Tribute #4 -- Admiral Ackbar pic.twitter.com/D1bH8bz0EG
— Tom Gran (@tommgran) September 30, 2022
Friday, September 30, 2022
Tom Gran announced the tributes for the new season of his illustrated Hunger Games
The thread starts here, and here's one of the tributes:
Alleged Los Angeles slumlord arrested for attempting to arrange two murders for hire
The LA Times has a long summary of the conspiracy and efforts to arrest the real estate developer:
despite the pat-down, [he] failed to find the two recording devices agents had concealed on him
Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner service in Southern California suspended indefinitely for emergency repairs due to coastal erosion
Dana Point Times:
The suspension of service comes after Metrolink reported movement on the rail line in south San Clemente earlier this month. Metrolink said in its announcement that there has been continued movement on the right of way.“Working with geologists, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors, we have determined to ensure passenger safety service suspension is necessary,” Metrolink said. “Until we have confirmation from the experts the slope movement has stopped, we will not resume Metrolink service.”Metrolink had suspended service in the same area a year ago so crews could stabilize the portion of the tracks that sits at the bottom of a bluff—where strong waves routinely crash, leaving the railroad vulnerable to movement....Metrolink recently placed more than 1,600 tons of large boulders, referred to as rip rap, to help stabilize the track.
Tennessee lawmakers call "students being allowed to use litter boxes a growing crisis"
Bowling and Littleton did not respond to emails and calls requesting comment or an interview.
Today's funny posts
(For normal men?)There's this Chinese delivery place called "Legal Food" in the UK (Lincoln) and its photo has been shared a lot due to the name. I'd say that's great marketing, but when you see the reviews the food is apparently appalling, so perhaps it's really just legal food. pic.twitter.com/9ok2Z8g2gD
— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) September 29, 2022
"Alien" illustrated by Lucho Olivera
Alien de Lucho Olivera... pic.twitter.com/3ESrLi6mgL
— Lucas Ferrero (@LucasFerrero83) September 26, 2022
¿La mejor página de la adaptación de Alien de Lucho Olivera? pic.twitter.com/ZzIfhQG397
— Lucas Ferrero (@LucasFerrero83) September 26, 2022
¡Alien en esplendor según Lucho Olivera! pic.twitter.com/H6x7bzPOXR
— Lucas Ferrero (@LucasFerrero83) September 26, 2022
More pages here.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
During WWII, "2,200 Latin Americans of Japanese descent...were forcibly deported to internment camps in the US"
BBC from 2015:One of my political geography students is doing their project on this historical event: Peru deported over 2,000 Japanese people to the US to be placed in internment camps during WWII; many of them ended up at a work camp in NJ. I study this stuff and I had never heard of this.
— Austin Kocher, PhD (@ackocher) September 28, 2022
an estimated 25,000 people of Japanese descent lived in Peru...after the outbreak of World War Two, the Japanese community in Peru became a target, and their assets were confiscated."In May 1940, as many as 600 houses, schools and businesses belonging to citizens of Japanese descent were burned down," she says.Following Japan's 1941 attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the US government asked a dozen Latin American countries, among them Peru, to arrest its Japanese residents.Records from the time suggest the US authorities wanted to take them to the US and use them as bargaining chips for its nationals captured by Japanese forces in Asia....After World War Two ended, another 1,000 were deported to Japan after their Latin American home countries refused to take them back
Supreme Court "Justices shield spouses’ work from potential conflict of interest disclosures"
A year after Amy Coney Barrett joined the Supreme Court, the boutique Indiana firm SouthBank Legal opened its first-ever Washington office in Penn Quarter, a move the firm hailed in a 2021 press release as an “important milestone.”
The head of the office, Jesse M. Barrett, is the justice’s husband
...
if anyone wants to find out whether Jesse Barrett’s clients have a direct interest in cases being decided by his wife, they’re out of luck. In the Supreme Court’s notoriously porous ethical disclosure system, Barrett not only withholds her husband’s clients, but redacted the name of SouthBank Legal itself in her most recent disclosure.
(The article goes on to discuss Thomas and Roberts, too.)
