Recently I was invited to do a talk for the Minnesota ISSA at their June chapter meeting; I hope they don’t regret it.
Recently I was invited to do a talk for the Minnesota ISSA at their June chapter meeting; I hope they don’t regret it.
I wonder what Iain Banks would have to say, when he heard about this. I’d hope it would be long, passionate, and full of obscenities. [nyt]
There’s an article at the failing <i>New York Times</i> that breaks down how police report their time spent. The whole thing is worth a read so I’m going to comment obliquely on it, rather than quoting extensively from it. [nytimes]
I was not happy with the way the red maple burl globe turned out. It needed a bit more sturm and a lot more drang.
If you follow police misconduct, you will know that there’s a sort of ODESSA, or roman catholic church-like informal shuffling system for bad cops. A sort of protection program that allows a cop to be noisily fired for being a violent brute, and quietly re-hired by another department, given a badge and a gun, and sent back out to do it again.
The US is in the process of reviewing its statuary. [pharyngula]
This for the FtB legal defense fund. See [go fund me] for details. Rules are below:
This for the FtB legal defense fund. See [go fund me] for details. Rules are below:
When the IPCC talks about catastrophic extinctions if there is a rise of more than 6C worldwide, they’re talking about the long-term average temperatures getting pushed up that high. Short-term spikes are expected, too.
I’m a bit skeptical about the degree to which this may have affected Trump’s rally in Tulsa, but this is going to affect the Trump Campaign by forcing it to expend time and effort that they may not be competent to spend.
