Asides

It hit 93 degrees in LA this afternoon. We get November heat waves sometimes…

https://www.climatecentral.org/news/what-climate-experts-think-of-trumps-win-20860

It hit 93 degrees in LA this afternoon. We get November heat waves sometimes, yes, but globally 2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record, beating the record set *last year*. 2011-2015 has been the hottest 5-year period on record.

Trump has publicly called climate change a hoax and stated his intent to cut clean energy programs, reduce environmental regulations, increase use of coal, and back out of the Paris climate treaty. People who actually study climate are…not encouraged by this.

Some things (books, magazines) have a longer turnaround time for printing, binding and distributing than,…

Some things (books, magazines) have a longer turnaround time for printing, binding and distributing than, say, newspapers (or the web). If there are two likely outcomes to a big event (like an election), the way to get on shelves first is to prepare *both* editions ahead of time and put on sale the one that matches the actual outcome.

On Facebook

If your email consists entirely of the subject “Please Read” and a link to a file, I’m not going to trust it no matter who you are.

If your email consists entirely of the subject “Please Read” and a link to a file, I’m not going to trust it no matter who you are.

There’s no context. No reason to believe it’s not a piece of malware being spread through a hacked account or faked sender.

I think we have enough evidence by now that “just do what they say and you won’t get hurt” isn’t even true

North Miami police shoot black man who said his hands were raised while he tried to help autistic group-home resident

What. The. Fuck.

I think we have enough evidence by now that “just do what they say and you won’t get hurt,” aside from being what you tell hostages instead of supposedly free citizens, isn’t even true.

And why did they even have weapons drawn if the caller thought the patient was threatening suicide? Don’t shoot yourself or we’ll shoot you? Really? Does that work?

This is a clear case where de-escalation was necessary — and someone was already doing that. They should have stayed back and let him, not get in the way, screw things up further, and handcuff the victim while he’s bleeding out. He’s lucky to be alive.

On Facebook

This is something that had been kicking around in my head as well, but @absurdistwords puts it into words better: “What is harrowing about this case is that clearly if the victim wasn’t there this would be about an autistic man killed with a toy truck.”

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So the official story is that the officer was trying to shoot the disabled man with the toy truck and missed. As if that makes it any better.

Note: I think this was the post after which my cousin unfriended me on Facebook.

Amazon is breaking compatibility with my internet TV and wants me to buy a new TV to keep using Amazon video. Are you kidding me?

Amazon is breaking compatibility with my internet TV and wants me to buy a new TV to keep using Amazon video. Are you kidding me?

Or I could by a Fire Stick. Which might be more appealing if I didn’t already have a Chromecast.

Doubt I’ll buy a Fire Stick to watch @AmazonVideo after you discontinue my TV app. Make your service work w/Chromecast & I’ll keep watching.