Today's funny posts
RIP Coolio. Never forget his appearance on Irish daytime chatshow Open House, who, legend has it, booked him by mistake. They hadn't arranged backing dancers, so he made the middle-age production crew dress up and do it instead. Best TV ever. pic.twitter.com/gVxehs4rlt
— James Cotter (@sirjamesofcots) September 29, 2022
"Meta ordered to pay $175M for copying Green Beret veteran’s app"
Military Times (the second paragraph is quoting the complaint, I think):
Voxer launched the app in 2011, which was named Best Overall App in the First Annual Silicon Valley Business App Awards in 2013. In 2012, Facebook approached Voxer about a potential collaboration that led to Voxer sharing its patents and proprietary information with the company.
“When early meetings did not result in an agreement, Facebook identified Voxer as a competitor although Facebook had no live video or voice product at the time,” court filings read. “Facebook revoked Voxer’s access to key components of the Facebook platform and launched Facebook Live in 2015 followed by Instagram Live in 2016. Both products incorporate Voxer’s technologies and infringe its patents.”
The Verge from 2013:
On its developer blog, Facebook's [representative] responded, although very indirectly, to removing access to new video app Vine's friend-friending ability yesterday just hours after the app launched.
...
Evidently, sharing back isn't always enough. Vine doesn't, after all, send the video clips you make to Facebook — it only sends a link to your video, effectively moving your engagement offsite. Facebook's objection is in that regard understandable, though when combined with several other similar clashes lately with app developers like Voxer and Yandex's Wonder, Facebook sounds like a bully.
The illustrated short story "Mona" by Leigh Alexander and Emily Carroll is really good
I recently re-read it. Great short story about trying to be a cool New York blogger (and Silent Hill 2).
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Favre's "nonprofit also directed $60K to daughter’s high school for new volleyball digs"
TDB:
But nearly two years after the Oak Grove Lady Warriors’ new stadium was built, the contractor ... filed a lawsuit against the boosters, known as the Warrior Club, claiming the group still owed them $328,000....Oak Grove...is among the state’s highest-rated high schools
Today's funny posts
"Face-to-face with Godzilla!" 😂#SingaporeGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/lsW6f4mVBq
— Formula 1 (@F1) September 26, 2022
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Monday, September 26, 2022
Joytoy's new batch of Warhammer 40k miniatures includes a Grey Knight with his cursed sword
New toy preorders include several new Warhammer 40K marines, including Grey Knights warrior Castellan Crowe with his sword of unimaginable evil, several new Kinnikuman Ultra Detail Figures, although I'd prefer them in MUSCLE pink, and Fortnite's Potassius Peels:
"47 Alameda County Sheriff's deputies were...relieved of their law enforcement duties because they received 'unsatisfactory' on psychological examinations dating back to 2016"
KTVU:
The letter comes in the same month that [a sheriff's deputy] shot and killed a couple in their Dublin home after he finished a double shift at Santa Rita Jail. He had been having a romantic relationship with the wife, who had been a nurse at the John George Psychiatric Center.
Four sources told KTVU that [the deputy] failed his psychological exam and because of liability issues, the sheriff is now auditing who else in the department might have also failed.
When asked if the audit was prompted by [the murder], [the sheriff's spokesperson] answered: "I'd have to say yes."
Today's funny posts
My sisters partner made a horse cake for the #queensfuneral and- pic.twitter.com/NhorJjurro
— Jardine Sage (@jardinesage) September 19, 2022
Snowman sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art:
Snowman, first constructed by Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b. 1952) and David Weiss (1946–2012) in 1987, when they were commissioned by a German power plant to create a site-specific work, is a frost-coated copper sculpture filled with water. The box encasing it creates a microclimate that is kept humid; over time, condensed water collects on the surface of the form and freezes, transforming the copper base into a snowman.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
"British television channels are in a battle with the monarchy over who controls the historic record of Queen Elizabeth II’s commemorations"
"Buckingham Palace insisted broadcasters could only retain an hour of footage for future use"
Today's funny posts
Calliope hummingbird, female.
— sue (@CameraTrapSue) September 11, 2022
Start vs end of feeding. pic.twitter.com/7aEtT7As4C
Ninth House fan art
I cant count really #griddlehark pic.twitter.com/9P8L0DUFov
— magdonal gloopin’ (@kadzu3) September 11, 2022
Saturday, September 24, 2022
From my wishlist, Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh is $1.99
This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features all-new material with more than 1,600 pieces of art. Solutions and Other Problems marks the return of a beloved American humorist who has “the observational skills of a scientist, the creativity of an artist, and the wit of a comedian” (Bill Gates).
