Dan asked about the Fake News bookmark I posted about yesterday. You can get them here. For non-members of the ALA it's $9 for 100 (plus shipping, I'm assuming).
Myke Cole on taking responsibility for your actions (in this case, his own). Been there. Many times no one said anything to me, but I can see in retrospect my stupidity and unexamined position of power. It also makes me ashamed. I still sometimes forget. You have my permission to call me out on it. (Grokked from a lot of people)
"In the photo, a single atom of strontium is held almost perfectly still by an electrical field generated by a pair of electrodes. A laser excites and illuminates the atom, which shines like a tiny speck of dust caught in the glare of the sun. Still, you probably have to squint to see it." (Grokked from Dan)
"In the aftermath of a raid, researchers are finding evidence that the ants care for their wounded. The wounded ants secrete a pheromone that calls other returning raiders to carry their injured comrades home. Back at the nest, healthy nest-mates clean the injured ants’ wounds. And the behavior of injured ants even creates a triage system so that only the ants that might actually be saved get rescued." (Grokked from John)
Remember that plan to either spin Fannie Mae out of the government (again) or just close it entirely? Too late. "The mortgage giant Fannie Mae will need $3.7 billion from the government after losing $6.5 billion in the fourth quarter as a result of the new Republican tax law." (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"We live in a post-racial America!" they say. Yeah? Not so much. "Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts."
"Across America, a troubling pattern emerges in data analyzed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting: Nearly two-thirds of mortgage lenders denied home loans for people of color at higher rates than for white people. But among the 6,600 U.S. lenders, some banks stood out for particularly extreme practices." And then the AP names names.
"In his sparsely settled community in the agricultural countryside of southern Iowa, 'there's just no motivation for people to go' to college, says Gordon, who's now a senior at the University of Iowa." Same for the town I now live in. Now I don't believe we should have such a heavy focus on "college degrees", not everyone is cutout for college. But the pressures against these kids going is astronomical. It's economic, most of these kids either can't or don't feel they can afford it. It's social, the parents don't push them and the school doesn't either. The parents and other organizations don't prepare these kids to live anywhere else that where they are at (and give them the skills to "make it by"). And while more kids graduate from rural schools and score better, I have to tell you their education isn't great. "The Tennessee-based National Rural Education Association notes that, in addition to other problems, rural areas contend with drug and mental-health issues, poverty and a lack of high-speed access to the Internet, for instance." It also comes down to that final line in the story. Once they've left "the farm" (note, most of these kids have never been on a farm) they don't want to go back. And that scares a lot of parents. I can't tell you how many times I've talked with parents and school administrators who talk about how special they try to make the kids' high school experience because, as they tell me, that's as good as it ever will get for them.
Looks like it's not time to discuss our gun problem again. "Police respond to report of shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Florida." (Grokked from Xopher Halftoungue)
"Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin's chief of staff doctored an email in an effort to cover up travel expenses for Shulkin's wife, according to a VA inspector general's report released Wednesday." Only the best. (Grokked from Jim Wright)
Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, on why he must fly first class. "'Unfortunately ... we’ve had some incidents on travel dating back to when I first started serving in the March-April timeframe,' Pruitt told the Union Leader on Tuesday. 'We live in a very toxic environment politically, particularly around issues of the environment.'" Get it, toxic environment - EPA chief. Insert comments about BLM employees, or how much Obama's administration was harassed. Gee, Scott, if you weren't such a loathsome toadie/dick it wouldn't be a problem. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
Hey, remember when the president said he would sign whatever Congress put in front of him? "President Trump on Wednesday called on lawmakers to oppose a series of bipartisan efforts to address immigration and resolve the fate of the so-called 'Dreamers,' demanding fealty to his hard-line proposal even as more moderate senators converged on a narrower approach."
"Three people, including a police officer, were hospitalized Wednesday in a bizarre incident at the super-secret National Security Agency after officers apparently opened fire on a black SUV carrying three men as it breached the main gate, the FBI said."
"Stormy Daniels, the porn star whom Donald Trump’s attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss an alleged sexual encounter with the man who is now president, her manager told The Associated Press." Please don't be a golden showers story. You know, I really don't need details. All I need it to know it happened, when it happened, and where the $130,000 really came from (note, Mueller has the banking account records already, although this probably isn't a part of his investigation unless he could tie it to the campaign, say like a suspicious $130,000 withdraw really close to the time of the payment).
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