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  1. Oct 2018
    1. deleted the incorrect tweet before deciding to endorse the actual Troy Balderson who’s running for Ohio’s 12th district congressional seat

      which is technically a violation of government records law

    1. “What needs to be stressed is that talking about China on the issue of unilaterally pulling out of the treaty is completely mistaken,” she said.

      yeah, because it's between the US and RUSSIA; China is not party to this agreement FFS

    1. It is unfair to assume everyone who supported Senator John McCain in any way are homophobic because McCain once believed in same-sex marriage.

      Is this supposed to be didn't believe?

    1. Wittrup further alleged Hasan attempted to conduct “a business operation with an outside civilian for profit and without specific permission in writing from the warden.” The “business operation” involved a $250 donation from the Jericho Movement Local 8751 Union for a live radio interview about the film, “Shadow of Lucasville.”

      unions aren't for-proft groups though?

    1. And then I’d say, “Well, um, McCain and Bush were different. Republicans, sure. But they were decent people, and ...”

      I mean, come on. You can come up with better responses than that. They are all essentially co-workers who are people. It makes sense that they would get along with each other.

    1. such as its highly successful use of existing patent law to its advantage and its lobbying activities, can only be considered problems through special pleading, since they are generally viewed as acceptable when other companies with better public image use them.

      Yeah no, it's crappy when other companies do this too

    1. Murkowski is the only Republican to have opposed two of Trump’s signature initiatives.

      GOOD. Although she voted 'present' instead of 'No'. She should have voted no

    1. ollowed by Heitkamp, who improved her net standing by 4 points. Head-to-head polling has found Heitkamp trailing her Republican rival, Rep. Kevin Cramer, by nearly 9 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average.

      yikes

    1. It was the simplest way of getting the local Orthodox church, which did not want to bury Seventh-day Adventists in its Christian cemetery, to stop burying them atop older graves at a disused Jewish cemetery, Carmel said.

      interesting

    1. Him or Sessions? It’s like deciding whether to be shot or poisoned. And to plunder a quote from a quintessential Washington hack: God, I hope he never gets it.

      shaaade

    1. egents allow students to be expelled if they are found to have disrupted the speech of other students three times.

      isn't that then a violation of those students' speech?

    2. Ungar did not “select a sample” of his data to analyze. He conducted his analysis in March, back when the total number of incidents was “more than 90,” on or off campus, in the FSP “Free Speech Tracker” database — and that’s the number I cited (correctly) in my piece

      oooooooh

    1. not the union of pages that makes up the whole document, or the union of all images in a Flickr set, respectively

      is this kind of like a proto-identifier for datasets?

  2. Sep 2018
    1. We can’t politicize the Supreme Court. It’s the last institution in this country that still is respected above all others, and we can’t lose it.

      it's already politicized

    1. DeVos said Tuesday that it’s up to individual schools to decide whether to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they suspect their students are undocumented.

      jfc

    1. “Take away pockets happily hidden under garments, and you limit women’s ability to navigate public spaces, to carry seditious (or merely amorous) writing, or to travel unaccompanied,” she writes.

      why, if women still have purses?

    1. are clear liquid that we can't detect. We have intercepted several letters from inmates describing in vivid detail how to get these books into the mail room undetected. … That's why our current policy of having books come from vendors no longer works."

      how the fuck are drugs getting in as clear liquid...in books? Puh-leeze

    2. "Converting your inmate postal mail to electronic media allows for a searchable database of inmate mail and opens a whole new field of intelligence for your agency," Smart Communications notes on its website.

      yeah, that's NOT a good thing

    1. not allowed to vote in federal, state or local elections and can't run for elected office, serve on a jury or apply for certain government jobs that require the candidates to be U.S. citizens.

      so how do these things work in America Samoa? Or can they do these things only in that territory and not outside?

    1. the father of democracy after giving his famous Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was delivered during the civil war in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery four months after the defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg.

      not the Enlightenment thinkers?

    1. That’s rich: In the months before the 2016 election, multiple high-ranking Republican senators openly vowed to block any and all Supreme Court picks by Hillary Clinton, period.

      Also, Merrick Garland, ffs

    1. Georgia had a law that rejected voter registration forms if certain information on the form, such as the hyphen in a person's last name, didn't precisely match the spelling in other state databases

      ffs

    2. "We also found that there was a particular increase in areas that used to be covered by the Voting Rights Act Section 5," said Jonathan Brater, counsel with the Brennan Center's democracy program and co-author of the report

      oh

    1. see links to related articles, maps visualizing where a particular article has been shared, source information, and related Wikipedia pages.

      twitter needs to get on this

    1. the Northern Mariana Islands or American Samoa

      why can the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa vote in federal elections but Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands can't?

