Links for you. Science:
A Once Common Gecko Is Vanishing from Parts of Asia
Washington has now hit 90 degrees or higher 50 times this year, a rare milestone
Citizen Scientists Find Rare Orchid In Virginia
After Trump blames mental illness for mass shootings, health agencies ordered to hold all posts on issue
Fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought
Other:
But 100% Of Trump Supporters Who Say They Still Support Trump Still Support Trump
Tom Cotton Needs to Be Watched Carefully (yes, he does)
No More Corporate Lawyers on the Federal Bench (important)
Sanders Endorses “Green TVA” Approach to Green New Deal
A Brush With A Notorious Cat, My Rabies Education And The Big Bill That Followed
The New American Homeless
Singapore Says Musk’s Electric Cars Are About ‘Lifestyle,’ Not Climate
Truckers voted for Trump in droves. Now they say his trade war is ‘killing’ their ability to make a living.
A Bill That Could Let Young Violent Offenders Out Of Prison Early Is Dividing D.C. Officials, Feds (one more reason D.C. needs statehood)
Homeless children in hotels are struggling to get to school, a group learned. It now wants D.C. officials to consider: If tourists get shuttles, shouldn’t they?
America holds onto an undemocratic assumption from its founding: that some people deserve more power than others.
Five Ways H.R. 1 Would Transform Redistricting
Why It’s Immigrants Who Pack Your Meat: What Trump has called an “invasion” was actually a corporate recruitment drive
The Streets of New York
Why Some Christians ‘Love the Meanest Parts’ of Trump
Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends. Misplaced trust in the media has repeatedly led to disastrous debates.
Should Young Violent Offenders Be Eligible For Early Release? D.C. And The Feds Struggle To Decide
Companies Might Be Smarter With Workers in the Boardroom
Who’s to Blame When Algorithms Discriminate? A proposed rule from HUD would make it harder to hold people accountable for subtler forms of discrimination
A new poll shows what really interests ‘pro-lifers’: controlling women
mikethemadbiologist
*** Who’s to Blame When Algorithms Discriminate? A proposed rule from HUD would make it harder to hold people accountable for subtler forms of discrimination ***
Trump may be an ignoramus, but the people he has given the levers of power sure aren’t.
^^^ “A black household that makes $167,000 is less likely to qualify for a prime loan than a white household that makes $40,000” ^^^
And they’re wanting to make this legal?
*** Companies Might Be Smarter With Workers in the Boardroom ***
The Feynman example irritated me. If my memory isn’t in error, he later admitted a very bright Air Force General had already solved the O-Ring problem and was using him as a front-man. This may be a swell idea, but were there no US examples? Germany probably has a very different culture than the US of A. In my paranoid state of mind I wonder if the article wasn’t a subtle cue to Big Business not to bellyache about Warren proposing this Profitable Idea. If they can’t have Biden, Booker, or Harris, the big moneybags seem to be settling in on Warren.
*** Should Young Violent Offenders Be Eligible For Early Release? D.C. And The Feds Struggle To Decide ***
This is a tough one, and I strongly suspect there is more to this “debate” than is being aired in public. I’m inclined towards “mercy”, but I could be very wrong about that. Supposing a bunch of 35-55 year men and women get out of prison, how will they support themselves in a country which has deliberately shipped so many jobs overseas? Middle aged, no skills, and a violent crime rap on their resume. How will they cope – even if they have the best of intentions?
*** Dear Democrats, the Mainstream Media Are Not Your Friends. Misplaced trust in the media has repeatedly led to disastrous debates. ***
What I saw here was a portrayal of the “Democrats” as a bunch of helpless dweebs. They don’t have to kiss network heinie – they do it because they want to; because the outcomes suit them.
*** Five Ways H.R. 1 Would Transform Redistricting ***
I like this idea, and would prefer it to be even stricter. Given the way the Supreme Court has been packed with rightwingnuts, does it have any chance there?
*** America holds onto an undemocratic assumption from its founding: that some people deserve more power than others. ***
If this is a typical example of the 1619 project, I think I’m going to stick with my books. It was an interesting article, but it seemed to me they skipped over too many things. But I can’t quibble with the notion modern Republicans follow the law only when it suits them.
*** The New American Homeless ***
I can’t make a better comment than the subtitle:
“Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim.”
*** Tom Cotton Needs to Be Watched Carefully ***
Smart and evil. This fellow would be a male Hillary – or worse.
*** Fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought ***
Notice the only real opponent is Sanders. A site with (my) bookmark title “neocon oilprice . com” keeps ranting about fracking – for all the good it does them. Unfortunately there seems to be an unlimited number of hopeful suckers who keep pouring their money down this rathole.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Shale-Pioneer-Fracking-is-an-Unmitigated-Disaster.html