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This #VeteransDay is the first since the end of 20 year unwinnable war in Afghanistan: 2,401 military deaths (1,921 from hostile action). 20,752 wounded in action. 18 CIA operatives killed. 1,822 civilian contractor deaths. Over $2.3 TRILLION was... more

"8 Struggles of Being a Highly Intelligent Person" - OMG This 7 minute video explains so much! It will help you better understand yourself, as well as others who have these problems. #MentalHealth... more

Self-Care: Catastrophizing - It's the source of much of my anxiety. As an engineer, our minds are supposed to imagine every possible outcome and prepare for them. But in life, that's overwhelming and self-destructive. Please pay attention to mental... more

Geek Food - One of my favorite new features in Python v3.10 is structural pattern matching. Very powerful! 🤯 PEP636 is a good tutorial on how to use it:
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0636/

The abortion and anti-transgender cases are my highest priority, but two other cases at SCOTUS concern me: Shurtleff v. Boston is part of their plan for a theocracy, and Carson v. Makin is their plan for taxpayers to pay for religious education.... more

Eye bones, huh? I never realized humans were missing their scleral ossicles until today, and I never thought about why other vertebrates have them.🤯 #STEM Here's the anatomy of eye... more

Artificial Life: What limits the length of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) on Earth is the stability of the molecule itself. The last thing you want is errors or mutations in genetic code. So while lots of data can be packed into that genetic sequence,... more

The Pandora Papers - A massive leak of 12 million files and a long investigation shows how and where the rich and powerful hide their offshore money.
https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/

Animation School - This young man "Bad Normals" (LOL a 3d joke) from Estonia is amazing! He's using Geometry Nodes in Blender v3.0.0-alpha to create lightning effects.🤯 A much better way to do it!... more

With 64% of their voters supporting it, Switzerland becomes the 30th country to recognize same-sex marriages. Human rights should never be decided by a referendum, but I'll take progress where/how I can get it! 🏳️‍🌈

Two phrases from two different mentors are stuck ringing in my head: "Enjoying the shade from trees I didn't plant" and "Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done." Just by awareness of those two thoughts, you can see the world through... more

Cause and Effect? Common causes of violence in communities: exposure to violence, shame, isolation, and inability to meet economic needs. Incarceration doesn't help people in any of those areas. In fact, it exacerbates all four of those issues!... more

Prosecutors hold so much power, and so they are key to fixing racial disparities. I'm so grateful for Professor Angela J Davis, Wesley Caines, and Akhi Johnson for their excellent presentations on Race + Prosecution. ⚖️... more

Proactive vs Reactive - My latest life goal is for every problem I solve, to spend time addressing the root cause of the problem. For example: We have to react to these cruel laws being passed, but it's more safe and effective to replace those... more

Well, Hollyweird finally ran out of ideas and now they're just recycling mashups of old hit shows: 🙄

"Next Fall only on Fox! It's the Hungry American Idol Games - Watch @RyanSeacrest and David Archuleta wrestle in their underwear for a... more

BeauFTC always spouts wisdom, but if you watch nothing else he has posted, this 11 minutes using a spear analogy lays bare the problem with the progressive movements and describes how EVERYONE plays a role. We have to recalibrate our thinking if we... more

The Notorious RBG! Just imagine what world would be possible if we were to actually have diversity on our judicial benches... I honestly don't understand why unrigging the courts is not a much more urgent priority when EVERYTHING in life depends on... more

The #NSA #Upstream #surveillance program (as revealed by Edward #Snowden) violates both 1st and 4th Amendments, but a lawsuit just got dismissed for the 3rd time. This time the US government claimed "state secrets" and so 4th Circuit dismissed the... more

Learning Babymetal 🤘🖤- Here's my Kami Band playlist for learning each part of "Catch Me If You Can" and "No Rain No Rainbow":
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZeNyXBOU1kZMiZnqdE6eIwhpXowSM1c