How Noor Salman Became The Scapegoat Of The Pulse Massacre | HuffPost

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/noor-salman-trial-pulse-massacre_us_5abbe04be4b04a59a313df85

«After hearing how Salman behaved at FBI headquarters that night, Campbell, the domestic violence expert, said it was not that unusual. Abuse victims, under pressure, often develop a flat affect and come off as disengaged. It’s a survival mechanism, she explained.»

 

Ready Player One review: much more dystopian than it realizes – Vox

Now THIS makes me want to go see the movie. 🙂 (Not kidding.)

Source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/29/17171778/ready-player-one-review-nostalgia-dystopia

This isn’t satirical, and it’s no warning bell. It’s a hero’s quest. And what’s at the end of the quest hasn’t fixed anything at all. In fact, it may spell ultimate doom for the civilization.

I’m well aware that this perspective probably makes me some kind of joyless spoilsport. Why can’t I just escape into the movie and have fun for a couple hours without analyzing and dissecting it?

So be it. If the dystopian future looks like people disconnecting from what’s real to escape into fantasy, then I’d at least like to be paying attention when it happens.

Dave’s Redistricting

Gorgeous tool, but this is what happens when you marry Microsoft:

Browsers: DRA is built on Silverlight which uses the old plugin API (NPAPI), which many browsers have stopped supporting.

  • IE: Works.
  • Safari: It did work on Yosemite (MacOS 10.8), but on Sierra (10.12) it does not function correctly. I don’t know about other versions.(Safari/Preferences/Security/Plugin Settings).
  • Firefox ESR: Works. Tools/Addons will take you to the page to manage Addons, including plugins. There you can allow or disallow each plugin (or set it to ask each time). Note: On Mac Sierra, Silverlight runs much slower than before.
  • Chrome: Does not work.
  • Standard Firefox version 52 and above: Does not work.
  • Edge: Does not work.

DRA 2.2 depends on a Bing Maps control that is no longer officially supported, as of November 30th. But it still works and I recommend continuing to use it. From what I can glean, it could continue to work for a while, but there’s no guarantee now that the control is unsupported. Maps saved in 2.2 can be loaded in 2.5.

The new version, DRA 2.5 does not depend on the Bing Maps control, so should continue to work for the foreseeable future. The main features and data remain, although Alaska does not work correctly. A link and details on what features are still supported are below.

Source: Dave’s Redistricting

Seems about right.

https://twitter.com/OfficialJonZal/status/979099263656452103?s=19

«That’s because the people who voted for him already knew he was garbage. They just didn’t care. That’s why we have to make sure we outnumber them at the polls in every election from now until we’re dead. You’re welcome have a nice day.

((Voters believe the porn star over the president, but his approval ratings have barely budged.
https://t.co/YkUNKg8rED via @POLITICO_Steve https://t.co/HGurROb96T))»