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College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right https://theconversation.com/college-administrators-are-falling-into-a-tried-and-true-trap-laid-by-the-right-228732

College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.

Report: Dallas Cowboys Address Concerns About Poor ‘Culture’; Dismiss Micah Parsons’ Complaint https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/report_dallas_cowboys_address_concerns_about_poor_cu…

Report: Dallas Cowboys Address Concerns About Poor ‘Culture’; Dismiss Micah Parsons’ Complaint
Stephen Jones, the Dallas Cowboys executive vice president, addressed a question during the NFL combine about the team’s culture following a disappointing first-round exit against the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round. As previously discussed by Sean Labar on GH, star pass rusher Micah Parsons recently said he wanted to change the Contract culture: “We need to have way more accountability. I just think we let things slide too often because we know we’re good. That’s all about me…

Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise
https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-flee-conscription-law-army-thailand-cbf9fa999b8ac828ea3710ac58b2c157

Myanmar: Many want to escape compulsory military service and flee to Thailand
Ever since Myanmar's military announced it is implementing conscription to fill its ranks, Thwel sees very few options. The 25-year-old schoolteacher in Myanmar’s southern Mon state believes she must flee the country or face fatal consequences. She's a supporter of the Civil Disobedience Movement, which carries out nonviolent resistance to military rule. Crowds of people have thronged to get passports and visas to neighboring Thailand in the two weeks since the government activated a law maki…

I didn't realize so many Quick Build projects were failing this badly to reduce injury crashes. On some of these streets I *feel* safer since the changes, but the numbers don't lie. These are failures and SF must reevaluate its whole approach. Concrete > flex posts
https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/sf-vi

Vision Zero lacks a vision, experts say
As San Francisco hit the 10-year anniversary of its 2014 “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities, the effort has failed: Nearly as many

“For evidence of that look no further than Tesla. “
Yes... because apparently the failing car company run by a “mercurial” Nazi-buffoon and the companies who bet on him (Hertz) are the best measures…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ev-sales-

“Trump, unlike Biden, is alleged to have engaged in extensive and repeated efforts to obstruct justice and thwart the return of documents bearing classification markings,” Harbach added. “And the evidence concerning the two men’s intent — whether they knowingly possessed and willfully retained such documents — is also starkly different.”

RIP Daniel #Kahneman. Thoughts from last year:
"...*Thinking, Fast and Slow* was a life-changer for me. As soon as I read it in 2013, I urged colleagues to read it, even convening a book club."
"I can *feel* the move in my mind from the constant important work of System 1 to the deliberative work of System 2. Knowing how often my intuition has been a hindrance to my understanding of the world, I welcome the feeling of going to the place where the adult is in charge."
https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/scientific-thinking-as-antidote-to.html

From Change.org
Thanks Stephen for signing Rename Ottawa Street Segment to Navalny Street in Honour of his memory Russian Embassy
https://www.change.org

Die weltweit größte Petitionsplattform für gesellschaftliche Veränderung
Change.org ist die größte Petitionsplattform der Welt. Über 200 Millionen Nutzerinnnen und Nutzer setzen sich mithilfe der Plattform für Veränderung ein.

“Largely, the food supply regulatory system is based on an honor system.”.
Which doesn't really work , does it?
Not just food, cf recent recalled eye-drops news, so seems to affect OTC meds as well (and how about prescription med recalls?)
(Even a staunch conservative said "Trust but verify" re Soviets. Surely the evidence shows that applies even more to business?)
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Sailed Through Gaps in Food-Safety System

Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System
Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnoticed.

I didn't realize so many Quick Build projects were failing this badly to reduce injury crashes. On some of these streets I *feel* safer since the changes, but the numbers don't lie. These are failures and SF must reevaluate its whole approach. Concrete > flex posts
https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/sf-vi

Vision Zero lacks a vision, experts say
As San Francisco hit the 10-year anniversary of its 2014 “Vision Zero” plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities, the effort has failed: Nearly as many