Events

Derp. Yesterday was the 30th birthday of the SMS, too. Also, I came across a nifty live CTA tracker, so I now know where part of my bonus is going. I feel seen! (They have a bunch of other live trackers, including one for the Tube. Kewl.)

Clearly, I have to get my priorities in order. I've spent the afternoon in the zone with my real job, so I have neglected to real all of this: Lawyers who don't subscribe to the radical right-wing theory of constitutional originalism shouldn't argue it to the Supreme Court. If Republican US Senate candidate Herschel Walker really got into law school, I'll eat my own JD diploma. British architecture protects against cold, damp weather, but not the heat that global warming will bring to the island. I have...

In Chicago, from November 15th to December 31st, the sun sets before 4:30pm. Not much before; for about 11 days, it sets within a few seconds of 4:20pm before getting just a few seconds later. The only point I'm making is: it's dark already. Cassie has gotten exactly one walk in full daylight a day for the last week, and that will likely continue. Ah, winter. Oh, and the Fourth Circuit has once again (metaphorically) called XPOTUS-appointed Federal Circuit Judge Aileen Cannon an idiot.

Meteorological winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere today. In Chicago right now we have sunny skies and a normal-for-December 2°C. And any day above freezing between December 1st and March 1st works for me. Meanwhile: Eric Levitz explains why four railroad unions might go on strike next week. Hint: greedy private equity investors. Adam Conover explains why so many major retail chains have gone bankrupt in the past few years. Hint: greedy private equity investors. The pilot who crashed his Mooney...

Even though I'm president of a medium-sized non-profit organization who understands the importance of keeping in touch with constituents, I have run out of patience. For the last couple of weeks, I have mercilessly unsubscribed from every mailing list that sent me more than two emails a week. I might wind up missing a couple of them, but my dog, some of them just would not shut up. The worst offender was my undergraduate university. In the last week, until I finally unsubscribed from them just now...

It's 14°C right now, going down to -3°C tonight. Then it's back up to 8°C on Friday. Because why wouldn't the beginning of winter feel like April? While you ponder that, read this: Tom Nichols warns that the authoritarian right may have lost the plot recently, but not for long. Patty Davis thinks that ignoring the XPOTUS will make him go away. That's cute. The Republicans have asked loser Blake Masters to explain why they lost. United Airlines and American Airlines have moved away from small regional...

Via Bruce Schneier, Ars Technica describes in painful detail how computer repair people snoop and steal people's data all the time: If you’ve ever worried about the privacy of your sensitive data when seeking a computer or phone repair, a new study suggests you have good reason. It found that privacy violations occurred at least 50 percent of the time, not surprisingly with female customers bearing the brunt. Researchers at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, recovered logs from laptops after...