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You’re unpleasant
There are people who try to work nontenure jobs, of course, but usually they’re nuts and have very dysfunctional personalities and lives, and are unpleasant to deal with, because they feel disrespected. No idea at all why they would feel disrespected.
Maybe we shouldn’t put the oil in a pipe or on a train
It looks like Keystone XL isn’t going to be built so all that bitumen from the tar sands is going to have to find another way to market. That means oil trains. Lac megantic wasn’t the only oil train accident, though it was very deadly. Another particularly large accident was in West Virginia recently (it […]
Hahahahahahaha
Instead of opening the field for actors of any race to compete for any role in a color-blind manner, there has been a significant number of parts designated as ethnic this year, making them off-limits for Caucasian actors,” complains Andreeva. Link.
While you’re waiting for the bus
The math of Ferguson: percentages don’t show how bad it really is “What’s our Nature paper?” Are walking and cycling as green as we imagine? The other issue is that cars look relatively good because the comparison is on a per kilometre basis. The emissions associated with the manufacture and disposal of cars are averaged […]
Don’t oversell tech or people might get trapped in their car and almost die
Last year, an older couple got trapped in their new car in their own garage. It was a car with a remote keyless system that automatically locked once they got in. But they’d left the smart key outside. It’s a brand new modern car, with this fancy wireless computer system controlling everything from the ignition […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Female amputees grapple with prosthetics for men Good examples of how designing for non “default” identities is good for everyone. A subtle way to over-fit Roxane Gay: Margaret Sanger, a Women’s Fighter – NYTimes.com Nancy Drew and the Case of the Slow Program Brendan Gregg’s great picture of Linux observability tools It’s […]
Fighting over the scraps
There’s an article in the Raleigh paper on proposed changes to allocation of the sales tax to be more weighted in terms of population instead of location. It highlights some of the common issues with urban/rural divides, especially when it comes to inequality, and explains the changes clearly, in detail, and with historical context. Go […]