Aaaaand, fallout.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/94229-resignations-censures-follow-in-wake-of-hugo-awards-controversy.html

«do not mistake certainty for accuracy. The scientific literature on decision making is replete with studies showing that confidence and accuracy are often not highly correlated[viii]. Being more confident does not make it more likely that an analyst is right. The challenge, of course, is that confidence is often persuasive[ix].

….

we must be mindful that if we are typically more confident than right, then the analyst, briefer, or other persuader is too. Some will boldly saunter in with an “obvious answer.” In these instances, we have to take extra care to separate the objective evidence from the subjective experience and the delivery. We may need to re-orient ourselves to listen to ideas that start with “what if…” or “I wonder what would happen….” or “this may seem silly, but…” Those ideas do not have to prevail, but they should not be summarily dismissed. Quiet voices can also speak truth.»

https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/the-fox-and-the-hedgehog-contrasting-approaches-to-anticipating-the-environment/

«The Ackland itself has a connection to the exploitation of a race of people, but in its own country. William Hayes Ackland, whose bequest founded the museum and whose body is entombed within it, inherited his fortune. His mother’s first husband made the money by founding what became the largest slave-trading company in the United States. The museum acknowledges this bitter truth on its website.»

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article284751221.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-are-having-a-blast-making-a-circus-of-the-gops-hunter-biden-probe

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1225957874/housing-unaffordable-for-record-half-all-u-s-renters-study-finds

Seems about right.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/republicans-only-want-to-campaign-on-border-crisis-not-solve-it

https://www.wfae.org/2024-01-22/chapel-hill-carrboro-city-schools-board-prepares-legal-fight-parents-bill-of-rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/nyregion/wrong-driveway-shooting-ny.html

Holy shit.

«in the official build records of the airplane, a pressure seal that cannot be accessed without opening the door (and thereby removing retaining bolts) is documented as being replaced, but the door is never officially opened and thus no QA inspection is required.


The commenter concludes, “Where are the bolts? Probably sitting forgotten and unlabeled (because there is no formal record number to label them with) on a work-in-progress bench, unless someone already tossed them in the scrap bin to tidy up.”»

https://viewfromthewing.com/boeing-whistleblower-production-line-has-enormous-volume-of-defects-bolts-on-max-9-werent-installed/