Lawyers and toddlers: our favorite words are "why?" and "no!"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“'We've always done it that way' is not an answer, you need to tell me WHY.”
Unironically yes, crop science is exactly the kind of thing land grant universities do and should spend money on. Go Illini!
Yeah, this tracks.
...pun intended. 😜
Some of us have that switch against our will, friend.
No worries :) I think that's why FRA/FTA as a dividing line is attractive b/c that IS a legal distinction that can be articulated. On the other hand, the Wikipedia article for light rail really compares them to streetcar lines and points at NYC subway as an example of heavy rail.
Okay, I think part of the problem is I'm not sure there's a legal definition or context for light rail vs. heavy rail, so we're just sort of arguing over colloquialisms and common usage.
I absolutely don't think it's that clear-cut.
No idea. When WMATA was being recommended for coverage by FRA instead of FTA, the NTSB recommendation specifically said it would take a statutory change. data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Docum...
If you want the opposite experience (even more impressive in person), I recommend the Art Institute of Chicago and the Seurat.
HOW did I not hear about this from @kvanaren.bsky.social first??
Hope she didn't take any donations before she got fired.
Excuse me while I go cry in the corner for a bit.
Anyone who's worked at, near, or around SSA doesn't need to be told how bad a wholesale theft of Numident and Death Master File is. For anyone else, anything I could say to rationally explain it would sound hopelessly hyperbolic and sky-is-falling. It really is that bad.
I had an actual, physical recoiling when we got to the part about the forensic audit of the file to determine how many minutes he spent editing it.
Thanks for the clarification!
Yep, @lindaholmes.bsky.social long ago taught me "Not for Lindas" is a whole thought and sentence.
Many people are saying
bsky.app/profile/evan...
This is a good thread from Evan. The personal scandals and abuses of authority are bad enough, but we cannot let those things become the main focus at the expense of the vicious and cruel policies she championed and demanded, that have hurt and killed people.
I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:
Give the BattleTech license back to Harebrained Schemes so we can get a sequel to the 2018 game.
Yay trains!
...yay trains?
Huh. I wonder if NIH ethics staff provided any advice about accepting this award or attending the conference. @amtappeals.bsky.social
this is like
the thesis statement of our times
No points for guessing which of you was which? ;)
Pedestrians do have the right of way...
Second, I'm guessing there's some element of "fuck you Congress, I do what I want regardless of the Constitution." See e.g. impoundment and declaring wars. Conceding that a formal nomination/confirmation is better than an acting acknowledges the President isn't a king, which seems against policy.