    1. Jones has since admitted that the Sandy Hook killings occurred. His attorneys defended his speech in court as “rhetorical hyperbole,” but denied it was defamation.

      oh

  3. Aug 2018
    1. "If there is money wasted on such events, maybe we should figure out if there is too much money being spent," said Commissioner Jerry Carl, who was critical of the American Library Association's role in the event. The group has pushed public libraries to create more programs promoting diversity and inclusive societies.

      ALA is a "group"? Try the oldest and largest library association in the world

    1. the agreement also requires that ex-employees basically not compete with Purdue for a year, either by hiring former co-workers or soliciting third-party vendors for work elsewhere.

      so they can't get a job somewhere else? What?

    2. several people -- including professors, instructional designers and curriculum managers -- collaborate to produce course materials. To simply grant rights to those materials to one person would be inappropriate, she said.

      then the copyright would belong to all of them...because that's how copyright works. Speaking of "language...[that] may be legalistic and possible confusing."

    3. Southern New Hampshire is a private, nonprofit institution that enrolls more than 134,000 students, most of them online -- it is one of the largest nonprofit education institutions in the nation

      well there it is

    4. Purdue Global, which operates as a so-called public benefit corporation and thus is not subject to open-records laws.

      if it's for the public benefit then wny wouldn't it be subject to open-records laws?

    5. sharply disagreed with that interpretation. But she added that the interpretation was true for course materials once instructors put materials in Purdue Global's learning management system

      ...what other interpretation is there?

    1. Hershman said he had no such restrictions when he agreed to insert the Purdue provisions into the budget bill in the closing days of a session that ended April 21. (Schultz said Purdue asked lawmakers “to maintain confidentiality to the extent possible.”)

      that's not shady AT ALL

    1. William F. Buckley Jr. as a magazine of conservative opinion. The magazine has since defined the modern conservative movement and enjoys the broadest allegiance among American conservatives.

      in response to school integration

    1. because it started as the internet of middle-aged white men … I realized that we humans

      yes, white men did miss the rest of humanity and the rest of the planet

    1. Historically, the UNDP played an important role in the creation of the Police Archive. Its Guatemala office administered millions of dollars in donations granted to the AHPN by foreign governments and the United Nations. T

      WTF is the United Nations doing?

    2. director Gustavo Meoño Brenner was abruptly removed in one of a series of recent actions orchestrated by the Guatemalan government and a United Nations office.

      United Nations office? What?

    1. The Times of Israel said Abramovich would be exempt from paying tax in Israel for 10 years and would not need to explain the sources of his wealth in that time

      uh, why?

    1. computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data.

      If a web server is a type of computer system, I think the argument could be made that a website is a kind of software.

    1. "Such access is particularly inappropriate when former officials have transitioned into highly partisan positions and seek to use real or perceived access to sensitive information to validate their political attacks."

      oh ffs

    1. Automatic daily weather updates on Android phones pinpoint roughly where you are. And some searches that have nothing to do with location, like “chocolate chip cookies,” or “kids science kits,” pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude—accurate to the square foot—and save it to your Google account.

      whaaat??

    1. But he maintains his position on neutrality. Additional displays, he said during the forum,  would not be neutral due to differing philosophies in the community.

      this isn't neutrality. Choosing to not have displays is taking a side

    1. By the time the week is over, they’re exhausted. They “fly back” to their internal time zone on weekends and sleep in on Saturday and Sunday. Then, on Monday, they start the process all over again.

      it me

    1. reminded Petterson that children – including her 11-year-old daughter – were expected to pay $5 a month to the church in addition to two annual $15 fees.

      you can't charge children????

    1. Technology will also allow us to control our consents, to opt in and opt out, or even monetize our privacy, if we wish so, and it is not for the government to restrict us.

      I don't think this is entirely true.

