.@manton already mentioned this, but great response by Apple to the current brouhaha around iPhone battery throttling. If you have a 6 or 6S, it definitely makes sense to replace the battery once the price drops to $29. I certainly will.
Read moreAnd the only opinions the NYTimes solicits are from people who are lukewarm to hostile about regulation. Including the Koch brother affiliated Mercatus Center, which seems to have a pretty dubious way of judging regulatory burden. The article even notes that they are counting restrictions on regulators as more regulation.
Read more“If it isn’t pest poisons and pesticides, then it is food safety.” A farmer complains in an NYTimes article about “excessive” regulation. We’re susposed to be upset that the government is enforcing food safety laws? Has the Times decided to become a libertarian rag?
Read moreAs Hari Ziyad wrote for Afropunk “[t]he news of her hospitalization follows a report by NPR exploring how systematic racism leads to Black mothers in the U.S. dying at three to four times the rate of white mothers. Anti-Blackness truly is unrelenting and multi-faceted, and Erica Garner knew this better than most.” Erica Garner, Eric Garner’s daughter, is in the hospital following a heart attack. She’s only 27.
Read more…bigotry is easy and those who cherish it are lazy. Make it difficult and many people may find it more trouble than it’s worth to harass, shame, and otherwise abuse online those different from themselves. Looks like reddit has had some success driving off the bigots.
Read moreA little ray of hope in these dark days. h/t Athenae
Read moreSo I’m being horribly decadent, but riding Amtrak’s Empire Service up to Hudson lying back in Business Class is super comfy.
Read moreThis started out as a response to @colinwalker, but grew beyond that. Some thoughts on interesting blogs to follow in 2018: Letters and Sodas—Great book reviews on a wide range of topics. Balkinization—Looking at politics through a legal lens. Love, Joy, Feminism—A woman who grew up in a Quiverfull family and her journey towards a more liberal view of family, sexuality and the world. Putting the Life Back Into Science Fiction—Looks at the possible consequences of climate change through imagining the future. Tits and Sass—A blog by and about Sex Workers. Field Negro—Politics from an African American Man’s perspective. Warren Throckmorton—An evangelical preacher/psychologist who used to believe you could pray away the gay, but absorbed research and experience that it’s impossible to do so. An important conservative religious voice on the disjunction between evangelicals and the modern world. Feministe—Feminist perspectives on the world today. Looks like I certainly side on the liberal end of things. Perhaps I need more conservative voices in my feeds, but it’s pretty hard today to find ones that engage with reality.
Read moreMy niece: Did Dad leave his phone downstairs? Me: Gasp! It’s like he’s limbless! 30 seconds pass. My brother: Hon, could you bring my phone upstairs?
Read moreGotta love canine time! Sweet Yellow Lab: Failed Guard Dog—Too Friendly:
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