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What's funny about this is that it's such a trivial topic - but you could imagine such citation loops spreading dangerous falsehoods.

There's probably a mix of cultural shift, and people hiding their true feelings because they're no longer acceptable. I wonder if in part it's better for Christianity as a whole to be on the outside more.

Striking to me how much the station wagon was tied to the brief era between WWII and the oil crisis, because of things like fuel standards. I do quibble with his conclusion that modern parents have a stigma against wagons - new parents my age would have missed that era already, growing up with minivans (which is another stigma).

Some good points on success, post-Swat.

Makes sense to me.

"I used to think that we needed to create a world where every child had an equal chance to get to the Ivy League. I’ve come to see that what we really need is to create one where you don’t have to go to the Ivy League, or any private college, to get a first-rate education."

T2 as a metaphor about police inhumanity towards normal citizens.

Neat bit of Apollo 11 trivia.

Mystique as a rolemodel for transpeople.

I think I've read all of these except The Courtship of Princess Leia, which I was aware of indirectly because of my book on ships. Fond memories getting these from the library.

Just a few more examples of how terrible some gamers can be.

I wonder how much damage they could have done if they had wanted to.

I would love to find Lego on a beach, although it is kinda sad from a trash perspective.

I had no idea Aldrin gave himself communion on the Moon. Fascinating!

Great trivia about some of Al's old videos.

This is so messed up, even ignoring the myriad flaws with standardized testing. We require the tests, and then fail to fund the ability to pass those tests, both in terms of the books and other material, and the staff to buy, distribute, and manage that inventory (not to mention teacher hours and pay). I think this is a structural problem tied to setting standards nationally, but funding schools locally. Either we need universal funding, or no standards. The standards themselves are also clearly a handout to the publishing industry, since they can write once, sell everywhere.

Good response to the recent paper on password store security.

:o( I thought the whole point of Octan was to parody oil companies in the Legoverse.

Part of me likes the idea of a soccer loss resulting in electoral outcomes.

It sounds like 5e is a welcome change, and very much in my style of DMing (descriptive, not prescriptive combat).

Neat animation revealing the insides of objects one slice at a time.

This sliding time scale explains why "classic rock" has way more '80s and '90s than it did when I was growing up listening to my dad's stations.

Community-editable data might be able to kill a small business.

Hosting a "showing" of a contained story game like this seems like a great idea, but maybe a hard sell for your non-gamer friends.

Huh! Regional variations in acidity recovery.

The downturn was due in large part to the housing bubble hitting poorer people, who had to cut back on spending more. Unsurprising but interesting.

Clustering of painting contents.

Amusing meta use of narration and breaking the fourth wall.

A slightly more cynical take on the privacy trends I noticed at WWDC.

Great explanation of the four axes that make up gender and sexuality.