US president Donald Trump has gone to the edge of the cliff defending his right to privacy, although he would never phrase it that way. For Trump, it’s all couched in the language of “executive privilege” – i.e.: the right of the rich and powerful to do whatever they want (especially if it means getting richer and more powerful).
I declared June 10 to be “facial recognition” day, and this year I didn’t do a posting about it.
Being an anti-scientific chucklefuck kills people.
These photos are from commentariat(tm) member ‘dangerousbeans’.
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]