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Deep dive on Baltimore's transit history and how it enabled and was enabled by white flight to the suburbs.

Fascinating subculture, and a kind of sad story how their viral gaming made them money and then they lost it all by being too spammy.

It remains a concern that he has a good left message with no specifics.

I love having a President who can be described as "Spockian". I don't know if he's making all the right decisions, but they sound a lot better than the alternatives. I also like that he emphasizes climate change and China as the big foreign policy issues of the next few decades. I hope he mentions climate change more often in public.

A bleak possibility. I think I agree with the option that even if Trump were elected, the checks and balances would kick in.

It's astounding that his personality alone is propelling so much success, when his campaign sounds inexperienced and disorganized.

I fully support descriptive adaptations to English as used online.

The party seems screwed.

Solid points about how there is no free state that is 100% safe.

This is definitely the pragmatic Professor I voted for. I do wish it resonated more — many of these policies weren't ones I was aware of.

Hah. It really was his nephew.

Makes sense! Semantically interesting too — the underlying code point still represents the country, but the visual could be completely different.

Fascinating in-depth explanation of the modern GOP's dysfunction at the national level. It seems to be the latent authoritarianism combined with the one-two of the Great Recession and electing a black President. That said I think it gives far too much of a pass on racism — making it sound like a lot of people are primed for fearing other (somewhat believable as small group management) and are told who to fear by mass media, as opposed to having internalized the racial power hierarchies.

Interesting case. Fan sequels are clearly not protected parody; I feel like the mistake they made here was asking for money. They have to remain labors of love to stay under the radar.

If you can look past the sensational headline, an interesting discussion of how campaigns spy on one another and manipulate media in the digital age.

Interesting history review and a rosy outlook. It's hard to see how they could screw up with their cash, even if they stopped selling iPhones.

You know what's cool? A billion customers. An impressive outlier in the industry.

Well that's just the truth, Onion.

Yup.

"Donald Trump is a big bully who is enabling many little bullies." There is still a big degree to which I don't understand this aspect of his appeal. I kinda get why it works but I don't know anyone who thinks like this.

A trap I need to avoid as someone for whom thinness comes easily.

Good points about legal vs. moral firings, and bland corporate culture.

Big step. Too bad there's no incentive or enforcement yet!

Kinda amusing, kinda dark.

Interesting. I am unfamiliar except for a few names.

I really need to read up on deep learning.

I think this makes good points. I know I've internalized a lot of the criticisms over the last 25 years.

Really good points about Overton Window and "moderates" getting cover behind demagogues.

Ward, John William 66, passed away March 25th. John was the son of Robert and Eileen Ward, formerly of Sioux Falls, S.D. He will be deeply missed by his mother, brother Steve (Martha), brother Dick (Sue) and sister-in-law Maureen Duffin-Ward, as well as nephews Nick Ward (Andrle), Bobby Ward, Michael Ward, Griffin Ward and niece Joanna Diallo (Oumar). John was preceded to heaven by his father, Bob Ward and brother, Michael Ward. Johnny lived in Sioux Falls his whole life until recently moving to Minneapolis to be near family. Johnny worked for over 30 years at Vern Eide Honda and he always had an update on the latest news about cars and new construction projects throughout Sioux Falls. As a young adult, John was an Eagle Scout, an assistant troop leader in Boy Scouts and was involved in activities at the Sioux Vocational Services. He was a great companion and friend for Eileen and thrived under her loving care. Services to be held at a later time. Memorials preferred to LifeScape (formerly Sioux Vocational Services), 2011 W. 26th St. Suite 201, Sioux Falls, SD 57105.

He really is the worst, but this is the first time I've seen his appeal referenced in terms of patriarchy.