The Moderate Case Against Transgender Sports Bans Bans on transgender competition in sports tend to be controversial, with some even otherwise supportive people siding with such bans. I present the moderate case against doing so.

For anyone in Maine questioning the Principals’ Association decision and Janet Mills’ support, this worth your time.
Heck, everything that Erin writes is worth reading.
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.

Users of Drupal, Gentoo Linux, Debian, Fedora, phpBB, OpenID, Buildroot/Busybox, Inkscape, Cinc: the organization hosting your projects needs your help! osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut... Open Source users and supporters, can you pitch in for our friends at OSL?

Just checked and it’s in the NFHS rule book so it likely applies in many states.

My kids have played softball at many different levels, I’ve never heard of that one but we’re not in CA. I like it…

Much like Cisco Live in the early 2000s. It got so big only the Vegas conference center could handle it. Also so big it was impossible to attend effectively…

Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons

Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
theonion.com/concern...

Congrats!

Too many people accept opinion as fact, or deem anyone capable of stringing together a complete sentence to be intelligent, which is why LLMs seem like a suitable replacement for the people around them.

You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?

Find a cool product on Amazon? That company exists OFF Amazon, too. 1) Google company name. 2) Order from their site. 2a) Can usually find a 10% code! 3) Still get product in 2-8 days. 4) Company avoids losing 25% margin share to Amazon. 5) You avoid giving money to Bezos.

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Preach.

It's so weird, isn't it, to see the president in the oval office, while someone else sits at his desk and looks lost and confused?

Out of 510,000 NCAA athletes, less than 10 are transgender. They are literally writing an executive order to target less than a hundred people nationwide. Republicans spent over $110 million in anti-trans ads on a made up problem.

Looks like Musk-rats in Treasury are NOT “read-only,” but can manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.

YouTube video by RedMonk Tech Events Coming Of Age | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2022

Seeing this group of college kids who are being directed by Musk as part of the DOGE calamity reminded me of @bcantrill.bsky.social ‘s excellent Monktoberfest talk on the valley’s unhealthy obsession with young technologists.

Worth revisiting today.

youtu.be/VzdVSMRu16g?...

Happy MLK Day.

You Watch Isn't Poisoning You With PFAS The science behind some truly ridiculous headlines.

Are watch bands poisoning people with PFAS?

I looked at the science and why you probably don't need to discard your Garmin or Apple Watch any time soon.
gidmk.substack.com/p/you-watch-...

The Making of Stephen Miller A new biography describes the influences on and aspirations of the architect of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies.

Now that he's back in the White House, I regretfully repost my review of @jeanguerre.bsky.social 's illuminating biography of the reptilian Stephen Miller www.thebulwark.com/p/the-making...

Crazy awesome, but not a fan.

Indeed, this is where we are.

It’s weird to think that Elon Musk will end up having paid far less for the United States Government than he did for Twitter

xkcd comic about free speech doesn't mean people have to listen to your bullshit

Obligatory xkcd

late with this because i was running a fever and trying to cough up a lung, but Wednesday was the birthdate of Ralph Carr. for anyone who doesn't know that name, he was a great American.

Carr was the 29th Governor of Colorado, but that is not why he deserves to be remembered. quick 🧵.

New from me on what the rage and glee on public display after the killing of a healthcare CEO portends.

I suspect the corporate world will respond with more security and retreating even more into their gated lives.

They would be advised to read up on history.

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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...

It’s really heart breaking to realize just how much our short horizon, outcome focused funding cycles hurt science. We could do so much more if we could invest in people long term. Staff scientist positions and an ecosystem to support them are direly needed.

YouTube video by RedMonk Tech Events The 2024 Monktoberfest

The 2024 Monktoberfest Recap
(talks coming soon)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agby...