Praise for Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half:
“Imagine if David Sedaris could draw….Enchanting.” —People
“One of the best things I’ve ever read in my life.” —Marc Maron
“Will make you laugh until you sob, even when Brosh describes her struggle with depression.” —Entertainment Weekly
“I would gladly pay to sit in a room full of people reading this book, merely to share the laughter.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“In a culture that encourages people to carry mental illness as a secret burden….Brosh’s bracing honesty is a gift.” —Chicago Tribune
This week's best Warhammer 40k miniatures and other hobby creations
I'm extremely happy and proud to present you THE FIRST EVER VIDEO ON YOUTUBE USING XPRESS COLOR paints:https://t.co/4gbWLjzVAs
— JH Miniatures (@JhMiniatures) September 16, 2022
Join me for this first hand impressions on the new @vallejocolors range, NO HIGHLIGHTS (except the metallics) #WarhammerCommunity #Warmongers pic.twitter.com/e2cVrVIj6a
Friday, September 23, 2022
Plush D&D space hamster with adventurer's backpack up for preorder
New toy preorders include plush Dungeons and Dragons creatures by Kidrobot, plus a line of 4" Metal Slug figurines:
"Mantel always believed this really happened, and the thing about her as a writer and as an imaginative force is that you find yourself believing it too"
Mantel always believed this really happened, and the thing about her as a writer and as an imaginative force is that you find yourself believing it too. You feel its truth in your gut.
— Oli Welsh (@oliwelsh) September 23, 2022
"Project To Be Unveiled In LA Names Every Japanese American Incarcerated During WWII
The daunting task of accounting for so many people was complicated by the fact that there were 75 incarceration sites, from Hawaii to Arkansas, each operated by one of an assortment of government agencies.
The Total Count: 125,284 Names
"The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" is $2.99 today
at Amazon. (Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and I really enjoyed the author's "Notes From the Burning Age.")
Wafflemaker sword and many other Swordtember creations
Many more gems in the feed:
Swordtember - Day 15 : Dual-Purpose 🧇#swordtember #swordtember2022 #blender3d pic.twitter.com/bkKOpCeTRz
— Kay 🎨 (@KayLousberg) September 15, 2022
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The NPR looks at Chinese citizens that hire surrogates in the USA, and then can't reach their children due to Covid rules
NPR:
The two babies are part of a quiet cottage industry in the U.S. for surrogacy, where a woman is hired to carry someone else's baby to term. But the whole industry has been upended by COVID. Most parents don't even fly to the U.S. anymore. Instead, they mail their reproductive material over. And about a year later, their new baby is flown to China. It's a process that costs well over $100,000. But despite the tensions between China and the U.S., for some Chinese, the American dream is very much alive....It is legal for Chinese citizens to travel to the U.S. on a tourist visa, where there are no restrictions on consensual surrogacy. They're then brought into their own little bubble. All the clients, the companies and even the nannies are overwhelmingly from China....This employee of one agency in California didn't want to give his name because providing surrogacy is completely illegal in China.
Today's funny posts
LA tennis group is apparently waging a war against pickleballers who are taking over the courts across the city
— Katya Kotlyar 🇺🇦 (@katologic) September 20, 2022
Someone please explain pickleball/the appeal of pickleball to me pic.twitter.com/wxzqNdB6q3
Ghostly underwater scenes
I'm very honored that Scuba Diving Magazine choose my image as a winner of 2022 in the wide-angle category. Last but not least another image also got awarded with an honorable mention. And a big thank you for the first prize onboard the luxurious Red Sea Aggressor III in 2023 😊 pic.twitter.com/vHGh3uMArE
— Alex_Dawson_Photography (@AlexDawsonPhoto) September 21, 2022
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shaker keychain
Hehe they r so small 🫶🫶🫶 pic.twitter.com/khbD4OnEAr
— leo 🎃 COMMS OPEN (@raphstonfa) September 15, 2022
LOOOOOKKKKK
— leo 🎃 COMMS OPEN (@raphstonfa) September 13, 2022
The test batch of shaker keychains came in yesterday and they’re literally perfect <3#RiseoftheTMNTmovie #RiseSeason3 #SaveRiseoftheTMNT #rottmnt #RiseoftheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles pic.twitter.com/9WrcUllMVr
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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