    1. Flinn depicts himself as closer to Trump’s values, but Kustoff has voted with the president 93 percent of the time. Additionally, Kustoff has precious currency in southern primary politics: Trump’s enthusiastic endorsement.

      yikes

  4. Jul 2018
    1. The PDK findings are consistent with other recent national surveys that show limited public support for arming teachers, including among educators themselves

      I wouldn't exactly call 50-60% "limited public support". Although, I suppose the previous paragraph was specifically about parents, not the public as a whole

    1. But after her brother was murdered, the family, which by now included their mother again, was evicted, forcing them all into an abandoned three-story house for two weeks

      WTF, why is the VICTIM'S family evicted???

    1. Notably, after years of relative stability in the library e-book market and improved relations between publishers and libraries, the move caught librarians by surprise.

      especially after all the crap that went down in 2011/2012

    1. (If the map were to be a valid academic resource, he adds, it would also need a time slider to specify different time periods, separate existing and historical nations, and highlight the movement of nations across time. That would be a huge logistical challenge, Temprano says, requiring time, sources, and resources not currently available to him.)

      sounds like a digital humanities project

    1. Howard points out that USCIS has been under congressional mandate since 2007 to create an electronic reading room and could have used the government’s FOIAOnline portal. He also cited privacy issues that have arisen in the past.

      hmm, I wonder why they didn't use that??

    1. Rather than recommending a video first, the algorithm will point to a text-based story surfaced by Google News

      Google News also has issues with featuring unreliable articles though

    2. "We're making changes to put more authoritative content in front of people," YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan told reporters on Monday.

      yikes. How is 'authority' determined?

    1. Browder became a British citizen and can’t legally contribute to U.S. candidates. Ziff Brothers Investments through its executives can give freely, and they have.

      how is that legal? Is Browder not a full-on employee/executive of Ziff Brothers Investments?

    1. the Neogen Micro Serum. It was created exclusively for Soko Glam as a follow up to the super popular Neogen Micro Serum

      is it supposed to say Neogen Micro Serum both times? What is it a follow-up to?

    1. overturned the conviction of a teenager convicted of burning a cross on the lawn of an African American family's home (R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 1992).

      how the fuck was this not determined to be intent of harm?

    1. “We’ve had briefings on this — it’s very difficult to really meddle in our elections. It just is. These are locally run, it’s almost impossible to change the vote tally.

      clearly he doesn't know what the accusations of election meddling actually entail.

    1. He also called the lengthy faculty panel report a “distraction” from the issues at hand, since it was merely an advisory group to the president under university bylaws

      wow

    2. It also broke with a long judicial tradition of deferring to colleges and universities on tenured personnel matters. 

      well Scott Walker effectively removed tenure protections from Wisconsin state law

  5. Jun 2018
    1. For OF, this technical interoperability is structurally parallel to the horizontal and distributed ways that the project fosters social partnerships between dispersed professional organizations, including libraries, publishers, scholarly societies, and research institutes.

      technology mimics social organization.

    1. bar access to the courts for all types of legal claims, including employment discrimination and sexual harassment claims based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, protections for employees with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, rights to maternity and medical leaves based on the Family and Medical Leave Act, and entitlements to minimum wages and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

      this is ridiculous

  6. May 2018
  7. Apr 2018
    1. Now that the justice has been safely installed on the court for life, he has revealed himself to be more akin to melted sorbet: sickly sweet and insubstantial with a tangy finish that induces slight nausea.

      SAVAGE

    1. A process of confidential deliberations by a committee, held in-camera, to decide tenure or promotion of an academic.

      Shouldn't this say "on-camera"? Also, if it's confidential, why would it need to be described in an ontology/be discoverably? What about tenure and promotion dossiers?

    1. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kirby’s family compared him to Bernie Sanders, saying that he would have been delighted to see the character empower such a wide audience.

      This is confusing

    1. The Early Africana collection comprises books and periodicals published before 1850 and runs up to 1925.It can be described as covering all rare and important books which are not Africana.It includes the Landau collection of books related to Judaica and the Ernest Oppenheimer collection of books on Portuguese studies.

      Why is the Early Africana collection not about Africana??

    1. If it’s an organisation, then we currently use ‘Dear Sirs’ as that remains the accepted standard

      Clearly it's no longer the accepted standard if people are moving away from it.

    1. “It was not made from their picture. Even if it were, people have a right to make an artistic drawing of the Chief and Wrigley Field, anything they want. That’s the First Amendment,” Johnson said.

      nooooot quite

    2. “From what I understand, the true test is whether consumers would be confused as to whether this shirt was sanctioned by the University and I do not think anyone could possibly believe that,” O’Malley said.

