Lisa Kadonaga

Behind the Bastards podcast mentions that RFK Jr. was punched in the eye by his second wife, and her engagement ring caused damage. He may have mentioned this to women besides Nuzzi.

Pete Hegseth's use of Canadian character Franklin the turtle in post about boat strikes prompts anger, mockery | CBC News U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth turned the beloved Canadian children's book character Franklin the turtle into a bazooka-wielding soldier going after "narco-terrorists" in a social media post Sund...

I see the apple didn't fall far from the tree, but plopped into a cowpat and stayed there. (CBC noting reaction in Canada to earlier story)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This reminds me of last year's orca story about the salmon hats
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some of my students seem genuinely baffled why using just one source all the way through a paper, not checking where they got their info, isn't a great idea. They seem dismayed that my requesting in-text citations just reveals this more clearly.

The Untold Story Behind the Kennedy Dream Home We’ve been hearing a lot these days about Robert and Mary Kennedys' eco-friendly house in Mount Kisco and the new book about it. It’s an impressive story about going green, but here’s another no-so aw...

NY Post and Daily Mail have an axe to grind, but revealing if even a fraction of this stuff is true
nypost.com/2012/10/28/r...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Anyway, Nuzzi describes the damage to Bobby Jr's eye, though it's unclear whether he showed it to her on-camera via FaceTime, or during the in-person meeting in 2023. (The description in the book is a bit different from the one in the podcast -- I haven't checked their print source though.)

Kennedy Green House Kennedy Green House [Kennedy, Mary Richardson, Wilson, Robin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kennedy Green House

There's a book out, and lots of glowing online accolades.
But as Parts 3 and 4 of the podcast explain, the things that were happening behind the scenes were much darker.
It's tragic -- this is the home where Mary ended her life. She'd been negotiating to live in the guest house.

Kennedy green house is living laboratory WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife renovated their historic 1920s colonial with a variety of sustainable technologies and products.

One thing the podcast didn't go into was the Kennedy Green House. RFKJ's late 2nd wife was working on rebuilding their home, and it was meant to revitalize her architectural career and highlight his image as an environmentalist. Maybe even serve as a literal foundation for future activism/politics

Another article that mentions the childhood African safari and the tortoise he brought home
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2024 Vanity Fair article (sibling reaction to Trump endorsement)
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I hadn't realized what a prankster Bobby Jr was as a kid, and I'm now seeing the laxative incident in that context. The "It's a Kennedy miracle" and "This hawk is trained to attack cops" bits are funny in a twisted way.
The things that are making him dangerous now were present back then.

I thought it was going to be mainly comedic, but though the tone of Ep 1 starts off jokey, they've done some serious research and they do try to cite sources. So it's a good jumping-off point for looking at Kennedy's life and what was going on with his family.

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If anyone else is trying to slog through Nuzzi's book, the Behind the Bastards podcast may help. They did 4 parts which are on the common platforms and YouTube. This last one is pretty informative. It explains the situation with Bobby Jr.'s eye injury
#BehindtheBastards #RFKjr #Nuzzi #AmericanCanto

It may seem like fun and games (literally) but it's an interesting model system to explore various census techniques, and think about how to get around data problems.

Graphic showing 80 location pin icons representing malaria-endemic countries. Twenty-four of the pins are highlighted in green to show the countries that now report fewer than 10 cases a year. Text reads: “Of the 80 malaria-endemic countries, 24 now report fewer than 10 cases a year."

Despite growing threats, global #malaria efforts have prevented an estimated 170M cases and 1M deaths in 2024.

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I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead. How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.

I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.

"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.

www.thecut.com/article/any-...

"Derek Peters, 51, was last seen about 4 p.m. Tuesday driving his white 2018 Jeep Compass, with B.C. licence plate LR034G."

Ume's doing well but won't be adult-sized until next year.

What a beautiful "teenager" -- well done to Yuna and the staff, for doing such a great job caring for her.

This is pretty cool -- as nerdy as it sounds, there are actual situations where social scientists have to try to study populations where there isn't much data (or it may be dangerous to attempt more formal census methods). Definitely worth screening in class -- thanks!

Interesting -- I wonder if the authorities would try to destroy these documents if they've been created but not issued to the individuals yet.

Amerika (miniseries) - Wikipedia

Bizarre to think that when I was a teen, this was filmed in my town -- some of the guys from my high school played government thugs/troops in it. Back then it was a Communist takeover that people feared.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika...

GTA 5 Animals List & Guide: All Wildlife, Birds & Fish In this section you can find a full guide to the Animal Species featured in Grand Theft Auto V, including all Land Animals, Birds, and Sea Creatures that are...

(other games too)
www.gtabase.com/grand-theft-...

This is fascinating. I know in the social sciences people try to assess communities that are under documented (and many even be covert, like my classmate who had to figure out demographic characteristics of wildlife poachers in a remote part of Thailand).
And someone's done a wildlife survey:

re: overturning norms, that's exactly it. Someone commented that they hadn't realized how much of governance seems to have been based on the honor system. Or at least, authorities being unwilling to make sweeping changes, ignore public opinion, and use force.

I'm just picturing a rescheduled ceremony in an undisclosed location, with city cops guarding against Federal interference, and assorted mayors and House and Senate people witnessing.

I know this is a trope, but a lot of women I know will gripe to their friends, take up a hobby or volunteer work to find some small joys, etc. if they're feeling lonely or disappointed. The "old maid" is seen as a mundane or even comedic figure, not viewed as a threat.

A lot of women have decided that it's not worth getting into a relationship with someone who may abuse them, or worse. I have to admit I'd rather be on my own, than with someone who's terrible.

This seems like a Catch-22 -- people being criticized for not becoming loyal citizens, but they have a lot to lose if they get rejected!

I don't know enough about the granting of US citizenship, like whether it might be possible for judges to intervene so they can become citizens anyway -- this seems so unfair.

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