Lisa Kadonaga

I've got a pattern for making Roman plate armour. (I had some earlier but someone borrowed it and won't return it, so I'm going to build my own from scratch.)
loricasegmentata.info/the-books

It might still be a beautiful mess!
I remember a while ago I bought a bunch of stainless steel sheet, not realizing I would need special tools for cutting it -- oh no! But I did learn something from all that.
I'm sure your pencils will be exactly right for a different project!

Ukraine's air defense expertise 'irreplaceable,' Zelensky says as escalating Middle East war draws in Europe "We are not joining these strikes, but we will continue with our defensive actions in the region," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. "And we will also bring experts from Ukraine, together with ou...

⚡️Update: UK bringing in Ukrainian experts for help shooting down Iranian drones, Starmer says.

The U.K. will allow the U.S. to use British bases to target Iran's missile sites, Starmer said. "And we will also bring experts from Ukraine...to help Gulf partners shoot down Iranian drones."

Thoughts and prayers for those of us currently teaching Intro. to American Government and Politics and US Immigration Politics.

Vought, Musk, RFK Jr -- and Lutnik (NOAA is in his dept) -- anyone else?
I hope this follows them for the rest of their lives.

Afghan Refugee Student Rebuilds Life at University Regina - Media Wall News Discover Farid Ahmadi's inspiring journey from fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan to finding a new purpose through education at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan.

Some good news -- students will be ending the semester soon. "Retention rates for refugee students in the special program exceed 92%, comparable to domestic students despite additional challenges. Academic performance metrics show similar success, with most maintaining strong grade point averages."

I've been working through his earlier books, trying to pinpoint when he started really going off the rails about this.
Sad that he points out problems with "capture" of regulatory agencies like the EPA by powerful corporations, yet the "wellness industry" has captured him.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reveals why he has a raspy voice – spasmodic dysphonia explained Changes to the voice could signal ill health. An anatomist explains.

was caused by the flu shot -- doesn't hold up to science, and it's now looking like mumps/measles exposure is a possible factor (the MMR shot seems to reduce chances of getting it).

told me that the anti-vax stuff was all over parenting groups then, seemed to cross social and ethnic communities. His wife (a doctor) was concerned, and they changed schools at one point because the anti-vax parents were so pushy.
Ironically, the anti-vaxxers told RFK Jr his voice ailment

He seems to have gotten into the health policy stuff through (legit) worries about his kids -- several had severe allergies/asthma. And some anti vaxxers he met were giving him Wakefield's BS. Going from suing big corporate polluters to suing pharma companies was a quick hop. One of my friends

He has visceral cravings!

Indeed!
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Dr. Jane Philpott’s message on the 40th anniversary of the Canada Health Act “To listen and to care is not a job; it is a privilege,” writes Jane Philpott in Health for All

I remember the news coverage from back then.
This doctor (who eventually became Canada's HHS Sec equivalent) tells people about how her brother died in childhood from it. Back before the causes/prevention were widely publicized.

This is exactly it -- one of the things a public health official is supposed to do is warn people about this preventable condition (Reye's syndrome). But RFK Jr didn't bother reading up on it, or getting someone in his department to brief him.

Dr. Jane Philpott’s message on the 40th anniversary of the Canada Health Act “To listen and to care is not a job; it is a privilege,” writes Jane Philpott in Health for All

I remember the woman who held the equivalent HHS post in Canada (a doctor) talking about how she lost a sibling to Reyes Syndrome, back when it wasn't as widely publicized.

When I first heard him spouting off about Tylenol, that was what I thought -- people giving aspirin to their kids because they didn't realize what could happen. And he didn't run it by anyone in his department who could have warned him. I didn't hear if he issued an immediate correction then.

Yup. Just wait until he really gets going with the recipes.
(It's the mouse that gets me. I could see him trying one out of curiosity, but how unhygienic/disorganized is his kitchen that he didn't realize he was eating one until it was too late?)

This is another one of the exceptions to "never read the comments"

Going year-round for the Wildfire Service needs a lot of work (and funding) but it was necessary.
BC's official season starts April 1, but we have to start getting ready long before that.
Alberta's official season starts *today*.
www.instagram.com/reel/DVWQWfc...

Katharine Hamnett shaped the style of the 1980s

They were baffled by the T-shirt slogans.
Apparently there are museum displays devoted to these things now.
www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/...

They are, after all, a for-profit outfit

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@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Sunday Magazine today
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Found it. I remember the public backlash about a "terrorism futures market"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_...

When I have a course lecture on or before Sep 26 (anniversary the Day It Happened), I show the kids pictures of the clothes my HS classmates and I were wearing, and after they stop laughing, I tell Petrov's story. And I pour out some vodka for him, there in the class.

I have a theory that we've lost a lot of the Boomers and older GenX who were from poor families and couldn't afford decent housing and health care -- especially BIPOC, LGBTQ+, etc. -- and who didn't take public goods for granted

Everyone knows that always turns out well!

I have a theory that a lot of the nicer and more thoughtful Boomers probably died due to being from poor families who couldn't afford decent housing and health care, being unable to avoid the draft, contracted AIDS before the new drugs were developed, etc.

That particular hat of his always cracks me up. (Like people might forget which country he's supposed to be president of. Does he have a matching "Venezuela" one too?)

I doubt RFK Jr will intervene, even though he knows what rubella can do. (He middle-named one of his daughters after his cousin.)