleight of hand and redraw Lucy McBath’s district to be majority-Black instead of redrawing a district west of Atlanta. If so, it’s back to court.

I’m also interested in the state house map ordered by the judge, which would likely create a majority-Black district in Warner Robins/northern Houston County for the first time. House Districts 142, 143, 145, 147 and 149, all ordered to be redrawn, cover Crawford, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Bleckley, central and southern Macon-Bibb, northern half of Peach, northern and central Houston and northern and central Dodge counties.

courtesy Stephen Fowler of GPB News

As someone who was raised in Warner Robins, I’ve wanted to see Warner Robins get an urban state house district for years. But then again, I’ve waited for someone to bring a VRA complaint over the fact that Houston County elects all members of its county commission at-large using FPTP.

Magic Mickey – Keiynan Lonsdale (Official Music Video)

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From the debut album ‘Rainbow Boy’, out now.
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The Evolution of VR Sign Language!

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CLOSED CAPTIONS AVAILABLE! VRChat’s expansive culture is a shadow of everyday life… Including its challenges! Take a look at how the deaf community overtook the limitations of VR controllers to create one of the most unique phenomena virtual reality has to offer and connect with others across the world. This is special.

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am I too old ??

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Postsingular: A Science-Fictional Vision of What’s Next

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Google Tech Talks
May, 20 2008

ABSTRACT

Rudy Rucker’s latest novel, Postsingular, describes an Earth blanketed with a light mesh of nanomachines, about one per square millimeter. The mesh makes everything “visible” on the Web. What happens then? Rudy will read a bit from the novel, describe the underlying ideas, and answer questions about his science-fictional visions of what’s next.

Speaker: Rudy Rucker
Rudy Rucker is a writer who spent twenty years as a computer science professor at San Jose State University. He is regarded as contemporary master of science-fiction, and received the Philip K. Dick award twice. His thirty published books include both novels and non-fiction books, including The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul, which argues that everything is a gnarly computation. He’s currently writing a trilogy of novels in which nanotechnology changes everything. The first, Postsingular, appeared from Tor Books in Fall, 2007, and is also available for free download on the web. The second, Hylozoic, will appear from Tor in 2009.

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3D Gaussian Splatting in VR (Virtual Reality)

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Viewing 3D scenes created with 3D Gaussian Splatting in Virtual Reality (VR) using Oculus Quest Pro. This was one of the most requested videos in our comments, so we had to make it. The results are promising but we still have a long way to go.

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