From Gizmodo… Bold/Italic mine. In the hopes of deterring violence, schools are turning to big data analytics to examine social media posts for the earliest signs of violence—depression, resentment, and isolation. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Massachusetts has turned to Social … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
Walter Williams posits an interesting point in his article in Townhall… One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has always been. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in our responses … Continue reading
Three explosives detonated in Austin, one in San Antonio at a FedEx facility… And last night, an incendiary device… Timeline, HERE. Except this ‘string’ of events doesn’t make sense from a profile or M.O. if you will… Historically, bombers don’t … Continue reading
First it was the “Jeffersonians“… And then there was THIS… Now there’s this- Adam Ringel felt the stirrings of national pride at an early age. “Ever since I was a kid, I identified as a Californian, not an American,” he … Continue reading
This 21 year old’s book was first published… And the rest is history. Anybody have a guess???
Well, actually a couple of them… Who is paying the bills for these kids to rent buses to go to Tallahassee? Who is flying them around? Who got them access to the pols? Who is coordinating these supposedly ‘spontaneous’ demonstrations? … Continue reading
Gotta give Musk credit, he went big, and damn near everything worked… Falcon X heavy went off without any major problems day before yesterday, after some pad delays due to wind vectors. Two out of three rockets were recovered on … Continue reading
Typewriter They had been up in the attic together doing some cleaning. The kids uncovered an old manual typewriter and asked her, “Hey Mom…what’s this?” “Oh…that’s an old typewriter,” she answered, thinking that would satisfy their curiosity. “Well what does it do?” they asked. “I’ll show … Continue reading
Ya just gotta laugh… There are K-9s and then there are k-9s… I don’t care who you are, that’s funny! 🙂 On a different note, there are some amazing technologies being tested for aircraft to make them more stable, more … Continue reading
Apparently, Larry Nasser was just the tip of the iceberg of sexual assault at Michigan State. Michigan State University claimed, to all and sundry they have properly handled all sexual assault, violence and gender discrimination complaints. But… ESPN’s Outside the … Continue reading