      LMAO

    3. What’s more alarming is how Sinclair is currently negotiating to acquire Tribune Media, the conglomerate owning WGN, for $ 3.9 billion.

      oh wait, maybe this is the deal then. Did Sinclair not require the same script for all its stations previously?

  8. Mar 2018
    1. DPI will be developed on a donated site along the Chicago River, and will operate principally through private donations and partnerships with business and industry

      no wonder Rauner likes it

    1. The decision by Clarivate Analytics and Medline is puzzling and disappointing and my concern is the suggestion of disrepute that potentially can be associated with contributors to the journal, without any explanation as to the underlying issues or concerns.

      yes, the lack of transparency is concerning.

    2. The impact factor is not a responsible metric to use to evaluate research. It fails altogether to consider research quality, reproducibility, or transparency

      Even if it's not responsible lots of places use it.

    1. authors for Harrison’s received more than $11 million between 2009 and 2013 from makers of drugs and medical devices — not a penny of which was disclosed to readers.

      When was the first edition published?

    1. Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, in which the court split 4-4, leaving a lower court's favorable ruling toward unions intact.

      well we know Gorsuch is going to screw everyone over then.

  9. Feb 2018
    1. Candidates needed 60 percent of the vote to win the party’s endorsement, making Feinstein the first incumbent senator in recent memory who will run in June’s primary without official backing.

      so Kevin de Leon didnt get it either?

    1. Black Lives Matter and its allies have placed a “huge underemphasis on black-on-black violence,” said Ladd Everitt, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

      yikes

    1. Now, remember that they still deserve a fair wage, but also realize that because most employers won't take a chance on them, you'll be able to hire them for less than what you would hire someone without a record.  This will end up saving your company money and because of their increased loyalty, it's unlikely you'll have to find a new employee anytime soon.

      yikes

    1. “Khan immediately charged us, pushing us, throwing punches. We then attempted to defuse the situation and remained calm, but Tariq was uncontrollable and unhinged. I’m certain that Khan knew there was no threat; he just wanted to look for a fight. I wasn’t interested,” Valdez said.

      uh huh

  10. Jan 2018
    1. "Illinois receives less federal funds per Medicaid beneficiary than any other state in the U.S.," the IHA said in its fact sheet. The Illinois rate of $3,252 per Medicaid beneficiary ranks last and pales in comparison to neighbors like Missouri ($6,448) and Kentucky ($6,399)

      hmm, why is that?

    2. We remain strong advocates of our safety-net hospitals and will continue to work with the (Illinois Health and Hospital Association) to ensure their viability to support our communities in the years ahead."

      but not the Illinois Association of Safety-Net Community Hospitals?

    1. Unfortunately, after submitting those 10 years of payments, some people have found out they don’t actually qualify for forgiveness. Nightmare.

      thanks betsy devos

    1. we’ll also see a substantial increase in the standard deduction—from $6,350 to $12,000 for individuals and $12,700 to $24,000 for married couples filing jointly. (As it stands, both provisions expire after 2025.)

      boo

    1. a drug dealer might be wiretapped and his communications with anyone--including journalists--could be caught up.

      but that involves a warrant and isn't then shared with other law enforcement agencies (in theory)

    2. An explainer put out by Republicans on the U.S. House intelligence committee said that it is illegal to use Section 702 to target the communication of American journalists and added that no such violations have taken place.

      oh well since they said that it wouldn't happen

    3. while the NSA can use it only to target foreigners living outside the U.S., data from Americans on the other side of communications with a target--which could include anything from emails and calls, to group chats--is also gathered. Other government agencies, including the CIA and FBI, can then search some of that data, without a warrant, for information about Americans.

      say what

    1. The level of support for archivists who have been with their current employer for at least 5 years has largely stagnated or decreased.  Those who have been with their employer for less than 5 years are more likely to see increased professional development support (Figure 2).

      interesting

    1. Prosecutors acknowledged they had no evidence any of the six had personally smashed a window, thrown a rock, or clashed with police, but asked jurors to hold the entire group of marchers criminally responsible for the destructive actions of a handful. They pursued charges that could have conferred maximum sentences of roughly 60 years in prison

      this is completely nonsensical

    1. the phrase “social justice warrior” has traditionally been positive: “All of the examples I’ve seen until quite recently have been lionizing the person.”

      wut

    1. If Net Power can provide human-made carbon dioxide for a lower price, oil companies would have no reason to continue using geological sources.

      I don't think the oil companies will let that happen